Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensing temperature within medical devices
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Application No.: US13783761Application Date: 2013-03-04
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Publication No.: US09653935B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Peng Cong , Venkat R. Gaddam , David P. Olson , Erik R. Scott , Todd V. Smith , Leroy L. Perz
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; A61N1/378 ; G01K11/20 ; G01J5/08

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring the temperature of a device used to charge a rechargeable power source are disclosed. Implantable medical devices may include a rechargeable power source that can be transcutaneously charged. The temperature of an external charging device and/or an implantable medical device may be monitored to control the temperature exposure to patient tissue. In one example, a temperature sensor may sense a temperature of a portion of a device, wherein the portion is non-thermally coupled to the temperature sensor. A processor may then control charging of the rechargeable power source based on the sensed temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US09601939B2 Sensing temperature within medical devices Public/Granted day:2017-03-21
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