Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC

Larry Lewis Lockridge

Steven Jerome Moore

Graham R Brookes

Michael Joseph Blackburn

Kurt Klem

Marshall M Parker

Nathan Eugene Manlove

Duane Patrick Fridley

Anthony E Gambrall

A method for operating a medical device includes activating a processor in the medical device in a low-power operating mode, measuring a first voltage level of the battery, applying at least one discharge pulse to the battery in response to the first voltage level of the battery being greater than a predetermined passivation minimum voltage threshold and less than a predetermined passivation maximum voltage threshold, measuring a second voltage level of the battery after the at least one discharge pulse, and operating the processor in the medical device in an increased-power operating mode to continue operation of the medical device only in response to the second voltage level being greater than or equal to a predetermined operating voltage threshold, the predetermined operating voltage threshold being greater than the predetermined passivation minimum voltage threshold and less than or equal to the predetermined passivation maximum voltage threshold.

Apparatus and method for battery passivation compensation in a medical device

A gas spring assembly includes a gas spring and a height control module. The gas spring includes a first end member, a second end member and a flexible wall secured therebetween. The height control module includes a height control system that is operatively associated with the gas spring. The height control system includes a sensor, a valve arrangement and a fixed-logic control circuit. A suspension system and a method are also included.

Height control module, gas spring assembly and method

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Larry Lewis Lockridge