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Patent No.:

US 10245378 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2017

Reservoir volume sensing

Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Naresh Lakshman Raman, Shanghai, CN;

Alex O. Espe, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Nicholas R. Whitehead, Lake Elmo, MN (US);

Timothy J. Denison, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Venkat R. Gaddam, Plymouth, MN (US);

Scott A. Sarkinen, Greenfield, MN (US);

Erik J. Peterson, Fridley, MN (US);

Jacob A. Otterstetter, Coon Rapids, MN (US);

Assignee:

MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:

Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Paul M West

Assistant Examiner:

Mark A Shabman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); A61M 5/155 (2006.01); A61M 5/152 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 5/14224 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61M 5/152 (2013.01); A61M 5/155 (2013.01); A61M 5/1684 (2013.01); G01F 17/00 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/702 (2013.01); A61M 2209/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Reservoir volume of implantable infusion devices may be determined using a volume sensor that provides a signal representative of a distance between the volume sensor and a movable wall of the reservoir. The volume sensor may be a light-based or sound-based sensor, and may be located outside of the reservoir.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Raman, Naresh. (2019). Reservoir volume sensing (U.S. Patent No. 10245378). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10245378

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