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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Larry Lewis Lockridge, Fishers, IN (US);
Duane Patrick Fridley, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Kurt Gerard Klem, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael Joseph Blackburn, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Nathan Eugene Manlove, Noblesville, IN (US);
Steven Kent Moore, Carmel, IN (US);
Marshall M. Parker, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
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.