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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carter R. Anderson, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Clayton J. Anderson, Burnsville, MN (US);
Lori A. Grace, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Russell L. Morris, Lindstrom, MN (US);
Assignee:
Birch Point Medical, Inc., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/28 ; H01M 6/00 ; H01M 1/000 ; C04B 3/500 ; A61N 1/30 ; A61M 2/500 ; A61M 5/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/28 ; H01M 6/00 ; H01M 1/000 ; C04B 3/500 ; A61N 1/30 ; A61M 2/500 ; A61M 5/32 ;
Abstract
The capacity of an electro-chemical power source having an initial amount of an oxidizable material and an initial amount of a reducible material, is adjusted to a target capacity by altering the initial amount of one or both of the oxidizable material and the reducible material available to participate in the source by a technique selected from the group consisting of adding, removing and isolating a known fraction of the initial amount from the power source.