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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Terri K. Taylor, Marlborough, MA (US);
Meir Rosenberg, Newton, MA (US);
Rainuka Gupta, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen F. Wilson, Raynham, MA (US);
Pierre S. Ostiguy, Rochester, MA (US);
Bertil Romner, Lund, SE;
Alan J. Dextradeur, Franklin, MA (US);
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
An acoustic monitoring system that is able to verify the success or failure of the positional adjustment of a valve without the need for additional energy during non-invasive reprogramming is provided. The acoustic monitoring system includes a programmer for generating a sequence of commands to adjust the valve mechanism, and for receiving acoustic signals for analysis, a transmitter to implement the command and adjust the valve, and a sensor for detecting an acoustic signal generated from the valve during execution of the commands. A method for using the acoustic monitoring system is also provided.