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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dave Munneke, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Harry B. A. Kerver, Duiven, NL;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ;
Abstract
A method for compressing data in an implantable device is provided. A current data sample is received. A difference value is determined between the current data sample and a previous data sample. The current data sample is compressed to at least one output symbol based on the difference value between the current sample and the previous data sample. Systems and programs of using the method are also provided.