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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:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Applicants:
Vincent E. Splett, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Carl A. Schu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Mark Haerle, Bloomington, MN (US);
Paul J. Huelskamp, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Vincent E. Splett, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Carl A. Schu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Mark Haerle, Bloomington, MN (US);
Paul J. Huelskamp, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N001/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for a hardware/firmware trap. At least one set of a firmware code is executed for operation of the device. Modification to the operation of the device is performed. The modification to the operation comprises: receiving a patch code; creating a firmware trap; generating an interrupt in response to the firmware trap; and executing the patch code in response to the interrupt.