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Patent No.:

US 8115600 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2009

Rfid detection and identification system including an rfid reader having a limited transmit time and a time-out period to protect a medical device against rfid-associated electromagnetic interference

Applicants:

Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, CA (US);

Geddes Frank Owen Tyers, Vancouver, CA;

Christine A. Frysz, Orchard Park, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, CA (US);

Geddes Frank Owen Tyers, Vancouver, CA;

Christine A. Frysz, Orchard Park, NY (US);

Assignee:

Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);

Attorney:

Michael F. Scalise

Primary Examiner:

Jennifer Mehmood

Assistant Examiner:

Fekadeselassie Girma

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system is provided for identifying implanted medical devices, leads and systems, as well as objects in close proximity to a patient having an implanted active medical device, using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag having retrievable information relating to the AIMD, lead system and/or patient. An RFID tag communicator includes a circuit for limiting the total continuous transmit time of an interrogation signal, and a time-out circuit for delaying a second and any subsequent interrogation of the RFID tag.

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Stevenson, Robert. (2012). Rfid detection and identification system including an rfid reader having a limited transmit time and a time-out period to protect a medical device against rfid-associated electromagnetic interference (U.S. Patent No. 8115600). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8115600

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