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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Timothy Robertson, Belmont, CA (US);
Fataneh Omidvar, Danville, CA (US);
Yashar Behzadi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence Arne, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kenneth Rowberry, San Jose, CA (US);
James Hutchison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Leichner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
George Savage, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Andrew Thompson, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Marc Kreidler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hooman Hafezi, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Duck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Robertson, Belmont, CA (US);
Fataneh Omidvar, Danville, CA (US);
Yashar Behzadi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lawrence Arne, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kenneth Rowberry, San Jose, CA (US);
James Hutchison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Leichner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
George Savage, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Andrew Thompson, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Marc Kreidler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hooman Hafezi, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert Duck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Proteus Digital Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Receivers, which may be external or implantable, are provided. Aspects of receivers of the invention include the presence of one or more of: a high power-low power module; an intermediary module; a power supply module configured to activate and deactivate one or more power supplies to a high power processing block; a serial peripheral interface bus connecting master and slave blocks; and a multi-purpose connector. Receivers of the invention may be configured to receive a conductively transmitted signal. Also provided are systems that include the receivers, as well as methods of using the same. Additionally systems and methods are disclosed for using a receiver for coordinating with dosage delivery systems.