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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:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Xiaonan Shen, Shoreview, MN (US);
Nathan A Grenz, Shoreview, MN (US);
Robert D Musto, Champlin, MN (US);
David L Palkert, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Jonathan P Roberts, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
James D Reinke, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Paul R Solheim, Blaine, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36542 (2013.01); A61N 1/3706 (2013.01); B81C 1/00968 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device and associated method determine a signal amplitude of a sensor signal produced by a MEMS sensor, compare the signal amplitude to a stiction detection condition, detect stiction of the MEMS sensor in response to the signal amplitude meeting the stiction detection condition, and automatically provide a corrective action in response to detecting the stiction.