US 11,704,688 B2
Spinal cord stimulator system
Raghavendra Angara, Norristown, PA (US); Saif Khalil, Wayne, PA (US); Miles Curtis, Philadelphia, PA (US); Christopher Biele, King of Prussia, PA (US); and Daniel Fellmeth, Eagleville, PA (US)
Assigned to Cirtec Medical Corp., Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed by Cirtec Medical Corporation, Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/72,885.
Application 17/072,885 is a continuation of application No. 15/839,951, filed on Dec. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,810,614.
Application 15/839,951 is a continuation of application No. 14/642,810, filed on Mar. 10, 2015, granted, now 9,872,997, issued on Jan. 23, 2018.
Application 14/642,810 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/173,510, filed on Feb. 5, 2014, granted, now 9,440,076, issued on Sep. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/792,654, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0035154 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0242 (2023.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01); H02J 50/70 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0244 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0254 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/70 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36142 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); A61N 1/37235 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a charger during a charging of an implantable medical device, a signal from the implantable medical device, wherein the signal causes a sensor of the charger to produce an output;
comparing, by the charger, a pattern of the output produced by the sensor with a predefined pattern;
determining, by the charger and based on the comparing, that the implantable medical device no longer needs to be charged; and
performing, by the charger, an action in response to the determining.