Patents Examined by F Kowalewski
  • Hard disk drive medical monitor with electrical grounding system
    Patent number: 7201718
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver produces and receives signals. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the at least one disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive, and an electrical grounding system is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis, Karl Arthur Flechsig