Patents by Inventor Allen Dale Almendinger

Allen Dale Almendinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of processing telemetry signals in an implantable medical device including a telemetry processor
    Patent number: 7610099
    Abstract: An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main processor, conserving energy, increasing telemetry processing speed, and many other advantages. A wide variety of implantable medical devices can be configured with a telemetry processor including neuro stimulators, pacemakers, defibrillators, drug delivery pumps, diagnostic recorders, and cochlear implants. The telemetry processor includes control logic, a data decoder, a receive buffer, a data encoder, and a transmit buffer. Methods of receiving messages and transmitting messages with a telemetry processor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Dale Almendinger, Martinus A G M Bakx
  • Method of operating an implantable medical device telemetry processor
    Patent number: 7254448
    Abstract: An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main processor, conserving energy, increasing telemetry processing speed, and many other advantages. A wide variety of implantable medical devices can be configured with a telemetry processor including neuro stimulators, pacemakers, defibrillators, drug delivery pumps, diagnostic recorders, and cochlear implants. The telemetry processor includes control logic, a data decoder, a receive buffer, a data encoder, and a transmit buffer. Methods of receiving messages and transmitting messages with a telemetry processor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Dale Almendinger, Martinus A G M Bakx
  • Implantable medical device telemetry processor
    Patent number: 6738670
    Abstract: An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main processor, conserving energy, increasing telemetry processing speed, and many other advantages. A wide variety of implantable medical devices can be configured with a telemetry processor including neuro stimulators, pacemakers, defibrillators, drug delivery pumps, diagnostic recorders, and cochlear implants. The telemetry processor includes control logic, a data decoder, a receive buffer, a data encoder, and a transmit buffer. Methods of receiving messages and transmitting messages with a telemetry processor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Dale Almendinger, Martinus A G M Bakx
  • Implantable medical device telemetry processor
    Publication number: 20040049246
    Abstract: An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main processor, conserving energy, increasing telemetry processing speed, and many other advantages. A wide variety of implantable medical devices can be configured with a telemetry processor including neuro stimulators, pacemakers, defibrillators, drug delivery pumps, diagnostic recorders, and cochlear implants. The telemetry processor includes control logic, a data decoder, a receive buffer, a data encoder, and a transmit buffer. Methods of receiving messages and transmitting messages with a telemetry processor are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Dale Almendinger, Martinus A. G. M. Bakx