Patents by Inventor Bor-Jiin Mao

Bor-Jiin Mao 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).

  • Medical device function configuration post-manufacturing
    Patent number: 8352038
    Abstract: A medical device system and method configure a medical device according to a configuration definition. The configuration definition includes an allowable status and a function status for each of a number of medical device functions. The medical device configuration is updated automatically in response to being interrogated by a programmer configured to update the device configuration. The device configuration is updated by updating the function status for at least one of the medical device functions in response to the allowable status for the medical device function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Bor-Jiin Mao, Mark L. Haerle, Kathleen U. Crandall, Patricia K Fuher, Michael Lee Graham
  • MEDICAL DEVICE FUNCTION CONFIGURATION POST-MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20090088820
    Abstract: A medical device system and method configure a medical device according to a configuration definition. The configuration definition includes an allowable status and a function status for each of a number of medical device functions. The medical device configuration is updated automatically in response to being interrogated by a programmer configured to update the device configuration. The device configuration is updated by updating the function status for at least one of the medical device functions in response to the allowable status for the medical device function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Bor-Jiin Mao, Mark L. Haerle, Kathleen U. Crandall, Patricia K. Fuher, Michael Lee Graham