Patents by Inventor D. Bradley Markinsohn

D. Bradley Markinsohn 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).

  • FIRMWARE UPDATE IN A MEDICAL DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSORS
    Publication number: 20120096451
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a handheld diabetes management device that implements a failsafe firmware upgrading protocol to reduce required user interaction and risk of device downtime. The general processing module executes first software from nonvolatile memory. The general processing module receives second software from an external port and writes the second software to the nonvolatile memory. Based on an upgrade signal, the general processing module switches execution from the first software to the second software, evaluates proper operation of the general processing module, and switches execution back to the first software from the second software when proper operation of the general processing module using the second software is not detected. A communications module, in electrical communication with the general processing module, stores third software and executes the third software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: James D. Tenbarge, Robert Timmerman, Mark Nierzwick, Robert E. Reinke, Daniel Birtwhistle, James R. Long, Robert P. Sabo, Phillip E. Pash, D. Bradley Markinsohn