Patents by Inventor Joel ARTMANN

Joel ARTMANN 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).

  • Integrity monitoring for a transcutaneous energy system
    Patent number: 12015281
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided. The system includes a power device implantable within a patient for powering an implantable medical device. The power device includes a first coil configured to receive wireless power signals for powering the implantable medical device and processing circuitry configured to determine at least one measurable electrical characteristic in a plurality of electrical pathways in the power device including an electrical pathway to the first coil, and detect reduced performance in receiving wireless power signals based at least in part on the determined at least one measurable electrical characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Schilling, David J. Peichel, Jonathan P. Roberts, Joel Artmann, Michael Reinert
  • INTEGRITY MONITORING FOR A TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210220639
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided. The system includes a power device implantable within a patient for powering an implantable medical device. The power device includes a first coil configured to receive wireless power signals for powering the implantable medical device and processing circuitry configured to determine at least one measurable electrical characteristic in a plurality of electrical pathways in the power device including an electrical pathway to the first coil, and detect reduced performance in receiving wireless power signals based at least in part on the determined at least one measurable electrical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Eric A. SCHILLING, David J. PEICHEL, Jonathan P. ROBERTS, Joel ARTMANN, Michael REINERT