Patents by Inventor Mark L. Haerle

Mark L. Haerle 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).

  • Implantable medical device having a scheme for managing storage of data
    Patent number: 10420928
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a scheme for managing the operations of a flash memory. The scheme enables the flash memory to be used in a write-once mode to allow non-volatile storage of small amounts of data that must be written repeatedly. Among other things, the scheme eliminates the need to erase sectors of the flash memory, thus eliminating the high current consumption associated with erasures, while enabling preservation of relevant data in those sectors. In the context of an implantable medical device, this scheme is used to store data that is needed after a reset of the device, such as MRI-related data that is/are dynamically adjusted by firmware, or program code updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L Haerle, Robert D Musto, Paul G Wassmund
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A SCHEME FOR MANAGING STORAGE OF DATA
    Publication number: 20170165469
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a scheme for managing the operations of a flash memory. The scheme enables the flash memory to be used in a write-once mode to allow non-volatile storage of small amounts of data that must be written repeatedly. Among other things, the scheme eliminates the need to erase sectors of the flash memory, thus eliminating the high current consumption associated with erasures, while enabling preservation of relevant data in those sectors. In the context of an implantable medical device, this scheme is used to store data that is needed after a reset of the device, such as MRI-related data that is/are dynamically adjusted by firmware, or program code updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Mark L. Haerle, Robert D. Musto, Paul G. Wassmund
  • 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