Patents by Inventor Paul A. Penrose

Paul A. Penrose 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).

  • Downloadable software support in a pacemaker
    Patent number: 6584356
    Abstract: A method is provided, the method comprising controlling an implantable medical device using a controller using a pre-emptive real-time operating system (RTOS) having a scheduling mechanism utilizing a priority inheritance protocol, the controller having a firmware architecture allowing at least one of modular feature design, modular feature implementation, extensible feature design and extensible feature implementation. The device also comprises analyzing the pre-emptive real-time operating system (RTOS) using rate monotonic analysis, providing an interface with downloadable software for the implantable medical device and backing up at least some of the downloadable software using a non-volatile memory device, protecting the at least some of the downloadable software from a reset of the implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Wassmund, Paul A. Penrose, Donald Johnson, Jeffrey David Wilkinson
  • Downloadable software support in a pacemaker
    Publication number: 20020091416
    Abstract: A method is provided, the method comprising controlling an implantable medical device using a controller using a pre-emptive real-time operating system (RTOS) having a scheduling mechanism utilizing a priority inheritance protocol, the controller having a firmware architecture allowing at least one of modular feature design, modular feature implementation, extensible feature design and extensible feature implementation. The device also comprises analyzing the pre-emptive real-time operating system (RTOS) using rate monotonic analysis, providing an interface with downloadable software for the implantable medical device and backing up at least some of the downloadable software using a non-volatile memory device, protecting the at least some of the downloadable software from a reset of the implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Paul G. Wassmund, Paul A. Penrose, Donald Johnson, Jeffrey David Wilkinson