Patents by Inventor Wim Stegink

Wim Stegink 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).

  • Method and apparatus for locally upgrading implanted reprogrammable medical devices
    Publication number: 20040215278
    Abstract: A method for enabling a programming device to upload a distributed software upgrade into a reprogrammable device having a unique serial number, the software upgrade having a unique upgrade identifier. The method comprises the steps of calculating a first enabling code as a function of the unique upgrade identifier and the unique serial number and comparing the first enabling code to a second enabling code received from a registry. Also disclosed is an apparatus for changing a heart-stimulating waveform comprising an implanted reprogrammable medical device (IRMD) having a unique serial number, an IRMD software upgrade program having a unique media identifier, and a programming device for uploading the IRMD software upgrade program into the IRMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Wim Stegink, Henk Westendorp, Paul Visser, Xander Evers, Peter Van Geffen, Gertwin Anbergen