Patents by Inventor Wing Kam Li

Wing Kam Li 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).

  • Disabling an implanted medical device with another medical device
    Patent number: 8639335
    Abstract: Various techniques for disabling a first implantable medical device (IMD) by modulation of therapeutic electrical stimulation delivered by a second medical device are described. One example method includes delivering therapeutic electrical stimulation from a more recently implanted second IMD at a higher average rate than the previously implanted first IMD so that only the more recently implanted IMD will administer therapy, and modulating stimulation by the more recently implanted IMD in order to send a disable command to the previously implanted IMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Peichel, Wing Kam Li, Gregory A. Haider, David P. Dvorak
  • DISABLING AN IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ANOTHER MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120197332
    Abstract: Various techniques for disabling a first implantable medical device (IMD) by modulation of therapeutic electrical stimulation delivered by a second medical device are described. One example method includes delivering therapeutic electrical stimulation from a more recently implanted second IMD at a higher average rate than the previously implanted first IMD so that only the more recently implanted IMD will administer therapy, and modulating stimulation by the more recently implanted IMD in order to send a disable command to the previously implanted IMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: David J. Peichel, Wing Kam Li, Gregory A. Haider, David Paul Dvorak