US 11,896,197 B2
Electrical device power management
Matthew John Ross McGrath, Edinburgh (GB); Peter Douglas Colin Inglis, Edinburgh (GB); and Brian Alan Laffoley, Edinburgh (GB)
Assigned to Covidien AG, (CH)
Filed by Covidien AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,074.
Application 16/289,141 is a division of application No. 15/881,457, filed on Jan. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,261,135, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 17/356,074 is a continuation of application No. 16/289,141, filed on Feb. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,073,562.
Application 15/881,457 is a continuation of application No. 15/097,005, filed on Apr. 12, 2016, granted, now 9,880,227, issued on Jan. 30, 2018.
Application 15/097,005 is a continuation of application No. 14/721,123, filed on May 26, 2015, granted, now 9,316,698, issued on Apr. 19, 2016.
Application 14/721,123 is a continuation of application No. 13/697,660, granted, now 9,066,668, issued on Jun. 30, 2015, previously published as PCT/GB2011/050926, filed on May 13, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0318382 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); H01M 6/50 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00034 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00025 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/267 (2013.01); G01R 31/3648 (2013.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); H01M 6/50 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/488 (2013.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); A61B 1/00029 (2013.01); H01M 6/5044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
accessing a first value indicative of a remaining available rated capacity of a first battery pack of a video laryngoscope;
displaying the first value on a display screen of the video laryngoscope; updating the first value to reflect a first power consumption from the first battery pack resulting from operation of the video laryngoscope;
powering down the video laryngoscope;
accessing a second value indicative of a remaining available rated capacity of a second battery pack of the video laryngoscope in response to powering up the video laryngoscope after the powering down;
displaying the second value on the display screen of the video laryngoscope; and
updating the second value to reflect a second power consumption from the second battery pack resulting from additional operation of the video laryngoscope.