US 12,003,120 B2
Implant location detection and adaptive temperature control
Andrew Thomas Fried, St. Paul, MN (US); Douglas W. Brown, Shakopee, MN (US); Charles M. Nowell, Longwood, FL (US); Robert J. Monson, St. Paul, MN (US); Venkat R. Gaddam, Plymouth, MN (US); and Brett Otteson, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,152.
Application 18/330,152 is a continuation of application No. 17/652,248, filed on Feb. 23, 2022, granted, now 11,705,763.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,986, filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352988 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 50/80 (2016.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/80 (2016.02) [A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a power transmitting unit configured to wirelessly transfer electromagnetic energy to a power receiving unit; and
processing circuitry configured to:
compute a target output power deliverable by the power transmitting unit for a first duration;
control the power transmitting unit to output the target output power;
receive an indication of a first temperature from a first temperature sensor at a first location of the power receiving unit;
receive an indication of a second temperature from a second temperature sensor at a second location of the power receiving unit;
compare the first temperature to the second temperature; and compute the target output power for a subsequent duration based on the first temperature and the second temperature.