Medical Device Battery Pack with Active Status Indication
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Abstract
A system and method provides a status indicator to a battery pack of a medical device. The battery pack includes a power supply capable of being connected to the medical device. The battery pack also includes an indicator to automatically indicate a status of at least a portion of at least one of the battery pack and the medical device. For example, the indicator can indicate a status of the power supply.
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43 Claims
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1-39. -39. (canceled)
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40. A battery pack for a medical device having an indicator, comprising:
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a first battery and a second battery in an enclosure that is removable from the medical device, wherein the first battery is capable of powering the medical device; a microprocessor having programming and associated memory, the programming capable of obtaining usage information as to the first battery and storing the usage information in the memory; and an indicator, wherein the microprocessor is electrically connected to the indicator and the first and second batteries, wherein the second battery powers the microprocessor and the indicator when the enclosure is removed from the medical device, and wherein the programming uses the stored usage information to cause the operational status of the first battery to be indicated via the indicator. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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