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Motion sensitive and capacitor powered handheld device

  • US 9,153,994 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2012
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A handheld medical device comprising:

  • an electronic device;

    a power source;

    an accelerometer operable to detect movement and orientation of the handheld medical device;

    a processing device communicatively coupled to the accelerometer; and

    a memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to automatically adjust an ON/OFF state of the electronic device based at least in part on (i) a detected movement of the medical device, and (ii) a detected orientation of the medical device at a time of the detected movement.

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