Patent ID: 9131034
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: A61B,H02J,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for supplying power to a wireless medical device, comprising: determining the operating mode of the wireless medical device, wherein the operating mode of the medical device includes a charging mode, a wired operation mode and a wireless operation mode; selecting, based upon the determined operating mode, the source of direct current power for the wireless medical device, wherein the selected source of direct current power for the wireless medical device is a physical cable from a base unit if the wireless medical device is in the wired operation mode, wherein the selected source of direct current power for the wireless medical device is one or more power cells contained in the wireless medical device if the medical device is in the wireless operation mode; supplying the selected source of the direct current power to the wireless medical device; and charging, based upon the determined operating mode of the wireless medical device, one or more power cells, wherein the one or more power cells contained in the wireless medical device are charged if the wireless medical device is in the charging mode, wherein the one or more power cells comprise a secondary power source contained within a second base unit and are charged if the wireless medical device is in the wired operation mode or the wireless operation mode.