Method and device for managing energy usage by a medical device

A medical device, comprising:

• a battery;
• a charge bank configured to store supplemental energy;
• memory to store program instructions;
• and
• device operational circuitry that includes at least one of a transceiver, circuitry or processor configured to execute the program instructions, the device operational circuitry configured to:
• identify an energy demand (ED) action to be performed by the device operational circuitry in connection with at least one of monitoring a medical characteristic of interest (COI), treating the medical COI, or wirelessly communicating with a separate device;
• obtain an energy consumption estimate for an amount of energy to be consumed by the device operational circuitry in connection with performing the ED action;
• dispatch, based on the energy consumption estimate, a charge instruction to charge the charge bank from the battery with supplemental energy;
• connect the charge bank to the battery to supply the supplemental energy, from the charge bank in addition to primary energy from the battery, to the device operational circuitry for performing the ED action in connection with the at least one of monitoring, treating or communicating operations,
• wherein the ED action includes initiating a wireless communications session, the device operational circuitry includes a dispatcher configured to dynamically adjust a transmission parameter utilized in connection with the wireless communications session, the transmission parameter that is updated including adjusting at least one of transmit packet size, transmit packet number, packet transmission rate, or signal power.

A method for managing energy usage of a medical device, the method comprising:

• identifying an energy demand (ED) action to be performed by device operational circuitry of the medical device in connection with at least one of monitoring a medical characteristic of interest (COI), treating the medical COI, or wirelessly communicating with a separate device, the device operational circuitry including at least one of a transceiver, circuitry or processor;
• obtaining an energy consumption estimate for an amount of energy to be consumed by the device operational circuitry in connection with performing the ED action;
• dispatching, based on the energy consumption estimate, a charge instruction to charge a charge bank from a battery with supplemental energy;
• connecting the charge bank to form a power supply loop formed between the battery and at least one of the transceiver, circuitry or processor, for supplying the supplemental energy, from the charge bank in addition to primary energy from the battery, to the device operational circuitry for performing the ED action in connection with the at least one of monitoring, treating or communicating operations;
• and
• switching the charge bank in and out of the power supply loop based on the energy consumption estimate.

A method for managing energy usage of a medical device, the method comprising:

• identifying an energy demand (ED) action to be performed by device operational circuitry of the medical device in connection with at least one of monitoring a medical characteristic of interest (COI), treating the medical COI, or wirelessly communicating with a separate device, the device operational circuitry including at least one of a transceiver, circuitry or processor;
• obtaining an energy consumption estimate for an amount of energy to be consumed by the device operational circuitry in connection with performing the ED action;
• dispatching, based on the energy consumption estimate, a charge instruction to charge a charge bank from a battery with supplemental energy;
• and
• connecting the charge bank to the battery for supplying the supplemental energy, from the charge bank in addition to primary energy from the battery, to the device operational circuitry for performing the ED action in connection with the at least one of monitoring, treating or communicating operations,
• wherein the obtaining the energy consumption estimate estimates the power demand associated with performing a communicating operation contemporaneous in time with at least one of the monitoring or treating operations, the method further comprising at least one of skipping, delaying or modifying the at least one of monitoring or treating operation when the energy consumption estimate exceeds a primary source limit of the battery.