| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7623917 |
Method of optimizing data collection and therapy delivery based on respiration |
November 24, 2009 |
| A method and system for improving or optimizing the collection of data from and the delivery of therapy to a patient by an implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed which uses information about the patient's respiratory cycle. |
| 7584002 |
Aggregation of data from external data sources within an implantable medical device |
September 1, 2009 |
| An implantable device is described that collects and aggregates data from non-implanted medical devices external from a body of a patient. The device may also collect and aggregate data from medical devices implanted within the body. The implantable device includes a wireless transceiver |
| 7555336 |
Automatic LV/RV capture verification and diagnostics |
June 30, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a technique for verifying pacing capture of a ventricular chamber, particularly to ensure desired delivery of a ventricular pacing regime (e.g., cardiac resynchronization therapy or "CRT"). The invention also provides for ventricular capture management by |
| 7289850 |
System for enhanced cardiac function with combined PESP/NES |
October 30, 2007 |
| In some embodiments, a method of applying stimulation pulse therapy to excitable tissue may include one or more of the following steps: (a) delivering a PESP stimulation therapy to the excitable tissue for a cardiac cycle, (b) delivering a NES stimulation therapy to the excitable tis |
| 7248918 |
System and method for supplying a patient reminder alert from an implantable medical device |
July 24, 2007 |
| An implantable medical device (IMD) provides an alert to a patient that has the IMD implanted in their body. The alert is used to remind the patient to schedule and/or proceed to a follow-up physician visit. The reminder is also used to remind the patient to initiate a remote communi |
| 7228174 |
Algorithm for the automatic determination of optimal AV an VV intervals |
June 5, 2007 |
| Methods and devices for determining optimal Atrial to Ventricular (AV) pacing intervals and Ventricular to Ventricular (VV) delay intervals in order to optimize cardiac output. Impedance, preferably sub-threshold impedance, is measured across the heart at selected cardiac cycle times |
| 7181284 |
Apparatus and methods of energy efficient, atrial-based Bi-ventricular fusion-pacing |
February 20, 2007 |
| The bi-ventricular implantable pulse generator described and depicted herein enables hemodynamic efficiencies for patients suffering from intraventricular conduction delays or conduction blockage. The pulse generator effectively overcomes such conduction delay or block (e.g., left bu |
| 7155278 |
Neurostimulation to treat effects of sleep apnea |
December 26, 2006 |
| Neurostimulation is delivered to one or more predetermined locations on or within a patient in order to treat effects of sleep apnea by modulating autonomic nervous activity. Delivery of neurostimulation at predetermined locations can decrease sympathetic nervous activity and/or increase |
| 7130684 |
Method and apparatus for improving ventricular status using the force interval relationship |
October 31, 2006 |
| Methods and devices for improving ventricular contractile status of a patient suitably exploit changes in ventricular pressure and/or dP/dt.sub.max to provide and/or optimize a response to a patient. The ventricular pressure may be appropriately correlated to intracellular calcium re |
| 7107093 |
Use of activation and recovery times and dispersions to monitor heart failure status and arrhyth |
September 12, 2006 |
| A system and method for monitoring electrical dispersion of the heart is provided including an implantable medical device and associated electrode system for sensing cardiac signals from a combination of two or more local and/or global EGM sensing vectors and/or subcutaneous ECG sensing |
| 7079887 |
Method and apparatus for gauging cardiac status using post premature heart rate turbulence |
July 18, 2006 |
| A hemodynamic status of a patient is determined in an implanted medical device (IMD) by observing a perturbation of the patient's heart, measuring heart rate turbulence resulting from the perturbation, and quantifying the heart rate turbulence to determine the hemodynamic status. The |
| 7027871 |
Aggregation of data from external data sources within an implantable medical device |
April 11, 2006 |
| An implantable device is described that collects and aggregates data from non-implanted medical devices external from a body of a patient. The device may also collect and aggregate data from medical devices implanted within the body. The implantable device includes a wireless transceiver |
| 7010344 |
Method and apparatus for delaying a ventricular tachycardia therapy |
March 7, 2006 |
| A device and method to detect slow ventricular tachycardia, deliver anti-tachycardia pacing therapies, and delay a scheduled shock therapy if the ventricular tachycardia is not terminated or accelerated. Preferably, a shock therapy is delayed after verifying hemodynamic stability based o |
| 6931272 |
Method and apparatus to monitor pulmonary edema |
August 16, 2005 |
| In general, the invention is directed to monitoring fluid retention that may accompany congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema. A medical device, such as an implanted pacemaker or an external defibrillator, senses electrical signals associated with the periodic depolarization and |
