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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6912420 | Cardiac rhythm management system for hypotension A cardiac rhythm management system detects hypotension based on a measurement of thoracic impedance. It also provides therapy to treat the hypotension. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912399 | Cellular telephone with programmable authorized telephone number A cellular telephone having restricted dialing authority and a simplified keypad. The keypad includes a plurality of preprogrammed hot keys. Incoming telephone calls from authorized telephone numbers are answerable and incoming telephone calls from other numbers do ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907291 | Secure telemetry system and method for an implantable cardiac stimulation device An implantable cardiac stimulation device establishes communication with at least first and second external devices which communicate using first and second communication protocols, respectively, and wherein the first and second protocols are different. The implanta... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907283 | Patient telemetry device with auto-compensation for impedance changes in leadset antenna Various designs and features of an ambulatory transceiver and ECG lead set are disclosed for use in remote patient monitoring. One feature involves the use of unshielded, dual-conductor lead wires in which one conductor carries the patient's ECG signal and the other... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907289 | Triggered storage of diagnostic data associated with compromised resynchronization therapy A method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device used for cardiac resynchronization therapy in which the storage of diagnostic data is triggered by detection of a condition indicating that the effectiveness of the therapy has been compromised. Such diagnost... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898464 | Optical telemetry of data and power for wireless biomedical sensors and actuators An apparatus and corresponding method for providing data communications to and from a location within a body cavity in which an internal transmitter receives a first data stream from an in vivo sensor, electrode, or transducer. The internal transmitter is configured... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6893395 | Method and apparatus for data transmission between an electromedical implant and an external apparatus A method and apparatus for data transmission between an electromedical implant having a first transmitter/receiver unit, such as a cardiological implant, and an associated external apparatus having a second transmitter/receiver unit. Data transmission begins with a ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6895281 | Inductive coil apparatus for bio-medical telemetry An improved bio-medical telemetry apparatus for programming an implanted medical device includes a large substantially planar and concentrically wound first telemetry coil. The coil is disposed inside a thin flexible housing including layers of insulative materials ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6847844 | Method of data communication with implanted device and associated apparatus Apparatus and method of communicating data employing current pulses transmitted by an implanted device through living biological tissue to an external device. The method also contemplates transmission of current pulses from the external device through living biologi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6842644 | User navigation and guidance during configuration and storage of parameters for medical device Systems and methods for providing a navigation and guidance sequence during configuration, input, and storage of programmable parameters for use in a medical device. One embodiment includes a cardiac rhythm management device as the medical device. The navigational s... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6842645 | Presentation architecture for network supporting implantable cardiac therapy device A cardiac therapy network architecture collects data output by an implantable cardiac therapy device, processes that data, and distributes it to various knowledge workers. The cardiac therapy network implements a presentation architecture that formats and encodes th... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6832113 | Non-invasive method and apparatus for cardiac pacemaker pacing parameter optimization and monitoring of cardiac dysfunction Non-invasive method and apparatus for monitoring the condition of a heart failure patient and for optimizing the pacing parameters of a cardiac device implanted in a patient. A plethysmogram signal, e.g., a finger photoplethysmogram, is obtained from a patient and p... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6813519 | Ambulatory medical apparatus and method using a robust communication protocol An implanted medical device (e.g. infusion pump) and external device communicate with one another via telemetry wherein messages are transmitted under a robust communication protocol. The communication protocol gives enhanced assurance concerning the integrity of me... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805667 | Information remote monitor (IRM) medical device An information remote monitor (IRM) is implemented to collect medical device data locally in a patient's home for transmission to a remote location. Specifically, the IRM integrates data from an external pressure reference (EPR) and an implanted medical device (IMD)... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804558 | System and method of communicating between an implantable medical device and a remote computer system or health care provider A medical information communication system and corresponding methods are described. The system permits monitoring the performance of an implantable medical device (IMD) implanted within a body of a patient, monitoring the health of the patient, or remotely deliverin... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6804559 | Electromedical implant An electromedical implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with an external apparatus is provided. The telemetry device comprising a transmitting device and a receiving device, wherein a separate energy storage means is provided for each of the... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6801807 | Communication system and method for communicating between an implanted medical device and another device In a medical communication system and method adapted to perform communication between two units, at least one of said units being adapted to be implanted in a human or animal body, having one active channel among a number of communication channels, all of the commun... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6788973 | Apparatus and method to discriminate between telemetry downlink signals and noise in an implanted device An implanted medical device (IMD) conserves power by discriminating received radio frequency (RF) signals between noise and data based on frequency. Data is processed while noise is attenuated. The IMD operates in a first, relatively low, power mode while not receiv... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6778856 | Electromagnetic interference immune tissue invasive system An electromagnetic immune tissue invasive system includes a primary device housing. The primary device housing having a control circuit therein. A shielding is formed around the primary device housing to shield the primary device housing and any circuits therein fro... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6766201 | Telemetry apparatus and method for an implantable medical device An apparatus and method for enabling radio-frequency communications with an implantable medical device utilizing far-field electromagnetic radiation. Such radio-frequency communications can take place over much greater distances than with inductively coupled antenna... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6763269 | Frequency agile telemetry system for implantable medical device A system enables high-frequency communication between an external communication device and one or more implantable medical devices. The system implements a communication protocol in which the external communication device interrogates any implantable medical devices... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6752155 | Tactile feedback for indicating validity of communication link with an implantable medical device Implantable medical device telemetry is provided between an implantable medical device and an external communication device. The implantable medical device includes a device transmitter and/or a device receiver. The external communication device includes a moveable ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6748274 | Method and apparatus for generating and displaying location-specific diagnostic information using an implantable cardiac stimulation device and an external programmer Location-specific diagnostic information is detected and recorded by the cardiac stimulation device for subsequent display using the external programmer device. The diagnostic information includes location-specific event records, counters and IEGM signals. The event... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6748260 | Hand-held surface ECG and RF apparatus incorporated with a medical device A hand-holdable structure implementing electrodes to enable good skin-electrode contact to acquire ECG readings is disclosed. Specifically, the structure is shaped to enable patients to apply a simple gentle grip to have a reliable skin-electrode contact and to auto... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6738670 | Implantable medical device telemetry processor An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main processor, conserving energy, increasing telemetry processing speed, ... | 05/18/2004 |
| RE38515 | Atrial defibrillation system having patient selectable atrial fibrillation detection An atrial defibrillation system includes an implantable atrial defibrillator having an atrial defibrillation detector for detecting atrial fibrillation and a cardioverter for cardioverting the atria of a heart. The implantable atrial defibrillator further includes a... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6738671 | Externally worn transceiver for use with an implantable medical device An implantable medical device system that includes an implantable medical device, along with a transceiver device that exchanges data with the patient, between the patient and the implantable medical device, and between a remote location and the implantable medical ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6718197 | LV ectopic density trending Ectopic beat activity detection of the human heart is monitored by time interval measurements of depolarizations in the heart. The intervals between beats are categorized as being long beats, short beats or normal beats. Then the sequence of categories of beats is a... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714812 | Method of performing operating settings in heart rate measurement arrangement, and heart rate measurement arrangement The invention relates to a method of performing operating settings in a heart rate measurement arrangement, and a heart rate measurement arrangement. Audio frequency information is transmitted to the heart rate measurement arrangement by wireless transmission. The a... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6708065 | Antenna for an implantable medical device An apparatus and method for enabling far-field radio-frequency communications with an implantable medical device in which an antenna is embedded within a dielectric compartment of the device. A helical antenna may be employed to save space while still permitting far... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704601 | Implantable medical stimulation device having reconfigurable memory The implantable medical device is provided with typically equal portions of both random access memory (RAM) and read only memory (ROM) and a virtual memory space is defined equal to the amount of memory in one of the memory devices. In a specific example,... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701188 | Controlling noise sources during telemetry The invention presents techniques for reducing the interference to telemetry from an implanted medical device caused by a source of controllable noise. In the context of an implanted system that includes a defibrillator system and a telemetry system, for ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6687547 | Method and apparatus for communicating with an implantable medical device with DTMF tones Uplink and downlink telemetry between an implantable medical device (IMD) telemetry transceiver and an external medical device (EMD) telemetry transceiver used by a patient or health care provider is facilitated by the communications system of the present... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6675045 | Split-can dipole antenna for an implantable medical device An apparatus and method for enabling far-field radio-frequency communications with an implantable medical device utilizing the device housing as an antenna. Such radio-frequency communications can take place over much greater distances than with inductive... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6658300 | Telemetric reader/charger device for medical sensor A signal reading and charging device for use with an implantable telemetric medical sensor comprises a casing and a circuit within the casing comprising a logic control unit and a processing unit. The logic control unit sends a powering signal to the tele... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6650941 | Implantable medical device programming wands having integral input device Programming wands, systems and methods are provided for programming implantable medical devices (IMDs). The programming wands of the present invention preferably include one or more input devices which may be manipulated to control the programming process... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650944 | Follow-up monitoring method and system for implantable medical devices A method and a system for retrieving information from an IMD so that a physician may better use the time allotted to a patient. In an example embodiment, a method for communicating between an implanted device and a medical data processing system occurs vi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647299 | Patient programmer for implantable medical device with audio locator signal A system and method of locating the desired telemetry location for an implantable medical device includes a programmer having a patient interface to allow activation of the programmer, a bi-directional communications link between the programmer and the im... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6647289 | Non-invasive cardiorespiratory monitor with synchronized bioimpedance sensing A cardiorespiratory monitor that generates bioimpedance sensing signals that produce substantially no interference with bioimpedance signals generated by implanted devices. The monitor detects the bioimpedance signal generated by the implanted device, usi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6636765 | Method and apparatus for timing events within an implantable medical device A technique is described for timing hardware or software events for use in an implantable medical device capable of performing many concurrent processes. The technique exploits a first timer for timing events using a timing interval of one millisecond and... | 10/21/2003 |
