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...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112158 | Method of maintaining wet-tantalum electrolytic capacitors Wet-tantalum capacitors used in a medical device are charged to and maintained at a maintenance voltage between full energy charges so that deformation in the wet-tantalum capacitor is substantially inhibited. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8068916 | Pure digital medical amplifier for digitally acquiring, conditioning, storing, and transferring clinical and non-clinical biomedical signals A new apparatus of pure digital medical amplifier used for clinical and non-clinical biomedical signal acquisition purposes is disclosed, which include: multiple single-stage amplification buffers connected to biomedical signal inputs for receiving and buffering var... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068915 | Generation of therapy programs and program groups A programmer allows a clinician to identify desirable combinations of electrodes from within an electrode set implanted in a patient that enable delivery of desirable neurostimulation therapy by an implantable medical device. The clinician may create neurostimulatio... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8032226 | User profile backup system for an infusion pump device Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller device that communicates with a pump device, the pump device having a memory device. The controller device can be configured to record controller-related data, such as user profile data on the memo... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8010203 | Guided programming with feedback Techniques that involve generating test stimulation programs based upon specific patient feedback to guide the programming process for stimulation therapy are described. The patient describes positive effects and adverse effects of the test stimulation by listing an... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010204 | Nerve blocking for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders A system comprising: at least one electrode adapted to be placed on a vagus nerve below a vagal innervation of the heart; an implantable controller comprising an induction coil, at least one circuit for generating a neural conduction blocking signal connected to the... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7974701 | Dosing limitation for an implantable medical device A method for limiting patient-initiated electrical signal therapy to a cranial nerve of a patient is provided. An electrical signal therapy limit is selected from the group consisting of; a maximum number of patient-initiated signals, a maximum dose of electrical si... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7945333 | Programmer for biostimulator system A biostimulator system comprises one or more implantable devices and an external programmer configured for communicating with the implantable device or devices via bidirectional communication pathways comprising a receiving pathway that decodes information encoded o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937158 | Multi-programmable trial stimulator Disclosed are systems and methods which provide trial stimulators suited for use interoperatively and during patient trial. Trial stimulator embodiments provide a patient interface and/or clinician interface which appears and functions substantially the same as an i... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7908013 | Collecting activity information to evaluate therapy A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. The medical device may periodically determine an activity level of the patient, and associate each determined activity level with a current therapy parameter set. A value of at least one activity metric is determined... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904166 | Configuration and method for the management of data of a plurality of programmable personal medical devices The invention relates to a configuration and a method for the management of data of a plurality of programmable personal medical devices. The configuration comprises a first plurality of personal devices, a second plurality of patient devices each calibrated to at l... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7848819 | Medical device programming safety Techniques for increasing the safety of medical device programming using general purpose hardware, such as a general purpose personal computer, are described. Some embodiments include a watchdog module that is serviced by the general purpose hardware, a mediator mod... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7826902 | User interface with 2D views for configuring stimulation therapy The disclosure describes a method and system that allows a user to configure electrical stimulation therapy by defining a stimulation field. After a stimulation lead is implanted in a patient, a clinician manipulates a stimulation field on the display to encompass d... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826901 | Generation of therapy programs and program groups A programmer allows a clinician to identify desirable combinations of electrodes from within an electrode set implanted in a patient that enable delivery of desirable neurostimulation therapy by an implantable medical device. The clinician may create neurostimulatio... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813808 | Implanted sensor system with optimized operational and sensing parameters A medical system includes an implantable sensor; and a medical device having a communication link with the sensor. The medical device further including a controller, wherein operating parameters for controlling sampling of a physiological characteristic or other par... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801619 | Tree-based electrical stimulator programming for pain therapy The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801618 | Auto adjusting system for brain tissue stimulator An implantable neurostimulator for treating disorders such as epilepsy, pain, movement disorders and depression includes a detection subsystem capable of detecting a physiological condition and a therapy subsystem capable of providing a course of therapy in response... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7778710 | Method and apparatus for preventing excessive power drain from an implantable device A method and apparatus are provided for controlling interrogation of an implantable device such as a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or a defibrillator utilizing an external device in a home environment. The method controls how frequently a patient can retri... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769464 | Therapy adjustment Systems and methods for adjusting a therapy delivered to a patient include detecting a value of at least one sensed patient parameter and adjusting a therapy program to accommodate different patient parameter values. A data structure including a plurality of patient... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747330 | Global parameter adjustment for multiple stimulation programs A user may modify a stimulation parameter in a plurality of stimulation programs with a single adjustment. During stimulation therapy, the user, such as a patient, may desire to change a parameter of the plurality of stimulation programs. The patient may press a sin... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738963 | System and method for programming an implantable pulse generator In one embodiment, a method of programming an IPG comprises providing one or several GUI screens on the programmer device, the GUI screens comprising a master amplitude GUI control for controlling amplitudes for stimsets of a stimulation program and one or several b... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7715920 | Tree-based electrical stimulator programming The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706889 | Tree-based electrical stimulator programming The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level of the therapeutic tree containing a different stimulation parameter... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697993 | Method and apparatus for question-based programming of cardiac rhythm management devices A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes a programming device that identifies the device type of an implantable medical device, selects a predetermined questioning sequence based on the device type, and interacts with a user through a user interface screen ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7657319 | Programming interface with an unwrapped 2D view of a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry A method of programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. The method further includes guided programming to select electrode combinations and parameter values to support... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7630773 | Adaptive software configuration for a medical device This document describes, among other things, a method of operating a medical device comprising updating a regulatory approval status stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device operable to communicate with the medical device, and enabling or disa... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7603177 | Applying filter information to identify combinations of electrodes A programming device compares filter information to information that describes possible combinations of the electrodes within an electrode set implanted in a patient. The filter information describes at least one characteristic of valid, e.g., desired, electrode com... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7584002 | Aggregation of data from external data sources within an implantable medical device 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 ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7561921 | Neurostimulator programmer with internal antenna In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience. F... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7548786 | Library for management of neurostimulation therapy programs An implantable medical device delivers neurostimulation therapy to a patient according to a parameter set. A parameter set may consist of a number of programs that are delivered substantially simultaneously. When programming the implantable medical device for the pa... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7529588 | Method and apparatus to backup, update and share data among implantable cardiac stimulation device programmers A system is provided for backing up and synchronizing data stored within a set of programmers used for programming implantable cardiac stimulation devices such as pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). The data from the programmers that is bac... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526341 | Amplitude ramping of waveforms generated by an implantable medical device The present invention automates the adjustment of an amplitude of stimulated pulses that are generated by an implanted device. Apparatus comprises a processor that communicates with the implanted device over a communications channel through a communications module. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7460912 | System and method for temporary programming for implanted medical devices A system and method for temporary programming of an implantable medical device. The system and method include a repeater uploading temporary programming and instructions to a temporary memory of the device and then instructing the device to operate according to the ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457668 | Method and device for remote and nonconnected implementation of an implant and implant implemented by said device A method for remote and nonconnected interaction between an implant having an electrical motor and a transmitter/receiver inverter having an induction source having/connected to a power source for operating the electrical motor including creating modifications in an... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7418295 | Method and system for identifying and displaying groups of cardiac arrhythmic episodes A medical device system that receives cardiac data representing a plurality of stored arrhythmic episodes, and analyzing the cardiac data to identify and display a subset of stored arrhythmic episodes as a function of user-specified episode criteria. The medical dev... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7373206 | Failsafe programming of implantable medical devices A watchdog unit receives stay-alive signals from a programming device during programming of an implantable medical device. The watchdog unit maintains a watchdog timer, and resets the timer upon receipt of each stay-alive signal. If the watchdog timer expires, the w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369897 | Method and system of remotely controlling electrical pulses provided to nerve tissue(s) by an implanted stimulator system for neuromodulation therapies A method and system of remotely controlling an implanted stimulator for providing electrical pulses to nerve tissue, comprises an implantable stimulator, an interface unit, and a mobile device such as a modified PDA/cell phone (or pocket PC/cell phone). The implante... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369893 | Method and apparatus for identifying lead-related conditions using prediction and detection criteria A method for delivering therapy in a medical device that includes a two-tiered approach of determining the presence of a lead-related condition, and determining, in response to a lead-related condition being present, the presence of oversensing. Deliver of therapy b... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366570 | Method and a system for using implanted medical device data for accessing therapies A method and system facilitates the access by a patient of implanted medical device related data for patient participation in their own clinical care and therapy. In an example embodiment, the method includes establishing a communications link between an implanted m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366569 | Non-invasive method and apparatus for cardiac pacemaker pacing parameter optimization and monitoring of cardiac dysfunction A plethysmogram signal is sensed from a patient and provided to a programmer device for monitoring the condition of the patient and for optimizing pacing parameters of a cardiac device implanted in the patient. The programmer device analyzes the plethysmogram signal... | 04/29/2008 |
