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BETZOLD ROBERT A
US44 patents
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MEDTRONIC INC
36 patentsUS5273035ADec 28, 1993
Dual chamber pacemaker with safe airial pacing
MEDTRONIC INC126 citations98
US6434424B1Aug 13, 2002
Regularization of ventricular rate during atrial tachyarrhythmia
MEDTRONIC INC156 citations97
US5052388AOct 1, 1991
Method and apparatus for implementing activity sensing in a pulse generator
MEDTRONIC INC626 citations97
US6496730B1Dec 17, 2002
Multi-site cardiac pacing system having conditional refractory period
MEDTRONIC INC155 citations96
US6311088B1Oct 30, 2001
Dual-chamber pacemaker with optimized PVARP following event that may disrupt AV synchrony
MEDTRONIC INC58 citations96
US5123412AJun 23, 1992
Dual-chamber pacemaker with automatic selection of atrial refractory period
MEDTRONIC INC60 citations96
US7245966B2Jul 17, 2007
Ventricular event filtering for an implantable medical device
MEDTRONIC INC47 citations95
US5658320AAug 19, 1997
Atrial tachyarrhythmia detection in implantable pulse generators
MEDTRONIC INC56 citations93
US7130685B2Oct 31, 2006
Method to prevent pacemaker induced non-reentrant VA synchrony using adaptive atrial pacing output
MEDTRONIC INC23 citations92
US7123964B2Oct 17, 2006
Replacement indicator timer for implantable medical devices
MEDTRONIC INC46 citations92
US6731983B2May 4, 2004
Pacemaker having adaptive arrhythmia detection windows
MEDTRONIC INC44 citations92
US6625489B2Sep 23, 2003
Dynamic non-competitive atrial pacing
MEDTRONIC INC32 citations87
US11724111B2Aug 15, 2023
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC4 citations85
US10293167B2May 21, 2019
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC7 citations84
US8046063B2Oct 25, 2011
Implantable medical device with adaptive operation
MEDTRONIC INC9 citations84
US7515958B2Apr 7, 2009
System and method for altering pacing modality
MEDTRONIC INC8 citations84
US10441798B2Oct 15, 2019
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC7 citations82
US9220905B2Dec 29, 2015
Sampling intrinsic AV conduction time
MEDTRONIC INC12 citations81
US11938326B2Mar 26, 2024
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC3 citations74
US7720537B2May 18, 2010
System and method for providing improved atrial pacing based on physiological need
MEDTRONIC INC5 citations74
US7502646B2Mar 10, 2009
Pacing mode event classification with rate smoothing and increased ventricular sensing
MEDTRONIC INC7 citations74
US6594526B2Jul 15, 2003
Pacing therapy architecture flow
MEDTRONIC INC8 citations74
US11253707B2Feb 22, 2022
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC3 citations73
US10981010B2Apr 20, 2021
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC3 citations73
US6889083B2May 3, 2005
Atrial tracking recovery to restore cardiac resynchronization therapy in dual chamber tracking modes
MEDTRONIC INC10 citations69
US7881793B2Feb 1, 2011
System and method for ventricular pacing with progressive conduction check interval
MEDTRONIC INC6 citations63
US7502647B2Mar 10, 2009
Rate smoothing pacing modality with increased ventricular sensing
MEDTRONIC INC4 citations63
US12303701B2May 20, 2025
Methods and implantable medical systems that implement exposure modes of therapy that allow for continued operation during exposure to a magnetic disturbance
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations62
US7599740B2Oct 6, 2009
Ventricular event filtering for an implantable medical device
MEDTRONIC INC2 citations62
US5088490AFeb 18, 1992
Bandpass filter clock control
MEDTRONIC INC3 citations56
US7856269B2Dec 21, 2010
System and method for determining phsyiologic events during pacing mode operation
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations52
US7738955B2Jun 15, 2010
System and method for ventricular pacing with AV interval modulation
MEDTRONIC INC1 citations52
US7715914B2May 11, 2010
System and method for improving ventricular sensing
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations52
US8024042B2Sep 20, 2011
Minimum ventricular pacing to break the repetitive AR-VS pattern
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations46
US7689281B2Mar 30, 2010
Pacing mode event classification with increased ventricular sensing
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations42
US10449364B2Oct 22, 2019
Pacemaker mediated tachycardia detection and intervention
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations40
BETZOLD ROBERT A
5 patentsUS8583233B2Nov 12, 2013
Modification of AV conduction time sampling rate
BETZOLD ROBERT A5 citations72
US10252062B2Apr 9, 2019
Replacement indicator timer for implantable medical devices
BETZOLD ROBERT A1 citations61
US8060202B2Nov 15, 2011
Ventricular event filtering for an implantable medical device
BETZOLD ROBERT A4 citations61
US9415227B2Aug 16, 2016
Implantable medical device with adaptive operation
BETZOLD ROBERT A1 citations51
US8473053B2Jun 25, 2013
Minimum ventricular pacing to break the repetitive AR-VS pattern
BETZOLD ROBERT A0 citations45