Inventor
HESS MICHAEL F
US41 patents
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MEDTRONIC INC
37 patentsUS5861007AJan 19, 1999
Adaptive search AV and auto PVARP adaptation to same with additional benefit
MEDTRONIC INC174 citations99
US5749906AMay 12, 1998
Dual chamber pacing system and method with continual adjustment of the AV escape interval so as to maintain optimized ventricular pacing for treating cardiomyopathy
MEDTRONIC INC292 citations99
US5725561AMar 10, 1998
Method and apparatus for variable rate cardiac stimulation
MEDTRONIC INC181 citations99
US5716383AFeb 10, 1998
Dual chamber pacing system and method with continual adjustment of the AV escape interval so as to maintain optimized ventricular pacing for treating cardiomyopathy
MEDTRONIC INC207 citations99
US5626620AMay 6, 1997
Dual chamber pacing system and method with continual adjustment of the AV escape interval so as to maintain optimized ventricular pacing for treating cardiomyopathy
MEDTRONIC INC377 citations99
US5507782AApr 16, 1996
Method and apparatus for dual chamber cardiac pacing
MEDTRONIC INC350 citations99
US7953482B2May 31, 2011
Delivery of CRT therapy during AT/AF termination
MEDTRONIC INC73 citations98
US7130681B2Oct 31, 2006
Use of accelerometer signal to augment ventricular arrhythmia detection
MEDTRONIC INC267 citations98
US6129745AOct 10, 2000
Medical device for automatic diagnosis of undersensing by timing
MEDTRONIC INC137 citations98
US5759196AJun 2, 1998
Modification of pacemaker tachy response based on FFRW sensing
MEDTRONIC INC107 citations98
US5713929AFeb 3, 1998
Arrhythmia and fibrillation prevention pacemaker using ratchet up and decay modes of operation
MEDTRONIC INC216 citations98
US6058326AMay 2, 2000
Method and apparatus for cardiac pacing in accordance with multiple pacing therapy features
MEDTRONIC INC88 citations97
US5928271AJul 27, 1999
Atrial anti-arrhythmia pacemaker and method using high rate atrial and backup ventricular pacing
MEDTRONIC INC157 citations97
US6442429B1Aug 27, 2002
Method and apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias
MEDTRONIC INC53 citations96
US5501701AMar 26, 1996
Pacemaker with vasovagal syncope detection and therapy
MEDTRONIC INC70 citations96
US5441525AAug 15, 1995
Pacemaker with vasovagal syncope detection
MEDTRONIC INC64 citations96
US10286214B2May 14, 2019
Atrial tracking in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker
MEDTRONIC INC30 citations94
US5814083ASep 29, 1998
Pacemaker tachy determination based blocked on 2:1 sensing
MEDTRONIC INC53 citations93
US7076290B2Jul 11, 2006
Method and apparatus for detecting and discriminating arrhythmias
MEDTRONIC INC25 citations92
US6195584B1Feb 27, 2001
Method and apparatus for determining atrial lead dislocation
MEDTRONIC INC47 citations91
US5676686AOct 14, 1997
Pacemaker with vasovagal syncope detection
MEDTRONIC INC63 citations91
US6876880B2Apr 5, 2005
Automated reapplication of atrial pacing therapies
MEDTRONIC INC22 citations90
US6167307ADec 26, 2000
Auto PVARP adaptation adaptive search AV
MEDTRONIC INC70 citations89
US10751542B2Aug 25, 2020
Power management for implantable medical device systems
MEDTRONIC INC6 citations84
US7787942B2Aug 31, 2010
Mechanical ventricular pacing non-capture detection for a refractory period stimulation (RPS) pacing therapy using at least one lead-based accelerometer
MEDTRONIC INC10 citations84
US7515959B2Apr 7, 2009
Delivery of CRT therapy during AT/AF termination
MEDTRONIC INC9 citations84
US7366570B2Apr 29, 2008
Method and a system for using implanted medical device data for accessing therapies
MEDTRONIC INC11 citations82
US7319898B2Jan 15, 2008
Self-adapting defibrillator induction feature
MEDTRONIC INC8 citations74
US11752353B2Sep 12, 2023
Power management for implantable medical device systems
MEDTRONIC INC2 citations73
US11285312B2Mar 29, 2022
Left ventricular assist device adjustment and evaluation
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations63
US9981135B2May 29, 2018
Multi-chamber intracardiac pacing system
MEDTRONIC INC1 citations63
US7313436B2Dec 25, 2007
Configurable cardioversion and defibrillation therapies in the presence of coexisting atrial and ventricular arrhythmia
MEDTRONIC INC5 citations63
US6845268B2Jan 18, 2005
Rate stabilization with maintenance of intrinsic ventricular response
MEDTRONIC INC4 citations63
US11931561B2Mar 19, 2024
Body position and activity based flow control for ventricular assist device (VAD) with fully implantable controller
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations58
US9345889B2May 24, 2016
Patient specific data driven safety interlocks for medical devices
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations52
US8634926B2Jan 21, 2014
Clinic based instrument system for remote processing and access to implanted systems information
MEDTRONIC INC1 citations51
US11883675B2Jan 30, 2024
Transcutaneous energy transfer system including alarm
MEDTRONIC INC0 citations49