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HESS MICHAEL F

US41 patents
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MEDTRONIC INC

37 patents
US5861007AJan 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

HESS MICHAEL F

2 patents

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1 patent

CHINCHOY EDWARD

1 patent