Inventor
NICHOLS LUCY M
US14 patents
Patents
14 patentsUS5158078AOct 27, 1992
Rate responsive pacemaker and methods for optimizing its operation
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US5154170AOct 13, 1992
Optimization for rate responsive cardiac pacemaker
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US5354319AOct 11, 1994
Telemetry system for an implantable medical device
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US5320643AJun 14, 1994
Automatic cardiac capture restoration and threshold-seeking method and apparatus
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US5226413AJul 13, 1993
Rate responsive pacemaker and method for automatically initializing the same
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US5127404AJul 7, 1992
Telemetry format for implanted medical device
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US5344431ASep 6, 1994
Method and apparatus for determination of end-of-service for implantable devices
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US5374282ADec 20, 1994
Automatic sensitivity adjust for cardiac pacemakers
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US5330513AJul 19, 1994
Diagnostic function data storage and telemetry out for rate responsive cardiac pacemaker
MEDTRONIC INC69 citations96
US5312446AMay 17, 1994
Compressed storage of data in cardiac pacemakers
MEDTRONIC INC269 citations96
US5292343AMar 8, 1994
Hand shake for implanted medical device telemetry
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US5282839AFeb 1, 1994
Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker and method for providing an optimized pacing rate which varies with a patient's physiologic demand
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US5134997AAug 4, 1992
Rate responsive pacemaker and pacing method
MEDTRONIC INC28 citations92
US7123965B2Oct 17, 2006
Method and apparatus for injection of external data within an implantable medical device
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