Corey G Brown

US Patent:

7606618, Oct 20, 2009

Filed:

Apr 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/400114

Inventors:

Gene A. Bornzin - Simi Valley CA, US
Peter Boileau - Valencia CA, US
Paul A. Levine - Santa Clarita CA, US
Corey L. Brown - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Pacesetter, Inc. - Sylmar CA

International Classification:

A61N 1/00

US Classification:

607 27

Abstract:

An implantable medical device with a notification system. The device monitors itself and an implantee for one or more condition indicating notification and delivers the notification at a time the patient is determined to be wakeful and, optionally, at relative rest. The notification can be repeated periodically until acknowledged by the user or the system is evaluated and reprogrammed by the physician. A user input can be included to provide the device confirmation of receipt of the notification as well as to delay delivery of any indicated subsequent notifications. The notification is provided without requiring any additional or special dedicated hardware.

US Patent:

6847843, Jan 25, 2005

Filed:

Jun 6, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/876755

Inventors:

Elia Arambula Mouchawar - Newhall CA, US
Bonian Dai - Temple City CA, US
Mohssen Fard - Woodland Hills CA, US
Gregory Hauck - Valencia CA, US
Corey L. Brown - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Pacesetter, Inc. - Sylmar CA

International Classification:

A61N 118

US Classification:

607 27, 607 30

Abstract:

An implantable cardiac stimulation device and associated method capable of delivering non-invasive programmed stimulation for electrophysiological testing in which the onset of the non-invasive programmed stimulation is triggered by a cardiac event, either a detected intrinsic event or a stimulated event, occurring in the heart chamber to be tested. When a non-invasive programmed stimulation command is received by the implanted device, it switches to a routine that allows transition to a non-invasive programmed stimulation from a standard operating mode, during a refractory period. The stimulation device also provides a recovery delay following the last pulse of a non-invasive programmed stimulation sequence. If no intrinsic activity is detected during the recovery delay, a refractory period is started following the expiration of the recovery delay. During this refractory period, a transition from the non-invasive programmed stimulation state machine back to the standard stimulation state machine is accomplished.