| 5,792,195 Acceleration sensed safe upper rate envelope for calculating the hemodynamic upper rate limit for a rate adaptive cardiac rhythm management device
|
98 |
1996
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| 5,836,987 Apparatus and method for optimizing cardiac performance by determining the optimal timing interval from an accelerometer signal
|
236 |
1997
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| 6,144,880 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
134 |
1998
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| 6,044,298 Optimization of pacing parameters based on measurement of integrated acoustic noise
|
202 |
1998
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| 6,360,127 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
108 |
2000
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| 6,351,673 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
80 |
2000
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| 7,052,466 Apparatus and method for outputting heart sounds
|
11 |
2001
|
| 6,832,113 Non-invasive method and apparatus for cardiac pacemaker pacing parameter optimization and monitoring of cardiac dysfunction
|
62 |
2001
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| 6,597,951 Automatic selection from multiple cardiac optimization protocols
|
126 |
2001
|
| 6,542,775 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
148 |
2001
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| 6,963,777 Cardiac rhythm management system and method using time between mitral valve closure and aortic ejection
|
22 |
2002
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| 7,113,825 Method and apparatus for detecting acoustic oscillations in cardiac rhythm
|
26 |
2002
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| 7,206,634 Method and apparatus for optimizing cardiac pumping performance
|
13 |
2002
|
| 6,684,103 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
64 |
2002
|
| 7,260,429 Method and apparatus for phonocardiographic image acquisition and presentation
|
13 |
2002
|
| 7,123,962 Phonocardiographic image-based atrioventricular delay optimization
|
38 |
2002
|
| 7,158,830 Method and apparatus for optimizing stroke volume during DDD resynchronization therapy using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
31 |
2002
|
| 7,110,817 Method and apparatus for optimizing ventricular synchrony during DDD resynchronization therapy using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
39 |
2002
|
| 8,391,989 Advanced patient management for defining, identifying and using predetermined health-related events
|
0 |
2002
|
| 7,972,275 Method and apparatus for monitoring of diastolic hemodynamics
|
1 |
2002
|
| 6,859,665 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
36 |
2003
|
| 6,856,836 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
27 |
2003
|
| 7,231,248 Resynchronization method and apparatus based on intrinsic atrial rate
|
15 |
2003
|
| 8,002,553 Sleep quality data collection and evaluation
|
1 |
2003
|
| 7,248,923 Dual-use sensor for rate responsive pacing and heart sound monitoring
|
40 |
2003
|
| 7,184,835 Method and apparatus for adjustable AVD programming using a table
|
29 |
2003
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| 7,310,554 Method and apparatus for adjustment of sequential biventricular pacing parameters
|
21 |
2003
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| 7,215,997 Dynamic device therapy control for treating post myocardial infarction patients
|
32 |
2003
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| 7,431,699 Method and apparatus for third heart sound detection
|
24 |
2003
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| 7,115,096 Third heart sound activity index for heart failure monitoring
|
57 |
2003
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| 7,209,786 Method and apparatus for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy using heart sounds
|
24 |
2004
|
| 7,480,528 Method and apparatus for monitoring heart failure patients with cardiopulmonary comorbidities
|
19 |
2004
|
| 7,559,901 Determining a patient's posture from mechanical vibrations of the heart
|
32 |
2004
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| 7,887,493 Implantable device employing movement sensing for detecting sleep-related disorders
|
3 |
2004
|
| 7,967,756 Respiratory therapy control based on cardiac cycle
|
0 |
2004
|
| 7,366,569 Non-invasive method and apparatus for cardiac pacemaker pacing parameter optimization and monitoring of cardiac dysfunction
|
26 |
2004
|
| 7,787,946 Patient monitoring, diagnosis, and/or therapy systems and methods
|
12 |
2004
|
| 7,894,893 Arrhythmia classification and therapy selection
|
0 |
2004
|
| 7,933,651 Cardiac template generation based on patient response information
|
0 |
2004
|
| 7,228,173 Cardiac tachyarrhythmia therapy selection based on patient response information
|
37 |
2004
|
| 7,883,470 Apparatus and method for outputting heart sounds
|
1 |
2005
|
| 7,662,104 Method for correction of posture dependence on heart sounds
|
9 |
2005
|
| 7,856,270 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
2 |
2005
|
| 7,818,056 Blending cardiac rhythm detection processes
|
1 |
2005
|
| 7,404,802 Trending of systolic murmur intensity for monitoring cardiac disease with implantable device
|
6 |
2005
|
| 7,424,321 Systems and methods for multi-axis cardiac vibration measurements
|
14 |
2005
|
| 7,670,298 Sensing rate of change of pressure in the left ventricle with an implanted device
|
2 |
2005
|
| 7,922,669 Ischemia detection using a heart sound sensor
|
8 |
2005
|
| 7,630,764 Method and system for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy with variable atrio-ventricular delay
|
6 |
2005
|
| 7,908,001 Automatic multi-level therapy based on morphologic organization of an arrhythmia
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,615,012 Broadband acoustic sensor for an implantable medical device
|
1 |
2005
|
| 8,108,034 Systems and methods for valvular regurgitation detection
|
3 |
2005
|
| 7,653,431 Arrhythmia discrimination based on determination of rate dependency
|
12 |
2005
|
| 8,046,069 Method and apparatus for control of cardiac therapy using non-invasive hemodynamic sensor
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,567,836 ECG signal power vector detection of ischemia or infarction
|
7 |
2006
|
| 7,780,606 Hemodynamic stability assessment based on heart sounds
|
7 |
2006
|
| 7,869,871 Pacing therapy for diastolic heart failure
|
0 |
2006
|
| 8,000,780 Detection of myocardial ischemia from the time sequence of implanted sensor measurements
|
2 |
2006
|
| 7,529,585 Method and apparatus for optimizing ventricular synchrony during DDD resynchronization therapy using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
6 |
2006
|
| 8,211,033 Third heart sound activity index for heart failure monitoring
|
0 |
2006
|
| 8,096,954 Adaptive sampling of heart sounds
|
1 |
2006
|
| 7,974,695 Method and apparatus for optimizing stroke volume during DDD resynchronization therapy using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
0 |
2006
|
| 7,738,950 Method and apparatus for identifying potentially misclassified arrhythmic episodes
|
6 |
2006
|
| 7,736,319 Ischemia detection using heart sound timing
|
9 |
2007
|
| 7,822,473 Resynchronization method and apparatus based on intrinsic atrial rate
|
2 |
2007
|
| 7,953,484 Method and apparatus for optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy using heart sounds
|
0 |
2007
|
| 7,844,330 Dynamic device therapy control for treating post myocardial infarction patients
|
2 |
2007
|
| 7,725,184 Cardiac tachyarrhythmia therapy selection based on patient response information
|
5 |
2007
|
| 7,844,334 Dual-use sensor for rate responsive pacing and heart sound monitoring
|
5 |
2007
|
| 7,930,019 Method and apparatus for phonocardiographic image acquisition and presentation
|
0 |
2007
|
| 7,949,396 Ultrasonic transducer for a metallic cavity implated medical device
|
2 |
2007
|
| 7,912,548 Resonant structures for implantable devices
|
2 |
2007
|
| 7,570,998 Acoustic communication transducer in implantable medical device header
|
1 |
2007
|
| 7,953,480 Atrial pacing therapy for treating mitral regurgitation
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,126,547 Method and apparatus for adjustment of sequential biventricular pacing parameters
|
0 |
2007
|
| 7,634,318 Multi-element acoustic recharging system
|
6 |
2008
|
| 7,963,926 Trending of systolic murmur intensity for monitoring cardiac disease with implantable device
|
0 |
2008
|
| 8,317,717 Method and apparatus for third heart sound detection
|
0 |
2008
|
| 8,065,010 Method and apparatus for monitoring heart failure patients with cardiopulmonary comorbidities
|
1 |
2009
|
| 7,899,532 Method and apparatus for minimizing post-infarct ventricular remodeling
|
0 |
2009
|
| 8,032,214 Method and apparatus for optimizing ventricular synchrony during DDD resynchronization therapy using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
0 |
2009
|
| 7,962,210 Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity
|
0 |
2009
|
| 8,054,178 System and method for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event
|
1 |
2009
|
| 8,034,000 Ischemia detection using a heart sound sensor
|
2 |
2009
|
| 8,162,844 Managing preload reserve by tracking the ventricular operating point with heart sounds
|
0 |
2009
|
| 8,340,778 Multi-element acoustic recharging system
|
0 |
2009
|
| 8,121,685 Method and system for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy with variable atrio-ventricular delay
|
0 |
2009
|
| 7,951,087 Method for correction of posture dependence on heart sounds
|
0 |
2009
|
| 8,007,442 Sensing rate of change of pressure in the left ventricle with an implanted device
|
1 |
2010
|
| 8,185,195 Arrhythmia classification and therapy selection
|
0 |
2010
|
| 8,140,153 Cardiac tachyarrhythmia therapy selection based on patient response information
|
0 |
2010
|
| 7,938,781 Hemodynamic stability assessment based on heart sounds
|
2 |
2010
|
| 8,145,301 Blending cardiac rhythm detection processes
|
1 |
2010
|
| 8,103,345 Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays
|
2 |
2010
|
| 8,332,034 Heart sound tracking system and method
|
0 |
2010
|
| 8,167,811 Apparatus and method for outputting heart sounds
|
0 |
2011
|
| 8,277,389 Sensing rate of change of pressure in the left ventricle with an implanted device
|
0 |
2011
|
| 6,800,090 Mitral valve therapy device, system and method
|
103 |
2001
|
| 6,949,122 Focused compression mitral valve device and method
|
100 |
2001
|
| 6,908,478 Anchor and pull mitral valve device and method
|
97 |
2001
|
| 6,976,995 Fixed length anchor and pull mitral valve device and method
|
56 |
2002
|
| 7,004,958 Transvenous staples, assembly and method for mitral valve repair
|
29 |
2002
|
| 6,797,001 Device, assembly and method for mitral valve repair
|
137 |
2002
|
| 6,824,562 Body lumen device anchor, device and assembly
|
120 |
2002
|
| 7,316,708 Medical device delivery system
|
20 |
2002
|
| 6,793,673 System and method to effect mitral valve annulus of a heart
|
107 |
2002
|
| 7,314,485 Mitral valve device using conditioned shape memory alloy
|
1 |
2003
|
| 7,857,846 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
0 |
2003
|
| 7,311,729 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
8 |
2003
|
| 7,179,282 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
9 |
2003
|
| 6,960,229 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
56 |
2003
|
| 6,966,926 Mitral valve therapy assembly and method
|
82 |
2003
|
| 7,837,728 Reduced length tissue shaping device
|
1 |
2003
|
| 7,794,496 Tissue shaping device with integral connector and crimp
|
0 |
2003
|
| 6,964,683 System and method to effect the mitral valve annulus of a heart
|
70 |
2004
|
| 7,608,102 Focused compression mitral valve device and method
|
4 |
2004
|
| 7,887,582 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
1 |
2004
|
| 7,351,259 Device, system and method to affect the mitral valve annulus of a heart
|
3 |
2004
|
| 7,635,387 Adjustable height focal tissue deflector
|
0 |
2004
|
| 7,364,588 Device, assembly and method for mitral valve repair
|
9 |
2004
|
| 7,828,843 Mitral valve therapy device, system and method
|
1 |
2004
|
| 7,270,676 Mitral valve therapy device, system and method
|
7 |
2004
|
| 8,182,529 Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty device delivery method
|
0 |
2004
|
| 7,837,729 Percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty delivery system
|
1 |
2004
|
| 8,062,358 Body lumen device anchor, device and assembly
|
1 |
2004
|
| 7,452,375 Body lumen device anchor, device and assembly
|
2 |
2004
|
| 7,309,354 Body lumen device anchor, device and assembly
|
12 |
2004
|
| 7,503,931 System and method to effect the mitral valve annulus of a heart
|
5 |
2005
|
| 7,351,260 Tissue shaping device
|
4 |
2006
|
| 7,300,462 Device, system and method to affect the mitral valve annulus of a heart
|
1 |
2006
|
| 7,503,932 Mitral valve annuloplasty device with vena cava anchor
|
0 |
2006
|
| 7,814,635 Method of making a tissue shaping device
|
1 |
2006
|
| 7,674,287 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
1 |
2006
|
| 7,758,639 Mitral valve device using conditioned shape memory alloy
|
1 |
2007
|
| 7,828,841 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
1 |
2007
|
| 8,075,608 Medical device delivery system
|
0 |
2008
|
| 7,828,842 Tissue shaping device
|
2 |
2008
|
| 8,006,594 Catheter cutting tool
|
0 |
2008
|
| 8,439,971 Adjustable height focal tissue deflector
|
0 |
2009
|
| 8,172,898 Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
|
0 |
2010
|
| 6,792,308 Myocardial performance assessment
|
55 |
2001
|
| 7,035,684 Method and apparatus for monitoring heart function in a subcutaneously implanted device
|
48 |
2003
|
| 7,991,467 Remotely enabled pacemaker and implantable subcutaneous cardioverter/defibrillator system
|
0 |
2005
|
| 8,224,431 Techniques for selective channel processing and data retention in an implantable medical device
|
0 |
2005
|
| 8,108,033 Techniques for data retention upon detection of an event in an implantable medical device
|
0 |
2005
|
| 8,024,029 Techniques for user-activated data retention in an implantable medical device
|
0 |
2005
|
| 8,041,418 System and method for regulating cardiac triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2005
|
| 8,041,419 System and method for monitoring or treating nervous system disorders
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,949,391 System and method for regulating cardiac triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,949,392 System and method for monitoring or treating nervous system disorders
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,945,316 System and method for monitoring or treating nervous system disorders
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,865,244 System and method for regulating cardiopulmonary triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,787,944 System and method for regulating cardiac triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,684,855 System and method for regulating cardiac triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,680,539 System and method for regulating cardiopulmonary triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2005
|
| 7,917,199 Patient event marking in combination with physiological signals
|
0 |
2006
|
| 8,108,038 System and method for segmenting a cardiac signal based on brain activity
|
2 |
2006
|
| 7,764,988 Flexible memory management scheme for loop recording in an implantable device
|
0 |
2006
|
| 7,610,083 Method and system for loop recording with overlapping events
|
3 |
2006
|
| 7,359,837 Peak data retention of signal data in an implantable medical device
|
16 |
2006
|
| 8,214,035 System and method for utilizing brain state information to modulate cardiac therapy
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,209,009 System and method for segmenting a cardiac signal based on brain stimulation
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,209,019 System and method for utilizing brain state information to modulate cardiac therapy
|
1 |
2007
|
| 8,112,153 System and method for monitoring or treating nervous system disorders
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,068,911 System and method for regulating cardiopulmonary triggered therapy to the brain
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,000,788 Implantable medical device for treating neurological conditions including ECG sensing
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,112,148 System and method for monitoring cardiac signal activity in patients with nervous system disorders
|
0 |
2007
|
| 8,108,046 System and method for using cardiac events to trigger therapy for treating nervous system disorders
|
0 |
2007
|
| 7,682,316 Implantable heart sound sensor with noise cancellation
|
4 |
2007
|
| 8,041,424 Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with right bundle branch block
|
0 |
2007
|
| 7,765,088 Peak data retention of signal data in an implantable medical device
|
1 |
2008
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