Patents by Inventor Adam F. Atherton

Adam F. Atherton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Implantable cardiac stimulation device and method for measuring intrinsic activity metrics in multi-site pacing
    Patent number: 8521279
    Abstract: An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides measurement of intrinsic heart activity metrics while sustaining pacing of the heart. The device includes a pulse generator that delivers pacing pulses to a first chamber of corresponding chambers of a heart, and a sensing circuit that senses a conducted evoked response of a second chamber of the corresponding chambers of the heart in response to the pacing pulse to provide an electrical signal representing the conducted evoked response. The device further includes a measuring circuit that measures a metric of the electrical signal to approximate a corresponding metric of an intrinsic electrical feature of the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam F. Atherton, Xing Pei
  • Implantable Cardiac Stimulation Device and Method for Measuring Intrinsic Activity Metrics in Multi-Site Pacing
    Publication number: 20110166617
    Abstract: An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides measurement of intrinsic heart activity metrics while sustaining pacing of the heart. The device includes a pulse generator that delivers pacing pulses to a first chamber of corresponding chambers of a heart, and a sensing circuit that senses a conducted evoked response of a second chamber of the corresponding chambers of the heart in response to the pacing pulse to provide an electrical signal representing the conducted evoked response. The device further includes a measuring circuit that measures a metric of the electrical signal to approximate a corresponding metric of an intrinsic electrical feature of the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Adam F. Atherton, Xing Pei
  • Implantable cardiac stimulation device and method for measuring intrinsic activity metrics in multi-site pacing
    Patent number: 7933649
    Abstract: An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides measurement of intrinsic heart activity metrics while sustaining pacing of the heart. The device includes a pulse generator that delivers pacing pulses to a first chamber of corresponding chambers of a heart, and a sensing circuit that senses a conducted evoked response of a second chamber of the corresponding chambers of the heart in response to the pacing pulse to provide an electrical signal representing the conducted evoked response. The device further includes a measuring circuit that measures a metric of the electrical signal to approximate a corresponding metric of an intrinsic electrical feature of the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam F. Atherton, Xing Pei