Patents by Inventor Alan Marcovecchio
Alan Marcovecchio 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).
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Patent number: 10105537Abstract: A lead receptacle having a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen. The lumen being configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: ATACOR MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Sean McGeehan, Alan Marcovecchio, Rick Sanghera
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Patent number: 10022539Abstract: A cardiac pacing system that includes an implantable pulse generator and electrical leads that include a lead body portion having a distal end and a proximal end, a connector configured to electrically connect the proximal end of the lead body to the pulse generator, and at least one electrode disposed at the distal end of the lead body for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart, wherein the distal end of the lead body is configured to terminate within the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity of the patient, proximate to the heart.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan, Martin Burke
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Patent number: 9974944Abstract: New and/or alternative designs for implantable leads that have fixation structures to keep leads at a desired location after implant. Fixation structure may take several forms that create distally located fixation for use primarily in subcutaneous implantation. Some examples include new and/or alternative methods of implanting such leads. Some examples also include fixation structures, such as a suture sleeve, that can be attached to a lead for fixation thereof. Some further examples show methods of implanting a subcutaneous lead, and others include methods of extracting implanted subcutaneous leads.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Cameron Health, Inc.Inventors: Abdulkader Sudam, Tim Fonte, Todd Kerkow, Alan Marcovecchio
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Publication number: 20180050199Abstract: A cardiac pacing system that includes an implantable pulse generator and electrical leads that include a lead body portion having a distal end and a proximal end, a connector configured to electrically connect the proximal end of the lead body to the pulse generator, and at least one electrode disposed at the distal end of the lead body for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart, wherein the distal end of the lead body is configured to terminate within the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity of the patient, proximate to the heart.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan, Martin Burke
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Publication number: 20180021572Abstract: A lead receptacle having a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen. The lumen being configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Sean McGeehan, Alan Marcovecchio, Rick Sanghera
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Publication number: 20170304019Abstract: Systems, methods and devices to facilitate insertion of a lead for cardiac therapy into an intercostal space associated with the cardiac notch of a patient are described including devices, methods and medical procedure templates to facilitate insertion proximate to a lateral margin of the patient's sternum.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean P. McGeehan
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Publication number: 20170304634Abstract: A cardiac pacing system that includes a pulse generator to generate therapeutic electrical pulses and at least one lead inserted through an intercostal space in the region of a cardiac notch of the left lung of a patient, the lead having a distal end configured to transmit the therapeutic electrical pulses generated by the pulse generator to pace the heart of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean P. McGeehan
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Publication number: 20170224995Abstract: A cardiac pacing system having a pulse generator for generating therapeutic electric pulses, a lead electrically coupled with the pulse generator having an electrode, a first sensor configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of a patient, a second sensor configured to monitor a second physiological characteristic of a patient and a controller. The controller can determine a pacing vector based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor, and cause the pulse generator to deliver the therapeutic electrical pulses according to the determined pacing vector. The controller can also modify pacing characteristics based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan
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Patent number: 9707389Abstract: A lead receptacle having a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen. The lumen being configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: ATACOR MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Sean McGeehan, Alan Marcovecchio, Rick Sanghera
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Patent number: 9636505Abstract: A cardiac pacing system having a pulse generator for generating therapeutic electric pulses, a lead electrically coupled with the pulse generator having an electrode, a first sensor configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of a patient, a second sensor configured to monitor a second physiological characteristic of a patient and a controller. The controller can determine a pacing vector based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor, and cause the pulse generator to deliver the therapeutic electrical pulses according to the determined pacing vector. The controller can also modify pacing characteristics based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan
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Publication number: 20160144192Abstract: A cardiac pacing system having a pulse generator for generating therapeutic electric pulses, a lead electrically coupled with the pulse generator having an electrode, a first sensor configured to monitor a physiological characteristic of a patient, a second sensor configured to monitor a second physiological characteristic of a patient and a controller. The controller can determine a pacing vector based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor, and cause the pulse generator to deliver the therapeutic electrical pulses according to the determined pacing vector. The controller can also modify pacing characteristics based on variables including a signal received from the second sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan
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Publication number: 20160067480Abstract: A delivery device for installing a medical device in a patient comprising a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a chisel shaped tip, a receptacle disposed in the distal end of the body portion for receiving a medical device for implanting in the patient, a handle disposed at the proximal end of the body portion for facilitating advancement of the proximal end of the body portion into the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan
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Publication number: 20160067478Abstract: A lead receptacle having a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen. The lumen being configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Sean McGeehan, Alan Marcovecchio, Rick Sanghera
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Publication number: 20160067479Abstract: A lead delivery system having a base for securing a lead delivery device to one or more anatomical structures of a patient and a lead advancer configured to incrementally advance a lead into a patient by a predefined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Alan Marcovecchio, Rick Sanghera, Sean McGeehan
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Publication number: 20160067488Abstract: A cardiac pacing system that includes an implantable pulse generator and electrical leads that include a lead body portion having a distal end and a proximal end, a connector configured to electrically connect the proximal end of the lead body to the pulse generator, and at least one electrode disposed at the distal end of the lead body for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart, wherein the distal end of the lead body is configured to terminate within the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity of the patient, proximate to the heart.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: AtaCor Medical, Inc.Inventors: Rick Sanghera, Alan Marcovecchio, Sean McGeehan, Martin Burke
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Publication number: 20120029335Abstract: New and/or alternative designs for implantable leads that have fixation structures to keep leads at a desired location after implant. Fixation structure may take several forms that create distally located fixation for use primarily in subcutaneous implantation. Some examples include new and/or alternative methods of implanting such leads. Some examples also include fixation structures, such as a suture sleeve, that can be attached to a lead for fixation thereof. Some further examples show methods of implanting a subcutaneous lead, and others include methods of extracting implanted subcutaneous leads.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Abdulkader Sudam, Tim Fonte, Todd Kerkow, Alan Marcovecchio
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Publication number: 20060122527Abstract: A method and system for discrimination of supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia events. Morphological features points are extracted from normal sinus rhythm (NSR) complexes and used to generate a NSR template. A numerical convolution is performed using the NSR template and the feature points for each sensed NSR to give a NSR filter output. Using a plurality of NSR complexes, a median NSR filter output template is determined, where the median NSR filter output template has a median value for each value in the NSR filter output. The median NSR filter output template is then used during a tachycardia event to distinguish tachycardia events as either ventricular tachycardia events or supraventricular tachycardia events.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventor: Alan Marcovecchio
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Publication number: 20060079796Abstract: A method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm (NSR) templates and updating the NSR template after selected time intervals. At selected time intervals after establishing a NSR template, cardiac complexes are sensed and values for one or more cardiac parameters are measured. The values of the cardiac parameters are compared to predetermined value ranges for NSR cardiac complexes. When the values of the cardiac parameters fall within the predetermined value ranges, values for the differences between the values of the cardiac parameters for the cardiac complexes and the values for the cardiac parameters of the NSR cardiac complexes are calculated. When the values of the differences are greater than one or more threshold values, the NSR template is updated as a function of the sensed cardiac complexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Inventors: Alan Marcovecchio, William Hsu
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Publication number: 20060009809Abstract: A cardiac resuscitation device that includes a pulse sensor configured to detect pulse information characterizing the cardiac pulse in the patient, an accelerometer configured to detect chest movements of the patient during chest compressions, and memory and processing circuits configured to process the outputs of the pulse sensor and accelerometer to monitor the effect that chest compressions have on the patient's pulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Alan Marcovecchio, Frederick Geheb, Donald Boucher
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Publication number: 20050043763Abstract: An external defibrillator for delivering a defibrillation waveform to a patient. The defibrillator includes chest electrodes for detecting at least one ECG signal on the patient and for delivering the defibrillation waveform to the patient, a defibrillation circuit for shaping and delivering the defibrillation waveform, a pulse sensor for detecting the presence of a cardiac pulse in the patient, wherein the pulse sensor has a pulse signal as its output, and memory and processing circuits for analyzing the pulse signal in conjunction with the ECG signal to determine whether the patient has a pulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Alan Marcovecchio, Frederick Geheb, Donald Boucher