Patents by Inventor Benjamin Speakman

Benjamin Speakman 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).

  • Patent number: 11950915
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Allavatam, Stephen J. Hahn, Keith L. Herrmann, Mitchell D. Lanz, Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Benjamin Speakman
  • Publication number: 20220111220
    Abstract: Wearable, automatic external, and implantable defibrillators, as well as methods of operation in such systems, are disclosed with shock delivery mitigations to avoid delivering a defibrillation shock on a T-wave. Prior to issuance of a defibrillation shock, one or more detected cardiac events are analyzed to characterize a detected event that is sensed for purposes of synchronizing the defibrillation shock. The detected event can be characterized as an R-wave or a T-wave, and the shock delivery protocol is then selected based on the characterization of the detected event to avoid shock-on-T and potential pro-arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: VENUGOPAL ALLAVATAM, BENJAMIN SPEAKMAN, LEANNE M. EBERLE
  • Publication number: 20210113135
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: VENUGOPAL ALLAVATAM, STEPHEN J. HAHN, KEITH L. HERRMANN, MITCHELL D. LANZ, KRZYSZTOF Z. SIEJKO, BENJAMIN SPEAKMAN
  • Patent number: 10888238
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Allavatam, Stephen J. Hahn, Keith L. Herrmann, Mitchell D. Lanz, Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Benjamin Speakman
  • Publication number: 20190069793
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Allavatam, Stephen J. Hahn, Keith L. Herrmann, Mitchell D. Lanz, Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Benjamin Speakman
  • Patent number: 10149627
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Allavatam, Stephen J. Hahn, Keith L. Herrmann, Mitchell D. Lanz, Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Benjamin Speakman
  • Publication number: 20170156617
    Abstract: Methods and/or device facilitating and selecting among multiple modes of filtering a cardiac electrical signal, in which one filtering mode includes additional high pass filtering of low frequency signals, relative to the other filtering mode. The selection filtering modes may include comparing sensed signal amplitude to one or more thresholds, using the multiple modes of filtering. In another example, an additional high pass filter is enabled, over and above a default or baseline filtering mode, and the detected cardiac signal is monitored for indications of possible undersensing, and/or for drops in amplitude toward a threshold, and the additional high pass filter may be disabled upon finding of possible undersensing or drop in signal amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Venugopal Allavatam, Stephen J. Hahn, Keith L. Herrmann, Mitchell D. Lanz, Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Benjamin Speakman