Patents by Inventor Brett D. ATWATER

Brett D. ATWATER 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).

  • Systems and methods for optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)
    Patent number: 9662499
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing CRT are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving, during at least two time periods of a cardiac cycle, electrical signals communicated by two or more electrodes of a CRT device positioned one or more of on a surface of a body, within a thorax of the body, a heart of the body, a surrounding venous structure of the body, and a surrounding subcutaneous structure of the body. The method also includes calculating, based on the received electrical signals, spacing between the two or more electrodes during the at least two time periods of the cardiac cycle. Further, the method includes controlling output of the CRT device to the electrodes based on the calculated spacing between the two or more electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Duke University
    Inventor: Brett D. Atwater
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT)
    Publication number: 20150352358
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing CRT are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving, during at least two time periods of a cardiac cycle, electrical signals communicated by two or more electrodes of a CRT device positioned one or more of on a surface of a body, within a thorax of the body, a heart of the body, a surrounding venous structure of the body, and a surrounding subcutaneous structure of the body. The method also includes calculating, based on the received electrical signals, spacing between the two or more electrodes during the at least two time periods of the cardiac cycle. Further, the method includes controlling output of the CRT device to the electrodes based on the calculated spacing between the two or more electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventor: Brett D. ATWATER