Patents by Inventor Chris T. House

Chris T. House 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).

  • Automatic parameter status on an implantable medical device system
    Patent number: 8827904
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing status of a parameter that includes detecting an alert level of a parameter monitored by an implanted medical device, transmitting data corresponding to the detected alert level from the implanted medical device to an external monitor, scheduling a follow-up interrogation session after receiving transmitted data corresponding to the detected alert level, and retrieving updated data from the implanted medical device corresponding to the monitored parameter during the follow-up interrogation session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Ball, Sean B. McAdams, Chris T. House
  • Controlling noise sources during telemetry
    Patent number: 6701188
    Abstract: The invention presents techniques for reducing the interference to telemetry from an implanted medical device caused by a source of controllable noise. In the context of an implanted system that includes a defibrillator system and a telemetry system, for example, the invention reduces the interference by suspending energy storage during telemetry. The invention further provides for suspending energy storage operation gradually rather than abruptly, by gradually reducing the duty cycle of a clock that controls the energy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Stroebel, Forrest C. M. Pape, Paul J. Huelskamp, David J. Peichel, Chris T. House, James H. Ericksen
  • Controlling noise sources during telemetry
    Publication number: 20030045913
    Abstract: The invention presents techniques for reducing the interference to telemetry from an implanted medical device caused by a source of controllable noise. In the context of an implanted system that includes a defibrillator system and a telemetry system, for example, the invention reduces the interference by suspending energy storage during telemetry. The invention further provides for suspending energy storage operation gradually rather than abruptly, by gradually reducing the duty cycle of a clock that controls the energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John C .Stroebel, Forrest C.M. Pape, Paul J. Huelskamp, David J. Peichel, Chris T. House, James H. Ericksen