Patents by Inventor Claudio Propato

Claudio Propato 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).

  • Method and apparatus for preventing excessive power drain from an implantable device
    Patent number: 7778710
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling interrogation of an implantable device such as a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or a defibrillator utilizing an external device in a home environment. The method controls how frequently a patient can retrieve status information from the implantable device based on a time period elapsed since a last interrogation and a power level of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventor: Claudio Propato
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING EXCESSIVE POWER DRAIN FROM AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100185251
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling interrogation of an implantable device such as a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or a defibrillator utilizing an external device in a home environment. The method controls how frequently a patient can retrieve status information from the implantable device based on a time period elapsed since a last interrogation and a power level of a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventor: Claudio Propato
  • Method and apparatus for preventing excessive power drain from an implantable device
    Patent number: 7720545
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling interrogation of an implantable device such as a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or a defibrillator utilizing an external device in a home environment. The method controls how frequently a patient can retrieve status information from the implantable device based on a time period elapsed since a last interrogation and a power level of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventor: Claudio Propato
  • Implantable medical device with improved EMI filter
    Patent number: 7620453
    Abstract: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter is provided to attenuate potentially damaging high frequency electromagnetic interference from interfering with the operation of a hermetically sealed implantable medical device. In one embodiment, the EMI filter is joined to a bypass unit that is configured to provide an energy path for the delivery of an energy pulse. The bypass unit, in one embodiment, may include a non-linear device in parallel with an impedance component. The non-linear device can be a DIAC, a MOSFET, or any other non-linear semiconductor array. The EMI filter may be located within the header assembly, the feedthrough assembly, or located proximate to a pulse generator along the energy delivery path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Propato, Gabriel A. Mouchawar, Chris Sorensen
  • Method and Apparatus for Preventing Excessive Power Drain from an Implantable Device
    Publication number: 20080097532
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling interrogation of an implantable device such as a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or a defibrillator utilizing an external device in a home environment. The method controls how frequently a patient can retrieve status information from the implantable device based on a time period elapsed since a last interrogation and a power level of a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventor: Claudio Propato
  • Method and Apparatus for Preventing Excessive Power Drain from an Implantable Device
    Publication number: 20080097545
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling interrogation of an implantable device such as a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter, or a defibrillator utilizing an external device in a home environment. The method controls how frequently a patient can retrieve status information from the implantable device based on a time period elapsed since a last interrogation and a power level of a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventor: Claudio Propato