Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Hansen

Daniel L. Hansen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230102092
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for implementing the techniques for adjusting atrial arrhythmia detection based on analysis of one or more P-wave sensing windows associated with one or more R-waves. An implantable medical device may determine signal characteristics of the cardiac signal within the P-wave sensing window, determine whether the cardiac signal within the sensing window corresponds to a P-wave based on the determined signal characteristics, determine a signal to noise ratio of the cardiac signal within the sensing window, update the arrhythmia score when the P-wave is identified in the sensing window and the determined signal to noise ratio satisfies a signal to noise threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan D. Wyszynski
  • Patent number: 11517242
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for implementing the techniques for adjusting atrial arrhythmia detection based on analysis of one or more P-wave sensing windows associated with one or more R-waves. An implantable medical device may determine signal characteristics of the cardiac signal within the P-wave sensing window, determine whether the cardiac signal within the sensing window corresponds to a P-wave based on the determined signal characteristics, determine a signal to noise ratio of the cardiac signal within the sensing window, update the arrhythmia score when the P-wave is identified in the sensing window and the determined signal to noise ratio satisfies a signal to noise threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
  • Publication number: 20210267527
    Abstract: In situations in which an implantable medical device (e.g., a subcutaneous ICD) is co-implanted with a leadless pacing device (LPD), it may be important that the subcutaneous ICD knows when the LPD is delivering pacing, such as anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). Techniques are described herein for detecting, with the ICD and based on the sensed electrical signal, pacing pulses and adjusting operation to account for the detected pulses, e.g., blanking the sensed electrical signal or modifying a tachyarrhythmia detection algorithm. In one example, the ICD includes a first pace pulse detector configured to obtain a sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a first type of pulses having a first set of characteristics and a second pace pulse detector configured to obtain the sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a second type of pulses having a second set of characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: James D. REINKE, Xusheng ZHANG, Vinod SHARMA, Vladimir P. NIKOLSKI, Michael B. TERRY, Scott A. HARELAND, Daniel L. HANSEN, Donna M. SALMI
  • Patent number: 11020038
    Abstract: In situations in which an implantable medical device (e.g., a subcutaneous ICD) is co-implanted with a leadless pacing device (LPD), it may be important that the subcutaneous ICD knows when the LPD is delivering pacing, such as anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). Techniques are described herein for detecting, with the ICD and based on the sensed electrical signal, pacing pulses and adjusting operation to account for the detected pulses, e.g., blanking the sensed electrical signal or modifying a tachyarrhythmia detection algorithm. In one example, the ICD includes a first pace pulse detector configured to obtain a sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a first type of pulses having a first set of characteristics and a second pace pulse detector configured to obtain the sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a second type of pulses having a second set of characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Reinke, Xusheng Zhang, Vinod Sharma, Vladimir P. Nikolski, Michael B. Terry, Scott A. Hareland, Daniel L. Hansen, Donna M. Salmi
  • Publication number: 20200100694
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for implementing the techniques for adjusting atrial arrhythmia detection based on analysis of one or more P-wave sensing windows associated with one or more R-waves. An implantable medical device may determine signal characteristics of the cardiac signal within the P-wave sensing window, determine whether the cardiac signal within the sensing window corresponds to a P-wave based on the determined signal characteristics, determine a signal to noise ratio of the cardiac signal within the sensing window, update the arrhythmia score when the P-wave is identified in the sensing window and the determined signal to noise ratio satisfies a signal to noise threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shantanu SARKAR, Daniel L. HANSEN, Grant A. NEITZELL, Jerry D. REILAND, Ryan WYSZYNSKI
  • Patent number: 10492706
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for implementing the techniques for adjusting atrial arrhythmia detection based on analysis of one or more P-wave sensing windows associated with one or more R-waves. An implantable medical device may determine signal characteristics of the cardiac signal within the P-wave sensing window, determine whether the cardiac signal within the sensing window corresponds to a P-wave based on the determined signal characteristics, determine a signal to noise ratio of the cardiac signal within the sensing window, update the arrhythmia score when the P wave is identified in the sensing window and the determined signal to noise ratio satisfies a signal to noise threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
  • Patent number: 10448855
    Abstract: In situations in which an implantable medical device (IMD) (e.g., an extravascular ICD) is co-implanted with a leadless pacing device (LPD), it may be important that the IMD knows when the LPD is delivering pacing, such as anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). Techniques are described herein for detecting, with the IMD and based on the sensed electrical signal, pacing pulses and adjusting operation to account for the detected pulses, e.g., blanking the sensed electrical signal or modifying a tachyarrhythmia detection algorithm. In one example, the IMD includes a pace pulse detector that detects, based on the processing of sensed electrical signals, delivery of a pacing pulse from a second implantable medical device and blank, based on the detection of the pacing pulse, the sensed electrical signal to remove the pacing pulse from the sensed electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Reinke, Xusheng Zhang, Vinod Sharma, Vladimir P. Nikolski, Michael B. Terry, Scott A. Hareland, Daniel L. Hansen, Donna M. Salmi
  • Publication number: 20190183374
    Abstract: In situations in which an implantable medical device (e.g., a subcutaneous ICD) is co-implanted with a leadless pacing device (LPD), it may be important that the subcutaneous ICD knows when the LPD is delivering pacing, such as anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). Techniques are described herein for detecting, with the ICD and based on the sensed electrical signal, pacing pulses and adjusting operation to account for the detected pulses, e.g., blanking the sensed electrical signal or modifying a tachyarrhythmia detection algorithm. In one example, the ICD includes a first pace pulse detector configured to obtain a sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a first type of pulses having a first set of characteristics and a second pace pulse detector configured to obtain the sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a second type of pulses having a second set of characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: James D. REINKE, Xusheng ZHANG, Vinod SHARMA, Vladimir P. NIKOLSKI, Michael B. TERRY, Scott A. HARELAND, Daniel L. HANSEN, Donna M. SALMI
  • Patent number: 10226197
    Abstract: In situations in which an implantable medical device (e.g., a subcutaneous ICD) is co-implanted with a leadless pacing device (LPD), it may be important that the subcutaneous ICD knows when the LPD is delivering pacing, such as anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). Techniques are described herein for detecting, with the ICD and based on the sensed electrical signal, pacing pulses and adjusting operation to account for the detected pulses, e.g., blanking the sensed electrical signal or modifying a tachyarrhythmia detection algorithm. In one example, the ICD includes a first pace pulse detector configured to obtain a sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a first type of pulses having a first set of characteristics and a second pace pulse detector configured to obtain the sensed electrical signal and analyze the sensed electrical signal to detect a second type of pulses having a second set of characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Reinke, Xusheng Zhang, Vinod Sharma, Vladimir P. Nikolski, Michael B. Terry, Scott A. Hareland, Daniel L. Hansen, Donna M. Salmi
  • Patent number: 9962102
    Abstract: A method and implantable medical device for determining a flutter event in response to a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the sensing window having a first portion and a second portion. A first derivative signal and a second derivative signal are determined in response to the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window, and a sum of amplitudes of the second derivative signal within one or both of the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window is determined, and the flutter event is determined in response to the determined sum of amplitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell
  • Patent number: 9936890
    Abstract: An implantable medical device and method for determining an atrial arrhythmia event that includes a cardiac sensing device comprising a housing having circuitry positioned therein, a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to the circuitry to sense a cardiac signal, and a processor configured to generate an initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event in response to an atrial arrhythmia threshold, determine whether a P-wave occurs during the initial detection, determine an adaptive threshold in response to the P-wave being detected, adjust the atrial arrhythmia threshold in response to the adaptive threshold, and generate a subsequent initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event using the adjusted atrial arrhythmia threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell, Jerry D Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
  • Publication number: 20180028082
    Abstract: Techniques and devices for implementing the techniques for adjusting atrial arrhythmia detection based on analysis of one or more P-wave sensing windows associated with one or more R-waves. An implantable medical device may determine signal characteristics of the cardiac signal within the P-wave sensing window, determine whether the cardiac signal within the sensing window corresponds to a P-wave based on the determined signal characteristics, determine a signal to noise ratio of the cardiac signal within the sensing window, update the arrhythmia score when the P wave is identified in the sensing window and the determined signal to noise ratio satisfies a signal to noise threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu SARKAR, Daniel L. HANSEN, Grant A. NEITZELL, Jerry D. REILAND, Ryan WYSZYNSKI
  • Patent number: 9675269
    Abstract: A method and implantable medical device for determining noise in response to a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the sensing window comprising a first portion and a second portion, determining a first derivative signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal within only one of the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window, determining a second derivative signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal within the one of the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window, determining whether an amplitude of the second derivative signal satisfies an amplitude threshold, and determining noise in response to the amplitude of the second derivative signal satisfying the amplitude threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell
  • Patent number: 9603543
    Abstract: A method and implantable medical device for determining an atrial arrhythmia event that includes sensing a cardiac signal, determining an atrial arrhythmia score for identifying the arrhythmia event in response to the sensed cardiac signal, determining a sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the sensing window having a first portion and a second portion, determining signal characteristics of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion, determining whether the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion corresponds to a P-wave in response to the determined signal characteristics, determining whether a signal to noise ratio of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window is satisfied, determining whether to update the arrhythmia score in response to the determined P-wave and the determined signal to noise ratio, and determining whether to delivery an arrhythmia therapy in r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell, Jerry D Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
  • Patent number: 9486155
    Abstract: A method and medical device for determining a P-wave of a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a P-wave sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the P-wave sensing window having a first portion and a second portion, determining signal characteristics of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion, comparing the determined signal characteristics, and determining the P-wave in response to the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell
  • Publication number: 20160235315
    Abstract: A method and medical device for determining a P-wave of a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a P-wave sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the P-wave sensing window having a first portion and a second portion, determining signal characteristics of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion, comparing the determined signal characteristics, and determining the P-wave in response to the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell
  • Publication number: 20160235317
    Abstract: An implantable medical device and method for determining an atrial arrhythmia event that includes a cardiac sensing device comprising a housing having circuitry positioned therein, a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to the circuitry to sense a cardiac signal, and a processor configured to generate an initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event in response to an atrial arrhythmia threshold, determine whether a P-wave occurs during the initial detection, determine an adaptive threshold in response to the P-wave being detected, adjust the atrial arrhythmia threshold in response to the adaptive threshold, and generate a subsequent initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event using the adjusted atrial arrhythmia threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
  • Publication number: 20160235320
    Abstract: A method and implantable medical device for determining noise in response to a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the sensing window comprising a first portion and a second portion, determining a first derivative signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal within only one of the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window, determining a second derivative signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal within the one of the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window, determining whether an amplitude of the second derivative signal satisfies an amplitude threshold, and determining noise in response to the amplitude of the second derivative signal satisfying the amplitude threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell
  • Publication number: 20160235992
    Abstract: A method and implantable medical device for determining an atrial arrhythmia event that includes sensing a cardiac signal, determining an atrial arrhythmia score for identifying the arrhythmia event in response to the sensed cardiac signal, determining a sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the sensing window having a first portion and a second portion, determining signal characteristics of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion, determining whether the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and within the second portion corresponds to a P-wave in response to the determined signal characteristics, determining whether a signal to noise ratio of the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window is satisfied, determining whether to update the arrhythmia score in response to the determined P-wave and the determined signal to noise ratio, and determining whether to delivery an arrhythmia therapy in r
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
  • Publication number: 20160235321
    Abstract: A method and implantable medical device for determining a flutter event in response to a cardiac signal that includes sensing the cardiac signal, determining a sensing window in response to the sensed cardiac signal, the sensing window having a first portion and a second portion. A first derivative signal and a second derivative signal are determined in response to the sensed cardiac signal within the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window, and a sum of amplitudes of the second derivative signal within one or both of the first portion and the second portion of the sensing window is determined, and the flutter event is determined in response to the determined sum of amplitudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell