Patents by Inventor David E. Linde

David E. Linde 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: 20130053722
    Abstract: Various embodiments concern identifying a biomarker in the presence of electrical stimulation. Various embodiments concern delivering electrical stimulation to a patient and sensing one or more signals while the electrical stimulation is being delivered, the one or more signals including data indicative of physiological activity. Various embodiments further include determining an intensity of the electrical stimulation and determining whether the data indicates the presence of a biomarker based on a variable threshold, the variable threshold being variable based on the intensity of the electrical stimulation. Various embodiments concern determining a relationship between stimulation intensity and a biomarker parameter to determine the variability of the variable threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Carlson, Pedram Afshar, Timothy J. Denison, Jonathon E. Giftakis, David E. Linde, Scott R. Stanslaski
  • Publication number: 20100280579
    Abstract: A patient state is detected with at least one classification boundary generated by a supervised machine learning technique, such as a support vector machine. The patient state can be, for example, a patient posture state. In some examples, the patient state detection is used to at least one of control the delivery of therapy to a patient, to generate a patient notification, to initiate data recording, or to evaluate a patient condition. In addition, an evaluation metric can be determined based on a feature vector, which is determined based on characteristics of a patient parameter signal, and the classification boundary. Example evaluation metrics can be based on a distance between at least one feature vector and the classification boundary and/or a trajectory of a plurality of feature vectors relative to the classification boundary over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Denison, David L. Carlson, Ali H. Shoeb, David E. Linde
  • Publication number: 20100280335
    Abstract: A patient state is detected with at least one classification boundary generated by a supervised machine learning technique, such as a support vector machine. In some examples, the patient state detection is used to at least one of control the delivery of therapy to a patient, to generate a patient notification, to initiate data recording, or to evaluate a patient condition. In addition, an evaluation metric can be determined based on a feature vector, which is determined based on characteristics of a patient parameter signal, and the classification boundary. Example evaluation metrics can be based on a distance between at least one feature vector and the classification boundary and/or a trajectory of a plurality of feature vectors relative to the classification boundary over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Carlson, Timothy J. Denison, Ali H. Shoeb, David E. Linde
  • Patent number: 4787398
    Abstract: Hand-held shirt-pocket portable glucose medical monitoring system for checking measurement of blood glucose or other body qualities. The system includes a disposable diagnostic reagent-lancet unit which carries a chemcial reagent strip of blood reacting chemistry. The system includes a housing structure having a visual LCD readout, a microprocessor, and photosensing circuitry which measures the change of color of the blood reacting chemistry of the disposable unit. The housing also includes a spring arrangement for actuating a lancet into the skin for sampling and transporting blood from a finger to a chemical reagent. The disposable unit includes medical and fluid configurations for transporting of the blood to the reagent strip. The system inlcudes verification and calibration sequences for the electronics, the chemistry of an unused disposable unit, the presence of a blood sample, and multiple readings to an average result. The system also provides for storing a plurality of readings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Garid, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernando S. Garcia, Hartmut G. Merkert, Paul J. Anderson, David E. Linde, Bertram J. Hudson
  • Patent number: 4627445
    Abstract: Hand-held shirt-pocket portable medical diagnostic system for checking measurement of blood glucose, urea nitrogen, hemoglobin, blood components or other body qualities. The system includes the engagement of a disposable needle or lance probe package which carries a chemical reagent strip such as blood reacting chemistry. The system includes a pen structure having a visual readout, a microcomputer, and photosensing circuitry which measures the change of color of the blood reacting chemistry of the disposable probe package. The pen also includes a spring arrangement for actuating a needle or lance into the skin for transferring blood from a finger or other area to the chemical reagent strip. A disposable probe structure package includes configurations for transferring of the blood to the reagent strip of the reagent strip to the blood. The pen can also create a vacuum about a time period that the needle is penetrating the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Garid, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernando S. Garcia, Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert, Paul J. Anderson, David E. Linde, Bertram J. Hudson