Patents by Inventor Grant A. Neitzell
Grant A. Neitzell 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).
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Publication number: 20230263406Abstract: An example device of a patient includes an antenna configured to wirelessly receive communication from a medical device; and processing circuitry coupled to the antenna and configured to: determine that the received communication indicates that a patient is experiencing an acute health event; in response to the determination, determine one or more physical states of the patient based on sensed data from one or more sensors; confirm that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event based on the determined one or more physical states; and output information based on the confirmation that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Robert W. Stadler, Ryan D. Wyszynski, Paul J. DeGroot, Shantanu Sarkar, Paul G. Krause, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Grant A. Neitzell, Christopher D. Koch
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Patent number: 11633112Abstract: An example device of a patient includes an antenna configured to wirelessly receive communication from a medical device; and processing circuitry coupled to the antenna and configured to: determine that the received communication indicates that a patient is experiencing an acute health event; in response to the determination, determine one or more physical states of the patient based on sensed data from one or more sensors; confirm that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event based on the determined one or more physical states; and output information based on the confirmation that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Stadler, Ryan D. Wyszynski, Paul J. DeGroot, Shantanu Sarkar, Paul G. Krause, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Grant A. Neitzell, Christopher D. Koch
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Publication number: 20230102092Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan D. Wyszynski
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Patent number: 11517242Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
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Publication number: 20220369937Abstract: A system comprises processing circuitry and memory comprising program instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to: apply a first set of rules to first patient parameter data for a first determination of whether sudden cardiac arrest of a patient is detected; determine that a one or more context criteria of the first determination are satisfied; and in response to satisfaction of the context criteria, apply a second set of rules to second patient parameter data for a second determination of whether sudden cardiac arrest of the patient is detected. At least the second set of rules comprises a machine learning model, and the second patient parameter data comprises at least one patient parameter that is not included in the first patient parameter data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Yong K. Cho, Ryan D. Wyszynski, Grant A. Neitzell, Paul G. Krause, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Paul J. DeGroot, Shantanu Sarkar, Christopher D. Koch
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Publication number: 20220346725Abstract: A system comprising processing circuitry configured to receive a wirelessly-transmitted message from a medical device, the message indicating that the medical device detected an acute health event of the patient. In response to the message, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a location of the patient, determine an alert area based on the location of the patient, and control transmission of an alert of the acute heath event of the patient to any one or more computing devices of one or more potential responders within the alert area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Paul G. Krause, Christopher D. Koch, Ryan D. Wyszynski, Robert W. Stadler, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Grant A. Neitzell
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Publication number: 20220280047Abstract: An example device of a patient includes an antenna configured to wirelessly receive communication from a medical device; and processing circuitry coupled to the antenna and configured to: determine that the received communication indicates that a patient is experiencing an acute health event; in response to the determination, determine one or more physical states of the patient based on sensed data from one or more sensors; confirm that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event based on the determined one or more physical states; and output information based on the confirmation that the patient is not experiencing the acute health event.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Robert W. Stadler, Ryan D. Wyszynski, Paul J. DeGroot, Shantanu Sarkar, Paul G. Krause, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Grant A. Neitzell, Christopher D. Koch
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Publication number: 20200100694Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Shantanu SARKAR, Daniel L. HANSEN, Grant A. NEITZELL, Jerry D. REILAND, Ryan WYSZYNSKI
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Patent number: 10492706Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
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Patent number: 9962102Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell
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Patent number: 9936890Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell, Jerry D Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
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Publication number: 20180028082Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu SARKAR, Daniel L. HANSEN, Grant A. NEITZELL, Jerry D. REILAND, Ryan WYSZYNSKI
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Patent number: 9675269Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell
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Patent number: 9603543Abstract: 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 rType: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell, Jerry D Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
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Patent number: 9486155Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L Hansen, Grant A Neitzell
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Publication number: 20160235992Abstract: 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 rType: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski
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Publication number: 20160235321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell
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Publication number: 20160235315Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell
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Publication number: 20160235320Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell
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Publication number: 20160235317Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Daniel L. Hansen, Grant A. Neitzell, Jerry D. Reiland, Ryan Wyszynski