Patents by Inventor Grant Alan Neitzell

Grant Alan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automatic configuration of implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 9744364
    Abstract: A system including a programmable implantable monitoring device and a programmer for programming the device and a method of use thereof. The programmer may be configured to transmit programming commands responsive to entry of a reason for monitoring to the implantable device including a prioritization of an arrhythmia storage criterion. The implantable may be configured to thereafter store and/or transmit records of the arrhythmia according to the prioritization. The programmer may be configured to transmit the patient's age to the implantable device and the implantable may be configured to thereafter apply arrhythmia detection criteria based upon the patient's age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R Gordon, Paul G Krause, Grant Alan Neitzell, Shantanu Sarkar, Ryan Wyszynski
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150088216
    Abstract: A system including a programmable implantable monitoring device and a programmer for programming the device and a method of use thereof. The programmer may be configured to transmit programming commands responsive to entry of a reason for monitoring to the implantable device including a prioritization of an arrhythmia storage criterion. The implantable may be configured to thereafter store and/or transmit records of the arrhythmia according to the prioritization. The programmer may be configured to transmit the patient's age to the implantable device and the implantable may be configured to thereafter apply arrhythmia detection criteria based upon the patient's age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Charles R Gordon, Paul G Krause, Grant Alan Neitzell, Shantanu Sarkar, Ryan Wyszynski