Patents by Inventor Helmut Puererfellner

Helmut Puererfellner 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).

  • Addressing recurrent atrial fibrillation
    Patent number: 7647107
    Abstract: Techniques for applying overdrive pacing to one or both atria following termination of an AF episode, to prevent a recurrent AF episode. An implantable medical device such as a pacemaker applies overdrive pacing according to overdrive pacing parameters, and sets the parameters as a function of the response of the patient to overdrive pacing. The parameters may be adjusted upward or downward, so that overdrive pacing may be applied effectively but not over-applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo N. Warman, Stefan Holzer, Helmut Puererfellner, Douglas A. Hettrick, Paul D. Ziegler
  • ADDRESSING RECURRENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
    Publication number: 20070038258
    Abstract: The invention is directed to techniques for applying overdrive pacing to one or both atria following termination of an AF episode, to prevent a recurrent AF episode. An implantable medical device such as a pacemaker applies overdrive pacing according to overdrive pacing parameters, and sets the parameters as a function of the response of the patient to overdrive pacing. The parameters may be adjusted upward or downward, so that overdrive pacing may be applied effectively but not over-applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Eduardo Warman, Stefan Holzer, Helmut Puererfellner, Douglas Hettrick, Paul Ziegler
  • Addressing recurrent atrial fibrillation
    Patent number: 7127292
    Abstract: An implantable medical device is directed to techniques for applying overdrive pacing to one or both atria following termination of an AF episode, to prevent a recurrent AF episode. The implantable medical device such as a pacemaker applies overdrive pacing according to overdrive pacing parameters, and sets the parameters as a function of the response of the patient to overdrive pacing. The parameters may be adjusted upward or downward, so that overdrive pacing may be applied effectively but not over-applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo N. Warman, Stefan Holzer, Helmut Puererfellner, Douglas A. Hettrick, Paul D. Ziegler
  • Addressing recurrent atrial fibrillation
    Publication number: 20040088010
    Abstract: The invention is directed to techniques for applying overdrive pacing to one or both atria following termination of an AF episode, to prevent a recurrent AF episode. An implantable medical device such as a pacemaker applies overdrive pacing according to overdrive pacing parameters, and sets the parameters as a function of the response of the patient to overdrive pacing. The parameters may be adjusted upward or downward, so that overdrive pacing may be applied effectively but not over-applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Eduardo N. Warman, Stefan Holzer, Helmut Puererfellner, Douglas A. Hettrick, Paul D. Ziegler