Patents by Inventor Ilaria Vicini

Ilaria Vicini 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: 20140107502
    Abstract: A method and apparatus concerning the retrieval and storage of status information obtained from patients having implantable medical devices (IMDs). When patients are having episodes during which symptoms are experienced relating to their medical condition, the collection of the patient's status information can be helpful to the patient's physician for diagnostic purposes. Telemetered signals recorded by the IMD can be transmitted from the IMD to a programmer. Such programmer is portable and sized so as to be carried by the patient. As such, mechanisms added to such programmers for use in retrieving and storing patient status information can provide more convenience for patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre A. Grandjean, Ilaria Vicini, Barbro M. Kjellstrom
  • Patent number: 8634925
    Abstract: A method and apparatus concerning the retrieval and storage of status information obtained from patients having implantable medical devices (IMDs). When patients are having episodes during which symptoms are experienced relating to their medical condition, the collection of the patient's status information can be helpful to the patient's physician for diagnostic purposes. Telemetered signals recorded by the IMD can be transmitted from the IMD to a programmer. Such programmer is portable and sized so as to be carried by the patient. As such, mechanisms added to such programmers for use in retrieving and storing patient status information can provide more convenience for patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre A. Grandjean, Ilaria Vicini, Barbro M. Kjellstrom
  • Publication number: 20070123786
    Abstract: A method and apparatus concerning the retrieval and storage of status information obtained from patients having implantable medical devices (IMDs). When patients are having episodes during which symptoms are experienced relating to their medical condition, the collection of the patient's status information can be helpful to the patient's physician for diagnostic purposes. Telemetered signals recorded by the IMD can be transmitted from the IMD to a programmer. Such programmer is portable and sized so as to be carried by the patient. As such, mechanisms added to such programmers for use in retrieving and storing patient status information can provide more convenience for patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Pierre Grandjean, Ilaria Vicini, Barbro Kjellstrom