Patents by Inventor Jay M. Wilcox

Jay M. Wilcox 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).

  • Identification of oversensing using sinus R-wave template
    Patent number: 7167747
    Abstract: A method and apparatus delivering therapy in an implantable medical device that includes sensing a first cardiac signal and detecting cardiac events via a first electrode configuration, determining the presence of an episode requiring therapy in response to the detected cardiac events, sensing a second cardiac signal via a second electrode configuration, comparing, in response to an episode being present, portions of the second cardiac signal corresponding to the detected cardiac events with a predetermined template, and determining whether to deliver therapy in response to the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Gunderson, Gillberg M. Jeffrey, Jay M. Wilcox
  • Identification of oversensing using sinus R-wave template
    Publication number: 20040230233
    Abstract: A method and apparatus delivering therapy in an implantable medical device that includes sensing a first cardiac signal and detecting cardiac events via a first electrode configuration, determining the presence of an episode requiring therapy in response to the detected cardiac events, sensing a second cardiac signal via a second electrode configuration, comparing, in response to an episode being present, portions of the second cardiac signal corresponding to the detected cardiac events with a predetermined template, and determining whether to deliver therapy in response to the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce D. Gunderson, Gillberg M. Jeffrey, Jay M. Wilcox