Patents by Inventor Joel A. Krueger

Joel A. Krueger 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SELECTING OF ONE OR MORE VECTORS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190351233
    Abstract: Some systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One method may include displaying a plurality of vectors on a display screen wherein each vector represents a different combination of three or more electro-stimulation electrodes, determining an electrical impedance for each of the plurality of vectors, displaying on the display screen the electrical impedance for each of the plurality of vectors, receiving a selection of a set of the plurality of vectors, determining, for each of the vectors in the set of vectors, a capture threshold, displaying on the display screen the capture threshold for each of the vectors in the set of vectors, receiving a selection of a vector from the set of vectors for delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient's heart, and programming the electro-stimulation device electrical stimulation to the patient's heart via the selected vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger
  • Systems and methods for facilitating selecting of one or more vectors in a medical device
    Patent number: 10434318
    Abstract: Some systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One method may include displaying a plurality of vectors on a display screen wherein each vector represents a different combination of three or more electro-stimulation electrodes, determining an electrical impedance for each of the plurality of vectors, displaying on the display screen the electrical impedance for each of the plurality of vectors, receiving a selection of a set of the plurality of vectors, determining, for each of the vectors in the set of vectors, a capture threshold, displaying on the display screen the capture threshold for each of the vectors in the set of vectors, receiving a selection of a vector from the set of vectors for delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient's heart, and programming the electro-stimulation device electrical stimulation to the patient's heart via the selected vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger
  • Systems and methods for facilitating selection of one or more vectors in a medical device
    Patent number: 10183169
    Abstract: Systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One illustrative method may include delivering electrical stimulation at a first voltage to each vector in a first set of two or more vectors of a multi-vector medical system, determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the first voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the first set of two or more vectors, identifying those vectors of the first set of two or more vectors that were determined to result in capture as a second set of vectors, delivering electrical stimulation at a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage to each vector in the second set of vectors, and determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the second voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the second set of vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SELECTION OF ONE OR MORE VECTORS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170173342
    Abstract: Systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One illustrative method may include delivering electrical stimulation at a first voltage to each vector in a first set of two or more vectors of a multi-vector medical system, determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the first voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the first set of two or more vectors, identifying those vectors of the first set of two or more vectors that were determined to result in capture as a second set of vectors, delivering electrical stimulation at a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage to each vector in the second set of vectors, and determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the second voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the second set of vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger
  • Systems and methods for facilitating selection of one or more vectors in a medical device
    Patent number: 9597515
    Abstract: Systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One illustrative method may include delivering electrical stimulation at a first voltage to each vector in a first set of two or more vectors of a multi-vector medical system, determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the first voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the first set of two or more vectors, identifying those vectors of the first set of two or more vectors that were determined to result in capture as a second set of vectors, delivering electrical stimulation at a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage to each vector in the second set of vectors, and determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the second voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the second set of vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SELECTION OF ONE OR MORE VECTORS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150273218
    Abstract: Systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One illustrative method may include delivering electrical stimulation at a first voltage to each vector in a first set of two or more vectors of a multi-vector medical system, determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the first voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the first set of two or more vectors, identifying those vectors of the first set of two or more vectors that were determined to result in capture as a second set of vectors, delivering electrical stimulation at a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage to each vector in the second set of vectors, and determining whether the delivered electrical stimulation at the second voltage resulted in capture for each of the vectors in the second set of vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SELECTING OF ONE OR MORE VECTORS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150165205
    Abstract: Some systems and methods may facilitate selection of a vector for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient's heart. One method may include displaying a plurality of vectors on a display screen wherein each vector represents a different combination of three or more electro-stimulation electrodes, determining an electrical impedance for each of the plurality of vectors, displaying on the display screen the electrical impedance for each of the plurality of vectors, receiving a selection of a set of the plurality of vectors, determining, for each of the vectors in the set of vectors, a capture threshold, displaying on the display screen the capture threshold for each of the vectors in the set of vectors, receiving a selection of a vector from the set of vectors for delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient's heart, and programming the electro-stimulation device electrical stimulation to the patient's heart via the selected vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Holly E. Rockweiler, Sunipa Saha, Keith L. Herrmann, Yinghong Yu, Joel A. Krueger