Patents by Inventor Jon W. Spence

Jon W. Spence 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).

  • Pre-qualification of an alternate sensing configuration
    Patent number: 7953488
    Abstract: Multiple sensing configurations may be qualified based on one induced tachyarrhythmia, e.g., ventricular fibrillation, or other qualification event during an implantation procedure. Each sensing configuration comprises a different combination of two or more electrodes used for sensing electrical signals of the heart of the patient. In some examples, an implantable medical device or other device generates qualification information for each sensing configuration, which may indicate whether the sensing configuration is qualified for subsequent cardiac event detection based on an accuracy of the cardiac event detection for the sensing configuration during the qualification event. One of the qualified configurations may initially be selected as a primary sensing configuration for subsequent cardiac event detection. Switching to an alternate sensing configuration, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David Casavant, Catherine R. Condie, Jon W. Spence, Nathan Munsterman
  • PRE-QUALIFICATION OF AN ALTERNATE SENSING CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20100030289
    Abstract: Multiple sensing configurations may be qualified based on one induced tachyarrhythmia, e.g., ventricular fibrillation, or other qualification event during an implantation procedure. Each sensing configuration comprises a different combination of two or more electrodes used for sensing electrical signals of the heart of the patient. In some examples, an implantable medical device or other device generates qualification information for each sensing configuration, which may indicate whether the sensing configuration is qualified for subsequent cardiac event detection based on an accuracy of the cardiac event detection for the sensing configuration during the qualification event. One of the qualified configurations may initially be selected as a primary sensing configuration for subsequent cardiac event detection. Switching to an alternate sensing configuration, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David Casavant, Catherine R. Condie, Jon W. Spence, Nathan Munsterman