Patents by Inventor Karin Jäverud

Karin Jäverud 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).

  • Implantable medical device with valve opening detector
    Patent number: 7089051
    Abstract: A valve opening detector for use in an implantable medical device detects opening of at least one valve in the left side of heart, and has an impedance measuring unit for measuring electrical impedance between measuring poles and for generating an impedance signal corresponding thereto, at least one of the poles being arranged in the coronary sinus and/or in the great cardiac vein of the heart. The valve opening detector also includes an impedance signal processor which processes the impedance signal to detect the opening of one or both valves in the left side of the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical AB
    Inventors: Karin Jäverud, Kjell Norén