Patents by Inventor Lance Beall

Lance Beall 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).

  • Patent number: 11452874
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described for adjusting therapy parameters defining electrical stimulation therapy delivered by multiple electrodes while maintaining a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. In one example, a device defines a relationship for multiple electrodes that defines a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device performs a master adjustment that adjusts each value of the therapy parameter for each respective electrode of the multiple electrodes by an amount specified by the relationship to maintain the ratio of the value of the therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device controls delivery of electrical stimulation therapy according to the master adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl Peskar, Alicia Weller Thompson, Susan E. Heilman Kilbane, Lance Beall, Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Rebecca A Miron, Rebecca J. S. Haag
  • Patent number: 11413461
    Abstract: Techniques are described, for medical devices that deliver electrical stimulation using current or voltage regulators having an adjustable master amplitude. One example method includes receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input indicating a desired electrical current amplitude, and selecting a first fraction adjustment or a second fraction adjustment, as a target adjustment for achieving the desired electrical current amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Alicia Weller Thompson, Cheryl Peskar, Lance Beall, Susan Heilman Kilbane
  • Publication number: 20220161034
    Abstract: An example system includes a lead including a first electrode disposed at a first level, a second electrode disposed at a second level, a first group of segmented electrodes disposed at a third level, and a second group of segmented electrodes disposed at a fourth level. The example system also includes a medical device configured to deliver symmetrical electrical stimulation to a patient via the first group of segmented electrodes and the second group of segmented electrodes and sense a response to the stimulation via the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Thomas L. Chouinard, Lance Beall
  • Publication number: 20210236823
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques are described for adjusting therapy parameters defining electrical stimulation therapy delivered by multiple electrodes while maintaining a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. In one example, a device defines a relationship for multiple electrodes that defines a ratio of a value of a therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device performs a master adjustment that adjusts each value of the therapy parameter for each respective electrode of the multiple electrodes by an amount specified by the relationship to maintain the ratio of the value of the therapy parameter between the multiple electrodes. The device controls delivery of electrical stimulation therapy according to the master adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Cheryl Peskar, Alicia Weller Thompson, Susan E. Heilman Kilbane, Lance Beall, Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Rebecca A Miron, Rebecca J.S. Haag
  • Publication number: 20210154480
    Abstract: Techniques are described, for medical devices that deliver electrical stimulation using current or voltage regulators having an adjustable master amplitude. One example method includes receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input indicating a desired electrical current amplitude, and selecting a first fraction adjustment or a second fraction adjustment, as a target adjustment for achieving the desired electrical current amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Brendan J. Young-Dixon, Alicia Weller Thompson, Cheryl Peskar, Lance Beall, Susan Heilman Kilbane
  • Patent number: 9122785
    Abstract: Techniques are described for displaying a representation of a supplemental bolus and a representation of programmed doses of a therapy schedule for an implantable fluid delivery device with a programmer device. In one example, a device includes a user interface to present a graphical representation of doses of fluid to be delivered to a patient via an implantable fluid delivery device and a processor that controls the user interface to simultaneously present a first graphical representation of a supplemental bolus to be delivered by the implantable fluid delivery device and a second graphical representation of programmed doses of a therapy schedule of the implantable fluid delivery device, wherein at least a portion of the programmed doses of the therapy schedule follows delivery of the supplemental bolus by the implantable fluid delivery device. A user of the device may determine whether the representations indicate an excessive dosage risk to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah B. Alme, Touby A. Drew, Lance Beall
  • Publication number: 20100185181
    Abstract: Techniques are described for displaying a representation of a supplemental bolus and a representation of programmed doses of a therapy schedule for an implantable fluid delivery device with a programmer device. In one example, a device includes a user interface to present a graphical representation of doses of fluid to be delivered to a patient via an implantable fluid delivery device and a processor that controls the user interface to simultaneously present a first graphical representation of a supplemental bolus to be delivered by the implantable fluid delivery device and a second graphical representation of programmed doses of a therapy schedule of the implantable fluid delivery device, wherein at least a portion of the programmed doses of the therapy schedule follows delivery of the supplemental bolus by the implantable fluid delivery device. A user of the device may determine whether the representations indicate an excessive dosage risk to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah B. Alme, Touby A. Drew, Lance Beall
  • Publication number: 20050061336
    Abstract: A telemetry interface module according to the invention may be utilized to facilitate remote programming of a patient medical device such as an implantable medical device. The telemetry interface module includes processing logic, memory, and various software/firmware applications that are capable of generating a user interface (“UI”) description for transmission to a remote computing device. The UI description is transmitted in accordance with a standardized data communication protocol, and the remote computing device renders a UI in response to the received UI description. The remote computing device processes and renders the UI using its native operating system and native UI controls, thus eliminating the need for computing hardware customized for the particular medical device telemetry application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Goetz, Duane Bourget, Lance Beall, David Lee