Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Reinert

Michael Andrew Reinert 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).

  • Controlling wireless communication in an implanted cardiac device
    Patent number: 9248300
    Abstract: A relatively compact implantable cardiac medical device includes a wireless communications module, which employs a directional antenna and which is adapted to receive input concerning ventricular wall motion. When the cardiac medical device is anchored to a ventricular wall, transmitter elements of the communications modules are only activated for communication during a detected period of reduced ventricular wall motion. The period of reduced ventricular wall motion may be defined as at least one time interval during which an axis of the directional antenna does not rotate out from a baseline orientation by more than 15 degrees. The communication may be conducted with an external programmer-type device, or with another implanted device, for example, located remote from the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Rys, Michael Andrew Reinert
  • CONTROLLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AN IMPLANTED CARDIAC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130066169
    Abstract: A relatively compact implantable cardiac medical device includes a wireless communications module, which employs a directional antenna and which is adapted to receive input concerning ventricular wall motion. When the cardiac medical device is anchored to a ventricular wall, transmitter elements of the communications modules are only activated for communication during a detected period of reduced ventricular wall motion. The period of reduced ventricular wall motion may be defined as at least one time interval during which an axis of the directional antenna does not rotate out from a baseline orientation by more than 15 degrees. The communication may be conducted with an external programmer-type device, or with another implanted device, for example, located remote from the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Rys, Michael Andrew Reinert