Patents by Inventor Robert J. Parkinson

Robert J. Parkinson 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).

  • Power management for implantable medical device during RF communications
    Patent number: 7769454
    Abstract: In a patient management system, a remote monitoring device interrogates an implantable device on an intermittent basis over a wireless telemetry link, with interrogations being performed either according to a programmed schedule or upon receiving a command to do so via the user interface or the network interface. Described is a system and method for optimizing, limiting, and/or monitoring an implantable device's telemetry usage in order to avoid premature battery depletion and/or raise an alert if excessive battery depletion is beginning to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Parkinson, Kenneth P. Hoyme, Scott Vanderlinde, Sylvia Quiles