Patents by Inventor Ruth Elinor Bauhahn

Ruth Elinor Bauhahn 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).

  • Patient directed therapy management
    Patent number: 7082333
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that allows a patient to access stored preset patient therapy programs, that are resident in a medical device, and to create personalized therapy programs or automatic timing therapy programs from preset therapy programs to accommodate the patient's particular activity. Alternatively, the patient can select and access stored preset patient therapy programs and combine at least two modified or unmodified preset therapy programs to create personalized therapy programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth Elinor Bauhahn, John W. Forsberg, Steven James Nelson
  • Patient directed therapy management
    Patent number: 7066910
    Abstract: An method and system that allows a patient to access stored preset patient therapy programs, that are resident in a medical device such an implantable pump or a combination medical device having an implantable pump and a implantable neural stimulator, and to create personalized therapy programs or automatic timing therapy programs from preset therapy programs to accommodate the patient's particular activity. Alternatively, the patient can select and access stored preset patient therapy programs and combine at least two modified or unmodified preset therapy programs to create personalized therapy programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth Elinor Bauhahn, John W. Forsberg, Steven James Nelson, Kenneth Timothy Heruth
  • Patient directed therapy management
    Publication number: 20030036783
    Abstract: An method and system that allows a patient to access stored preset patient therapy programs, that are resident in a medical device such an implantable pump or a combination medical device having an implantable pump and a implantable neural stimulator, and to create personalized therapy programs or automatic timing therapy programs from preset therapy programs to accommodate the patient's particular activity. Alternatively, the patient can select and access stored preset patient therapy programs and combine at least two modified or unmodified preset therapy programs to create personalized therapy programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Ruth Elinor Bauhahn, John W. Forsberg, Steven James Nelson, Kenneth Timothy Heruth