Patents by Inventor Stephen John Hahn

Stephen John Hahn 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: 7376464
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device, such as an implantable pacemaker having anti-tachycardia pacing capability, delivers anti-tachycardia pacing therapy in accordance with an anti-tachycardia pacing protocol upon detection of a terminable arrhythmia. The anti-tachycardia pacing is delivered as a burst of one or more pacing pulses at a specified coupling interval after a sensed ventricular polarization. By sensing if an evoked potential occurs, the device can determine whether or not the anti-tachycardia pacing burst has captured the ventricle and can adjust the coupling interval and/or other parameters accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Qingsheng Zhu, Stephen John Hahn, Steven D. Girouard
  • Patent number: 6939345
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn
  • Patent number: 6775572
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device, such as an implantable pacemaker having anti-tachycardia pacing capability, delivers anti-tachycardia pacing therapy in accordance with an anti-tachycardia pacing protocol upon detection of a terminable arrhythmia. The anti-tachycardia pacing is delivered as a burst of one or more pacing pulses at a specified coupling interval after a sensed ventricular polarization. By sensing if an evoked potential occurs, the device can determine whether or not the anti-tachycardia pacing burst has captured the ventricle and can adjust the coupling interval and/or other parameters accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Qingsheng Zhu, Stephen John Hahn, Steven D. Girouard
  • Patent number: 6648881
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn
  • Publication number: 20030187340
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn
  • Publication number: 20030083703
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device, such as an implantable pacemaker having anti-tachycardia pacing capability, delivers anti-tachycardia pacing therapy in accordance with an anti-tachycardia pacing protocol upon detection of a terminable arrhythmia. The anti-tachycardia pacing is delivered as a burst of one or more pacing pulses at a specified coupling interval after a sensed ventricular polarization. By sensing if an evoked potential occurs, the device can determine whether or not the anti-tachycardia pacing burst has captured the ventricle and can adjust the coupling interval and/or other parameters accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Qingsheng Zhu, Stephen John Hahn, Steven D. Girouard
  • Patent number: 6519488
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn
  • Publication number: 20020072743
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn
  • Publication number: 20020010461
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn
  • Patent number: 6317615
    Abstract: A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce H. KenKnight, Jay A. Warren, Stephen John Hahn