Patents by Inventor Thomas Lilienkamp

Thomas Lilienkamp 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).

  • APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS BY DECELERATION PACING
    Publication number: 20250041609
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining an arrhythmia of a living heart comprises a signal evaluation device receiving a signal representing a present electric activity of the heart, and determining a frequency spectrum of the signal. The apparatus further comprises a pulse generator generating a sequence of electric pulses to be applied to the heart at a pulse repetition frequency that depends on the frequency spectrum and decreases by at least 20% over the sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Luther, Ulrich Parlitz, Thomas Lilienkamp
  • Apparatus for applying electric pulses to living myocardial tissue
    Patent number: 10870006
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying at least one electric pulse to a living myocardial tissue comprises an input configured to receive an electric signal representing a present electric activity of the myocardial tissue; a signal processor configured to process the electric signal to calculate a present permutation value of the electric signal in the state space and to only output a control signal when the calculated present entropy value of the electric signal is lower than a predetermined entropy threshold value; a pulse generator configured to generate the at least one electric pulse in response to the control signal; and an output configured to output the at least one electric pulse to the myocardial tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Schlemmer, Thomas Lilienkamp, Sebastian Berg, Ulrich Parlitz, Stefan Luther
  • APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ELECTRIC PULSES TO LIVING MYOCARDIAL TISSUE
    Publication number: 20190009089
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying at least one electric pulse to a living myocardial tissue comprises an input configured to receive an electric signal representing a present electric activity of the myocardial tissue; a signal processor configured to process the electric signal to calculate a present permutation value of the electric signal in the state space and to only output a control signal when the calculated present entropy value of the electric signal is lower than a predetermined entropy threshold value; a pulse generator configured to generate the at least one electric pulse in response to the control signal; and an output configured to output the at least one electric pulse to the myocardial tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Schlemmer, Thomas Lilienkamp, Sebastian Berg, Ulrich Parlitz, Stefan Luther