Patents by Inventor Troy E Jackson

Troy E Jackson 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: 12083344
    Abstract: An example medical device system includes therapy delivery circuitry configured to deliver anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) therapy to a heart of a patient via electrodes communicatively coupled to the therapy delivery circuitry. The ATP therapy includes one or more ATP trains. The medical device system also includes processing circuitry configured determine a first propagation time based on a comparison of features in a local electrogram and a far-field electrogram, such as the time from a fiducial point in the local electrogram and QRS onset in the far-field electrogram. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine, based on the first propagation time, a number of pulses to achieve a second propagation time and control the therapy delivery circuitry to deliver the ATP train of at least the number of pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Troy E. Jackson
  • Patent number: 12064636
    Abstract: A method for heart failure management includes monitoring one or more sensor-based parameters for a patient to determine a pacing therapy. If the one or more parameters indicate atrial tachycardia or atrial fibrillation, a first pacing therapy is delivered. If the one or more parameters do not indicate atrial tachycardia or atrial fibrillation, it is determined whether the patient is asleep. If the patient is asleep, a second pacing therapy is delivered. If the one or more parameters do not indicate atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, or that the patient is asleep, the patient's P-wave duration is evaluated with respect to a P-wave duration threshold value. When the patient's P-wave duration is determined to exceed the P-wave duration threshold value, a third pacing therapy is delivered, and when the patient's P-wave duration is determined to not exceed the P-wave duration threshold value, a fourth pacing therapy is delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Lilian Kornet, Troy E. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20240252826
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for performing respiratory-based cardiac remodeling pacing therapy are described in this disclosure. A patent's respiration may be monitored, and the lower pacing limit for the cardiac remodeling pacing and support pacing therapy delivered to a patient may be adjusted based on the monitored respiration to achieve or restore respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hoffman, Troy E. Jackson, Michael D. Eggen
  • Publication number: 20240165412
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for monitoring cardiac arrhythmias and delivering electrical stimulation therapy using a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (SICD) and a leadless pacing device (LPD) are described. For example, the SICD may detect a tachyarrhythmia within a first electrical signal from a heart and determine, based on the tachyarrhythmia, to deliver anti-tachyarrhythmia shock therapy to the patient to treat the detected arrhythmia. The LPD may receive communication from the SICD requesting the LPD deliver anti-tachycardia pacing to the heart and determine, based on a second electrical signal from the heart sensed by the LPD, whether to deliver anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) to the heart. In this manner, the SICD and LPD may communicate to coordinate ATP and/or cardioversion/defibrillation therapy. In another example, the LPD may be configured to deliver post-shock pacing after detecting delivery of anti-tachyarrhythmia shock therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Saul E. Greenhut, Robert J. Nehls, Walter H. Olson, Xusheng Zhang, Wade M. Demmer, Troy E. Jackson, James D. Reinke
  • Publication number: 20240042212
    Abstract: An extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system receives a cardiac electrical signal by an electrical sensing circuit via an extra-cardiovascular sensing electrode vector and senses cardiac events from the cardiac electrical signal. The ICD system detects tachycardia from the cardiac electrical signal and determines a tachycardia cycle length from the cardiac electrical signal. The ICD system determines an ATP interval based on the tachycardia cycle length and sets an extended ATP interval that is longer than the ATP interval. The ICD delivers ATP pulses to a patient's heart via an extra-cardiovascular pacing electrode vector different than the sensing electrode vector. The ATP pulses include a leading ATP pulse delivered at the extended ATP interval after a cardiac event is sensed from the cardiac electrical signal and a second ATP pulse delivered at the ATP interval following the leading ATP pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Troy E. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20240042213
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to determine time intervals between consecutive cardiac events sensed from a cardiac electrical signal, increase a value of a tachyarrhythmia interval count in response to each of the determine time intervals detected as a tachyarrhythmia interval. The device is further configured to detect normal sinus rhythm events and the decrease the value of the tachyarrhythmia interval count in response to a threshold number of detected normal sinus rhythm events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Xusheng Zhang, Kevin L. Dehmer, Saul E. Greenhut, Troy E. Jackson, Yuanzhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20230381523
    Abstract: Ventricle-from-atrium (VfA) devices, systems, and methods may be configured to monitor a single channel of cardiac electrical activity and determine atrial events and ventricular events based on the single channel of cardiac electrical activity. Various processing, windowing, and thresholding may be used to identify atrial events and ventricular events within the single channel of cardiac electrical activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yanina Grinberg, Troy E. Jackson, Eric R. Williams, John C. Stroebel, Karen J. Kleckner, Todd J. Sheldon, Mackenzie E. Hall, Saul E. Greenhut
  • Publication number: 20230347154
    Abstract: A lower pacing rate limit is utilized by pacing devices to initiate pacing in response to a patient's intrinsic rate being less than the lower pacing rate limit. Illustrative systems, devices, and methods may obtain rate modification information related to a patient such as physical characteristics, diagnostic parameters, pathologies, device characteristics of a pacing device implanted in the patient, and patient-reported information. The rate modification information may be used to determine lower pacing rate limit based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hoffman, Troy E. Jackson, Markus Meyer
  • Patent number: 11801385
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to determine time intervals between consecutive cardiac events sensed from a cardiac electrical signal, increase a value of a tachyarrhythmia interval count in response to each of the determine time intervals detected as a tachyarrhythmia interval. The device is further configured to detect normal sinus rhythm events and the decrease the value of the tachyarrhythmia interval count in response to a threshold number of detected normal sinus rhythm events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xusheng Zhang, Kevin L. Dehmer, Saul Greenhut, Troy E. Jackson, Yuanzhen Liu
  • Publication number: 20230309861
    Abstract: An example medical device system includes memory configured to store information relating to an occurrence of a cardiac event in a patient and processing circuitry configured to determine the occurrence of the cardiac event in the patient. The processing circuitry is configured to determine at least one of a fall of the patient, a slumping posture of the patient, or a change from an upright posture to a non-upright posture of the patient and that the cardiac event is associated therewith in time. The processing circuitry is configured to, in response to determining that the cardiac event and the at least one of the fall of the patient, the slumping posture of the patient, or the change from the upright posture to the non-upright posture of the patient are associated in time, modulate a response to the cardiac event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle M. Galarneau, Wade M. Demmer, Troy E. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20230285756
    Abstract: An implantable medical device system is configured to detect a tachyarrhythmia from a cardiac electrical signal and start an ATP therapy delay period. The implantable medical device determines whether the cardiac electrical signal received during the ATP therapy delay period satisfies ATP delivery criteria. A therapy delivery module is controlled to cancel the delayed ATP therapy if the ATP delivery criteria are not met and deliver the delayed ATP therapy if the ATP delivery criteria are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Xusheng ZHANG, Yanina GRINBERG, Paul R. SOLHEIM, Troy E. JACKSON, Timothy A. EBELING, Vladimir P. NIKOLSKI
  • Patent number: 11752344
    Abstract: An extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system receives a cardiac electrical signal by an electrical sensing circuit via an extra-cardiovascular sensing electrode vector and senses cardiac events from the cardiac electrical signal. The ICD system detects tachycardia from the cardiac electrical signal and determines a tachycardia cycle length from the cardiac electrical signal. The ICD system determines an ATP interval based on the tachycardia cycle length and sets an extended ATP interval that is longer than the ATP interval. The ICD delivers ATP pulses to a patient's heart via an extra-cardiovascular pacing electrode vector different than the sensing electrode vector. The ATP pulses include a leading ATP pulse delivered at the extended ATP interval after a cardiac event is sensed from the cardiac electrical signal and a second ATP pulse delivered at the ATP interval following the leading ATP pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Troy E. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20230241401
    Abstract: Patient activity or inactivity may be determined based, at least in part, on a movement signal representative, or indicative, of movement of a patient. When the patient is determined to be inactive based the movement signal monitored over a moving time window, cardiac remodeling pacing may be delivered to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Ekaterina M. Ippolito, Troy E. Jackson, Abhijit Kadrolkar, Todd J. Sheldon
  • Patent number: 11697027
    Abstract: An implantable medical device includes an electrically conductive first housing, a conductive feedthrough extending through the first housing, electronic circuitry positioned within the first housing, a device electrode, and a second housing. The electronic circuitry is electrically coupled to the first housing and the feedthrough, and senses electrical signals of a patient and/or delivers electrical stimulation therapy to the patient via the first housing and the feedthrough. The device electrode is configured to electrically connect with tissue and/or a fluid at a target site in the patient. A lead connector is configured to connect to a proximal end of an implantable medical lead. The lead connector includes a first connector contact electrically coupled to the feedthrough and a second connector contact electrically coupled to the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ries, Wade M. Demmer, Troy E. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20230173279
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to determine tachyarrhythmia evidence in a cardiac signal segment received from a cardiac electrical signal sensed during a pacing escape interval started to schedule a pending cardiac pacing pulse. The medical device may delay the pending cardiac pacing pulse in response to determining the tachyarrhythmia evidence during the pacing escape interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Xusheng ZHANG, Saul E. GREENHUT, Yuanzhen LIU, Alfonso ARANDA HERNANDEZ, Michael W. HEINKS, Jean E. HUDSON, Timothy A. EBELING, Irving J. SANCHEZ, Scott R. HAWKINSON, Troy E. JACKSON, James VANDER HEYDEN
  • Patent number: 11666763
    Abstract: An implantable medical device system is configured to detect a tachyarrhythmia from a cardiac electrical signal and start an ATP therapy delay period. The implantable medical device determines whether the cardiac electrical signal received during the ATP therapy delay period satisfies ATP delivery criteria. A therapy delivery module is controlled to cancel the delayed ATP therapy if the ATP delivery criteria are not met and deliver the delayed ATP therapy if the ATP delivery criteria are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xusheng Zhang, Yanina Grinberg, Paul R. Solheim, Troy E. Jackson, Timothy A. Ebeling, Vladimir P. Nikolski
  • Publication number: 20230148939
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to determine an amplitude metric from a cardiac signal segment sensed over a predetermined time interval and determine if the amplitude metric meets an amplitude threshold. The medical device is configured to perform a first analysis of the cardiac electrical signal segment for detecting a first arrhythmia when the amplitude metric does not meet the amplitude threshold and perform a second analysis of the cardiac electrical signal segment for detecting a second arrhythmia different than the first arrhythmia in response to the amplitude metric meeting the amplitude threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Alfonso ARANDA HERNANDEZ, Timothy A. EBELING, Saul E. GREENHUT, Troy E. JACKSON, Yuanzhen LIU, Irving J. SANCHEZ, James A. VANDER HEYDEN, Xusheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11642032
    Abstract: A method includes determining that a patient has heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF); configuring a cardiovascular (CV) model using patient characterization data; determining one or more therapy parameters using output data of the CV model; and administering HFpEF therapy based on the one or more therapy parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Gillberg, Troy E. Jackson, Richard Cornelussen
  • Publication number: 20230107061
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to receive cardiac electrical signals and sense ventricular event signals from the cardiac electrical signals. The medical device may start a validation window in response to sensing a ventricular event signal and determine if the ventricular event signal is a valid event signal or an invalid event signal based on processing of a different cardiac electrical signal than the cardiac electrical signal from which the ventricular event signal was sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Saul E. GREENHUT, Alfonso ARANDA HERNANDEZ, Timothy A. EBELING, Michael W. HEINKS, Jean E. HUDSON, Troy E. JACKSON, Yuanzhen LIU, Irving J. SANCHEZ, James A. VANDER HEYDEN, Xusheng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230100431
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to sense first ventricular event signals from a first cardiac electrical signal and sense second ventricular event signals from a second cardiac electrical signal. The medical device is configured to determine sensed event data in response to the first ventricular event signals and the second ventricular event signals. The medical device may select one of the first cardiac electrical signal or the second cardiac electrical signal for providing input for tachyarrhythmia detection based on the sensed event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuanzhen LIU, Alfonso ARANDA HERNANDEZ, Timothy A. EBELING, Saul E. GREENHUT, Michael W. HEINKS, Jean E. HUDSON, Troy E. JACKSON, Irving J. SANCHEZ, James A. VANDER HEYDEN, Xusheng ZHANG