Patents by Inventor Urban Lönn

Urban Lönn 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).

  • Implantable medical system for detecting incipient edema
    Patent number: 8346353
    Abstract: An implantable medical system for detecting incipient edema has an implantable medical lead including an optical sensor having a light source and a light detector. The medical system further has an edema detection circuit that activates the light source to emit light, the light being directed into lung tissue of a patient and that obtains a light intensity value corresponding to an intensity of light received by the light detector, and that evaluates the light intensity value to detect a consistency with incipient edema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical AB
    Inventors: Sven-Erik Hedberg, Andreas Blomqvist, Karin Järverud, Karin Ljungström, Leif Lindqvist, Urban Lönn
  • DEVICE AND METHOD OF A MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR MONITORING PROGRESSION OF HEART FAILURE IN A HUMAN HEART
    Publication number: 20100185252
    Abstract: In a device and method for a medical implant for monitoring progression of heart failure in a human heart, an activity sensor provides information related to the activity level of a patient and an oxygen sensor provides information related to the level of oxygen content in venous blood. A determined level of venous oxygen content at a determined activity level is obtained, and that level of venous oxygen content is compared to stored values at a corresponding activity level. The result of the comparison is used as a basis for determining a degree of heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Anders Björling, Malin Öhlander, Tom Eriksson, Johan Eckerdal, Urban Lönn, Kenth Nilsson, Cecilia Tuvstedt, Johan Svahn, Anna-Karin Johansson, Kjell Norén, Michael Broomé
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING INCIPIENT EDEMA
    Publication number: 20100106210
    Abstract: An implantable medical system for detecting incipient edema has an implantable medical lead including an optical sensor having a light source and a light detector. The medical system further has an edema detection circuit that activates the light source to emit light, the light being directed into lung tissue of a patient and that obtains a light intensity value corresponding to an intensity of light received by the light detector, and that evaluates the light intensity value to detect a consistency with incipient edema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Sven-Erik Hedberg, Andreas Blomqvist, Karin Järverud, Karin Ljungström, Leif Lindqvist, Urban Lönn
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100041970
    Abstract: An implantable medical device has an oxygen sensor adapted to measure the level of oxygen in oxygenized blood, and to generate an oxygen measurement signal in dependence of the level of oxygen. The oxygen sensor is adapted to perform measurements inside the heart, of blood entering the left atrium of a patient's heart. The obtained oxygen measurement signal is compared to a predetermined threshold level and an indication signal is generated in dependence of the comparison. The, indication signal is indicative of the lung functionality of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Sven-Erik Hedberg, Andreas Blomqvist, Karin Järverud, Karin Ljungström, Leif Lindkvist, Urban Lönn, Nils Holmström