Patents by Inventor Xander Evers

Xander Evers 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: 7913015
    Abstract: A bus system is provided for implantable medical devices. The bus system provides for flexible and reliable communication between subsystems in an implantable medical device. The bus system facilitates a wide variety of communications between various subsystems. These various subsystems can include one or more sensing devices, processors, data storage devices, patient alert devices, power management devices, signal processing and other devices implemented to perform a variety of different functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Kallmyer, Kevin K. Walsh, Javaid Masoud, Xander Evers, John C. Stroebel, James Ericksen, Mark A. Stockburger, Paul J. Huelskamp
  • Publication number: 20100057167
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for interrogating an implantable medical device (IMD) using a platform-independent interrogation process with an interrogator device, such that the interrogation is initiated by the interrogator device without requiring information relating to the location of where the diagnostic data is stored in the memory of the IMD and without requiring information related to the type or format of the diagnostic data. By utilizing a platform-independent interrogation process, a generic universal interrogation process can be utilized that can be extended across IMDs and interrogator devices capable of having different platforms. Further, the platform-independent interrogation process allows an interrogation device to interrogate different types of IMDs, and also allows IMDs to be interrogated by different types of interrogator devices, thereby allowing IMDs and interrogator devices to be interchangeably used and easily updated without requiring entire interrogation system reconfigurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Xander Evers, Jeroen Zuiderhoek
  • Publication number: 20090204168
    Abstract: A bus system is provided for implantable medical devices. The bus system provides for flexible and reliable communication between subsystems in an implantable medical device. The bus system facilitates a wide variety of communications between various subsystems. These various subsystems can include one or more sensing devices, processors, data storage devices, patient alert devices, power management devices, signal processing and other devices implemented to perform a variety of different functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Kallmyer, Kevin K. Walsh, Javaid Masoud, Xander Evers, John C. Stroebel, James H. Ericksen, Mark A. Stockburger, Paul J. Huelskamp
  • Publication number: 20040215278
    Abstract: A method for enabling a programming device to upload a distributed software upgrade into a reprogrammable device having a unique serial number, the software upgrade having a unique upgrade identifier. The method comprises the steps of calculating a first enabling code as a function of the unique upgrade identifier and the unique serial number and comparing the first enabling code to a second enabling code received from a registry. Also disclosed is an apparatus for changing a heart-stimulating waveform comprising an implanted reprogrammable medical device (IRMD) having a unique serial number, an IRMD software upgrade program having a unique media identifier, and a programming device for uploading the IRMD software upgrade program into the IRMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Wim Stegink, Henk Westendorp, Paul Visser, Xander Evers, Peter Van Geffen, Gertwin Anbergen
  • Publication number: 20040215261
    Abstract: A soothing program for anti-atrial tachyarrhymia therapy operates within a natural intrinsic atrial rate band for increased patient comport and improved therapy. The implantable pacemakers is configured with an atrial event detector, an anti-atrial tachyarrhymia progam that produces an anti-tachyarrhymia therapy, and a soothing program. The soothing program resides in memory and adjusts the anti-atrial tachyarrhymia program. The soothing program has an acceleration rate within a natural intrinsic atrial rate band upon detection of an atrial tachyarrhymia event and a deceleration rate also within the natural intrinsic atrial rate band to adjust the anti-atrial tachyarrhymia therapy. Some embodiments can adjust the anti-atrial tachyarrhymia therapy to maintain natural atrial activation and reduce patient discomfort such as palpitations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Malcolm J. Begemann, Johannes S. Van Der Veen, Henk Westendorp, Xander Evers, Willem Stegink
  • Publication number: 20020099414
    Abstract: A method for preventing the recurrence of an atrial fibrillation of a heart is provided. An atrial fibrillation is detected. A set of pacing pulses to increase a rate of the heart to an intervention rate is transmitted to the heart upon the completion of the atrial fibrillation. Finally, the intervention rate is maintained for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Xander Evers, Johannes S. Van Der Veen
  • Patent number: 5978709
    Abstract: There is provided a pacing system having special functions for treating the patient's atrium with atrial pacing so as to reduce the probability of occurrence of dangerous atrial arrhythmias. The pacemaker of the system provides for atrial Pace.sub.-- Conditioning, whereby the patient's normal intrinsic atrial rate is overridden by higher rate pacing whenever a predetermined sequence of intrinsic heartbeats is sensed. The pacemaker also provides for special pacing routines following the detection of one or more PACs. The PAC response routines include pacing at an elevated rate for a predetermined time or number of beats, and smoothing out pacing intervals for one or several cycles following the occurrence of a PAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Vitatron Medical, B.V.
    Inventors: Malcolm J. S. Begemann, Johannes S. Van Der Veen, Xander Evers
  • Patent number: 5843138
    Abstract: A pacemaker system is provided which provides for more flexibility in re-programming of the control software, or program which is controlling an implanted pacemaker. The system comprises an external programmer device which is capable both of programming the implanted device in a conventional way, and also downloading new control software to the implanted device, subject to predetermined system conditions. All implanted devices, e.g., pacemakers within the system of the invention, share a hardware platform, and are identified as belonging to a given one of a plurality of groups, each group being characterized as providing therapy aimed at a different condition. Each pacemaker also carries type data, indicating the type of pacemaker within the group, and a set of permissions data representative of different types within the group to which it is permitted to be programmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Vitatron Medical, B.V.
    Inventors: Xander Evers, Johannes S. van der Veen, Malcolm J.S. Begemann