Cook Pacemaker Corporation

Cook Medical Technologies LLC

Donald A Henry

A blood flow monitor with a visual display. The monitor may include a probe monitoring circuit configured to be associated with a blood vessel. The probe monitoring circuit may transmit a burst signal and receive a reflected signal, where a frequency shift in the reflected signal represents a flow rate associated with the blood vessel. A mixer may be provided in electrical communication with the probe. A signal processing circuit in electrical communication with the output of the mixer may be configured to drive the visual display with a signal representing the flow rate associated with the blood vessel.

Blood flow monitor with visual display

A synchronous telemetry receiver and receiving method for reception from an implantable medical device of a PPM signal including a plurality of bits each having a sync pulse and at least one data pulse of equal amplitude. Capability is provided for restoring correct phase in the event that a sync pulse is missing or incorrectly received for any reason. A high-frequency clock and counter are provided for counting clock pulses during the time interval between each data pulse and its respective sync pulse in order to obtain a measurement of the time interval.

Synchronous telemetry receiver and receiving method for an implantable

A synchronous telemetry system and method for multiplexed telemetry of analog and digital information from a pacemaker or other implantable medical device. Telemetry sync pulses are generated at a 1 kHz rate, and pulse-position modulation is employed for generating an analog data pulse and a digital data pulse relative to the same sync pulse and displaced therefrom by different intervals respectively corresponding to the instantaneous value of an analog input signal and the instantaneous state of a digital input signal. In addition to multiplexing of analog and digital information in a composite bit, multiplexing is provided for dual-channel analog operation.

Synchronous telemetry system and method for an implantable medical device

A low-power A/D converter for an implantable medical device. The converter includes a high-frequency oscillator capable of generating clock pulses at a frequency substantially higher than the main clock frequency of the implantable device, and an oscillator-gating circuit for enabling the oscillator for a voltage-dependent variable time interval. The gating circuit includes a voltage-controlled monostable multivibrator for generating a gate control pulse having a pulse width corresponding to the value of an analog signal representative of a physiological parameter sensed by the implantable device. A timing controller, which operates at a low frequency under control of a crystal-controlled clock, supplies a trigger pulse to the voltage-controlled monostable at a predetermined first point in the variable time interval and generates an enable pulse at a predetermined second point in the variable time interval. In response to the enable pulse, the A/D converter enables the oscillator at the second point and, in response to the gate control pulse, disables the oscillator at the end of the variable time interval. A counter coupled to the oscillator counts the clock pulses generated between the second point and the end of the variable time interval.

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Greensburg, PA, United States of America

Donald A Henry