Medtronic, Inc.

Heartware, Inc.

Joseph Ippolito

Lonny V Cabelka

Michael W Heinks

Yanina Grinberg

Nathan Lee Olson

Timothy A Ebeling

Joel R Lauer

Brian W Schousek

Matthew Saterbak

Craig W Dorma

James Vander Heyden

Thai Nguyen

Luke T Babler

Paul D Baker

Robert T Sawchuk

D'Anne E Kudlik

Gerald M Herman

Luka Grujic

Timothy Hillukka

Robert W Sawchuk

Lance I Farb

Nicholas S Difranco

A carrying case for a controller for an implantable blood pump includes a first flexible pouch sized and configured to retain the controller. The pouch has a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face includes a thermal insulating material and the second face including a thermal dissipating material.

Carrying case for controller of patients with VADs

An extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) having a high voltage therapy module is configured to control a high voltage charging circuit to charge a capacitor to a pacing voltage amplitude to deliver charge balanced pacing pulses. The capacitor is chargeable to a shock voltage amplitude that is greater than the pacing voltage amplitude. The ICD is configured to enable switching circuitry of the high voltage therapy module to discharge the capacitor to deliver a first pulse having a first polarity and a leading voltage amplitude corresponding to the pacing voltage amplitude for pacing the patient's heart via a pacing electrode vector selected from extra-cardiovascular electrodes. The high voltage therapy module delivers a second pulse after the first pulse. The second pulse has a second polarity opposite the first polarity and balances the electrical charge delivered during the first pulse.

Charge balanced cardiac pacing from high voltage circuitry of an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator system

Various embodiments of a speaker and a method of forming such speaker are disclosed. The speaker includes a frame having a first major surface, a second major surface, and an opening disposed between the first and second major surfaces; a cone disposed adjacent the first major surface of the frame; and an adhesive layer disposed on at least a portion of the second major surface of the frame. The adhesive layer occludes the opening of the frame.

Sealed acoustic speaker and medical device including same

A controller for an implantable blood pump including processing circuitry in communication with the implantable blood pump and configured to generate at least one preventative alert.

Notification system for low-level preventative LVAD alerts

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Shoreview, MN, United States of America

Joseph Ippolito