Medtronic, Inc.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Gmbh

Kevin M Johnson

Christopher M Arnett

Steven M Goetz

Eric J Panken

Scott R Stanslaski

Scott A Hareland

Christopher L Pulliam

Timothy R Abraham

Andrew H Houchins

Reid K Bornhoft

Chester Gary Nelson

Tom Lee Erb

Charles R Stomberg

Thomas L Chouinard

Lukas Valine

Evan Schnell

Sergey A Moskalenko

Alicia Weller Thompson

Ilan D Gordon

Caleb C Zarns

Karan Chitkara

Rucha Gokul G Samant

Ankush Thakur

Brady N Fetting

Susan E Heilman Kilbane

Hijaz M Haris

Yuriy Bro

Frederick Cash

Gary Dickinson

Scott Eggerth

Jeffrey Ferguson

David Gessner

Bruce Herbes

Lorna Lockman

Doug Schmidt

John B Farr

Teresa Ainsworth

Chester G Nelson

Devices, systems, and techniques are disclosed for managing electrical stimulation therapy and/or sensing of physiological signals such as brain signals. For example, a system may assist a clinician in identifying one or more electrode combinations for sensing a brain signal. In another example, a user interface may display brain signal information and values of a stimulation parameter at least partially defining electrical stimulation delivered to a patient when the brain signal information was sensed.

Brain stimulation and sensing

A medical device with closed-loop responsive stimulation may include techniques to mitigate the impact on the therapy output of noise coupled into the medical device. A medical device according to this disclosure may determine the presence of noise and alter the closed loop policy to provide the necessary therapy to the patient and avoid prolonged under stimulation caused by the noise. The medical device may continue therapy, while testing for noise. When the device determines the noise level no longer affects the output therapy, the device may return the closed loop policy to a no-noise mode of operation. The medical device may also include techniques to mitigate the impact of manual adjustment while the medical device is subject to noise or is responding to changes in the patient's physiological signals.

Closed-loop therapy stimulation response to patient adjustment

A contaminant detection machine () including a conveyor () which causes an object under inspection () to pass through a plane () of emitted x-ray radiation. The plane is generated by an x-ray tube () that emits a lateral beam, thereby permitting the distance () between the x-ray tube and the object under inspection to be reduced. A photo diode arch mounting assembly () is placed above the object under inspection and is mated to a collimator assembly () that also serves as the mounting bracket for the x-ray generation assembly (), thereby preserving optical alignment between the photo diode detector array () and the emitted x-ray plane (). The detector array () scans the object under inspection () so as to produce a continuous series of discrete lines, each line being analyzed by an image processing unit () to determine the presence or absence of a contaminant. The conveyor () passes over a pair of slider bed surfaces () which are mounted in a hinged manner such that the leading edge () of one surface () is parallel to and spaced apart from the trailing edge () of the other surface (), thereby creating a gap that is coplanar with the collimation slot () and the emitted x-ray plane (). Each bed surface () is rigidly constrained within open ended mounting brackets (and) yet can be removed by hand without the use of tools. Similarly, the conveyor () is supported by a roller assembly () that includes a tracking block () and pivot pin () which permits the roller assembly to be mounted to and removed from flip up mounts () by hand and without the need of tools. Graphical user interfaces (and) permit a user to operate the machine () by means of a liquid crystal display touch screen ().

Contaminant detector for food inspection

A component-based software architecture environment is provided for information networks used for administering one or more implantable medical devices (IMDs) in one or more patients. Various interface schema which may be used in implementing an IMD network are provided, as well as common interfaces for development of software within the network environment. The information network, and the software used in and implementing the network, may be upgraded and developed in a distributed and incremental manner, without requiring modification of entire systems or device instructions.

Component architecture for medical device system networks

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Kevin M Johnson