Medtronic, Inc.

Michelle M Galarneau

Vinod Sharma

Brian Bruce Lee

Andrew Radtke

Todd Jon Sheldon

Saul E Greenhut

Eduardo N Warman

Matthew David Bonner

Paul R Solheim

Lilian Kornet

Berthold Stegemann

Hyun J Yoon

Paulus Cornelis Van Venrooij

Tarek D Haddad

Yanina Grinberg

Jeffrey David Wilkinson

Vincent P Ganion

Stefan Kracker

Victor Peter Jozef Duijsens

Johan Maas

Markus J C Lazeroms

Vasiliki Spyropoulou

An example medical device includes a plurality of electrodes, therapy delivery circuitry, and processing circuitry configured to control the therapy delivery circuitry to deliver electrical stimulation to an intercostal nerve of a patient via at least two of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the electrical stimulation is delivered with stimulation parameters configured to suppress ventricular tachyarrhythmia of the patient, wherein the stimulation parameters comprise a stimulation frequency less than or equal to 40 hertz (Hz).

Inhibition of onset of cardiac tachyarrhythmia with intercostal nerve stimulation

A medical device includes a motion sensor configured to sense a motion signal. The medical device includes a control circuit configured to determine at least one ventricular event metric from the motion signal sensed over multiple of atrial cycles, determine that the ventricular event metric meets atrioventricular block criteria and generate an output in response to determining the atrioventricular block.

Medical device and method for detecting atrioventricular block

Techniques are disclosed for automatically calibrating a reference orientation of an implantable medical device (IMD) within a patient. In one example, sensors of an IMD sense a plurality of orientation vectors of the IMD with respect to a gravitational field. Processing circuitry of the IMD processes the plurality of orientation vectors to identify an upright vector that corresponds to an upright posture of the patient. The processing circuitry classifies the plurality of orientation vectors with respect to the upright vector to define a sagittal plane of the patient and a transverse plane of the patient. The processing circuitry determines, based on the upright vector, the sagittal plane, and the transverse plane, a reference orientation of the IMD within the patient. As the orientation of the IMD within the patient changes over time, the processing circuitry may recalibrate its reference orientation and accurately detect a posture of the patient.

Automatic detection of body planes of rotation

A medical device is configured to produce an accelerometer signal and detect a patient fall from the accelerometer signal. The device generates a body posture signal and a body acceleration signal from the accelerometer signal and detects a patient fall in response to determining that the body posture signal and the body acceleration signal meet fall detection criteria. The medical device is configured to receive a truth signal from another device that is not the medical device. The truth signal may indicate that the detected patient fall is a falsely detected patient fall and, responsive to receiving the truth signal, the medical device adjusts at least one fall detection control parameter.

Medical device for fall detection

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Michelle M Galarneau