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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D. Webb, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Chester G. Nelson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
James G. Thies, Champlin, MN (US);
Ronald A. Stauffer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minnneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; A61N 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; A61N 1/08 ;
Abstract
A medical device implant, monitoring and adjustment are enhanced by the telepresence of a remote expert (,) having a screen display (,) that mirrors the display at the patient location. Pointers (,), whether they can activate subprograms at the patient location or not, are moved identically at both locations at the same time. Also, the ECG and any features thereof are updated in real time, while other communication operations occur.