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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2003
Jay W. Axelrod, Minneapolis, MN (US);
William R. Mass, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jason Malone, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Richard E. Stein, Edina, MN (US);
Robert J. Gaskill, Edina, MN (US);
Jay W. Axelrod, Minneapolis, MN (US);
William R. Mass, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Jason Malone, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Richard E. Stein, Edina, MN (US);
Robert J. Gaskill, Edina, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A handheld cardiac rhythm management device for use by a patient to request status information from an implantable pulse generating device and to request that the pulse generating device provide a rhythm altering shock to the patient's heart. The device includes a plurality of deadfront status indicator lamps on a front of a case that are visible to the patient when the controller is held in the patient's hand. The device also includes buttons on the front of the case and a telemetry circuit for bi-directional communication with the implantable pulse generating device.