Scott T Mazar

6407931, Jun 18, 2002

Jul 11, 2000

09/614467

David J. Yonce - Fridley MN
Scott T. Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN
Scott R. Vanderlinde - Plymouth MN

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Pauls MN

H05K 900

361816, 361707, 361728, 363141, 336 65

A DC to DC converter having a flange attached to the housing. The flange configured to electrically isolate, insulate and shield the DC to DC converter from an underlying circuit board. The flange may be further configured to meet creepage distances and air clearances required by various regulatory and certification agencies.

6636963, Oct 21, 2003

Dec 30, 1999

09/474842

Richard E. Stein - Edina MN
Eugene Khenson - San Jose CA
Scott Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

G06F 15177

713 1, 713 2, 714 15

A system and method for restoring a microprocessor-based system to a previously booted target state in which an image of memory and the processor registers in the previously booted state is saved and stored in a storage device. A restore routine executing in ROM retreives the image from the storage device and restores the system memory and processor registers to the target state. A operating system return routine then returns control of the system to the operating system software. In an exemplary implementation, a system in accordance with the invention is incorporated into a microprocessor-based external programmer for a cardiac rhythm management device in order to allow quick starting of the programmer from a powered down condition without going through a time consuming boot process.

6708065, Mar 16, 2004

Mar 2, 2001

09/798249

Jeffrey A. Von Arx - Minneapolis MN
William R. Mass - Maple Grove MN
Scott T. Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN
Mark D. Amundson - Cambridge MN

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

A61N 102

607 60, 607 37, 607 32, 607 36

An apparatus and method for enabling far-field radio-frequency communications with an implantable medical device in which an antenna is embedded within a dielectric compartment of the device. A helical antenna may be employed to save space while still permitting far-field telemetry over a desired range of frequencies.

6878111, Apr 12, 2005

Jul 9, 2002

10/193549

Bruce H Kenknight - Maple Grove MN, US
Scott Thomas Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN, US

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

A61B005/00

600300, 178920, 178903, 607 60

A system for measuring subjective well-being utilizes an interactive communications module, an electronic transmission module and an intervention module. The interactive communications module receives data or input that reflects a person's subjective well-being and makes a temporal record of the input. The electronic transmission module transmits that data or input to a communications device. The intervention module is coupled to the interactive communications module to communicate a trend of subjective well-being. Trends may be created using a correlation module adapted to correlate and compare subjective and/or objective data. The correlation module may also include an inquiry module to allow a person to inquire about a person's subjective well-being.

6915417, Jul 5, 2005

Sep 29, 2003

10/673766

Richard E. Stein - Edina MN, US
Eugene Khenson - San Jose CA, US
Scott Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN, US

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

G06F015/177

713 1, 713 2, 714 15

A system and method for restoring a microprocessor-based system to a previously booted target state in which an image of memory and the processor registers in the previously booted state is saved and stored in a storage device. A restore routine executing in ROM retrieves the image from the storage device and restores the system memory and processor registers to the target state. An operating system return routine then returns control of the system to the operating system software. In an exemplary implementation, a system in accordance with the invention is incorporated into a microprocessor-based external programmer for a cardiac rhythm management device in order to allow quick starting of the programmer from a powered down condition without going through a time consuming boot process.

6978182, Dec 20, 2005

Dec 27, 2002

10/330677

Scott Thomas Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN, US
Yatheendhar D. Manicka - Woodbury MN, US

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

A61N001/20

607 60

An advanced patient management system including at least one device that is implanted in a patient, the device being configured to measure physiological attributes of the patient and provide therapy to the patient. The advanced patient management system may also include an interrogator/transceiver unit in communication with the device and a network, the unit being positioned relative to the device to facility communication between the repeater and the device. The advanced patient management system also includes a host, in communication with the device through the network, to store data from the device and to provide a predictive diagnosis of an oncoming event. The interrogator/transceiver unit may include programmable or updateable with software from a computer system or remote host.

6985773, Jan 10, 2006

Feb 7, 2002

10/071255

Jeffrey A. Von Arx - Minneapolis MN, US
David J. Yonce - Fridley MN, US
Scott T. Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN, US
Karen M. Lent - Stillwater MN, US
Thomas J. Harris - Shoreview MN, US

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

A61N 1/362

607 32, 607 31, 607 60

An implantable medical device includes a radio-frequency (RF) telemetry circuit and a power connection module through which the RF telemetry circuit is connected to an energy source such as a battery. The power connection module connects power from the energy source to at least one portion of the RF telemetry circuit when a user initiates an RF telemetry session. After the RF telemetry session is completed, the power connection module shuts off the at least one portion of the RF telemetry circuit. Power-on examples include a wireless telemetry activation signal received by a low power radio receiver in the implantable device, a physical motion detected by an activity sensor in the implantable device, an activation of an inductive telemetry circuit in the implantable device, a magnetic field detected by a magnetic field detector in the implantable device, and/or a telemetry activation signal detected by a sensing circuit included in the implantable device. Power-off examples include a wireless termination signal received by the implantable device, a delay timeout following the RF telemetry session, and/or a signal received by an inductive telemetry circuit in the implantable device.

6993393, Jan 31, 2006

Dec 19, 2001

10/025223

Jeffrey A. Von Arx - Minneapolis MN, US
Ron Balczewski - Roseville MN, US
Scott T. Mazar - Inver Grove Heights MN, US
William J. Linder - Golden Valley MN, US
William R. Mass - Maple Grove MN, US

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN

A61N 1/10

607 60

A telemetry system enabling radio frequency (RF) communications between an implantable medical device and an external device, or programmer, in which the RF circuitry is normally maintained in a powered down state in order to conserve power. At synchronized wakeup intervals, one of the devices designated as a master device powers up its RF transmitter to request a communications session, and the other device designated as a slave device powers up its RF transmitter to listen for the request. Telemetry is conducted using a far field or near field communication link.