Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Medtronic Inc.

167 pending office actions • 25 art units • 130 examiners • 0 of 167 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 237 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

167
Total Pending OAs
116
Non-Final OAs
32
Final Rejections
19
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
1
Due this week
14
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (14)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

85
Hard (51%)
68
Medium (41%)
11
Easy (7%)
3
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (4%)
§101 + other19 (11%)
§103 only50 (30%)
§102 only12 (7%)
§112 only7 (4%)
Double-patenting only4 (2%)
Double-patenting + other6 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)60 (36%)
No statute on record3 (2%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
3% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
1% of docket
5
Semiconductors
3% of docket
112
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
43
Business / Other
26% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

1,670 h
Manual time on pending OAs
334 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
584 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
14.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 5 65.1% +30.5%
FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 4 79.5% +18.1%
GEDEON, BRIAN T 4 87.0% +7.1%
WELCH, HALLE MARGARET 3 0.0% +0.0%
PORTER, JR, GARY A 3 68.9% +25.4%
WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3 50.0% +52.1%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 3 81.0% +16.9%
PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3 55.2% +35.8%
ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3 70.1% +28.8%
HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3 26.8% +36.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18373841 NOISE IDENTIFICATION AND REDUCTION FOR RECORDING OF SIGNALS WITH CARDIAC ACTIVITY ON SPINAL CORD STIMULATION (SCS) LEADS GEDEON, BRIAN T 37d overdue
18952366 COMPACT IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND DELIVERY DEVICE GEDEON, BRIAN T
18739004 MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR THERAPY ADJUSTMENT GEDEON, BRIAN T

Hard Cases (87)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17399344 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING CHRONICALLY STABLE ATRIAL SHUNT RHODES, NORA W 127d overdue
17799541 DRUG INFUSION DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH DRUG FORMULATIONS PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 120d overdue
18358578 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE USING INTERNAL SENSORS TO DETERMINE WHEN TO SWITCH OPERATIONAL MODES EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 59d overdue
18056472 IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER WITH AUTOMATIC IMPLANT DETECTION AND SYSTEM INTEGRITY DETERMINATION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 46d overdue
18361660 PARAMETER INDICATION FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 45d overdue
18336161 VISUALIZATION OF ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION BY MACHINE LEARNING SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 44d overdue
17647314 MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT HEALTH MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 31d overdue
18543910 POSTURE STATE RESPONSIVE THERAPY DELIVERY USING DWELL TIMES LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 28d overdue

Interview Candidates (27)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18132232 UTILIZATION OF GROWTH CURVES FOR OPTIMIZATION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES TREATMENT ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 96d overdue
18056472 IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER WITH AUTOMATIC IMPLANT DETECTION AND SYSTEM INTEGRITY DETERMINATION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 46d overdue
18361660 PARAMETER INDICATION FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 45d overdue
18370166 PACING ARTIFACT MITIGATION PORTER, JR, GARY A 37d overdue
17981221 CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 36d overdue
18543910 POSTURE STATE RESPONSIVE THERAPY DELIVERY USING DWELL TIMES LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 28d overdue
18257076 MULTIMODAL STIMULATION CONTROL BASED ON ECAPS WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 25d overdue
18446598 STIMULATION PATTERNS FOR THERAPY TEJANI, ANKIT D 1d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 30
3792 15
3771 12
3791 11
3774 9
3783 8
3794 8
3799 6
3797 3
3682 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19150400 PORTABLE ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE TRIGGERING AND BATTERY CONSUMPTION REDUCTION ROY, BAISAKHI 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2025
19112758 IMPLANTABLE MENTAL STATE MONITOR HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2025
19108375 COMBINED MACHINE LEARNING AND NON-MACHINE LEARNING HEALTH EVENT CLASSIFICATION RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
19108326 ACUTE HEALTH EVENT DETECTION DURING DRUG LOADING SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
19106020 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM-BASED LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AND EJECTION FRACTION MONITORING WELCH, HALLE MARGARET §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
19105668 MULTI-MODALITY BALLOON CATHETER INCLUDING LITHOTRIPSY BALLOON BYRD, BRIGID K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19101724 ADJUSTABLE ROTATABLE LEAD CONNECTORS SAHAND, SANA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
19043992 TOOLS AND ASSEMBLIES THEREOF FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
19099538 INTRA-LUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICE WITH EVOKED BIOPOTENTIAL SENSING CAPABILITY MOSS, JAMES R §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
19037650 EMBOLIC PROTECTION SYSTEM FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18998737 CARDIAC MONITOR DEVICE WITH BIOCOMPATIBLE ELECTRICAL INSULATOR PORTER, JR, GARY A §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18997756 SYSTEM FOR PLACEMENT OF A MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING AN INFLATABLE BALLOON LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
19018441 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD LUAN, SCOTT DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2025
19007095 MINIMALLY INVASIVE LEADLESS NEUROSTIMULATION DEVICE KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
19002941 RECHARGE INTERVAL FOR MEDICAL DEVICE FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18879530 INTERVENTIONAL GUIDANCE FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18983323 TISSUE CONDUCTION COMMUNICATION USING RAMPED DRIVE SIGNAL GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18873914 THERAPEUTIC PULSE GENERATORS WITH CRYSTALLINE CAPACITORS WELCH, WILLOW GRACE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18871419 DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18960644 DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF INACCURATE SENSING BY AN IMPLANTED SENSOR OF A MEDICAL SYSTEM BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960840 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE MARLEN, TAMMIE K DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18868819 MEDICAL LEAD SYSTEM WELCH, HALLE MARGARET §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18868469 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING ATRIAL SYNCHRONOUS VENTRICULAR PACING CONTROL PARAMETERS WELCH, HALLE MARGARET 3796 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18956991 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEADLESS PACING AND SHOCK THERAPY MARSH, OWEN LEWIS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18867662 IMPLANTABLE APPARATUS HAVING HELIX FIXATION WITH VARYING CROSS-SECTION EISEMAN, LYNSEY C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18952366 COMPACT IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND DELIVERY DEVICE GEDEON, BRIAN T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18866707 REQUESTING CHANNEL WAKEUP IN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES KUO, JONATHAN T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18943784 INPUT SWITCHING IN A VENTRICULAR INTRACARDIAC PACEMAKER FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18940444 ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR INCLUDING MULTIPLE WORK ELECTRODES AND COMMON REFERENCE ELECTRODE SHAH, JAY B 3791 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18862801 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18862817 CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK AND TREATMENT HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18861874 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTION SYSTEM PACING CAPTURE CLASSIFICATION SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18925265 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE OXIDE SURFACE COATING SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18923043 HIGH-RESOLUTION DIAGNOSTIC DATA SYSTEM FOR PATIENT RECOVERY AFTER HEART FAILURE INTERVENTION PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18858632 A SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18858668 A SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS MONITORING USING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE DEVICES ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18858167 DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE LOUIS, RICHARD G §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18857295 EXERCISE TOLERANCE USING AN IMPLANTABLE OR WEARABLE HEART MONITOR ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18857301 APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AN ELASTOMERIC TERMINAL PORTION ON A MEDICAL LEAD PRONE, JASON D 3724 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18856785 MATERIAL REMOVAL DEVICE FOR LEAD EXTRACTION PREPARATION JOHNSON, NICOLE F §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18856860 SENSING AND DIAGNOSING ADVERSE HEALTH EVENT RISK COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18915064 ECAP BASED CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 3796 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18855942 BENDABLE OPTICAL TROCAR ASSEMBLY HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18854490 CUTTING TOOL WITH INTEGRATED RETRACTABLE BLADE SYSTEM FOR INTERATRIAL SHUNT TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18853683 CATHETER INSERTION TOOL POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 02, 2024
18849563 PERSISTENT HEALTH MONITORING OF A PATIENT BY A MEDICAL SYSTEM INVOKING AN APPLICATION RESTART PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 3685 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2024
18818507 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PACING INTERVAL TO PROMOTE MECHANICAL HEART CHAMBER SYNCHRONY GEDEON, BRIAN T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18812367 PACE PULSE DETECTOR FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18840462 LEAD EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR RETAINED LEAD CONNECTORS TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18808235 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MULTI-ALIGNMENT OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18799478 DUAL HOOP LOW PROFILE EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18837326 SPAWN A MESH NETWORK IN RESPONSE TO A MEDICAL EVENT HAILE, BENYAM 2688 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18794492 SEALS FOR LEAD PASSAGEWAYS OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18835634 DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS USING JURISDICTIONAL CONSTRAINTS FOR ALGORITHM SELECTION EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18786916 AI/ML SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION FOR THERAPY OPTIMIZATION AND INSIGHT HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18784471 SENSING CARDIAC SIGNALS WITH LEADS IMPLANTED IN EPIDURAL SPACE TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18780954 EXTERNALLY DIRECTED CALIBRATION FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE EISEMAN, ADAM JARED §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18832356 SYSTEMS FOR TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT AND METHODS COCHRAN, KARI LEE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18832365 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF DETECTION, COMMUNICATION, AND SECONDARY EVALUATION OF HEALTH EVENTS PARK, EVELYN GRACE §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18781267 SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCTIVE MONITORING KLEIN, BROOKE L 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18730946 VALVE SKIRTS FOR PROSTHETIC DEVICES SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18728900 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE INCLUDING LEAFLET ABRASION PROTECTION WHITE, KIA XIONG §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18726692 SIMPLIFED USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL RECHARGING DEVICE DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18748478 LASER ABLATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18739308 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO P-WAVE OVERSENSING IN A CARDIAC SYSTEM COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18739004 MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR THERAPY ADJUSTMENT GEDEON, BRIAN T §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18739315 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLANTATION OF A PACING ELECTRODE PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18678626 BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT WITH LENGTHENED COMMISSURE POSTS FOR TRANSCATHETER IMPLANTATION OF A CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESIS MATHEW, SEEMA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18711606 LEAFLET DESIGN FOR A HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2024
18656886 HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS BARIA, DINAH N §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18643658 MEDICAL FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE PROGRAMMING MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18639881 SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA DISCRIMINATION WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL 3799 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18626074 DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SHAH, JAY B 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18625399 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA 3774 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18619746 HERMETICALLY-SEALED PACKAGES INCLUDING FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLIES ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 DP Final Rejection 33d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18617773 DELIVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING A SPLIT CAPSULE SANDERS, JICHELE MONIQUE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18614990 OCCLUSION APPARATUS AND METHODS POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18693823 NETWORKED SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF HEALTH EVENT DIAGNOSIS HUYNH, EMILY 3683 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2024
18587193 VFA DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18440902 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR AORTIC VALVE PREPARATION PRIOR TO TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC VALVE PROCEDURES SHARMA, YASHITA 3774 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18439601 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE OF A LAST FAR FIELD COMMUNICATION SESSION DURING A SUBSEQUENT FAR FIELD COMMUNICATION SESSION WHILE USING A SAME SESSION KEY WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18431338 FACILITATING ACCELERATION OF ADVERTISING RATES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN 2648 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18423951 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18407157 USING MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETERS FOR PREDICTING HEART FAILURE EVENTS ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 3796 §112Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2024
18389729 VALVE REPAIR DEVICES WITH COAPTATION STRUCTURES AND MULTIPLE LEAFLET CAPTURE CLIPS SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 3774 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18543910 POSTURE STATE RESPONSIVE THERAPY DELIVERY USING DWELL TIMES LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18526916 OCCLUSION DEVICE OU, JING RUI 3771 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2023
18524066 HEART VALVE IMPLANT APPARATUS CAMPBELL, STEFAN BRADLEY 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18566049 STABILIZED IMPLANT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18562735 DYNAMIC AND MODULAR CARDIAC EVENT DETECTION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3792 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
18389093 SPLANCHNIC NEUROMODULATION FOR HEART CONDITIONS ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18497510 LOW PROFILE EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18492073 COUGH DETECTION USING FRONTAL ACCELEROMETER BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §101§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18381003 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A NEUROMODULATION THERAPY BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL INPUTS WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18373841 NOISE IDENTIFICATION AND REDUCTION FOR RECORDING OF SIGNALS WITH CARDIAC ACTIVITY ON SPINAL CORD STIMULATION (SCS) LEADS GEDEON, BRIAN T 3796 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18371893 DETECTING SIGNALS WITH CARDIAC ACTIVITY DURING DEFINED REST STATES USING NEUROMODULATION SYSTEM ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18370166 PACING ARTIFACT MITIGATION PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18466398 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR LEFT HEART ACCESS KIM, EUN HWA 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18549227 ACUTE HEALTH EVENT MONITORING AND GUIDANCE ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18546564 PARAMETER SELECTION FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §101§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18446598 STIMULATION PATTERNS FOR THERAPY TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18264507 HEALTH EVENT PREDICTION LAU, MICHAEL J 3796 §101§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18229848 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLING A FLUID FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
18361660 PARAMETER INDICATION FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18263170 DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF MULTI-COIL ARRAY FOR APPLICATIONS IN RECHARGE SYSTEMS YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18358578 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE USING INTERNAL SENSORS TO DETERMINE WHEN TO SWITCH OPERATIONAL MODES EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18358705 CATHETER WITH PULL WIRE BAND ELECTRODE ULSH, DUNG T 3783 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18261019 MEDICAL SURVEY TRIGGER AND PRESENTATION EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18270111 DELIVERY DEVICE FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE WITH AXIAL FORCE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE SCHERBEL, TODD J 3799 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18339719 BODY STABILITY MEASUREMENT FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §101§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18338762 PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD DELIVERY DEVICE BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18338046 TIMING OF PULSED FIELD ABLATION ENERGY DELIVERIES SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18337252 CATHETER FOR ULTRASOUND-GUIDED DELIVERY HALL, DEANNA K 3783 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2023
18336161 VISUALIZATION OF ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION BY MACHINE LEARNING SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18257076 MULTIMODAL STIMULATION CONTROL BASED ON ECAPS WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18207599 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND LEADS WITH FRINGE ELECTRODES FOR SENSING BIOMARKER SIGNALS SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 3796 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18200269 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND OPTIMIZING CLOSED-LOOP NEUROMODULATION THERAPY SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18144940 HEPATIC ARTERIAL INFUSION FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER AILMENTS OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2023
18314476 MULTIMODAL PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2023
18035913 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES USING A SINGLE-PIECE VALVE SUBASSEMBLY GANESAN, SUBA 3774 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2023
18140998 SHAPE MEMORY ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PROPERTIES CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18132232 UTILIZATION OF GROWTH CURVES FOR OPTIMIZATION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES TREATMENT ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18132186 PROGRAMMING AND CALIBRATION OF A CLOSED-LOOP VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18131614 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING OR BLOCKING A NERVE USING AN ELECTRODE DEVICE WITH A SUTURELESS CLOSURE EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18295120 MOTION SENSOR-MODULATED CARDIAC EPISODE DETECTION AND/OR ALERTING WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2023
18183546 DUAL FOCAL AND LINEAR PULSE FIELD ABLATION (PFA) CATHETER SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2023
18179254 DEVICES FOR AORTIC REPAIR, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2023
18114027 BATTERIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND 1752 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18104880 DETECTION OF UNINTENTIONAL AND INTENTIONAL BODY SIGNALS TO CONTROL DEVICE STIMULATION SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2023
18057399 Delivery Catheter System With Micro and Macro Movement Control BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
18056472 IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER WITH AUTOMATIC IMPLANT DETECTION AND SYSTEM INTEGRITY DETERMINATION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17981221 CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
17978284 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES INCLUDING TRANSSEPTAL LEAD CHA, CASEY GEORGE 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 01, 2022
17972462 METHOD OF FORMING A BALLOON DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2022
17960179 PHYSIOLOGY-BASED SUSPICION INDICATOR FOR AN IDENTITY FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 3687 §101 Final Rejection Pending Oct 05, 2022
17955941 Extended Intelligence Ecosystem for Soft Tissue Luminal Applications BRUCE, FAROUK A 3797 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2022
17933760 MANAGING TELEMETRY SESSION WITH IMPLANTABLE DEVICE OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2022
17933395 NEUROSTIMULATOR TRIALING PATIENT ALERT SYSTEM FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2022
17912012 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE DELIVERY AND UNSHEATHING OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES STEWART, ALVIN J 3799 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2022
17929595 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CEREBRAL IMPLANTATION STRATEGIES FOR DELIVERY OF ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 1685 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2022
17929198 CHANGE IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER IN RESPONSE TO EXERTION EVENT MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2022
17895659 CURRENT COLLECTOR WITH VENT CHANNELS OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2022
17892900 RESISTIVE CURRENT COLLECTOR COATING HANSEN, JARED A 1723 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 22, 2022
17799541 DRUG INFUSION DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH DRUG FORMULATIONS PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §101§112 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17881522 EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 04, 2022
17816605 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2022
17816001 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A RESERVOIR VOLUME OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 3783 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2022
17813281 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ANGLED HEADER AND DELIVERY SYSTEM SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2022
17809492 HIBERNATION OF ELECTRONICS IN AN IMPLANTABLE STIMULATOR HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2022
17807827 CATHETER ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 20, 2022
17807192 LATENCY COMPENSATION FOR DETECTION OF ECAPS HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2022
17664787 MEDICAL LEAD SYSTEM MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 24, 2022
17663350 DETECTION OF INFECTION BASED ON TEMPERATURE AND IMPEDANCE WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2022
17658984 NEUROSTIMULATION RESPONSE AND CONTROL STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2022
17711916 REMOVABLE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL TO PRODUCE CONFORMABLE INTERFACE FOR RECHARGING AN IMPLANTED NEUROSTIMULATOR OMAR, AHMED H 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2022
17708388 TRANSCATHETER MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS TYSON, MELANIE RUANO 3774 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2022
17707241 NOISE REDUCTION FOR SENSOR APPARATUS GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2022
17686292 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPEDANCE MONITORING ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2022
17652241 LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR RECHARGE SYSTEM MCDANIEL, TYNESE V 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 23, 2022
17647314 MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT HEALTH MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 3682 §101§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2022
17540548 LESION CHARACTERIZATION PROCESSES FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2021
17528351 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL SAFETY DIAGNOSTICS TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2021
17459466 DETECTION OF SEIZURE AND STROKE BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Aug 27, 2021
17399344 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING CHRONICALLY STABLE ATRIAL SHUNT RHODES, NORA W 3794 §102§103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2021
17350547 RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY HARVESTING HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2021
17142712 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jan 06, 2021
17103432 SYMPTOM LOGGER MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2020

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