Surgery – Controlled release therapeutic device or system – Implanted dynamic device or system
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R. (Department: 3762)
Surgery
Controlled release therapeutic device or system
Implanted dynamic device or system
C607S059000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07008413
ABSTRACT:
A generic treatment protocol is disclosed for therapeutically treating a patient via an implantable treatment device. Treatment steps can be defined to start and end at absolute times, or can be programmed via telemetry to start a certain amount of time after termination of a previously executed treatment step. Treatment steps have a treatment rate or dose attribute and a duration attribute. Treatment steps may optionally enable patient-activated bolus overlays. Patient-activated rate or dosage adjustments can also optionally be enabled. Repeated-execution treatment-step groups are also provided. Such treatment-step groups can have start and end times, a group duration, and a group total dose, each defined in a manner similar to that for a treatment step. Treatment-step groups include a repetition count, which could be set to a value that causes the group to repeat forever. Single execution treatment steps can, accordingly, be programmed to execute before and/or after a repeated-execution treatment-step group.
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Kovach Peter J.
Lang Craig R.
Ullestad David C.
Jastrzab Jeffrey R.
Medtronic Inc.
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