A61N 1/37254
Pacemaker or defibrillator security
Official title: {Pacemaker or defibrillator security, e.g. to prevent or inhibit programming alterations by hackers or unauthorised individuals}
A61N1/37254 (Pacemaker or defibrillator security) appears on 343 US grants and 392 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61N- Granted patents
- 343
- Published applications
- 392
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 628
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 14 |
| 2003 | 16 | 20 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 |
| 2005 | 7 | 17 |
| 2006 | 7 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 13 |
| 2008 | 6 | 20 |
| 2009 | 8 | 19 |
| 2010 | 10 | 16 |
| 2011 | 15 | 16 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9 |
| 2013 | 17 | 12 |
| 2014 | 15 | 6 |
| 2015 | 9 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 13 |
| 2017 | 21 | 18 |
| 2018 | 10 | 16 |
| 2019 | 14 | 16 |
| 2020 | 16 | 24 |
| 2021 | 14 | 19 |
| 2022 | 10 | 16 |
| 2023 | 15 | 23 |
| 2024 | 14 | 17 |
| 2025 | 9 | 20 |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Authorizing programming of an implanted device using second factor1 Sep 2026US 12,726,826 B2Verily Health Inc.
- Systems and methods for establishing secure communications between medical device system components2 Jun 2026US 12,642,976 B2Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
- Telemetry overuse reduction in a medical device28 Apr 2026US 12,611,543 B2Medtronic, Inc.
- Simple control of complex bio-implants21 Apr 2026US 12,605,556 B2Impulse Dynamics NV
- UI design for patient and clinician controller devices operative in a remote care architecture24 Mar 2026US 12,586,689 B2Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
- Multiple secure encryption channel medical system design10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263816 A1Medtronic, Inc.
- Simple control of complex bio-implants27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249086 A1Impulse Dynamics NV
- Methods and devices for secure communication with and operation of an implant13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237380 A1
- Certificate-based elliptic curve diffie-hellman authentication using public key infrastructure for implantable devices23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207949 A1Greatbatch Ltd.
- Lightweight network communications for wearable cardiac devices16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199695 A1ZOLL Medical Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device1,537US 6,810,290 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004
- Ambulatory medical apparatus and method having telemetry modifiable control software1,495US 6,694,191 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004
- Ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device1,468US 6,740,075 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2004
- Microprocessor controlled ambulatory medical apparatus with hand held communication device1,460US 6,648,821 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003
- Ambulatory medical apparatus and method using a telemetry system with predefined reception listening periods1,447US 6,585,644 B2Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2003