Patent Examples

Listed below are examples of patents we have written and prosecuted, organized according to area of subject matter.

 

(1) Electrical and Software Patents

U.S. Patent No. 5,443,924 to Spellman for “Discriminating Charger and Compatible Battery”

U.S. Patent No. 5,661,393 to Sengupta for “Circuit and Method for Detecting and Indicating the State of Charge of a Cell or Battery”

U.S. Patent No. 5,685,632 to Schaller et al. for “Electrically Conductive Plastic Light Source”

U.S. Patent No. 5,855,995 to Haq et al. for “Ceramic Substrate for Implantable Medical Device”

U.S. Patent No. 5,861,013 to Peck et al. for “Peak Tracking Capture Detection Circuit and Method”

U.S. Patent No. 5,870,272 to Seifried et al. for “Capacitive Filter Feedthrough for Implantable Medical Device”

U.S. Patent No. 5,885,471 to Ruben et al. for “Shock Resistant Accelerometer for Implantable Medical Device”

U.S. Patent No. 5,916,237 to Schu for “Power Control Apparatus and Method for Body Implantable Medical Device”

U.S. Patent No. 5,973,968 to Schu et al. for “Apparatus and Method for Write-Protecting a Programmable Memory”

U.S. Patent No. 5,954,756 to Hemming et al. for “Microprocessor Capture Detection Circuit”

U.S. Patent No. 6,023,641 to Thompson for “Power Consumption Reduction in Medical Devices Employing Multiple Digital Signal Processors”

U.S. Patent No. 6,032,075 to Pignato et al. for “Implantable Medical Device with Flat Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor”

U.S. Patent No. 6,040,082 to Haas et al. for “Volumetrically Efficient Battery for Implantable Medical Device”

U.S. Patent No. 6,041,496 to Haq et al. for “Method of Making Ceramic Substrate”

U.S. Patent No. 6,042,624 to Breyer et al. for “Method of Making an Implantable Medical Device Having a Flat Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor”

U.S. Patent No. 6,051,887 to Hubbard for “Semiconductor Stacked Device for Implantable Medical Apparatus”

U.S. Patent No. 6,480,744 to Feric-Petric for “Implantable Medical Device Telemetry Control Systems and Methods of Use”

U.S. Patent No. 6,484,054 to Weijand for “Deep Trench Semiconductor Capacitors Having Reverse Bias Diodes for Implantable Medical Devices”

WO/2002/068047 to Haller et al. for “System and Method for Remote Programming of an Implantable Medical Device”

WO/2002/057994 to Haller et al. for “System and Method for Emergency Communication between an Implantable Medical Device and a Remote Computer System or Health Care Provider”

WO/2002/056762 to Haller et al. for “System and Method of Automated Invoicing for Communications between an Implantable Medical Device and a Remote Computer System or Health Provider”
(2) Chemical and Electrochemical Patents
U.S. Patent No. 5,308,711 to Dopp et al. for “Metal-Air Cathode and Cell Having Catalytically Active Manganese Compounds of Valence State 2”

U.S. Patent No. 5,609,973 to Ekern et al. for “Reduced Environmental Hazard LeClanche Cell Having Improved Performance”

U.S. Patent No. 5,750,288 to Xie et al. for “Modified Lithium Nickel Oxide Compounds for Electrochemical Cathodes and Cells”

U.S. Patent No. 5,814,419 to Kenyon for “Alkaline Manganese Dioxide Electrochemical Cell Having Coated Can Treated with Sodium Silicate”

U.S. Patent No. 5,849,025 to Owens et al. for “Electrochemical Capacitor for Implantable Medical Device”

U.S. Patent No. 5,895,733 to Crespi et al. for “Synthesis Method for Silver Vanadium Oxide”

U.S. Patent No. 5,955,218 to Crespi et al. for “Heat-Treated Silver Vanadium Oxide for Use in Batteries for Implantable Medical Devices”

U.S. Patent No. 5,955,218 to Crespi et al. for “Heat-Treated Silver Vanadium Oxide for Use in Batteries for Implantable Medical Devices”

U.S. Patent No. 6,153,330 to Kenyon for “Alkaline Manganese Dioxide Electrochemical Cell having Coated Can Treated with Sodium Silicate”

U.S. Patent No. 6,517,975 to Heller for “Lithium Element and Anode for an Electrochemical Cell”
(3) Medical Device and Technology Patents
U.S. Patent No. 5,755,739 to Sun et al. for “Adaptive and Morphological System for Discriminating P-Waves and R-Waves Inside the Human Body”

U.S. Patent No. 5,800,465 to Thompson et al. for “System and Method for Multisite Steering of Cardiac Stimuli”

U.S. Patent No. 5,851,226 to Skubitz et al. for “Temporary Transvenous Endocardial Lead”

U.S. Patent No. 5,871,528 to Camps et al. for “Temporary Bipolar Heart Wire”

U.S. Patent No. 5,967,977 to Mullis et al. for “Transesophageal Medical Lead”

U.S. Patent No. 6,067,472 to Vonk et al. for “Pacemaker System and Method with Improved Evoked Response and Repolarization Signal Detection”

U.S. Patent No. 6,070,101 to Struble et al. for “Multiple Channel Sequential Cardiac Pacing Systems”

U.S. Patent No. 6,248,080 to Miesel et al. for “Intracranial Monitoring and Therapy Delivery Control Device, System and Method”

U.S. Patent No. 6,370,431 to Stoop et al. for “Pacemaker System for Preventing Ventricular Tachycardia”

U.S. Patent No. 6,556,859 to Wohlgemuth et al. for “System and Method for Classifying Sensed Atrial Events in a Cardiac Pacing System”

U.S. Patent No. 6,549,812 to Smits for “Medical Electrical Lead Having Bending Stiffness which Increases in the Distal Direction”

U.S. Patent No. 6,556,812 to Smits for “Medical Electrical Lead Having Variable Bending Stiffness”

U.S. Patent No. 6,572,542 to Houben for “System and Method for Monitoring and Controlling the Glycemic State of a Patient”

U.S. Patent No. 6,666,828 to Greco for “Catheter System Having Disposable Balloon”

U.S. Patent No. 6,671,555 to Gielen for “Closed Loop Neuromodulation for Suppression of Epileptic Activity”

U.S. Patent No. 6,847,849 to Spinelli et al. for “Minimally Apparatus for Implanting a Sacral Stimulation Lead”

U.S. Patent No. 6,952,849to Swoyer for “Implantable Gastrointestinal Lead with Active Fixation”

U.S. Patent No. 7,031,775 to Soykan et al. for “Method and System for Myocardial Infarction Repair”
(4) Biomaterials
U.S. Patent No. 5,925,552 to Keogh et al. for “Method for Attachment of Biomolecules to Medical Device Surfaces”

U.S. Patent No. 6,017,741 to Keogh for “Periodate Oxidative Method for Attachment and Crosslinking of Biomolecules to Medical Device Surfaces”

U.S. Patent No. 6,033,719 to Keogh for “Method for Covalent Attachment of Biomolecules to Surfaces of Medical Devices”

U.S. Patent No. 6,049,736 to Stewart et al. for “Implantable Medical Device with Electrode Lead Having Improved Surface Characteristics”

U.S. Patent No. 6,463,335 to Munch for “Temporary Medical Electrical Lead Having Electrode Mounting Pad with Biodegradable Adhesive”
(5) Mechanical Patents
U.S. Patent No. 5,650,246 to Dopp et al. for “Metal-Air Cathode and Cell Having Hardened Current Collecting Substrate

U.S. Patent No. 6,012,254 to Gaston for “Trenchless Landscape Edging System”

U.S. Patent No. 6,412,207 to Crye for “Firearm Safety and Control System”

U.S. Patent No. 6,449,897 to Gaston for “Landscape Edging System Having Adjustable Blocks with Recesses”