Patents by Inventor Autry J. Parker, Jr.

Autry J. Parker, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Deployable stimulator array
    Patent number: 8798769
    Abstract: This invention provides a percutaneous implantable electrode array that can be deployed or repositioned though a needle insertion site. The deployable electrode apparatus, in one embodiment, is made of a fixed electrode array on a central body of the apparatus and a deployable electrode array. The deployable electrode array is actuated by at least two struts, each of the struts having a first and second end. The central body of the apparatus is configured to retain the first end of the at least two struts. Each of the side arrays are flexurally connected to the second end of each of the strut and the side arrays are connected to at least one stylet, which extends to the proximal end of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Autry J. Parker, Jr.
  • Deployable stimulator array and method of use
    Patent number: 8649880
    Abstract: This invention provides a percutaneous implantable electrode array that can be deployed or repositioned though a needle insertion site. The deployable electrode apparatus, in one embodiment, is made of a fixed electrode array on a central body of the apparatus and a deployable electrode array. The deployable electrode array is actuated by at least two struts, each of the struts having a first and second end. The central body of the apparatus is configured to retain the first end of the at least two struts. Each of the side arrays are flexurally connected to the second end of each of the strut and the side arrays are connected to at least one stylet, which extends to the proximal end of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Autry J. Parker, Jr.