Patents by Inventor Brett Keller
Brett Keller 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).
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Patent number: 11992690Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
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Patent number: 11969604Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
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Patent number: 11957917Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
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Publication number: 20230122891Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system that coordinates two or more vertical lift modules, each having an elevator system, into a single vertical lift assembly. A first vertical lift module is positioned next to, and offset vertically from, an independent second vertical lift module. A content transfer section is disposed between the two vertical lift modules that is accessible by the elevator system of each vertical lift module. Alternatively, trays can be transferred directly from one elevator system to another elevator system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Brett Keller, Michael Snyder
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Patent number: 11588308Abstract: A stripping system that includes a securement device including a receiver platform and an engagement platform sized to receive at least a portion of a large diameter cable having an outer jacket defining a thickness of at least 0.5 mm. The engagement platform translates relative to the receiver platform to secure the cable to the securement device. The system includes a cutting device including a receiver platform that includes a first cutting apparatus and an engagement platform that includes a second cutting apparatus. The receiver platform is sized to receive at least a portion of the cable. The engagement platform translates relative to the receiver platform to move the second cutting apparatus toward the first cutting apparatus to define a cutting interface that is sized to partially sever the outer jacket such that at least a portion of the 0.5 mm thickness of the outer jacket remains partially intact.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Starline Holdings, LLCInventors: Jeff Wagner, Brett Keller
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Publication number: 20190123527Abstract: A stripping system that includes a securement device including a receiver platform and an engagement platform sized to receive at least a portion of a large diameter cable having an outer jacket defining a thickness of at least 0.5 mm. The engagement platform translates relative to the receiver platform to secure the cable to the securement device. The system includes a cutting device including a receiver platform that includes a first cutting apparatus and an engagement platform that includes a second cutting apparatus. The receiver platform is sized to receive at least a portion of the cable. The engagement platform translates relative to the receiver platform to move the second cutting apparatus toward the first cutting apparatus to define a cutting interface that is sized to partially sever the outer jacket such that at least a portion of the 0.5 mm thickness of the outer jacket remains partially intact.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Jeff Wagner, Brett Keller
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Publication number: 20010053989Abstract: A method and apparatus for purchasing an airline ticket, includes entering into a computer information describing a flight desired by a consumer, including a target price, and performing a search on an airline reservation system database for flights corresponding to the desired flight information. The method determines whether a flight found during the search has a fare that is at least equal to the target price, and if so books the flight to hold it for the consumer for a predetermined period of time to allow the consumer to effect payment. The consumer is informed by e-mail notification of the seat reservation and instructing the consumer regarding payment requirements to effect purchase of the airline ticket. If a flight having the target price or better is not found, the method continues to periodically perform the search over a predetermined number of days into the future, and inform the consumer by e-mail of the ongoing results of the search.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Applicant: Netmarket Group, Inc.Inventors: Brett Keller, Scot Melland, Martin Isaac, Gary LaRoy, Mark Krueger
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Patent number: 6304850Abstract: A method and apparatus for purchasing an airline ticket, includes entering into a computer information describing a flight desired by a consumer, including a target price, and performing a search on an airline reservation system database for flights corresponding to the desired flight information. The method determines whether a flight found during the search has a fare that is at least equal to the target price, and if so books the flight to hold it for the consumer for a predetermined period of time to allow the consumer to effect payment. The consumer is informed by e-mail notification of the seat reservation and instructing the consumer regarding payment requirements to effect purchase of the airline ticket. If a flight having the target price or better is not found, the method continues to periodically perform the search over a predetermined number of days into the future, and inform the consumer by e-mail of the ongoing results of the search.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Netmarket Group, Inc.Inventors: Brett Keller, Scot Melland, Martin Isaac, Gary LaRoy, Mark Krueger