Patents by Inventor Gerald Scharf

Gerald Scharf 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).

  • ABLATION SYSTEM WITH FORCE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20240156504
    Abstract: An ablation system comprises: an ablation catheter and a console. The ablation catheter comprises: a shaft including a proximal end, a distal portion and a distal end; an ablation element configured to deliver energy to tissue; and a force maintenance assembly comprising a force maintenance element and configured to control and/or assess contact force between the ablation element and cardiac tissue. The console is configured to operably attach to the ablation catheter and comprises: an energy delivery assembly configured to provide energy to the ablation element. Methods of ablating tissue are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Derrick Ren-Yu CHOU, Marcus Frederick JULIAN, Steven Anthony YON, Randell L. WERNETH, Alexander HIGGINS, Ricardo ROMAN, Alexander J. ASCONEGUY, Christoph SCHARF, Dennis O'BRIEN, Rob Andre PESCAR, Ahmad FALAHATPISHEH, Tom ESBECK, Gerald M. STOBBS, III, Leo MARIAPPAN, Brandon Pratt Noheaikaika LEE, James Calvin ALLAN, Michael C. OLIVEIRA, Daniel WELSH, R. Maxwell FLAHERTY, J. Christopher FLAHERTY
  • SMTP network security processing in a transparent relay in a computer network
    Publication number: 20070204341
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a transparent relay receives diverted e-mail communications between an e-mail client and an e-mail server. The transparent relay may be configured to examine the e-mail communications for network security policy violations. E-mail communications that do not violate a network security policy may be relayed to their intended destination. Policy actions, such as discarding or redirection, may be performed on those that violate one or more network security policies. The transparent relay may include a pair of communications interfaces running in promiscuous mode, one for downstream communications and another for upstream communications. The transparent relay may decompose a network communication protocol to look network security policy violations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: David Rand, Scott Esters, Paul Moriarty, Gerald Scharf
  • Steering booster device
    Patent number: 6782967
    Abstract: In a steering booster device, a torque-sensor shaft being provided between a first shaft carrying the steering wheel and a second shaft connected to the gear of the steering booster, at least one end of the torque-sensor shaft is supported flexibly in the first or second shaft by at least one damping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Arthur Schäfert, Gerald Scharf
  • Steering booster device
    Publication number: 20020033092
    Abstract: In a steering booster device, a torque-sensor shaft being provided between a first shaft carrying the steering wheel and a second shaft connected to the gear of the steering booster, at least one end of the torque-sensor shaft is supported flexibly in the first or second shaft by at least one damping element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Arthur Schafert, Gerald Scharf