Patents by Inventor Hugo Belacazar

Hugo Belacazar 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).

  • Patent number: 8005551
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead includes a device, such as a physiological sensor, that is coupled to one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors within the lead. When the implantable medical lead is coupled to an implantable medical device, the device carried by the lead both receives power from, and communicates with the implantable medical device via the one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors. Each of the one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors is also coupled to an electrode that is exposed to body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugo A. Belacazar, James D. Reinke, Robert M. Ecker
  • Publication number: 20090118808
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead includes a device, such as a physiological sensor, that is coupled to one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors within the lead. When the implantable medical lead is coupled to an implantable medical device, the device carried by the lead both receives power from, and communicates with the implantable medical device via the one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors. Each of the one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors is also coupled to an electrode that is exposed to body tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Hugo A. Belacazar, James D. Reinke, Robert M. Ecker
  • Publication number: 20060064149
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead includes a device, such as a physiological sensor, that is coupled to one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors within the lead. When the implantable medical lead is coupled to an implantable medical device, the device carried by the lead both receives power from, and communicates with the implantable medical device via the one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors. Each of the one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors is also coupled to an electrode that is exposed to body tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Hugo Belacazar, James Reinke, Robert Ecker