Patents by Inventor John H. Ford

John H. Ford 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).

  • Applicator system for deploying electrodes
    Patent number: 8758340
    Abstract: Systems and methods deploy an electrode from a catheter assembly. The systems and methods provide a catheter handle having a trigger lever adapted to carry an actuator rod. The actuator rod is adapted to cause movement of the electrode between a retracted position and an extended position. A pinion is carried by the trigger lever for engagement with a rack carried by the actuator rod. Compression of the trigger lever moves the rack along the actuator rod between a first position corresponding to the electrodes being in the retracted position and a second position corresponding to either the primed electrode firing position or the electrodes being in an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Mederi Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Ford, Scott H. West, John W. Gaiser, Patrick J. Rimroth
  • Systems and methods for treating tissue regions of the body
    Publication number: 20090043302
    Abstract: Systems and methods deploy an electrode from a catheter assembly. The systems and methods provide a catheter handle having a trigger lever adapted to carry an actuator rod. The actuator rod is adapted to cause movement of the electrode between a retracted position and an extended position. A pinion is carried by the trigger lever for engagement with a rack carried by the actuator rod. Compression of the trigger lever moves the rack along the actuator rod between a first position corresponding to the electrodes being in the retracted position and a second position corresponding to either the primed electrode firing position or the electrodes being in an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: John H. Ford, Scott H. West, John W. Gaiser, Patrick J. Rimroth