Patents by Inventor Jonathan C. Newton

Jonathan C. Newton 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).

  • Pacing methods and devices for treating cardiac arrhythmias and fibrillation
    Patent number: 6484057
    Abstract: Pacing systems for the heart employ multi-site contact points about desired localized regions to deliver pacing train stimulation pulses to the myocardium. The stimulation pulses can have an electric strength in the range of about 5-10 times the diastolic pacing threshold. The electrodes can be arranged as a single continuous body line electrode or as a plurality of point electrodes and even as contiguous body electrodes occupying increased portions of the myocardium over conventional pacing electrodes. Configuring the electrodes in spaced apart operational pairs (with simultaneous excitation) may capture increased areas of the myocardium. The pacing stimulation may be used as an alternative to conventional defibrillation treatments (shocks) or to reduce the strength of the defibrillation shock pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: Raymond E. Ideker, Jonathan C. Newton
  • Pacing methods and devices for treating cardiac arrhythmias and fibrillation
    Publication number: 20020123771
    Abstract: Pacing systems for the heart employ multi-site contact points about desired localized regions to deliver pacing train stimulation pulses to the myocardium. The stimulation pulses can have an electric strength in the range of about 5-10 times the diastolic pacing threshold. The electrodes can be arranged as a single continuous body line electrode or as a plurality of point electrodes and even as contiguous body electrodes occupying increased portions of the myocardium over conventional pacing electrodes. Configuring the electrodes in spaced apart operational pairs (with simultaneous excitation) may capture increased areas of the myocardium. The pacing stimulation may be used as an alternative to conventional defibrillation treatments (shocks) or to reduce the strength of the defibrillation shock pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Raymond E. Ideker, Jonathan C. Newton