Patents by Inventor Kris A. Peterson
Kris A. Peterson 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: 11134986Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Patent number: 11134985Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20210275221Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20210267635Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20210267636Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20210267634Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20210187307Abstract: Various embodiments of a feedthrough header assembly and a device including such assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a header having an inner surface and an outer surface; a dielectric substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface, where the second major surface of the dielectric substrate is disposed adjacent to the inner surface of the header; and a patterned conductive layer disposed on the first major surface of the dielectric substrate, where the patterned conductive layer includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion electrically isolated from the first conductive portion. The assembly further includes a feedthrough pin electrically connected to the second conductive portion of the patterned conductive layer and disposed within a via that extends through the dielectric substrate and the header. The feedthrough pin extends beyond the outer surface of the header.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Andrew J. Ries, Chunho Kim, Robert A. Munoz, Christopher T. Kinsey, Jeffrey Voss, Kris A. Peterson, Mark E. Henschel
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Publication number: 20210153895Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20210045260Abstract: Various embodiments of a sealed package and method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. The package can also include an electronic device disposed on the first major surface of the substrate, and a power source disposed at least partially within the housing. The substrate can be sealed to the housing such that a non-bonded electrical connection is formed between a device contact of the electronic device and a power source contact of the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: John K. Day, Michael J. Nidelkoff, Kris A. Peterson, Andrew J. Ries, David A. Ruben, Craig L. Wiklund
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Publication number: 20200383702Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Patent number: 10786279Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Patent number: 10772228Abstract: Various embodiments of a sealed package and method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. The package can also include an electronic device disposed on the first major surface of the substrate, and a power source disposed at least partially within the housing. The substrate can be sealed to the housing such that a non-bonded electrical connection is formed between a device contact of the electronic device and a power source contact of the power source.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: John K Day, Michael J Nidelkoff, Kris A Peterson, Andrew J Ries, David A Ruben, Craig L Wiklund
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Patent number: 10737099Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are disclosed that include an antenna for an implantable medical device, the antenna including a passageway extending through the antenna windings of the antenna, the passageway providing a pathway for an electrical connector providing at least one electrical connection between a power source and electronic circuitry included within the implantable medical device.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: James R. Wasson, Mark E. Henschel, Andrew J. Ries, Rachel M. Day, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20180333586Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are disclosed that include an antenna for an implantable medical device, the antenna including a passageway extending through the antenna windings of the antenna, the passageway providing a pathway for an electrical connector providing at least one electrical connection between a power source and electronic circuitry included within the implantable medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: James R. WASSON, Mark E. HENSCHEL, Andrew J. RIES, Rachel M. DAY, Kris A. PETERSON
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Publication number: 20170258346Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20170127543Abstract: Various embodiments of a sealed package and method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. The package can also include an electronic device disposed on the first major surface of the substrate, and a power source disposed at least partially within the housing. The substrate can be sealed to the housing such that a non-bonded electrical connection is formed between a device contact of the electronic device and a power source contact of the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: John K. Day, Michael J. Nidelkoff, Kris A. Peterson, Andrew J. Ries, David A. Ruben, Craig L. Wiklund
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Publication number: 20140276928Abstract: Subcutaneous implantation tools and methods of implanting a subcutaneous device using the same. The tool may include a tool body having a longitudinally extending recess having a distal opening and having a tunneler at a distal end of the tool body extending from the distal opening of the recess. The tool may include a plunger slidably fitting within at least a portion of the tool body recess. The recess may be configured to receive an implantable device and the tunneler preferably extends distally from the recess at a position laterally displaced from the device when the device is so located in the recess. Movement of the plunger distally within the recess advances the device distally out of the recess and alongside of and exterior to the tunneler.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Matthew T. Vanderpool, Michael R. Klardie, Kris A. Peterson
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Patent number: 8135479Abstract: A sensor assembly, which may be incorporated by a medical electrical lead, includes an insulative body, formed from a biocompatible plastic, and a sensor mounted on a mounting surface of the insulative body. The mounting surface extends distally from a proximal portion of the insulative body in which first and second conductive inserts extend, being spaced apart and isolated from one another. The sensor is coupled to each of the first and second conductive inserts, and the first conductive insert includes a conductor-coupling end extending proximally from the proximal portion of the insulative body. The sensor assembly may further include an electrode extending around the sensor and the insulative body, wherein the electrode includes an aperture approximately aligned with an active surface of the sensor to expose the active surface. A mounting platform assembly for the sensor assembly may include the conductive inserts and the insulative body.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Arshad A. Alfoqaha, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20090270707Abstract: A sensor assembly, which may be incorporated by a medical electrical lead, includes an insulative body, formed from a biocompatible plastic, and a sensor mounted on a mounting surface of the insulative body. The mounting surface extends distally from a proximal portion of the insulative body in which first and second conductive inserts extend, being spaced apart and isolated from one another. The sensor is coupled to each of the first and second conductive inserts, and the first conductive insert includes a conductor-coupling end extending proximally from the proximal portion of the insulative body. The sensor assembly may further include an electrode extending around the sensor and the insulative body, wherein the electrode includes an aperture approximately aligned with an active surface of the sensor to expose the active surface. A mounting platform assembly for the sensor assembly may include the conductive inserts and the insulative body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Arshad A. Alfoqaha, Kris A. Peterson
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Publication number: 20070176011Abstract: A ground heater includes an insulated housing enclosing a primary fuel line within the insulation, an ambiently aspirated hollow tube running the length of the housing and extending substantially entirely through a cavity defined by an inner surface of the housing and wherein the cavity defines an opening into the housing, a torch head mounted in a torch head housing and having a fuel line thereto branched from the primary fuel line and mounted in fluid communication with an upstream end of the tube, the opposite downstream end venting to atmosphere so that a flame from the torch head extends along the interior of the tube to heat the cavity and a ground surface in registry with the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventor: Kris A. Peterson