Patents by Inventor Larry C. McClure

Larry C. McClure 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).

  • Devices and techniques for detecting magnetic resonance imaging field
    Patent number: 9981124
    Abstract: A device includes a housing configured to be implanted in a patient. The device also includes a first magnetic field direction sensor located at a first location within the housing and configured to generate a signal representative of a first direction of a magnetic field at the first location, a second magnetic field direction sensor located at a second location within the housing and configured to generate a signal representative of a second direction of the magnetic field at the second location, and a magnetic field strength sensor configured to generate a signal representative of a strength of the magnetic field. The device further includes a control module configured to identify a source of the magnetic field based on at least one of the signal representative of the strength of the magnetic field and the signals representative of the first and second directions of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy A. Jenison, Larry C. McClure, Christopher C. Stancer
  • DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FIELD
    Publication number: 20130289384
    Abstract: A device includes a housing configured to be implanted in a patient. The device also includes a first magnetic field direction sensor located at a first location within the housing and configured to generate a signal representative of a first direction of a magnetic field at the first location, a second magnetic field direction sensor located at a second location within the housing and configured to generate a signal representative of a second direction of the magnetic field at the second location, and a magnetic field strength sensor configured to generate a signal representative of a strength of the magnetic field. The device further includes a control module configured to identify a source of the magnetic field based on at least one of the signal representative of the strength of the magnetic field and the signals representative of the first and second directions of the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Troy A. Jenison, Larry C. McClure, Christopher C. Stancer