Patents by Inventor Mark S. Michael
Mark S. Michael 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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Publication number: 20210102335Abstract: A wire cable construct including a plurality of strands each made of a plurality of wire filaments, the strands and wire filaments arranged in a 37×7 configuration of 37 strands of 7 wire filaments each, with the strands arranged in four layers including a first, central layer of a single strand, a second layer of six strands, a third layer of twelve strands and a fourth, outermost layer of eighteen strands. The cable may have a small diameter for use in medical device applications, and the strand and wire element configuration allows the cable to carry high axial loads, minimizes bending stress when the cable is routed around a tight turn such as a small pulley, and minimizes torsion in the cable due to axial loading.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Fort Wayne Metals Research Products CorpInventors: Robert A. Mitchell, Mark S. Michael
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Patent number: 9994419Abstract: A spool for use in a wire braiding machine, for example, which has a “bi-tapered” design including a central cylindrical section and a pair of tapered (e.g., frusto-conical or parabolic) flanges having surfaces that slope inwardly toward the cylindrical section. In this manner, the spool provides a progressively widening wire fill area, as measured along a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the bobbin, as the wound wire advances progressively radially outwardly from the cylindrical section. This widening wire fill area aids in preventing the formation, propagation and buildup of wire winding defects, such that the wire is more likely to unspool or pay-out from the spool without losing tension, snagging or breaking.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffery L. Gallmeyer, Mark S. Michael, Jason W. Ferens
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Patent number: 9200388Abstract: A spool for use in a wire braiding machine, for example, which has a “bi-tapered” design including a central cylindrical section and a pair of tapered (e.g., frusto-conical or parabolic) flanges having surfaces that slope inwardly toward the cylindrical section. In this manner, the spool provides a progressively widening wire fill area, as measured along a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the bobbin, as the wound wire advances progressively radially outwardly from the cylindrical section. This widening wire fill area aids in preventing the formation, propagation and buildup of wire winding defects, such that the wire is more likely to unspool or pay-out from the spool without losing tension, snagging or breaking.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Fort Wayne Metals Research Products CorporationInventors: Jeffery L. Gallmeyer, Mark S. Michael, Jason W. Ferens
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Patent number: 7745732Abstract: A wire for use in medical applications. The wire is formed by forming a bundle from a plurality of metallic strands and positioning the bundle within an outer tube. The tube and strands are then drawn down to a predetermined diameter to form a wire for use in medical devices. The wire may be covered with an insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignees: Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation, W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Mark S. Michael, Hans-Juergen Wachter, Robert J. Myers
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Publication number: 20090133899Abstract: A wire for use in medical applications. The wire is formed by forming a bundle from a plurality of metallic strands and positioning the bundle within an outer tube. The tube and strands are then drawn down to a predetermined diameter to form a wire for use in medical devices. The wire may be covered with an insulating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicants: FORT WAYNE METALS RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORPORATION, W. C. HERAEUS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Mark S. Michael, Hans-Juergen Wachter, Robert J. Myers
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Patent number: 7501579Abstract: A wire for use in medical applications. The wire is formed by forming a bundle from a plurality of metallic strands and positioning the bundle within an outer tube. The tube and strands are then drawn down to a predetermined diameter to form a wire for use in medical devices. The wire may be covered with an insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignees: Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation, W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Mark S. Michael, Hans-Jüergen Wachter, Robert J. Myers
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Patent number: 7420124Abstract: A wire for use in medical applications. The wire is formed by forming a bundle from a plurality of drawn filled tubing strands and positioning the bundle within an outer tubing. The tubing and strands are then drawn down to a predetermined diameter to form a wire for use in the medical devices. The wire may be covered with an insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignees: Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp., W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Mark S. Michael, Hans-Jüergen Wachter, Robert J. Myers
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Patent number: 4709699Abstract: A Gigli saw used by a surgeon to cut bones is constructed of a plurality of round wires which have been deformed in a coining stand so that they form one polygonal shape which in the preferred embodiment is square. This square strand is then twisted along its own axis in a given direction of lay. It is then heat-treated for stress relief and a plurality, such as three, of such strands are twisted together to form a cable. This results in a Gigli saw blade with many cutting edges formed at the edges of the polygon as each such edge is presented at the periphery of the cable. Preferably, the strands have a different number of twists from that of the cable, and are twisted in the opposite direction so that the cutting edges lie at about 5 to 15 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1986Date of Patent: December 1, 1987Assignee: Fort Wayne Metals Research Products CorporationInventors: Mark S. Michael, Scott A. Glaze