Patents Represented by Attorney Eric Waldkoetter
  • Patent number: 6898461
    Abstract: A stream processor for an implantable medical device provides rapid computation using simple architecture and low power in which each input data sample is processed in parallel by a separate and independent central processing unit executing similar or identical kernel code consisting of the following elements. A housing contains a power source. A controller with memory coupled to the power source. A first physiological sensing apparatus and at least a second physiological sensing apparatus is coupled to the controller. A first stream processing element is coupled to the first physiological sensor and coupled to both the power source and the controller. At least a second stream processing element is coupled to the second physiological sensor and coupled to both the power source and the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Jensen
  • Patent number: 6505077
    Abstract: A rechargeable implantable medical device with an improved external recharging coil electrical connection resistant to corrosion is disclosed. The electrical connection couples the external recharging coil to a recharge feedthrough. The rechargeable implantable medical device can be a medical device such as a neuro stimulator, drug delivery pump, pacemaker, defibrillator, diagnostic recorder, cochlear implant, and the like. The implantable medical device has a housing, electronics carried in the housing configured to perform a medical therapy, a rechargeable power source, and a recharging coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Kast, Charles E. Peters, Jeffrey J. Clayton
  • Patent number: 5220542
    Abstract: An anti-rotational device for a cam-operated timer is used in appliances with timer control knobs that recess when the appliance is operating. A spring biased axially displaceable shaft that carries a circular disc having teeth peripherally disposed around its circumference is provided. When the shaft is axially displaced by pressure on the timer control knob, the teeth on the circular disc engage raised tabs on the timer's housing, and the engagement prevents the shaft from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: David E. Zink, Daniel K. Amonett