Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Patrick P. Phillips
  • Patent number: 6620105
    Abstract: A device for organizing multiple leads, with the device having a first component, and a separate second component, with the first and second components being secured together by at least one fastener, and with the device having formed therein a plurality of grooves for the placement therein of leads. The device preferably has an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces, and two ends, with the first and second components being secured together by a pair of fasteners, with one each of the fasteners being located adjacent opposite ends of the device. In one embodiment, the first component has a plurality of apertures formed therein and a plurality of upright wall members, with the wall members forming at least one sidewall in each groove, and the second component has a plurality of integral fasteners, with one each of the fasteners extending through each of the apertures to secure the first and second components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Inventor: Gary L. Sharpe
  • Patent number: 4759368
    Abstract: A transcutaneous nerve stimulating device is provided having a plurality of operating modes, namely burst, normal (single amplitude/single pulse width), rate modulation, amplitude modulation and strength-duration/rate modulation. In the lattermost mode, the rate modulation control circuitry acts independently of the inter-related amplitude and pulse width modulations to result in a means of nerve stimulation obviating the phenomenon of accommodation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Medical Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Spanton, Gregory A. Todd, John P. Landino, Terry A. Todd, Richard J. Fisher, Jr.