Patents Examined by Jeffrey R. Jastrzaf
  • Biologic cabling
    Patent number: 6238429
    Abstract: A length of living conductive cells may be injected directly or may be grown to be attached to a fibrous matrix of material that provides for flexible structure so as to deliver a stimulation signal from one end of the biologic cable to the other to induce a physiologic reaction in body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Toby Markowitz, Maura G. Donovan, Khawar Mehdi