Patents by Inventor Alan Garfinkel

Alan Garfinkel 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).

  • Real time stabilizing system for pulsating activity
    Patent number: 5447520
    Abstract: Electrical stimuli delivered to cardiac tissue at times determined from a chaos stabilizing algorithm, converts arrhythmia activity to periodic beating by an interbeat interval shortening action, utilizing real time calculation based on a system parameter experimentally determined from intervention by the electrical stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mark L. Spano, William L. Ditto, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss
  • Real time cardiac arrhythmia stabilizing system
    Patent number: 5342401
    Abstract: Electrical stimuli delivered to cardiac tissue at times determined from a chaos stabilizing algorithm, converts arrhythmia activity to periodic beating by an interbeat interval shortening action, utilizing real time calculation based on a system parameter experimentally determined from intervention by the electrical stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mark L. Spano, William L. Ditto, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss