Patents by Inventor Ate. J. Meinema

Ate. J. Meinema 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).

  • Catheter sensor and memory unit
    Patent number: 4858615
    Abstract: The sensor and memory unit (30, 92 or 94) includes a sensor assembly (34) having at least one sensor (48, 50 or 96) therein and a memory (18, 22, 70, 98) associated and fixed therewith. In one embodiment the memory (70, 98) is mounted in a memory module (38 or 90) which is connected by a multiconductor lead (40 or 88) to the sensor or sensors (48, 50 or 96). Also the sensor assembly (34) can be fixed in the distal end (36) of a catheter (32).The sensor and memory unit (94) can be coupled to signal processing and conditioning circuitry (76, 176 or 276) which can include a microprocessor (178) for processing the sensor (96) signals and conditioning/correcting same based upon the information data retrieved from the memory (98).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Sentron v.o.f.
    Inventor: Ate. J. Meinema