Patents by Inventor Bruno Inguaggiato

Bruno Inguaggiato 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).

  • Activity sensor, particularly for heart pacemakers
    Patent number: 5533520
    Abstract: The sensor is intended preferably for use in conjunction with a heart pacemaker whose stimulation rate is variable in dependence on the physical activity of the wearer. The sensor includes a mass of mercury which, in use, can assume a shape determined by the gravitational force and variable as a result of the forces applied to the mass due to movement. Detector means sensitive to the variations in shape generate signals which can be used as activity monitoring signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Sorin Biomedica, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Bruno Inguaggiato
  • Cardiostimulator device of the rate-responsive type
    Patent number: 5304208
    Abstract: A cardiostimulator device includes an accelerometric sensor positioned on the electrode or cathetar intended to be inserted in the cardiac mass, possibly being associated with a stimulating or sensing electrode. In this way, it is possible to regulate the frequency (and in general all the methods) of stimulation in dependence on the so-called natural heart acceleration correlated to the physical activity of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Sorin Biomedica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Inguaggiato, Giorgio Corbucci