Patents by Inventor Bryan Stem

Bryan Stem 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).

  • Paired medical lead bodies with braided conductive shields having different physical parameter values
    Patent number: 9907956
    Abstract: Medical lead bodies that are paired each include a braided conductive shield. The braided conductive shield of one lead body has a value for a physical parameter that differs from a value for the physical parameter of the second lead body. The difference in values of the physical parameter for the paired lead bodies results in a reduction in heating from exposure of the lead bodies to radiofrequency energy at electrodes associated with the lead bodies. The lead bodies may be paired by being implanted adjacently to one another. The lead bodies may be further paired by being coupled to a same distal body, such as a paddle containing the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Conroy, Spencer Bondhus, Bryan Stem
  • PAIRED MEDICAL LEAD BODIES WITH BRAIDED CONDUCTIVE SHIELDS HAVING DIFFERENT PHYSICAL PARAMETER VALUES
    Publication number: 20170014623
    Abstract: Medical lead bodies that are paired each include a braided conductive shield. The braided conductive shield of one lead body has a value for a physical parameter that differs from a value for the physical parameter of the second lead body. The difference in values of the physical parameter for the paired lead bodies results in a reduction in heating from exposure of the lead bodies to radiofrequency energy at electrodes associated with the lead bodies. The lead bodies may be paired by being implanted adjacently to one another. The lead bodies may be further paired by being coupled to a same distal body, such as a paddle containing the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Conroy, Spencer Bondhus, Bryan Stem