Patents by Inventor Charles E. Yurkonis

Charles E. Yurkonis 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).

  • Pharmacologic atrial defibrillator and method
    Patent number: 5527344
    Abstract: A method and an implantable apparatus for automatically delivering a defibrillating drug to a patient upon detection of the onset of atrial fibrillation. Atrial activity of a heart is detected and monitored. A delivery time is continuously computed and a delivery signal is emitted as a function of the monitored level of the atrial activity. When the delivery signal is emitted, an infusion pump discharges a defibrillating drug into the bloodstream of the patient. The atrial activity is also continuously monitored for computing a pacing time at which a pacing signal is emitted as a second function of the monitored level of atrial activity. When the pacing signal is emitted a pacer paces the atrium of the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert C. Arzbaecher, Thomas E. Bump, Charles E. Yurkonis, David R. Bloem