Patents by Inventor Charlotte Lofstedt

Charlotte Lofstedt 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).

  • Electrode terminal fixing appliance
    Patent number: 6799073
    Abstract: An appliance for fixing the proximal end terminal of an electrode cable into a connector member of an implantable device, such as a heart stimulator, includes a connector insert having a bore for receiving the proximal end of the terminal, and a clamping member for fixing the terminal in the bore by clamping. The clamping member is axially movable in a shaft opening in the insert, which proceeds through and across the bore. The clamping member is an unthreaded pin which is held in said shaft opening, but which is axially movable therein, and is biased in the shaft opening by a spring toward a position wherein an inner end of the pin is able to engage a side of the terminal exposed in the shaft opening. The inner end of the pin has a diametrically extending recess, which is alignable with the terminal during insertion thereof into the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical AB
    Inventor: Charlotte Löfstedt
  • Electrode terminal fixation appliance
    Publication number: 20040015200
    Abstract: An appliance for fixing the proximal end terminal of an electrode cable into a connector member of an implantable device, such as a heart stimulator, includes a connector insert having a bore for receiving the proximal end of the terminal, and a clamping member for fixing the terminal in the bore by clamping. The clamping member is axially movable in a shaft opening in the insert, which proceeds through and across the bore. The clamping member is an unthreaded pin which is held in said shaft opening, but which is axially movable therein, and is biased in the shaft opening by a spring toward a position wherein an inner end of the pin is able to engage a side of the terminal exposed in the shaft opening. The inner end of the pin has a diametrically extending recess, which is alignable with the terminal during insertion thereof into the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Charlotte Lofstedt