Patents by Inventor Christopher Yost

Christopher Yost 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).

  • Patent number: 8977358
    Abstract: An electrode stimulation delivery system is described having a unit and a network of wireless remote electrodes configured for implantation within a plurality of spaced apart locations in the tissue, e.g. myocardium, of a patient. The control unit is configured to be positioned at or subcutaneous to the patient's skin, and includes a processor, an antenna configured for delivering RF energy in proximity to the plurality of wireless remote electrodes, and programming executable on the processor for wirelessly communicating to the network of wireless remote electrodes via the delivered RF energy to individually control pacing of the plurality of wireless remote electrodes. Each of the plurality of wireless remote electrodes comprises a metamaterial-based biomimetic harvesting antenna comprising a Van Atta array zero-phase transmission lines to receive the RF energy to power activation of the plurality of wireless remote electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: NDSU Research Foundation, University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Daniel Ewert, Benjamin Braaten, Cody Satterlee, Brian Schwandt, Sheyann Harrison, Christopher Yost, Joshua Wynne
  • Publication number: 20140128932
    Abstract: An electrode stimulation delivery system is described having a unit and a network of wireless remote electrodes configured for implantation within a plurality of spaced apart locations in the tissue, e.g. myocardium, of a patient. The control unit is configured to be positioned at or subcutaneous to the patient's skin, and includes a processor, an antenna configured for delivering RF energy in proximity to the plurality of wireless remote electrodes, and programming executable on the processor for wirelessly communicating to the network of wireless remote electrodes via the delivered RF energy to individually control pacing of the plurality of wireless remote electrodes. Each of the plurality of wireless remote electrodes comprises a metamaterial-based biomimetic harvesting antenna comprising a Van Atta array zero-phase transmission lines to receive the RF energy to power activation of the plurality of wireless remote electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Daniel Ewert, Benjamin Braaten, Cody Satterlee, Brian Schwandt, Sheyann Harrison, Christopher Yost, Joshua Wynne
  • Patent number: 4984382
    Abstract: An animal trap for catching animals in an unharmed manner, comprises a cage having a top, a bottom, a pair of side walls, a first end wall, and a second end wall. There is an opening in said cage, and a door means located in the first end wall. A platform is adapted to receive and retain bait used to attract animals and also adapted to receive at least a portion of the body of an animal to be trapped, said platform having a set position and an actuated position, with retaining means for retaining said platform in said set position. The retaining means releases the platform upon introduction of at least a portion of the weight of the animal, whereby the platform is moved from its set position to its actuated position upon being released. The door means has a set position and an actuated position, and is in the set position when the platform is in its set position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Inventor: Christopher Yost