Patents by Inventor Craig R. Meyer

Craig R. Meyer 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).

  • Optical detection and quantification of microair in blood
    Patent number: 6529751
    Abstract: Both the number and the size of microair bubbles in a bloodstream are accurately determined optically, independently of oxygen saturation, by monitoring the intensity of light transmission in the 800-850 nm range through the bloodstream and indicating the count and amplitude range of peaks in the monitored intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Van Driel, Juan Carlos Flores, Aaron S. Ingle, Jorge Jeffery, Craig R. Meyer, Yu-Tung Wong, David L. Zollinger