Patents by Inventor Dominique Piguet
Dominique Piguet 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).
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Patent number: 10335603Abstract: Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace may span a separate window formed in an insulative body of the flexible circuit body, or a plurality of circuit traces may span a single window or may be freely extending from the insulative body. The exposed portion of the circuit trace may be plated with a conductive metal and then attached to the electrical contact of the electrical component. The flexible circuit body may be an extension from a flexible electrical circuit board containing the circuit. The circuit may be present on a circuit board that includes electrical contacts and where the flexible circuit body has exposed portions of circuit traces attached to the electrical contacts of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Gerald G. Lindner, William C. Phillips, Dominique Piguet, Daniel T. Pyne, Micah A. Litow, James Strom, Mark G. Wosmek
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Publication number: 20160354611Abstract: Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace may span a separate window formed in an insulative body of the flexible circuit body, or a plurality of circuit traces may span a single window or may be freely extending from the insulative body. The exposed portion of the circuit trace may be plated with a conductive metal and then attached to the electrical contact of the electrical component. The flexible circuit body may be an extension from a flexible electrical circuit board containing the circuit. The circuit may be present on a circuit board that includes electrical contacts and where the flexible circuit body has exposed portions of circuit traces attached to the electrical contacts of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Gerald G. Lindner, William C. Phillips, Dominique Piguet, Daniel T. Pyne, Micah A. Litow, James Strom, Mark G. Wosmek
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Patent number: 9409031Abstract: Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace may span a separate window formed in an insulative body of the flexible circuit body, or a plurality of circuit traces may span a single window or may be freely extending from the insulative body. The exposed portion of the circuit trace may be plated with a conductive metal and then attached to the electrical contact of the electrical component. The flexible circuit body may be an extension from a flexible electrical circuit board containing the circuit. The circuit may be present on a circuit board that includes electrical contacts and where the flexible circuit body has exposed portions of circuit traces attached to the electrical contacts of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Gerald G. Lindner, William C. Phillips, Dominique Piguet, Daniel T. Pyne, Micah A. Litow, James Strom, Mark G. Wosmek
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Patent number: 8295930Abstract: A medical device is electrically connected to a biological tissue for transmission of an electrical signal between the medical device and the biological tissue. The medical device includes a housing assembly and a control circuit assembly that controls the electrical signal. The control circuit assembly is enclosed within the housing assembly, and the control circuit assembly includes an electrically conductive terminal. The device further includes an electrical component at least partially enclosed within the housing assembly. The electrical component has a connecting member that electrically connects the electrical component to the control circuit assembly. The connecting member is resistance welded and bonded directly to the electrically conductive terminal of the control circuit assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: David B. Engmark, Doug Morelli, Hui Jin, David M. Johnson, Mathieu K. Horié, Iryna Levina, Dominique Piguet
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Publication number: 20120020926Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of food and drinks. In particular, for example, a composition is provided that allows to provide tartaric and/or caffeic acid to a subject. One embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising an ingredient containing caftaric acid and/or derivatives thereof, and a lactic acid bacterium capable of hydrolysing caftaric acid and/or derivatives thereof to generate tartaric and/or caffeic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Rachid Bel-Rhlid, Vanessa Crespy, Thomas Wolfgang Raab, Nicole Page-Zoerkler, Rene Fumeaux, Maricel Marin-Kuan, Dominique Piguet
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Publication number: 20110280848Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of food and drinks. In particular, for example, a composition is provided that allows to provide tartaric and/or caffeic acid to a subject. One embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising an ingredient containing chicoric acid and/or derivatives thereof, and a lactic acid bacterium capable of hydrolysing chicoric acid and/or derivatives thereof to generate tartaric and/or caffeic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Rachid Bel-Rhlid, Vanessa Crespy, Thomas Wolfgang Raab, Nicole Page-Zoerkler, Rene Fumeaux, Maricel Marin-Kuan, Dominique Piguet
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Publication number: 20110257711Abstract: Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace may span a separate window formed in an insulative body of the flexible circuit body, or a plurality of circuit traces may span a single window or may be freely extending from the insulative body. The exposed portion of the circuit trace may be plated with a conductive metal and then attached to the electrical contact of the electrical component. The flexible circuit body may be an extension from a flexible electrical circuit board containing the circuit. The circuit may be present on a circuit board that includes electrical contacts and where the flexible circuit body has exposed portions of circuit traces attached to the electrical contacts of the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Gerald G. Lindner, William C. Phillips, Dominique Piguet, Daniel T. Pyne, Micah A. Litow, James Strom, Mark G. Wosmek
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Publication number: 20110077709Abstract: A medical device is electrically connected to a biological tissue for transmission of an electrical signal between the medical device and the biological tissue. The medical device includes a housing assembly and a control circuit assembly that controls the electrical signal. The control circuit assembly is enclosed within the housing assembly, and the control circuit assembly includes an electrically conductive terminal. The device further includes an electrical component at least partially enclosed within the housing assembly. The electrical component has a connecting member that electrically connects the electrical component to the control circuit assembly. The connecting member is resistance welded and bonded directly to the electrically conductive terminal of the control circuit assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: David B. Engmark, Doug Morelli, Hui Jin, David M. Johnson, Mathieu K. Horié, Iryna Levina, Dominique Piguet
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Patent number: 7016263Abstract: The invention concerns a device for data entry into a portable object, in particular a watch, with display screen comprising a control button (1) consisting of an elastic mass (2) wherein is housed a permanent magnet (3) and a positioning analogue magnetic sensor (4) with Hall effect for example, arranged inside the object opposite to and spaced apart from said control button (1), said sensor being adapted to measure the movements of the magnet (3) in at least one direction for data entry. The control button (1) is arranged in a blind housing (7) of a non-magnetic wall (5) of the object structure, to be mechanically uncoupled from the sensor, said wall not in contact with said sensor acting as sealing protection for the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Asulab S.A.Inventors: François Gueissaz, Dominique Piguet
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Patent number: 6949386Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing in large numbers a multiplicity of magnetic sensors produced on a semiconductor substrate, these sensors comprising at least one magnetic core produced in an amorphous magnetic material, characterised in that, after integration of the electronic circuits associated with the magnetic sensors, a film of amorphous magnetic material is glued onto the semiconductor substrate, this film being obtained from a band of amorphous magnetic material cut into a plurality of sections which are disposed one beside the other on a support, said film being then structured in order to form the magnetic cores of said magnetic sensors, the semiconductor substrate being finally cut up in order to provide a plurality of individual magnetic sensors.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Asulab S.A.Inventors: Dominique Piguet, Franck Vincent
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Publication number: 20050124136Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing in large numbers a multiplicity of magnetic sensors produced on a semiconductor substrate, these sensors comprising at least one magnetic core produced in an amorphous magnetic material, characterised in that, after integration of the electronic circuits associated with the magnetic sensors, a film of amorphous magnetic material is glued onto the semiconductor substrate, this film being obtained from a band of amorphous magnetic material cut into a plurality of sections which are disposed one beside the other on a support, said film being then structured in order to form the magnetic cores of said magnetic sensors, the semiconductor substrate being finally cut up in order to provide a plurality of individual magnetic sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Dominique Piguet, Franck Vincent