Patents by Inventor Emily Tubbs

Emily Tubbs 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).

  • Implantable medical device with reduced stress welded joint
    Patent number: 11400301
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to implantable medical devices including a welded joint with reduced residual stress. In a first aspect, an implantable medical device is included having a power subunit comprising a first biocompatible electrically conductive shell, an anode disposed therein, a cathode disposed therein, and a lid. The implantable medical device can further include an electronics control subunit comprising a second biocompatible electrically conductive shell, and a control circuit disposed therein. Both of the first and second biocompatible electrically conductive shells can include first and second opposed wide sides, first and second opposed narrow sides, and four rounded corners. The first shell can be welded to the lid around a perimeter thereof forming a weld line. The weld line can have a weld line terminus and the weld line terminus can be positioned on a narrow side or a rounded corner. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Anthony Giese, Steven Lawrence Frandrup, Emily Tubbs, Larry Michael Killeen, Jean M. Bobgan, David P. Stieper
  • CAPSULE COMPRISING INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS FOR TREATING DIABETES
    Publication number: 20220168232
    Abstract: A capsule including alginate encapsulating: insulin-secreting cells, a RGD-alginate, mesenchymal stem cells, extracellular matrix, the process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof for treating diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, ETABLISSEMENT FRANCAIS DU SANG, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
    Inventors: Sandrine LABLANCHE, Pierre-Yves BENHAMOU, Emily TUBBS, Anaïck MOISAN, Harald EGELHOFER, Virginie PERSOONS, Florence RIVERA, Frédéric BOTTAUSCI, Maxime PIERRON, Giuseppe ORLANDO, Riccardo TAMBURRINI
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH REDUCED STRESS WELDED JOINT
    Publication number: 20200254264
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to implantable medical devices including a welded joint with reduced residual stress. In a first aspect, an implantable medical device is included having a power subunit comprising a first biocompatible electrically conductive shell, an anode disposed therein, a cathode disposed therein, and a lid. The implantable medical device can further include an electronics control subunit comprising a second biocompatible electrically conductive shell, and a control circuit disposed therein. Both of the first and second biocompatible electrically conductive shells can include first and second opposed wide sides, first and second opposed narrow sides, and four rounded corners. The first shell can be welded to the lid around a perimeter thereof forming a weld line. The weld line can have a weld line terminus and the weld line terminus can be positioned on a narrow side or a rounded corner. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Troy Anthony Giese, Steven Lawrence Frandrup, Emily Tubbs, Larry Michael Killeen, Jean M. Bobgan, David P. Stieper