Patents by Inventor George L. Marshall

George L. Marshall 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: 11969300
    Abstract: An implantable medical lead may include an electrode at a distal portion of the lead that is configured to monitor or provide therapy to a target site. The lead may include a visible indicator that is visible to the naked eye of a clinician at a medial portion of the lead that is configured to indicate when the electrodes of the lead are longitudinally and radially aligned properly to monitor or treat the target site. A clinician may insert the lead into the patient using an introducer sheath inserted to a predetermined depth into the patient and subsequently aligning the distal portion of the lead by orienting the indicator at an entry port of the introducer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: George W. McFall, Thomas D. Brostrom, Mark T. Marshall, Dina L. Williams, Megan Harris, Keith D. Anderson, Maggie J. Pistella
  • Patent number: 4473084
    Abstract: An ashtray snuffer having a main body and a top cover, wherein the main body serves as an ashtray and the top cover, which partially covers said main body loosely fits on top thereof. They could be sonic welded together in some cases. The top cover has a straight or downward sloping tapered hole that serves to extinguish a lighted cigarette by inserting it thereinto with a slight pressure which removes air and oxygen from the burning material without mutilating the cigarette. A holder or storage space for a cigarette lighter is also formed into the top cover. In another embodiment of the invention it may also have a storage space for new, unused cigarettes and a hinged cover for the inlet opening to the inside of the ashtray to prevent smoke from smoldering embers therein, to escape to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Inventor: George L. Marshall