Patents by Inventor Gordon D. Robinson

Gordon D. Robinson 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: 11957893
    Abstract: A neuromodulation therapy is delivered via at least one electrode implanted subcutaneously and superficially to a fascia layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. In one example, an implantable medical device is deployed along a superficial surface of a deep fascia tissue layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to the nerve through the deep fascia tissue layer via implantable medical device electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad C. Tischendorf, John E. Kast, Thomas P. Miltich, Gordon O. Munns, Randy S. Roles, Craig L. Schmidt, Joseph J. Viavattine, Christian S. Nielsen, Prabhakar A. Tamirisa, Anthony M. Chasensky, Markus W. Reiterer, Chris J. Paidosh, Reginald D. Robinson, Bernard Q. Li, Erik R. Scott, Phillip C. Falkner, Xuan K. Wei, Eric H. Bonde, David A. Dinsmoor, Duane L. Bourget, Forrest C M Pape, Gabriela C. Molnar, Joel A. Anderson, Michael J. Ebert, Richard T. Stone, Shawn C. Kelley, Stephen J. Roddy, Timothy J. Denison, Todd V. Smith
  • Patent number: 11957894
    Abstract: A neuromodulation therapy is delivered via at least one electrode implanted subcutaneously and superficially to a fascia layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. In one example, an implantable medical device is deployed along a superficial surface of a deep fascia tissue layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to the nerve through the deep fascia tissue layer via implantable medical device electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Chasensky, Bernard Q. Li, Brad C. Tischendorf, Chris J. Paidosh, Christian S. Nielsen, Craig L. Schmidt, David A. Dinsmoor, Duane L. Bourget, Eric H. Bonde, Erik R. Scott, Forrest C M Pape, Gabriela C. Molnar, Gordon O. Munns, Joel A. Anderson, John E. Kast, Joseph J. Viavattine, Markus W. Reiterer, Michael J. Ebert, Phillip C. Falkner, Prabhakar A. Tamirisa, Randy S. Roles, Reginald D. Robinson, Richard T. Stone, Shawn C. Kelley, Stephen J. Roddy, Thomas P. Miltich, Timothy J. Denison, Todd V. Smith, Xuan K. Wei
  • Patent number: 5414715
    Abstract: When an automatic circuit tester (10) detects that a fault has occurred in a circuit board (14), it applies to the circuit board (14) a sequence of vectors that differs from the test sequence (T.sub.n, T.sub.n+1) by which the fault detection occurs only in that each vector's component that corresponds to an input pin in question on the board device under test maintains a level that simulates an open circuit at that input pin. If the resultant response differs from the response to the original test sequence, the input pin can often be ruled out as one at which a fault has occurred. In this way, many open-circuit faults at input pins can be diagnosed without special probing, even when several such faults occur simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: GenRad, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Hamblin, Gordon D. Robinson
  • Patent number: 5172377
    Abstract: A method of performing in-circuit testing of interior points of circuit boards containing both boundary-scan and non-scan components that utilizes the boundary-scan facility. The testing procedure involves isolation of the non-scan components and either driving or sensing voltages at physically accessible test sites. The method permits use of isolation and multiplexing solutions that are ordinarily developed for in-circuit testing of board components, resulting in efficient design and implementation of interconnect tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: GenRad, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon D. Robinson, John G. Deshayes
  • Patent number: 4675832
    Abstract: An improved logic simulation system including a logic simulator which provides the logic states of elements within an electronic circuit being analyzed, means for associating the logic states with a schematic image of the electronic circuitry for display on a visual display device, wherein the improvement includes means for designating the color of the element being displayed which color represents the logic state of the element for a selected point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignees: Cirrus Computers Ltd., United Kingdom and British Telecommunications
    Inventors: Gordon D. Robinson, Brian D. V. Smith
  • Patent number: 4601032
    Abstract: In a system for generating tests for digital circuits, a fault simulator (16) simulates a fault-free version of the circuit and all expected faulty versions of it concurrently, basing its operation on information contained in a data base (12) that contains information about the structure and possible defects of the circuits to be tested. A waveform system (14) carries high-level information regarding the general structure of the test waveform that ultimately is to be derived, such as clock signals, timing constraints, and other restrictions that the designer of the circuit under test has placed on the signals to be applied to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Cirrus Computers Ltd.
    Inventor: Gordon D. Robinson