Patents by Inventor Gordon Orvis Munns

Gordon Orvis Munns 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 STIMULATION THERAPY
    Publication number: 20150375006
    Abstract: A method for delivering optical stimulation comprises transfecting a target tissue with a light-sensitive channel protein sensitive to light in a wavelength range, delivering light in the wavelength range to the target tissue via an optical stimulation device, substantially simultaneously with delivering light to the target tissue, sensing bioelectric signals, determining a patient therapeutic state based on the bioelectric signals, and adjusting the delivery of the light to the target tissue based on the sensed patient therapeutic state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy J. Denison, Kunal Paralikar, Gordon Orvis Munns, Wesley A. Santa, Peng Cong, Christian S. Nielsen, John D. Norton, John G. Keimel
  • Implantable co-fired electrical feedthroughs
    Patent number: 8373075
    Abstract: A multilayered feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes a substrate having a first edge, a second edge, and a substrate length. A plurality of traces is formed on the substrate and extends along the substrate length. The plurality of traces extends to the first and second edges of the substrate. An insulator layer is formed on the substrate and the plurality of traces. A ground plane layer is formed on the insulator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Orvis Munns, Greg Haubrich, David B. Engmark, Joyce Yamamoto, Simon Goldman, William Michael Brosnan, Brad Conrad Tischendorf, Andrew Jason Thom
  • IMPLANTABLE CO-FIRED ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGHS
    Publication number: 20110102967
    Abstract: A multilayered feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes a substrate having a first edge, a second edge, and a substrate length. A plurality of traces is formed on the substrate and extends along the substrate length. The plurality of traces extends to the first and second edges of the substrate. An insulator layer is formed on the substrate and the plurality of traces. A ground plane layer is formed on the insulator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon Orvis Munns, Greg Haubrich, David B. Engmark, Joyce Yamamoto, Simon Goldman, William Michael Brosnan, Brad Conrad Tischendorf, Andrew Jason Thom