Patents by Inventor Holly Cotner

Holly Cotner 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).

  • System and method for displaying contact between a catheter and tissue
    Publication number: 20090177111
    Abstract: A system and method for assessing and displaying a degree of contact between a sensor, an electrode, and tissue in a body is provided. Values for the sensor are read, and a degree of contact is calculated. This degree of contact is displayed to a clinician in a variety of ways to indicate the degree of contact to the clinician. The system and method find particular application in ablation of tissue by permitting a clinician to create lesions in the tissue more effectively and safely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Stephan P. Miller, Don C. Deno, Lewis C. Hill, II, Yuriy Malinin, Holly Cotner, Suzann R. Mouw, Patrick W. Drigans, Saurav Paul
  • Method and apparatus for catheter navigation and location and mapping in the heart
    Patent number: 7263397
    Abstract: A medical system for finding and displaying the location of electrodes within the body. The electrodes may be used to measure the voltage on the heart wall and display this as an activation map on a geometry representing the heart chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Hauck, Jeff A. Schweitzer, Michael Craven, Valtino Afonso, Holly Cotner, Frank Callaghan, John Schultz
  • Method and apparatus for catheter navigation and location and mapping in the heart
    Publication number: 20040254437
    Abstract: A medical system for finding and displaying the location of electrodes within the body. The electrodes may be used to measure the voltage on the heart wall and display this as an activation map on a geometry representing the heart chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: John A. Hauck, Jeff A. Schweitzer, Michael Craven, Valtino Afonso, Holly Cotner, Frank Callaghan, John Schultz
  • Physically reconfigurable interactive control system
    Patent number: 5243494
    Abstract: A reconfigurable control system (10) enabling a designer to layout, configure and test control panel designs includes an enclosure base (12), a matrix panel (14) and a plurality of modules (34) which are adapted to receive at least one control panel element. The base (44) of each module (34) has a plurality of holes (46) which align with corresponding apertures (22) provided in the matrix panel (14). A fastener (24) is passed through the aligning apertures (22, 46) of the matrix panel (14) and module (34), respectively, to provide removable mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Hughes Training, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Cotner, Dan Miles, Tom Halvorsen