Patents by Inventor J. Michael Fausset

J. Michael Fausset 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).

  • Publication number: 20120105136
    Abstract: A fuse system for use with a disposable component of a device may include a disposable component having at least a first lockout circuit and a second lockout circuit. The first lockout circuit may include a first fuse link, and the second lockout circuit may include a second fuse link. The fuse system may include a computing device in communication with the first lockout circuit and the second lockout circuit, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for deactivating the first fuse link at a first time, and deactivating the second fuse link at a second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: THERMALTHERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: J. Michael Fausset, Michael Sturdevant, Robert Schindler, Michael Terry
  • Publication number: 20120109267
    Abstract: A heating system for a hyperthermia apparatus may include a heater having a plurality of independently controllable heater elements located on one or more surfaces of the heater, and a temperature sensor associated with one or more of the heater elements. Each of the surfaces may be proximate to a reservoir cartridge. The heating system may include a computing device in communication with the temperature sensor. The computing device may be configured to adjust an amount of electrical current to the one or more heater elements associated with the temperature sensor based on a temperature reading received from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: THERMALTHERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: J. Michael Fausset, Michael Sturdevant, Edward Schneider
  • Publication number: 20120106016
    Abstract: A fuse system for a hyperthermia apparatus may include a disposable reservoir cartridge configured to be used with a hyperthermia apparatus. The disposable reservoir cartridge may include at least a first lockout circuit and a second lockout circuit. The first lockout circuit may include a first fuse link, and the second lockout circuit may include a second fuse link. The fuse system may include a computing device in communication with the first lockout circuit and the second lockout circuit, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for deactivating the first fuse link at a first time, and deactivating the second fuse link at a second time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: THERMALTHERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: J. Michael Fausset, Michael Sturdevant, Robert Schindler, Michael Terry
  • Publication number: 20080234619
    Abstract: An apparatus for implementing hyperthermia may include a reservoir cartridge having an inlet and an outlet, a disposable outflow tube having a reservoir cartridge end connected to the reservoir cartridge at the outlet and an outflow catheter end connected to an outflow catheter, a disposable inflow tube having a reservoir cartridge end connected to the reservoir cartridge at the inlet and an inflow catheter end connected to an inflow catheter, a pump connected to the outflow tube, an integrated computer in communication with at least one disposable temperature sensor and at least one pressure sensor, a thermoelectric heater, proximate to the reservoir cartridge and a housing that contains the reservoir cartridge, the heater and the integrated computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: THERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: J. Michael Fausset, Robert J. Schindler