Patents by Inventor James Kurkowski

James Kurkowski 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).

  • Data communication in a transcutaneous energy transfer system
    Patent number: 11235141
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for use of an inductive link for a communication channel in a transcutaneous energy transfer system. An example system may include a resonant circuit associated with an external primary, a power transistor connected to the resonant circuit and configured to drive the resonant circuit with a first time-varying electrical signal having a frequency, and a power driver connected to the power transistor that is configured to set the frequency of the first time-varying electrical signal to a resonant frequency to enable power transfer from the external primary to an implanted secondary. The example system may further include a communication driver operatively connected to the power transistor and configured to encode the first time-varying electrical signal with a data signal by modulating an attribute of the time-varying electrical signal as electrical power is transferred from the external primary to the implanted secondary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Minnetronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori Lucke, Vlad Bluvshtein, James Kurkowski, William Weiss
  • DATA COMMUNICATION IN A TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200000990
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for use of an inductive link for a communication channel in a transcutaneous energy transfer system. An example system may include a resonant circuit associated with an external primary, a power transistor connected to the resonant circuit and configured to drive the resonant circuit with a first time-varying electrical signal having a frequency, and a power driver connected to the power transistor that is configured to set the frequency of the first time-varying electrical signal to a resonant frequency to enable power transfer from the external primary to an implanted secondary. The example system may further include a communication driver operatively connected to the power transistor and configured to encode the first time-varying electrical signal with a data signal by modulating an attribute of the time-varying electrical signal as electrical power is transferred from the external primary to the implanted secondary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Lori Lucke, Vlad Bluvshtein, James Kurkowski, William Weiss
  • Data communication in a transcutaneous energy transfer system
    Patent number: 10406267
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for use of an inductive link for a communication channel in a transcutaneous energy transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Minnetronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori Lucke, Vlad Bluvshtein, James Kurkowski, William Weiss
  • DATA COMMUNICATION IN A TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160206799
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for use of an inductive link for a communication channel in a transcutaneous energy transfer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Lori Lucke, Vlad Bluvshtein, James Kurkowski, William Weiss