Patents by Inventor James M. Devine

James M. Devine 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).

  • Power buss inhibit through data input/output lines
    Patent number: 6452770
    Abstract: In a CMOS integrated circuit card configuration operating upon a received data input stream and having a common power buss for the individual integrated circuits thereof, the invention comprises the connection of a power pin of all such individual integrated circuits directly to the power buss, except for the integrated circuit to which the data input stream is applied, wherein a diode of predetermined forward voltage drop is employed—having its anode connected to the power buss and its cathode connected to its associated power pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Devine, Daniel M. Kuster, Peter J. Massa
  • Optimization of bone formation at cathodes
    Patent number: 5056518
    Abstract: A method including applying varying signals to a first electrode at the tissue site and a second electrode remote from the tissue site and monitoring the results to determine a distinctive transition in the current-voltage characteristics of the electrode pair. A signal is then selected and applied to the electrodes to operate beyond the transition. Periodically, a varying signal is applied to the electrodes and the monitoring process reperformed to determine a new transition and an appropriate signal is selected to operate beyond the transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignee: Electro-Biology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Pethica, James M. Devine, Anthony J. Varrichio
  • Optimization of bone formation at cathodes
    Patent number: RE35129
    Abstract: A method including applying varying signals to a first electrode at the tissue site and a second electrode remote from the tissue site and monitoring the results to determine a distinctive transition in the current-voltage characteristics of the electrode pair. A signal is then selected and applied to the electrodes to operate beyond the transition. Periodically, a varying signal is applied to the electrodes and the monitoring process reperformed to determine a new transition and an appropriate signal is selected to operate beyond the transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Electro-Biology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Pethica, James M. Devine, Anthony J. Varrichio