Patents by Inventor Jan-Heiner Brinkmann

Jan-Heiner Brinkmann 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).

  • Implantable medical electrode device, in particular cardiovascular cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator electrode device
    Patent number: 7809447
    Abstract: An implantable medical electrode device, in particular a cardiovascular cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator electrode device, comprises an elongate, tubular electrode body (2), a fixing zone (4) in front of the distal end (3) of the electrode body (2), in which the externally closed peripheral envelope (8) of the electrode body (2) is reversibly expandable into a body lumen (27) for detachable fixing of the electrode device (1), and an expansion apparatus, situated in the fixing zone (4), for controlling the expansion and contraction in the fixing zone (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Biotronik CRM Patent AG
    Inventors: Eckard Dreier, Erhard Flach, Wolfgang Geistert, Michelle Maxfield, Jochen Palm, Marc Schurr, Jan-Heiner Brinkmann
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRODE DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR CARDIOVASCULAR CARDIAC PACEMAKER OR DEFIBRILLATOR ELECTRODE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20070213798
    Abstract: An implantable medical electrode device, in particular a cardiovascular cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator electrode device, comprises an elongate, tubular electrode body (2), a fixing zone (4) in front of the distal end (3) of the electrode body (2), in which the externally closed peripheral envelope (8) of the electrode body (2) is reversibly expandable into a body lumen (27) for detachable fixing of the electrode device (1), and expansion means, situated in the fixing zone (4), for controlling the expansion and contraction in the fixing zone (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Eckard Dreier, Erhard Flach, Wolfgang Geistert, Michelle Maxfield, Jochen Palm, Marc Schurr, Jan-Heiner Brinkmann