Patents by Inventor Jay T. Rassat

Jay T. Rassat 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).

  • MANDREL FOR ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20130288116
    Abstract: A mandrel for use in a battery assembly may include a positive mandrel portion and a negative mandrel portion. Each of the mandrel portions may include a connector element coupling region and an electrode coupling region. The connector element coupling region may be configured to be coupled to a connector element and the electrode coupling region may be configured to be coupled to an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay T. Rassat, Michael J. Nidelkoff, Jeffrey J. Clayton, Seth M. Humphrys, Paul B. Aamodt, Steven J. May
  • ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING INSULATIVE PORTIONS
    Publication number: 20130288092
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for use in a battery may include a mandrel and one or more insulative portions. The insulative portions may be formed about and may extend from one or more end regions of a battery mandrel. Further, insulative portions may electrically insulate one or more elements of the electrode assembly from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Nidelkoff, Jay T. Rassat, Sheila A. Mullen, Jeffrey J. Clayton, Nicholas J. Haupt, Paul B. Aamodt
  • MANDREL FOR ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20130288115
    Abstract: A mandrel for use in a battery assembly may include a positive mandrel portion and a negative mandrel portion. Each of the mandrel portions may include a connector element coupling region and an electrode coupling region. The connector element coupling region may be configured to be coupled to a connector element and the electrode coupling region may be configured to be coupled to an electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Nidelkoff, Jay T. Rassat, Jeffrey J. Clayton, Nicholas J. Haupt, Paul B. Aamodt
  • Rotatable catheter assembly
    Patent number: 8177830
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems for a catheter assembly including a catheter shaft, a balloon positioned on the catheter shaft, where the balloon has a first balloon waist, a first lead extending longitudinally through the catheter shaft, and a first sealing member adjacent the first balloon waist and coupled to the first lead, where the first lead can provide electrical current to reversibly transition the first sealing member from a nonactivated state to an activated state in response to a temperature change in the first sealing member, and where at least a portion of the balloon rotates relative the catheter shaft in the nonactivated state and the first sealing member engages the first balloon waist to form a fluid tight seal and to prevent rotation of the balloon relative the catheter shaft in the activated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek C. Sutermeister, Jay T. Rassat, James M. Anderson, Benjamin Y. Arcand
  • ROTATABLE CATHETER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20100298923
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems for a catheter assembly including a catheter shaft, a balloon positioned on the catheter shaft, where the balloon has a first balloon waist, a first lead extending longitudinally through the catheter shaft, and a first sealing member adjacent the first balloon waist and coupled to the first lead, where the first lead can provide electrical current to reversibly transition the first sealing member from a nonactivated state to an activated state in response to a temperature change in the first sealing member, and where at least a portion of the balloon rotates relative the catheter shaft in the nonactivated state and the first sealing member engages the first balloon waist to form a fluid tight seal and to prevent rotation of the balloon relative the catheter shaft in the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek C. Sutermeister, Jay T. Rassat, James M. Anderson, Benjamin Y. Arcand
  • Rotatable catheter assembly
    Publication number: 20090299455
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems for a catheter assembly including a catheter shaft, a balloon positioned on the catheter shaft, where the balloon has a first balloon waist, a first lead extending longitudinally through the catheter shaft, and a first sealing member adjacent the first balloon waist and coupled to the first lead, where the first lead can provide electrical current to reversibly transition the first sealing member from a nonactivated state to an activated state in response to a temperature change in the first sealing member, and where at least a portion of the balloon rotates relative the catheter shaft in the nonactivated state and the first sealing member engages the first balloon waist to form a fluid tight seal and to prevent rotation of the balloon relative the catheter shaft in the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Derek C. Sutermeister, Jay T. Rassat, James M. Anderson, Benjamin Y. Arcand