Patents by Inventor Jean E. Prather

Jean E. Prather 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).

  • Portable stimulation screening device for screening therapeutic effect of electrical stimulation on a patient user during normal activities of the patient user
    Patent number: 5893883
    Abstract: A stimulation device for screening therapeutic effects from electrical stimulation of electrically excitable tissue. The stimulation device includes inputs such that the user can easily select the polarity, amplitude, pulse width, and pulse rate of the respective stimulation signal applied on each of the implanted electrodes. Alternatively, the stimulation device automatically sets those parameters of the stimulation signal with parameters that have historically produced high ratings of therapeutic effect. The user then enters a rating of the therapeutic effect that results from the application of those stimulation signals on the implanted electrodes. The stimulation device is designed to also include a casing such that the stimulation device is adapted to be portable. Because the stimulation device of the present invention is also inexpensive, the user can carry this device around during normal daily activities of the user during the screening process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan A. Torgerson, Jean E. Prather, John W. Forsberg, Curtis D. Kinghorn