Patents by Inventor Jim Woody

Jim Woody 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).

  • Patent number: 5681514
    Abstract: A method for making a lead body for use in a conductive insulated lead for a cardiac stimulator. Alternating layers of conductive and insulative thermosetting polymers are extruded through successively arranged heated nozzles of increasing outlet diameter. As the inner layer emerges from its nozzle in a thermoset state, it is passed through a following nozzle while surrounded by another thermosetting polymer that is extruded through that following nozzle. The second polymer becomes thermoset and bonded to the already thermoset inner layer. Successive nozzles can be provided to form successive layers of alternating conductive and insulative polymers, where the conductive layers serve as the electrical conductors of the lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Sulzer Intermedics Inc.
    Inventor: Jim Woody