Patents by Inventor John E. Rodriguez

John E. Rodriguez 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: 9537344
    Abstract: A method and system for management of thermal energy produced during transcutaneous energy transmission to provide power to energize implanted medical devices. A phase changing material (PCM) acts as a heat sink to absorb thermal energy generated during the energy transfer process. The PCM can be thermally coupled to tissue proximate to an implanted medical device, enabling heat generated within the implantable device to be absorbed. The generation of heat during the energy transfer process is primarily caused by eddy currents induced in the implantable device by the magnetic flux produced by the energy transfer system. The PCM can also be used to absorb heat generated by the device producing the magnetic flux that is used to transcutaneously transfer electrical power to recharge a rechargeable power source or energize the implanted medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: CYBERONICS, INC.
    Inventors: David L. Thompson, Jeffrey B. Stewart, Shan E. Gaw, John E. Rodriguez, Charles A. Ritrivi, Rajesh Ramesh, Eric M. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20140233184
    Abstract: A method and system for management of thermal energy produced during transcutaneous energy transmission to provide power to energize implanted medical devices. A phase changing material (PCM) acts as a heat sink to absorb thermal energy generated during the energy transfer process. The PCM can be thermally coupled to tissue proximate to an implanted medical device, enabling heat generated within the implantable device to be absorbed. The generation of heat during the energy transfer process is primarily caused by eddy currents induced in the implantable device by the magnetic flux produced by the energy transfer system. The PCM can also be used to absorb heat generated by the device producing the magnetic flux that is used to transcutaneously transfer electrical power to recharge a rechargeable power source or energize the implanted medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: David L. Thompson, Jeffrey B. Stewart, Shan E. Gaw, John E. Rodriguez, Charles A. Ritrivi, Rajesh Ramesh, Eric M. Lewis
  • Patent number: 7743323
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating customized layout and presentation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Verisign, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 6139199
    Abstract: A just-in-time (JIT) compiler typically generates code from bytecodes that have a sequence of assembly instructions forming a "template". It has been discovered that a just-in-time (JIT) compiler generates a small number, approximately 2.3, assembly instructions per bytecode. It has also been discovered that, within a template, the assembly instructions are almost always dependent on the next assembly instruction. The absence of a dependence between instructions of different templates is exploited to increase the size of issue groups using scheduling. A fast method for scheduling program instructions is useful in just-in-time (JIT) compilers. Scheduling of instructions is generally useful for just-in-time (JIT) compilers that are targeted to in-order superscalar processors because the code generated by the JIT compilers is often sequential in nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Rodriguez