Patents by Inventor Kathleen M. Grenz

Kathleen M. Grenz 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).

  • Medical electrical lead joints and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 10535446
    Abstract: A joint between an insulative sidewall of a medical electrical lead subassembly and an underlying fluoropolymer layer includes an interfacial layer. A first section of the interfacial layer is bonded to the fluoropolymer layer and is formed by a thermoplastic fluoropolymer; a second section of the interfacial layer extends adjacent the first section and is bonded to the insulative sidewall. The insulative sidewall, of the subassembly, and the second section, of the interfacial layer, are each formed from a material that is not a fluoropolymer. A recess is formed in the first section of the interfacial layer and the second section of the interfacial layer extends within the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Seifert, Kathleen M. Grenz
  • MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEAD JOINTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20160351293
    Abstract: A joint between an insulative sidewall of a medical electrical lead subassembly and an underlying fluoropolymer layer includes an interfacial layer. A first section of the interfacial layer is bonded to the fluoropolymer layer and is formed by a thermoplastic fluoropolymer; a second section of the interfacial layer extends adjacent the first section and is bonded to the insulative sidewall. The insulative sidewall, of the subassembly, and the second section, of the interfacial layer, are each formed from a material that is not a fluoropolymer. A recess is formed in the first section of the interfacial layer and the second section of the interfacial layer extends within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin R. SEIFERT, Kathleen M. GRENZ
  • MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEAD JOINTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20100137964
    Abstract: A joint between an insulative sidewall of a medical electrical lead subassembly and an underlying fluoropolymer layer includes an interfacial layer. A first section of the interfacial layer is bonded to the fluoropolymer layer and is formed by a thermoplastic fluoropolymer; a second section of the interfacial layer extends adjacent the first section and is bonded to the insulative sidewall. The insulative sidewall, of the subassembly, and the second section, of the interfacial layer, are each formed from a material that is not a fluoropolymer. A recess is formed in the first section of the interfacial layer and the second section of the interfacial layer extends within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Seifert, Kathleen M. Grenz