Patents by Inventor Kim Randal Fowler

Kim Randal Fowler 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: 9314628
    Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
  • Publication number: 20080275529
    Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
  • Patent number: 7386348
    Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
  • Publication number: 20040059395
    Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
  • Patent number: 6654642
    Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
  • Patent number: 6308102
    Abstract: The present invention is a fully automated computer controlled system for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer, or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating any of the proprietary programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer (containing a unique software) which provides for consistency check of the data entered by the patient, deleting the entered data if the consistency check was not satisfactory, and requesting the patient to re-enter the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Stimsoft, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Richard Boydston North, Kim Randal Fowler