Patents by Inventor Kristi M. Legatt

Kristi M. Legatt 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).

  • Transesophageal medical lead
    Patent number: 5967977
    Abstract: A mechanically expandable esophageal medical lead has an elongated flexible body which carries at a distal end thereof one or more electrically conducting members. The conducting members are moveable laterally with respect to the body portion of the medical lead by means of a mechanical structure contained therein. The degree and extent of mechanical movement can be controlled through manipulation of a pull wire axial movement mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Deniz Ayaz Mullis, Kristi M. Legatt