Patents by Inventor Larry J. Hull

Larry J. Hull 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: 10631913
    Abstract: An ablation generator may include an input port for receiving a monitoring signal respective of tissue of the patient and an output port for providing the monitoring signal another device. A filtering circuit may be disposed between the input port and the output port, the filtering circuit configured to present a high impedance at one or more frequencies at or near which a mapping and navigation system associated with the ablation generator transmits a signal. The filtering circuit may additionally or alternatively be provided in a monitoring system or another component in an electrophysiology system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry J. Hull, Timothy G. Curran
  • Publication number: 20180132753
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking catheter electrode locations with the body of a patient during an MRI scan sequence includes mitigation logic configured to identify one or more impedance measurements that were taken during potentially noise-inducing conditions (i.e., magnet gradients, RF pulses), and were thus subject to corruption by noise. The mitigation logic is configured to replace the potentially corrupt impedance measurements with previously-obtained impedance measurements taken from an immediately preceding acquisition cycle (e.g., from a previous time-slice).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Schweitzer, D. Curtis Deno, Timothy G. Curran, Larry J. Hull
  • Patent number: 9833168
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking catheter electrode locations with the body of a patient during an MRI scan sequence includes mitigation logic configured to identify one or more impedance measurements that were taken during potentially noise-inducing conditions (i.e., magnet gradients, RF pulses), and were thus subject to corruption by noise. The mitigation logic is configured to replace the potentially corrupt impedance measurements with previously-obtained impedance measurements taken from an immediately preceding acquisition cycle (e.g., from a previous time-slice).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Schweitzer, D. Curtis Deno, Timothy G. Curran, Larry J. Hull
  • Publication number: 20160184004
    Abstract: An ablation generator may include an input port for receiving a monitoring signal respective of tissue of the patient and an output port for providing the monitoring signal another device. A filtering circuit may be disposed between the input port and the output port, the filtering circuit configured to present a high impedance at one or more frequencies at or near which a mapping and navigation system associated with the ablation generator transmits a signal. The filtering circuit may additionally or alternatively be provided in a monitoring system or another component in an electrophysiology system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Larry J. Hull, Timothy G. Curran
  • Publication number: 20140128722
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking catheter electrode locations with the body of a patient during an MRI scan sequence includes mitigation logic configured to identify one or more impedance measurements that were taken during potentially noise-inducing conditions (i.e., magnet gradients, RF pulses), and were thus subject to corruption by noise. The mitigation logic is configured to replace the potentially corrupt impedance measurements with previously-obtained impedance measurements taken from an immediately preceding acquisition cycle (e.g., from a previous time-slice).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, In
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Schweitzer, D. Curtis Deno, Timothy G. Curran, Larry J. Hull