Patents by Inventor Manfred Lüdi
Manfred Lüdi 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).
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Patent number: 8545527Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided for cutting bone and other tissue. The instrument includes a housing. A plurality of sensors is located in the housing in a spaced apart orientation from each other. A collar is moveably mounted to the housing into a plurality of different collar orientations on the housing. A lever comprising an actuator is moveably coupled to the collar and, with the collar located in any one of the plurality of different collar orientations, the lever is operable to move the actuator relative to one of the plurality of sensors in order to vary a signal produced by that sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Louis M. Shadeck, Vikram Mullick, Manfred Luedi
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Publication number: 20120221028Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided for cutting bone and other tissue. The instrument includes a housing. A plurality of sensors is located in the housing in a spaced apart orientation from each other. A collar is moveably mounted to the housing into a plurality of different collar orientations on the housing. A lever comprising an actuator is moveably coupled to the collar and, with the collar located in any one of the plurality of different collar orientations, the lever is operable to move the actuator relative to one of the plurality of sensors in order to vary a signal produced by that sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Medtronix Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Louis M. Shadeck, Vikram Mullick, Manfred Luedi
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Patent number: 8197501Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided for cutting bone and other tissue. The instrument includes a housing. A plurality of sensors are located in the housing in a spaced apart orientation from each other. A collar is moveably mounted to the housing into a plurality of different collar orientations on the housing. A lever comprising an actuator is moveably coupled to the collar and, with the collar located in any one of the plurality of different collar orientations, the lever is operable to move the actuator relative to one of the plurality of sensors in order to vary a signal produced by that sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Louis M. Shadeck, Vikram Mullick, Manfred Luedi
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Publication number: 20090240272Abstract: A surgical instrument is provided for cutting bone and other tissue. The instrument includes a housing. A plurality of sensors are located in the housing in a spaced apart orientation from each other. A collar is moveably mounted to the housing into a plurality of different collar orientations on the housing. A lever comprising an actuator is moveably coupled to the collar and, with the collar located in any one of the plurality of different collar orientations, the lever is operable to move the actuator relative to one of the plurality of sensors in order to vary a signal produced by that sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.Inventors: Louis M. Shadeck, Vikram Mullick, Manfred Luedi
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Patent number: 6939181Abstract: An assembly and method for connecting between two electrical components, according to which an electrical current path is established between the two components, and an additional path is established for transmitting any electrical noise generated during operation of the components.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: John X. Murphy, Manfred Luedi, Alan Bredon, Mitchell Sherry, Eddie Abshire
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Publication number: 20050116578Abstract: A surgical instrument having an electric motor is discussed. The motor includes a motor output member, a driven member and a driving member. The driven member is coupled to the motor output member. The driving member includes a winding and a magnetically conductive portion comprising a plurality of laminations. The winding can be a self-supporting winding. The driving member, or at least the magnetically conductive portion thereof, is disposed proximate the driven member such that energizing the driving member imparts motion to the driven member. At least a portion of the driven member includes a magnet material. The magnet material can have a remanence of greater than or equal to about 1 T.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2003Publication date: June 2, 2005Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Christian Fleury, Rob Ellins, Manfred Luedi, Thierry Bieler
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Publication number: 20050106940Abstract: An assembly and method for connecting between two electrical components, according to which an electrical current path is established between the two components, and an additional path is established for transmitting any electrical noise generated during operation of the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: Medtronic, IncInventors: John Murphy, Manfred Luedi, Alan Bredon, Mitchell Sherry, Eddie Abshire
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Publication number: 20050097739Abstract: An assembly and method for connecting between two electrical components, according to which an electrical current path is established between the two components, and an additional path is established for transmitting any electrical noise generated during operation of the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: John Murphy, Manfred Luedi, Alan Bredon, Mitchell Sherry, Eddie Abshire
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Publication number: 20050095918Abstract: An assembly and method for connecting between two electrical components, according to which an electrical current path is established between the two components, and an additional path is established for transmitting any electrical noise generated during operation of the components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: John Murphy, Manfred Luedi, Alan Bredon, Mitchell Sherry, Eddie Abshire
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Patent number: 6869391Abstract: An implanted hearing aid or hearing device includes at least one permanent magnet (15) positioned in the area of the middle ear, as well as at least one coil (17), with at least one permanent magnet (15) attached to the promontory (13).Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2001Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Phonak AGInventors: Herbert Bächler, Christoph Hans Schmid, Christian Péclat, Manfred Lüdi, Hans Bernhard
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Patent number: 6743204Abstract: An implantable drug infusion device includes a pump tube for holding a liquid to be pumped. A race is configured to support the pump tube. A roller assembly is configured to compress the tube against the race at one or more points along the path, and the roller assembly includes at least one roller and a hub. A drive assembly drives the roller assembly relative to the tube along the path so as to move the liquid through the tube. A retracting roller is operably connected to the hub and/or one or more adjacent rollers to permit retraction of the roller during installation of the pump tube between the roller and the race.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Steven R. Christenson, Reginald D. Robinson, Kenneth T. Heruth, James M. Haase, Manfred Luedi
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Patent number: 6220686Abstract: In a postage printing device, a printer is employed to print postage indicia on mail pieces. The printer is preferably a noncontact printer such as an ink-jet printer. Printing occurs as the mail piece moves relative to the print head of the printer, which requires that reliable motion information (e.g. a print clock signal) be made available to the electronics driving the print head. The reliable motion is provided in a noncontact way, preferably by directing a laser beam toward the mail piece and detecting a moving speckle pattern in the light scattered from the mail piece.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems AGInventors: Manfred Lüdi, Christian Moy