Patents by Inventor Marc LaFlutte

Marc LaFlutte 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: 11116979
    Abstract: A device which includes a generator of electric current pulses and a neurostimulation probe with M sectoral electrodes forming stimulation poles for passing a current between at least one anode and at least one cathode in a predetermined stimulation configuration. The generator includes N current sources and N current sinks, the N sources and the N sinks being defined independently of the M electrodes. A first distribution circuit can indiscriminately and dynamically switch any of the N sources to any of the M electrodes, and a second distribution circuit can indiscriminately and dynamically switch any of the N sinks to any of the M electrodes. The device can thus define a plurality of commutation combinations between sources and/or sinks, providing a single average current in the organ to be stimulated for different respective predetermined pole configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sorin CRM SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Chatalic, Marc LaFlutte, Jean-Claude Bierg
  • Publication number: 20190111267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device which includes a generator of electric current pulses and a neurostimulation probe with M sectoral electrodes forming stimulation poles for passing a current between at least one anode and at least one cathode in a predetermined stimulation configuration. The generator includes N current sources and N current sinks, the N sources and the N sinks being defined independently of the M electrodes. A first distribution circuit can indiscriminately and dynamically switch any of the N sources to any of the M electrodes, and a second distribution circuit can indiscriminately and dynamically switch any of the N sinks to any of the M electrodes. The device can thus define a plurality of commutation combinations between sources and/or sinks, providing a single average current in the organ to be stimulated for different respective predetermined pole configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Guillaume Chatalic, Marc LaFlutte, Jean-Claude Bierg