Patents by Inventor Marcus Haller

Marcus Haller 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: 6048328
    Abstract: An implantable medical pump featuring a low power multi-stable valve. In particular, the present invention features a valve constructed using an electrolytic fluid, the fluid releasing a gas when subject to an electronic current, the same gas absorbed again by the fluid when such current is removed. The fluid is further housed within an uniquely designed actuation chamber such that the out-gassing of the fluid deforms the membranes defining the chamber. The membranes, in turn, are positioned such that this deformation will inhibit or completely restrict the flow pathway between the reservoir and ultimately the patient. Through such a design a valve is provided which has complete variability in the possible flow rates but which uses a minimal amount of electronic current. Moreover, the valve has the additional safety feature of being in the normally closed position when no energy is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Haller, Theo S. J. Lammerink, Niels Olij