Patents by Inventor Marianne A. Kolopp

Marianne A. Kolopp 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).

  • Implantable sensor flush sleeve
    Patent number: 7018336
    Abstract: A apparatus and method for cleaning a sensor tip of an implantable sensor includes a flush sleeve directed towards the sensor tip, a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the flush sleeve, where fluid injected into a first end of a flush sleeve surrounding the sensor sprays off the sensor tip through at least one orifice located at the second end of the flush sleeve. The first end of the flush sleeve contains a fluid conduit and a septum, where a needle is used to pierce the septum to inject the fluid into the fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. Enegren, Marianne A. Kolopp
  • Implantable sensor flush sleeve
    Publication number: 20030125613
    Abstract: A apparatus and method for cleaning a sensor tip of an implantable sensor includes a flush sleeve directed towards the sensor tip, a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the flush sleeve, where fluid injected into a first end of a flush sleeve surrounding the sensor sprays off the sensor tip through at least one orifice located at the second end of the flush sleeve. The first end of the flush sleeve contains a fluid conduit and a septum, where a needle is used to pierce the septum to inject the fluid into the fluid conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley J. Enegren, Marianne A. Kolopp