Patents by Inventor Mark Lazeroms

Mark Lazeroms 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).

  • Impedance guided tunneling tool
    Patent number: 9402607
    Abstract: A system includes a first electrode at a tip of a tunneling tool and a second electrode. The system includes a circuit configured to determine whether the tip of the tunneling tool is within subcutaneous fat tissue or muscle tissue of a patient based on a measurement of an impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Karel F. A. A. Smits, Jean Joseph Gerardus Rutten, Mark Lazeroms
  • IMPEDANCE GUIDED TUNNELING TOOL
    Publication number: 20140316429
    Abstract: A system includes a first electrode at a tip of a tunneling tool and a second electrode. The system includes a circuit configured to determine whether the tip of the tunneling tool is within subcutaneous fat tissue or muscle tissue of a patient based on a measurement of an impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Karel F.A.A. Smits, Jean Joseph Gerardus Rutten, Mark Lazeroms
  • IMPEDANCE GUIDED TUNNELING TOOL
    Publication number: 20100113963
    Abstract: A system includes a first electrode at a tip of a tunneling tool and a second electrode. The system includes a circuit configured to determine whether the tip of the tunneling tool is within subcutaneous fat tissue or muscle tissue of a patient based on a measurement of an impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Karel F.A.A. Smits, Jean Joseph Gerardus Rutten, Mark Lazeroms