Patents by Inventor Martin J. Vogel
Martin J. Vogel 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: 8055336Abstract: A method of removing an implantable electronic microdevice by an integral removal loop or circumferential ring to facilitate removal of the implanted microdevice without additional surgery. The device is removed by pulling it along the surgically created implantation path. Optionally a radio-opaque tether provides a method of locating the implantable microdevice without additional surgery and attachment of one end of the tether to a radio-opaque marker provides a method of locating the end of the tether to facilitate removal of the implantable microdevice from living tissue.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific ResearchInventors: Joseph H. Schulman, Yitzhak Zilberman, Kate E. Purnell, Martin J. Vogel, Adam Vogel, legal representative
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Patent number: 7670363Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having conductive surface means for receiving and releasably grasping the electrodes of the medical device to support the device's housing proximate to the surface of the circuit board. First and second conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between the first and second conductive surfaces for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device's electronic circuitry. The respective shunt paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough. Additionally, means are provided to enable functional testing of the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Martin J. Vogel, Adam Vogel, legal representative, Richard J. Nelson, Robert A. Firth, Anthony D. Falco, Joseph H. Schulman, Lung-Hsi Chu, Lee J. Mandell
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Patent number: 7515012Abstract: An automatic tuning system for a magnetic field generating tuned circuit includes a processor configured to maintain the resonant frequency of a tuned circuit equal to a reference frequency. The tuned circuit is driven by a power amplifier whose output provides an amplified signal at the reference frequency. The tuned circuit includes a magnetic field generating inductor and a bank of individually switchable capacitors controlled by the processor capable of adding and removing the respective capacitances to and from the tuned circuit. The inductor includes a Faraday shield to shield the tuned circuit from the influence of electric fields. In an embodiment of the invention, the variable capacitor is in the form of a diode variable capacitor (varicap) in parallel circuit relationship with the tuned circuit capacitor and the inductor.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Joseph H. Schulman, Dale A. Lewis, Donald J. Hancock, Adam Vogel, legal representative, Martin J. Vogel
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Patent number: 7108711Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having a conductive surface for receiving and releasably grasping the electrodes of the medical device to support the device's housing proximate to the surface of the circuit board. Two conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between two conductive surfaces for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device's electronic circuitry. The conductive paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough. Additionally, an external monitor/generator is provided to enable functional testing of the medical device.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Martin J. Vogel, Richard J. Nelson, Robert A. Firth, Anthony D. Falco, Joseph H. Schulman, Lung-Hsi Chu, Lee J. Mandell
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Publication number: 20030204218Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having conductive surface means for receiving and releasably grasping the electrodes of the medical device to support the device's housing proximate to the surface of the circuit board. First and second conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between the first and second conductive surfaces for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device's electronic circuitry. The respective shunt paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough. Additionally, means are provided to enable functional testing of the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Martin J. Vogel, Richard J. Nelson, Robert A. Firth, Anthony D. Falco, Joseph H. Schulman, Lung-Hsi Chu, Lee J. Mandell
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Publication number: 20030195566Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having conductive surface means for receiving and releasably grasping the electrodes of the medical device to support the device's housing proximate to the surface of the circuit board. First and second conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between the first and second conductive surfaces for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device's electronic circuitry. The respective shunt paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough. Additionally, means are provided to enable functional testing of the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Martin J. Vogel, Richard J. Nelson, Robert A. Firth, Anthony D. Falco, Joseph H. Schulman, Lung-Hsi Chu, Lee J. Mandell
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Publication number: 20030078618Abstract: The invention is a method of removing a miniature implantable electronic device by means of an integral eyelet or circumferential ring to facilitate removal of the implanted device without surgery. The string, if radio-opaque, provides a method of locating the miniature implantable device without surgery and attachment of one end of the string to a radio-opaque marker provides a method of locating the end of the string to facilitate non-surgical removal of the miniature implantable device from living tissue. Alternatively, the miniature implantable device may be placed in a silk tube prior to being implanted in the living tissue, to facilitate removal from the tissue. Additionally, the eyelet increases the life of the miniature implantable device, if it is made of a metal, such as platinum or iridium, which has a low metal-to-electrolyte voltage drop by virtue of improved electrical coupling to a saline solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Kate E. Fey, Yitzhak Zilberman, Martin J. Vogel, Joseph H. Schulman
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Patent number: 6551345Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having first and second spring clips mounted on the board. The spring clips are configured to receive and releasably grasp the electrodes of a medical device housing to support the housing just above the surface of the circuit board. First and second conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between the first and second clips for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device electronic circuitry. The respective shunt paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific ResearchInventors: Martin J. Vogel, Richard J. Nelson, Robert A. Firth, Anthony D. Falco, Joseph H. Schulman
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Publication number: 20020161402Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to its being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having first and second spring clips mounted on the board. The spring clips are configured to receive and releasably grasp the electrodes of a medical device housing to support the housing just above the surface of the circuit board. First and second conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between the first and second clips for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device electronic circuitry. The respective shunt paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Martin J. Vogel, Richard J. Nelson, Robert A. Firth, Anthony D. Falco, Joseph H. Schulman