Patents by Inventor Michael C Jacobs

Michael C Jacobs 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).

  • INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES INCLUDING TETHERING FEATURES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160325104
    Abstract: A tethering feature includes an elongate break-away member and a base, and forms a proximal end of an implantable medical device housing. A tether attachment zone of the break-away member extends between break-away member ends, and the base includes a pair of supports, wherein each end of the break-away member is wrapped around a corresponding support. A delivery catheter tether may be attached to the device tethering feature by passing a looped portion of the tether around the tether attachment zone. The device may be untethered from the catheter by applying a pull force through the attached tether, while a distal end of a shaft of the catheter, which abuts the device proximal end, provides a back-up force, the pull force unwrapping each end of break-away member from the corresponding base support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas A. Anderson, Vladimir Grubac, Michael C. Jacobs
  • Interventional medical systems and implantable medical devices including tethering features, and associated methods
    Patent number: 9468773
    Abstract: A tethering feature includes an elongate break-away member and a base, and forms a proximal end of an implantable medical device housing. A tether attachment zone of the break-away member extends between break-away member ends, and the base includes a pair of supports, wherein each end of the break-away member is wrapped around a corresponding support. A delivery catheter tether may be attached to the device tethering feature by passing a looped portion of the tether around the tether attachment zone. The device may be untethered from the catheter by applying a pull force through the attached tether, while a distal end of a shaft of the catheter, which abuts the device proximal end, provides a back-up force, the pull force unwrapping each end of break-away member from the corresponding base support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A Anderson, Vladimir Grubac, Michael C Jacobs