Patents by Inventor Michael D. Stone

Michael D. Stone 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: 11957893
    Abstract: A neuromodulation therapy is delivered via at least one electrode implanted subcutaneously and superficially to a fascia layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. In one example, an implantable medical device is deployed along a superficial surface of a deep fascia tissue layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to the nerve through the deep fascia tissue layer via implantable medical device electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad C. Tischendorf, John E. Kast, Thomas P. Miltich, Gordon O. Munns, Randy S. Roles, Craig L. Schmidt, Joseph J. Viavattine, Christian S. Nielsen, Prabhakar A. Tamirisa, Anthony M. Chasensky, Markus W. Reiterer, Chris J. Paidosh, Reginald D. Robinson, Bernard Q. Li, Erik R. Scott, Phillip C. Falkner, Xuan K. Wei, Eric H. Bonde, David A. Dinsmoor, Duane L. Bourget, Forrest C M Pape, Gabriela C. Molnar, Joel A. Anderson, Michael J. Ebert, Richard T. Stone, Shawn C. Kelley, Stephen J. Roddy, Timothy J. Denison, Todd V. Smith
  • Patent number: 11957894
    Abstract: A neuromodulation therapy is delivered via at least one electrode implanted subcutaneously and superficially to a fascia layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. In one example, an implantable medical device is deployed along a superficial surface of a deep fascia tissue layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to the nerve through the deep fascia tissue layer via implantable medical device electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Chasensky, Bernard Q. Li, Brad C. Tischendorf, Chris J. Paidosh, Christian S. Nielsen, Craig L. Schmidt, David A. Dinsmoor, Duane L. Bourget, Eric H. Bonde, Erik R. Scott, Forrest C M Pape, Gabriela C. Molnar, Gordon O. Munns, Joel A. Anderson, John E. Kast, Joseph J. Viavattine, Markus W. Reiterer, Michael J. Ebert, Phillip C. Falkner, Prabhakar A. Tamirisa, Randy S. Roles, Reginald D. Robinson, Richard T. Stone, Shawn C. Kelley, Stephen J. Roddy, Thomas P. Miltich, Timothy J. Denison, Todd V. Smith, Xuan K. Wei
  • Patent number: 5948269
    Abstract: Nuisance concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and other malodorous compounds are controlled in liquid and sludge waste systems by adding alkaline iron. The process removes immediate sulfide and suppresses the formation of further nuisance sulfide with a single application. As the sulfide and other malodors are being mitigated in this process, alkalinity is added to the waste as a reaction by-product, which acts to increase the waste pH, decreasing corrosivity and promoting biological treatability and purification of the waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Michael D. Stone
  • Patent number: 5702240
    Abstract: A rotary positive displacement blower for producing a flow of fluid. The blower includes a housing having a rotor chamber, an inlet port and an outlet port. The outlet port has a first end and a second end and a first edge and a second edge which extend from the first end towards the second end while becoming increasingly spaced apart from one another. A first rotor and a second rotor are located in the rotor chamber. Each rotor includes a plurality of lobes and are each rotatable about a respective axis. Each rotor includes a plurality of pockets adapted to rotate into fluid communication with the inlet port to receive fluid and to rotate into fluid communication with the outlet port to deliver fluid as the rotors rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Tuthill Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. O'Neal, Michael D. Stone, Carl R. Coles
  • Patent number: 4899777
    Abstract: A temperature actuated relief plug assembly for mounting in a port in a pressurized structure to provide pressure relief when the temperature of the gases in the pressurized structure exceeds some predetermined temperature, the assembly including a metallic body having a portion for mounting in the port in the pressurized structure and a portion extending externally therefrom, the metallic body having a chamber therein and an opening communicating the chamber with the interior of the pressurized structure, and a temperature actuated structure closing the opening in the body and exposed to the temperature of the gases in the pressurized structure, the temperature actuated structure including a first member with a passage therethrough mounted in the opening and a second member soldered to the first member in position closing the passage therethrough by a solder material that has a predetermined melt temperature which will cause the second member to separate from the first member when the temperature of the gase
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Tuthill Corporation
    Inventors: Michael D. Stone, Alan D. O'Neal