Patents by Inventor Michael Ferrel

Michael Ferrel 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).

  • Instrument and system for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring
    Patent number: 8932312
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument for use with a drive motor, and related system and method, is described. The surgical cutting instrument includes an elongated drive member, a cutting tip secured to the drive member, a non-conductive coupling body adapted for connection to a motor assembly, a housing maintaining the coupling body, a fluid coupling assembly and an electrical connector for connection to a stimulating energy source. The electrical connector is in electrical communication with the cutting tip via an electrical pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McFarlin, David Reinker, William C. Brunnett, Michael Ferrell
  • INSTRUMENT AND SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL CUTTING AND EVOKED POTENTIAL MONITORING
    Publication number: 20120316590
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument for use with a drive motor, and related system and method, is described. The surgical cutting instrument includes an elongated drive member, a cutting tip secured to the drive member, a non-conductive coupling body adapted for connection to a motor assembly, a housing maintaining the coupling body, a fluid coupling assembly and an electrical connector for connection to a stimulating energy source. The electrical connector is in electrical communication with the cutting tip via an electrical pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McFarlin, David Reinker, William C. Brunnett, Michael Ferrell
  • Instrument and system for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring
    Patent number: 8241313
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument for use with a drive motor, and related system and method, is described. The surgical cutting instrument includes an elongated drive member, a cutting tip secured to the drive member, a non-conductive coupling body adapted for connection to a motor assembly, a housing maintaining the coupling body, a fluid coupling assembly and an electrical connector for connection to a stimulating energy source. The electrical connector is in electrical communication with the cutting tip via an electrical pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McFarlin, David Reinker, William C. Brunnett, Michael Ferrell
  • INSTRUMENT AND SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL CUTTING AND EVOKED POTENTIAL MONITORING
    Publication number: 20100198219
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument for use with a drive motor, and related system and method, is described. The surgical cutting instrument includes an elongated drive member, a cutting tip secured to the drive member, a non-conductive coupling body adapted for connection to a motor assembly, a housing maintaining the coupling body, a fluid coupling assembly and an electrical connector for connection to a stimulating energy source. The electrical connector is in electrical communication with the cutting tip via an electrical pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McFarlin, David Reinker, William C. Brunnett, Michael Ferrell
  • Instrument and system for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring
    Patent number: 7717932
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument for use with a drive motor, and related system and method, is described. The surgical cutting instrument includes an elongated drive member, a cutting tip secured to the drive member, a non-conductive coupling body adapted for connection to a motor assembly, a housing maintaining the coupling body, and an electrical connector for connection to a stimulating energy source. The electrical connector is in electrical communication with the cutting tip via an electrical pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin McFarlin, David Reinker, William C. Brunnett, Michael Ferrell
  • Instrument and system for surgical cutting and evoked potential monitoring
    Publication number: 20070100334
    Abstract: A surgical cutting instrument for use with a drive motor, and related system and method, is described. The surgical cutting instrument includes an elongated drive member, a cutting tip secured to the drive member, a non-conductive coupling body adapted for connection to a motor assembly, a housing maintaining the coupling body, and an electrical connector for connection to a stimulating energy source. The electrical connector is in electrical communication with the cutting tip via an electrical pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin McFarlin, David Reinker, William Brunnett, Michael Ferrell
  • Markers used in the calculation and display of band functions
    Patent number: 7107165
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic instrument includes a display that displays a signal and a band marker. The band marker demarks a bandwidth of the signal by marking both a start frequency of the bandwidth and a stop frequency of the bandwidth. The electronic instrument performs a function on the bandwidth of the signal between the start frequency and the stop frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Corydon Joseph Boyan, Michael Ferrel, Robert Nathan Nelson, Joseph Michael Gorin
  • Markers used in the calculation and display of band functions
    Publication number: 20050104906
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic instrument includes a display that displays a signal and a band marker. The band marker demarks a bandwidth of the signal by marking both a start frequency of the bandwidth and a stop frequency of the bandwidth. The electronic instrument performs a function on the bandwidth of the signal between the start frequency and the stop frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Corydon Boyan, Michael Ferrel, Robert Nelson, Joseph Gorin
  • Viewing angle adjustment for a liquid crystal display (LCD)
    Patent number: 6628255
    Abstract: Adjustments are made to a displayed image in order to take into account user viewing angle. Brightness values for colors are stored within palette registers. In response to a user indicating a view angle change, brightness values stored in at least some of the palette registers are changed. As brightness values are increased, contrast between color shades is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ferrel, Corydon J. Boyan