Patents by Inventor Michael J. Link

Michael J. Link 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).

  • Exoskeletal leg prosthesis and method for alignment
    Publication number: 20040140581
    Abstract: An ankle block for a leg prosthesis comprising an insert having a body with an upper mounting surface and a bottom interface surface opposite from the upper mounting surface. The insert body defines a central coaxial hole therethrough. An over mold is formed about an exterior of the body and extends upwardly therefrom defining a central cavity above the insert and above the upper mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher L. Johnson, Eric L. Robinson, Michael J. Link
  • Exoskeletal leg prosthesis and method for alignment
    Patent number: 6692533
    Abstract: An ankle block for a leg prosthesis comprising an insert having a body with an upper mounting surface and a bottom interface surface opposite from the upper mounting surface. The insert body defines a central coaxial hole therethrough. An over mold is formed about an exterior of the body and extends upwardly therefrom defining a central cavity above the insert and above the upper mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: College Park Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Johnson, Eric L. Robinson, Michael J. Link
  • Exoskeletal leg prosthesis and method for alignment
    Publication number: 20020077707
    Abstract: An ankle block for a leg prosthesis comprising an insert having a body with an upper mounting surface and a bottom interface surface opposite from the upper mounting surface. The insert body defines a central coaxial hole therethrough. An over mold is formed about an exterior of the body and extends upwardly therefrom defining a central cavity above the insert and above the upper mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher L. Johnson, Eric L. Robinson, Michael J. Link
  • Method and apparatus for treatment of fibrillation
    Patent number: 6078837
    Abstract: A cardiac stimulator and a method of its use. The stimulator includes a lead system carrying a stimulation electrodes adapted to be located at multiple sites adjacent tissue of a patient's heart and is provided with stimulation pulse generators coupled to deliver stimulation pulses to the stimulation electrodes. The stimulator further includes depolarization sensors responsive to depolarizations of cardiac tissues at the tissue sites and, responsive to sensed depolarizations and stimulation pulses delivered to said sites by said stimulation electrodes determines exitable gaps of tissue at the sites. The stimulator calculates stimulus pulse delivery times at variable delivery times within the determined exitable gaps at the tissue sites to cause convergence of depolarization cycles at the tissue sites over a series of delivered stimulation pulses and delivers stimulation pulses to the stimulation electrodes at the calculated variable delivery times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. L. Peterson, Michael J. Link