Patents by Inventor Michelle Journey

Michelle Journey 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).

  • Surgical implantation instrument
    Patent number: 10390856
    Abstract: Surgical introducers aid surgeons in the implantation of medical devices. The introducer provides support and an even distribution of force for ease of insertion and prevention of damage to the medical device while protecting the tissue into which the device is implanted. A representative embodiment includes or consists of a locking device, a pair of forceps, a specially configured and/or angled head with a seat for the device to be implanted, and a gripping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MINIPUMPS, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Journey, Sean Caffey, Mark Humayun, John Huculak
  • Implantable device with conforming telemetry coil and methods of making same
    Patent number: 8915904
    Abstract: A spiral-coil antenna conforming to a non-planar contour is deployed, in various embodiments, in an implantable device for controllably ejecting fluid into an anatomic region. The antenna facilitates wireless communications with the implantable device and external charging thereof. In one implementation, the device has a non-planar contour and the spiral coil defines a non-planar surface conforming to the non-planar contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: MiniPumps, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brennan, Sean Caffey, Michelle Journey, Fukang Jiang
  • SURGICAL IMPLANTATION INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20130018412
    Abstract: Surgical introducers aid surgeons in the implantation of medical devices. The introducer provides support and an even distribution of force for ease of insertion and prevention of damage to the medical device while protecting the tissue into which the device is implanted. A representative embodiment includes or consists of a locking device, a pair of forceps, a specially configured and/or angled head with a seat for the device to be implanted, and a gripping area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Michelle Journey, Sean Caffey, Mark Humayun, John Huculak
  • IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH CONFORMING TELEMETRY COIL AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20120316540
    Abstract: A spiral-coil antenna conforming to a non-planar contour is deployed, in various embodiments, in an implantable device for controllably ejecting fluid into an anatomic region. The antenna facilitates wireless communications with the implantable device and external charging thereof. In one implementation, the device has a non-planar contour and the spiral coil defines a non-planar surface conforming to the non-planar contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Brennan, Sean Caffey, Michelle Journey, Fukang Jiang
  • ELECTROLYTICALLY DRIVEN DRUG PUMP DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120041427
    Abstract: Electrolytically driven drug pump devices may be configured so as to ensure sustained contact of the electrolysis electrodes with the electrolyte, thereby improving the reliability and/or pump capacity of the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MiniPumps, LLC
    Inventors: SEAN CAFFEY, Po-Ying Li, Yu-Chong Tai, Mark Humayun, Alice Lai, Jason Shih, Michelle Journey
  • Implantable drug-delivery pump
    Patent number: D629503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventors: Sean Caffey, Fukang Jiang, Changlin Pang, Jason Shih, Jeffrey Brennan, Raymond Peck, Michelle Journey