Patents by Inventor Mike A. Faltys

Mike A. Faltys 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).

  • Methods and systems for removing accumulated charge from one or more electrodes
    Patent number: 7809437
    Abstract: Methods of removing accumulated charge from one or more electrodes include applying a plurality of stimulation events to one or more stimulation sites within a patient via the one or more electrodes and globally shorting each of the electrodes during a plurality of global shorting periods interspersed among the plurality of stimulation events. Systems for removing accumulated charge from one or more electrodes include a stimulator electrically coupled to the one or more electrodes and configured to apply a plurality of stimulation events to one or more stimulation sites within a patient via the one or more electrodes. The stimulator is further configured to globally short each of the electrodes during a plurality of global shorting periods interspersed among the plurality of stimulation events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics, LLC
    Inventors: Logan P. Palmer, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Mike A. Faltys
  • Methods and systems for removing accumulated charge from one or more electrodes
    Publication number: 20080114405
    Abstract: Methods of removing accumulated charge from one or more electrodes include applying a plurality of stimulation events to one or more stimulation sites within a patient via the one or more electrodes and globally shorting each of the electrodes during a plurality of global shorting periods interspersed among the plurality of stimulation events. Systems for removing accumulated charge from one or more electrodes include a stimulator electrically coupled to the one or more electrodes and configured to apply a plurality of stimulation events to one or more stimulation sites within a patient via the one or more electrodes. The stimulator is further configured to globally short each of the electrodes during a plurality of global shorting periods interspersed among the plurality of stimulation events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Logan P. Palmer, Lakshmi N. Mishra, Mike A. Faltys