Patents by Inventor Mike Sterud

Mike Sterud 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 designs for forming joints between metallic members
    Patent number: 9630275
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and structures for joining metallic members. A welding material can be used between two metallic members that comprise different metals. The different metals can normally form brittle intermetallic compounds when welded to one another, and the welding material can inhibit the formation of the brittle intermetallic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Hancun Chen, Mike Sterud, Syed Naveed, Verivada Chandrasekaran, Vitto Monni
  • Method of laser welding a hub to a catheter shaft
    Patent number: 8519300
    Abstract: A method of attaching a hub such as a breakaway hub to a catheter shaft includes inserting the catheter shaft into a strain relief component of the hub having one or more bosses extending radially away from the strain relief component of the hub. One or more polymeric sleeves are disposed over the strain relief component and are heat shrunk into place, followed by a laser welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Romanowski, Mike Sterud, Peter Hirshman, Anh Nguyen
  • METHOD OF LASER WELDING A HUB TO A CATHETER SHAFT
    Publication number: 20110139754
    Abstract: A method of attaching a hub such as a breakaway hub to a catheter shaft includes inserting the catheter shaft into a strain relief component of the hub having one or more bosses extending radially away from the strain relief component of the hub. One or more polymeric sleeves are disposed over the strain relief component and are heat shrunk into place, followed by a laser welding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Jason Romanowski, Mike Sterud, Peter Hirshman, Anh Nguyen