Patents by Inventor Norbert Guldner

Norbert Guldner 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).

  • Process for training a skeletal muscle for a biomechanical heart and biomechanical heart using such a muscle
    Patent number: 5814102
    Abstract: A method for dynamically training a skeletal muscle (1) to be used for a biomechanical heart involves wrapping the skeletal muscle (1) around a deformable training device (2) which can contract, resistance to contraction being provided, and recover its initial form. The skeletal muscle (1) is stimulated by periodic electrical impulses. In a first stage, the skeletal muscle (1) is stimulated by electrical impulses at a frequency increasing with time, and in a second stage the contraction resistance of the deformable training device (2) is increased progressively, the first and second stages possibly overlapping slightly. A biomechanical heart operated by a skeletal muscle (1) having undergone the dynamic training is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Inventors: Norbert Guldner, Sylvain Thuaudet