Patents by Inventor Parker N. Willis

Parker N. Willis 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).

  • Pulse delivery device including slew rate detector, and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11654287
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to implantable medical device systems configured to provide cardiac resynchronization therapy. In some embodiments, the implantable medical device system comprises a housing, electrodes carried by the housing, a transducer configured to produce input voltage signals in response to ultrasound energy, and a circuit configured to provide, via an electrical pathway, output voltage signals based on the input voltage signals. The circuit comprises a movable switch, and a slew rate detector configured to detect whether a voltage rate of an individual pulse of the input voltage signals exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage rate. The circuit is configured to move the switch to an open position in response to the detected voltage rate exceeding the predetermined threshold voltage rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: EBR Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Parker N. Willis
  • PULSE DELIVERY DEVICE INCLUDING SLEW RATE DETECTOR, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210060333
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to implantable medical device systems configured to provide cardiac resynchronization therapy. In some embodiments, the implantable medical device system comprises a housing, electrodes carried by the housing, a transducer configured to produce input voltage signals in response to ultrasound energy, and a circuit configured to provide, via an electrical pathway, output voltage signals based on the input voltage signals. The circuit comprises a movable switch, and a slew rate detector configured to detect whether a voltage rate of an individual pulse of the input voltage signals exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage rate. The circuit is configured to move the switch to an open position in response to the detected voltage rate exceeding the predetermined threshold voltage rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Parker N. Willis