Patents by Inventor Paul Erne

Paul Erne 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).

  • Mechanical, anatomical heart-pumping assist
    Patent number: 7994655
    Abstract: A method of providing mechanical assistance to the onset of heart-pumping activity includes selecting anatomical structure adjacent the heart which may be stimulated to produce in the selected anatomical structure motion which may be delivered as driving force to the heart in relation to heart-pumping activity; control-stimulating that selected anatomical structure in a pre-determined timed relationship with respect to the normal, expected, heart-pumping onset; and by such stimulating, and utilizing the selected anatomical structure, drivingly assisting the heart-pumping onset activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Inovise Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter T. Bauer, Paul Erne
  • Mechanical, anatomical heart-pumping assist
    Publication number: 20090048640
    Abstract: A method of providing mechanical assistance to the onset of heart-pumping activity includes selecting anatomical structure adjacent the heart which may be stimulated to produce in the selected anatomical structure motion which may be delivered as driving force to the heart in relation to heart-pumping activity; control-stimulating that selected anatomical structure in a pre-determined timed relationship with respect to the normal, expected, heart-pumping onset; and by such stimulating, and utilizing the selected anatomical structure, drivingly assisting the heart-pumping onset activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Peter T. Bauer, Paul Erne