Patents by Inventor Ray Imani

Ray Imani 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).

  • Hermetically sealed feedthrough connector using shape memory alloy for implantable medical device
    Patent number: 6498952
    Abstract: A feedthrough connector for an implantable medical device includes a hermetically sealed housing containing an electrical circuit and a tubular barrel with an open end and a closed end defining a tubular channel that protrudes into the sealed housing while maintaining the seal of the housing. The inside of the tubular channel is open to the outside of the sealed housing through the open end and the tubular barrel also has a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings extending between an outer peripheral surface and the tubular channel. An electrical contact assembly electrically in common with the electrical circuit within the housing serves to make electrical contact with an electrical lead axially inserted into the open end of the tubular channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Imani, Clyde K. Nason
  • Hermetically sealed feedthrough connector using shape memory alloy for implantable medical device
    Publication number: 20020128692
    Abstract: A feedthrough connector for an implantable medical device includes a hermetically sealed housing containing an electrical circuit and a tubular barrel with an open end and a closed end defining a tubular channel that protrudes into the sealed housing while maintaining the seal of the housing. The inside of the tubular channel is open to the outside of the sealed housing through the open end and the tubular barrel also has a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings extending between an outer peripheral surface and the tubular channel. An electrical contact assembly electrically in common with the electrical circuit within the housing serves to make electrical contact with an electrical lead axially inserted into the open end of the tubular channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Ray Imani, Clyde K. Nason