Patents by Inventor Richard Boydston North
Richard Boydston North 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).
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Patent number: 9314628Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
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Publication number: 20080275529Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
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Patent number: 7386348Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
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Publication number: 20040059395Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
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Patent number: 6654642Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Fowler, Lon Hodges Holland
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Patent number: 6308102Abstract: The present invention is a fully automated computer controlled system for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer, or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating any of the proprietary programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer (containing a unique software) which provides for consistency check of the data entered by the patient, deleting the entered data if the consistency check was not satisfactory, and requesting the patient to re-enter the data.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Stimsoft, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Richard Boydston North, Kim Randal Fowler
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Publication number: 20010007950Abstract: A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2000Publication date: July 12, 2001Inventors: Richard Boydston North, Jeffrey Mark Sieracki, Kim Randal Flower, Lon Hodges Holland