Patents by Inventor Robert M. Rivard

Robert M. Rivard 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).

  • Patent number: 12201832
    Abstract: A medical system for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment includes therapy delivery circuitry configured to output one or more electrical stimulation signals to a tongue of a patient; sensing circuitry configured to sense one or more compound muscle action potential (CMAP) signals, wherein the one or more CMAP signals are generated in response to the delivery of the one or more electrical stimulation signals; and processing circuitry configured to: cause the therapy delivery circuitry to output the one or more electrical stimulation signals to the tongue; receive information indicative of the one or more CMAP signals from the sensing circuitry; determine, based on the one or more CMAP signals, one or more therapeutic stimulation parameters for the OSA treatment; and cause the therapy delivery circuitry to deliver therapeutic electrical stimulation signals according to at least the determined one or more therapeutic stimulation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid M. Litvak, Avram Scheiner, Kristin N. Hageman, Kanthaiah Koka, James Britton Hissong, Erik J. Peterson, David J. Miller, Robert T. Sandgren, Adam J. Rivard, Sean P. Skubitz, Thomas I. Miller
  • Patent number: 5553930
    Abstract: Improvements in vehicle antilock braking systems of the type having an operator controlled master cylinder (11) and a second source (55, 57) of pressurized hydraulic fluid for selectively supplying rebuild pressure after an antilock event are disclosed. The improved system is selectively operable in one of three braking modes, a normal braking mode (119) where braking force is proportional to an operator brake pedal pressure, an enhanced anti-skid braking mode (69) where braking force may be maintained at a maximum nonskid level, and a conventional anti-skid braking mode (71) where braking force follows a cyclic pattern of fluid pressure bleed and build. The system includes circuitry (17, 19, 35, 37, 93, 95) for determining the speed of each wheel and an arrangement (59) operable independently of any vehicle wheels for determining vehicle deceleration. This comparison normally invokes the enhanced anti-skid braking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Rivard, Michael J. Schneider, Tamas I. Pattantyus, Kenneth S. Towers, Jack R. Phipps
  • Patent number: 5553929
    Abstract: Improvements in vehicle antilock braking systems of the type having an operator controlled master cylinder (11) and a second source (55, 57) of pressurized hydraulic fluid for selectively supplying rebuild pressure after an antilock event are disclosed. The improved system is selectively operable in one of three braking modes, a normal braking mode (119) where braking force is proportional to an operator brake pedal pressure, an enhanced anti-skid braking mode (69) where braking force may be maintained at a maximum nonskid level, and a conventional anti-skid braking mode (71) where braking force follows a cyclic pattern of fluid pressure bleed and build. The system includes circuitry (17, 19, 35, 37, 93, 95) for determining the speed of each wheel and an arrangement (59) operable independently of any vehicle wheels for determining vehicle deceleration. This comparison normally invokes the enhanced anti-skid braking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Rivard, Michael J. Schneider, Tamas I. Pattantyus, Kenneth S. Towers, Jack R. Phipps
  • Patent number: 5487598
    Abstract: Vehicle antilock braking systems having an operator controlled master cylinder (11) and a second source (55, 57) of pressurized hydraulic fluid for selectively supplying rebuild pressure after an antilock event are disclosed. The system is selectively operable in one of three braking modes, a normal braking mode (119) where braking force is proportional to an operator brake pedal pressure, an enhanced anti-skid braking mode (69) where braking force may be maintained at a maximum nonskid level, and a conventional anti-skid braking mode (71) where braking force follows a cyclic pattern of fluid pressure bleed and build. The system includes circuitry (17, 19, 35, 37, 93, 95) for determining the speed of each wheel and an arrangement (59) operable independently of any vehicle wheels for determining vehicle deceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Rivard, Michael J. Schneider, Tamas I. Pattantyus, Kenneth S. Towers, Jack R. Phipps