Patents by Inventor Robyn Mrozinski

Robyn Mrozinski 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).

  • Device-to-lead terminal connector for implantable tissue stimulators
    Patent number: 7133722
    Abstract: A device-to-lead terminal connector for an implantable medical device is designed to positively lock the proximal lead terminal within a lead bore formed in the connector of the implantable device. Rather than using a conventional setscrew locking arrangement, first and second latching members are insertable through side ports in the device connector that intersect with the lead bore and that contain an elastomeric sleeve. When the latching members are squeezed together, they cooperate to expand the elastomeric sleeve against the proximal lead terminal to press it into intimate electrical and mechanical engagement with a contact in the lead bore of the device connector. The need for a tool to effect locking of the lead terminal in place is dispensed with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Hansen, Timothy Hillukka, Jason Sprain, Robyn Mrozinski
  • Device-to-lead terminal connector for implantable tissue stimulators
    Publication number: 20050149140
    Abstract: A device-to-lead terminal connector for an implantable medical device is designed to positively lock the proximal lead terminal within a lead bore formed in the connector of the implantable device. Rather than using a conventional setscrew locking arrangement, first and second latching members are insertable through side ports in the device connector that intersect with the lead bore and that contain an elastomeric sleeve. When the latching members are squeezed together, they cooperate to expand the elastomeric sleeve against the proximal lead terminal to press it into intimate electrical and mechanical engagement with a contact in the lead bore of the device connector. The need for a tool to effect locking of the lead terminal in place is dispensed with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hansen, Timothy Hillukka, Jason Sprain, Robyn Mrozinski