Patents by Inventor Rodney Gordon Parkin

Rodney Gordon Parkin 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).

  • Synchronization control system
    Patent number: 9561375
    Abstract: The various embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for controlling the operation of a pulsatile heart assist device in a patient. The systems and methods include utilizing sounds and electrical signals produced by the heart to control the operation of the heart assist device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty, Ltd.
    Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Rodney Gordon Parkin
  • SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150328466
    Abstract: The various embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for controlling the operation of a pulsatile heart assist device in a patient. The systems and methods include utilizing sounds and electrical signals produced by the heart to control the operation of the heart assist device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Rodney Gordon Parkin
  • Synchronization control system
    Patent number: 9119908
    Abstract: The various embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for controlling the operation of a pulsatile heart assist device in a patient. The systems and methods include utilizing sounds and electrical signals produced by the heart to control the operation of the heart assist device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Rodney Gordon Parkin
  • Synchronization Control System
    Publication number: 20140051909
    Abstract: The various embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for controlling the operation of a pulsatile heart assist device in a patient. The systems and methods include utilizing sounds and electrical signals produced by the heart to control the operation of the heart assist device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sunshine Heart Company Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Rodney Gordon Parkin
  • Synchronization control system
    Patent number: 7765003
    Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a pulsatile heart assist device (14) in a patient (10). The method consisting of utilising sounds produced by the heart (12) to control the operation of the heart assist device (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sunshine Heart Pty Ltd
    Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Rodney Gordon Parkin
  • Colostomy Pump System
    Publication number: 20080208172
    Abstract: A waste evacuator device (10) for evacuating waste products from bodily orifices, including stomas and artificial stomas created as a result of a surgical procedure such as a colostomy is disclosed. The device comprises a chamber (11) having an inlet (14) which is fluidly communicable with an orifice formed in a mammalian body. An irrigation member (12) is provided for introducing irrigating fluid into the orifice. A suctioning device (13) connectable to the chamber to create a region of reduced pressure within the chamber. An irrigation and evacuation control means for the device is provided for receiving signals generated by at least one sensor, the signals being representative of at least the performance of the irrigation member and of the suctioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Steven John Marshall, Matthew Campbell Greaves, Rodney Gordon Parkin, Peter Davekumar Stephens
  • Intraluminal inflatable counter-pulsation heart assist device
    Publication number: 20040097784
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for performing a heart assist function by use of intraluminal inflatable counter-pulsation balloon or chamber. The apparatus includes means to hold the balloon or chamber in place against an inner wall of a blood vessel. The balloon or chamber is connected to a source of pressure which expands and contracts the balloon in counter-pulsation with the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: SUNSHINE HEART COMPANY PTY LTD.
    Inventors: William Suttle Peters, Hans Hansforth Henrichsen, Scott Hugh Miller, Rodney Gordon Parkin