Patents by Inventor Sean Keller

Sean Keller 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: 11992690
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11969604
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11957917
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Publication number: 20160147934
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described that relate to analysis of circuits and that facilitate determination of electronic circuit robustness. An example method includes performing, for a cell device by a unit including a processor, statistical analysis to obtain statistical information for the cell device that is indicative of a robustness of the cell device. The robustness of the cell device pertains to a parameter variation of the cell device that is related to a noise of the cell device. The method also includes determining a characteristic of the cell device based on the statistical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sean Keller, Alain Martin
  • Patent number: 6782523
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for parallel configurable IP design. In an aspect of the present invention, a method may include receiving input parameters for a configuration by a common IP development environment. A unique combination of input parameters from the received input parameters is identified. At least one unique runtime file of the common IP development environment is initiated. The unique runtime file is derived from a common set of IP deliverables of the common IP development environment. At least one unique output file from the initiated unique runtime file is generated. The initiated unique runtime file and generated unique output file are unique so as to enable parallel implementation of the configuration specified by the received input parameter with at least one other configuration by the common IP development environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Randy DeGarmo, Sean Keller
  • Publication number: 20040073883
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for parallel configurable IP design. In an aspect of the present invention, a method may include receiving input parameters for a configuration by a common IP development environment. A unique combination of input parameters from the received input parameters is identified. At least one unique runtime file of the common IP development environment is initiated. The unique runtime file is derived from a common set of IP deliverables of the common IP development environment. At least one unique output file from the initiated unique runtime file is generated. The initiated unique runtime file and generated unique output file are unique so as to enable parallel implementation of the configuration specified by the received input parameter with at least one other configuration by the common IP development environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Randy DeGarmo, Sean Keller