Patents by Inventor Stanley J. Crossett

Stanley J. Crossett 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).

  • Communication method for implantable medical device
    Patent number: 6106551
    Abstract: A medical assembly, such as an artificial heart assembly, adapted to be implanted within a living subject is composed of an implantable data communications interface adapted to receive an encoded data signal from a data communications interface located outside the subject at a position remote from the medical assembly. The encoded data signal is transmitted in a plurality of periodic signal bursts, which are transmitted at a first frequency to represent a first data value and a second frequency to represent a second data value. Each of the bursts comprises a plurality of signal transitions having a third frequency greater than both the first and second frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
    Inventors: Stanley J. Crossett, Richard A. Nazarian, Michael Hamerly
  • Communication method for implantable medical device
    Patent number: 5728154
    Abstract: A medical assembly, such as an artificial heart assembly, adapted to be implanted within a living subject is composed of an implantable data communications interface adapted to receive an encoded data signal from a data communications interface located outside the subject at a position remote from the medical assembly. The encoded data signal is transmitted in a plurality of periodic signal bursts, which are transmitted at a first frequency to represent a first data value and a second frequency to represent of second data value. Each of the bursts comprises a plurality of signal transitions having a third frequency greater than both the first and second frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manfacturing Company
    Inventors: Stanley J. Crossett, Richard A. Nazarian, Michael Hamerly