Patents by Inventor Steve E. Maschino

Steve E. Maschino 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).

  • Circumneural electrode assembly
    Patent number: 6600956
    Abstract: An electrode assembly to be installed on a patient's nerve has a thin, flexible, electrically insulating circumneural carrier with a split circumferential configuration longitudinally attached to a lead at the distal end thereof. The carrier possesses circumferential resiliency and has at least one flexible, elastic electrode secured to the underside thereof and electrically connected to an electrical conductor in said lead. A fastener serves to close the split configuration of the carrier to prevent separation from the nerve after installation of the electrode assembly onto the nerve. Tear away webbing secured to adjacent serpentine segments of the lead near the carrier enables the lead to lengthen with patient movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Cyberonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve E. Maschino, Shawn D. Kollatschny
  • Circumneural electrode assembly
    Publication number: 20030040785
    Abstract: An electrode assembly to be installed on a patient's nerve has a thin, flexible, electrically insulating circumneural carrier with a split circumferential configuration longitudinally attached to a lead at the distal end thereof. The carrier possesses circumferential resiliency and has at least one flexible, elastic electrode secured to the underside thereof and electrically connected to an electrical conductor in said lead. A fastener serves to close the split configuration of the carrier to prevent separation from the nerve after installation of the electrode assembly onto the nerve. Tear away webbing secured to adjacent serpentine segments of the lead near the carrier enables the lead to lengthen with patient movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Steve E. Maschino, Shawn D. Kollatschny