Patents by Inventor Steven A. Kubow
Steven A. Kubow 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).
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Publication number: 20210290283Abstract: A cryoablation catheter system comprises a cryoablation catheter having a shaft, a guidewire lumen member and an expandable balloon attached to the shaft and the guidewire lumen member, and an auxiliary device configured for use in combination with the cryoablation catheter, the auxiliary device including a location sensor configured to provide a sensor output indicative of a location of the location sensor within a localization volume responsive to a localization field. A user-accessible relative position indicator is located on one or both of the cryoablation catheter and the auxiliary device and is configured to provide an indication of a relative position of the cryoballoon and the location sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Kurt Edmund Guggenberger, Eugene J. Jung, JR., Steven A. Kubow
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Publication number: 20210290284Abstract: A cryoablation catheter comprises a tubular shaft having a shaft distal end and a shaft lumen, a tubular guidewire lumen member extending within the shaft lumen and forming a guidewire lumen extending between the guidewire lumen member proximal end and the guidewire lumen member distal end, an expandable cryoballoon having a proximal portion attached to the shaft distal end and a distal portion attached to the guidewire lumen member distal end, and a cryoablation catheter location sensor configured to generate a cryoablation location signal when in the cryoablation catheter location sensor is within a magnetic localization field.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Kurt Edmund Guggenberger, Eugene J. Jung, JR., Steven A. Kubow, Chadi Hamouche, Allyson Anderson
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Patent number: 11020600Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a housing. A first ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a first position and defines a first radiopaque manufacturer code section that visually identifies a manufacturer of the implantable medical device. A second ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a second position that is offset from the first position in at least one dimension. The second ID tag defines a second radiopaque manufacturer code section that also visually identifies the manufacturer of the implantable medical device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.Inventors: Brian L. Schmidt, Bryan J. Swackhamer, Robert Allen Jones, Steven A. Kubow
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Publication number: 20210128232Abstract: A mapping catheter comprises a flexible shaft having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and an expandable mapping element attached to the distal end of the shaft. The expandable mapping element is configured to self-expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The expanded configuration is defined by a proximal portion extending from the distal end of the shaft and forming a proximally-facing concave recess, an intermediate portion extending distally from the proximal portion and defining a maximum diameter of the mapping element when in the expanded configuration, and a distal portion having a conical shape with a distal portion diameter that decreases in a direction distally of the intermediate portion. The mapping element further includes a plurality of electrodes located in one or both of the intermediate portion or the distal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Eugene J. Jung, Steven A. Kubow, Rachel Lynn Troutman, Christopher Alan Fuhs
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Patent number: 10828497Abstract: An encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device including a ferrule, an electrical insulator coupled to the ferrule, a printed circuit board (PCB), a feedthrough conductor extending through the electrical insulator and the PCB, and a capacitor coupled to the PCB. The encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly can include a mold defining an opening and located with respect to the printed circuit board such that at least a portion of the capacitor is positioned within the opening. A first non-conductive material can underfill the capacitor and a second non-conductive material can be backfilled into the mold to encapsulate the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Patrick J. Barry, Randy White, Steven A. Kubow, Scott A. Spadgenske, David A. Chizek, Jerald Sauber
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Patent number: 10828496Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a housing; and a header mounted to the housing, the header including a header core including a bore with an electrical contact located within the bore, wherein the electrical contact includes: a first longitudinally extending arm cantilever mounted within the bore; and a second longitudinally extending arm cantilever mounted within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: James Blilie, Arthur J. Foster, Jack Gordon, Bruce K. Gilbertson, Steven A. Kubow
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Publication number: 20200016413Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a housing; and a header mounted to the housing, the header including a header core including a bore with an electrical contact located within the bore, wherein the electrical contact includes: a first longitudinally extending arm cantilever mounted within the bore; and a second longitudinally extending arm cantilever mounted within the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: James Blilie, Arthur J. Foster, Jack Gordon, Bruce K. Gilbertson, Steven A. Kubow
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Publication number: 20180326218Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a housing. A first ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a first position and defines a first radiopaque manufacturer code section that visually identifies a manufacturer of the implantable medical device. A second ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a second position that is offset from the first position in at least one dimension. The second ID tag defines a second radiopaque manufacturer code section that also visually identifies the manufacturer of the implantable medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.Inventors: Brian L. Schmidt, Bryan J. Swackhamer, Robert Allen Jones, Steven A. Kubow
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Patent number: 10046167Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a housing. A first ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a first position and defines a first radiopaque manufacturer code section that visually identifies a manufacturer of the implantable medical device. A second ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a second position that is offset from the first position in at least one dimension. The second ID tag defines a second radiopaque manufacturer code section that also visually identifies the manufacturer of the implantable medical device.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Brian L. Schmidt, Bryan J. Swackhamer, Robert A. Jones, Steven A. Kubow
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Publication number: 20180207428Abstract: An encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device including a ferrule, an electrical insulator coupled to the ferrule, a printed circuit board (PCB), a feedthrough conductor extending through the electrical insulator and the PCB, and a capacitor coupled to the PCB. The encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly can include a mold defining an opening and located with respect to the printed circuit board such that at least a portion of the capacitor is positioned within the opening. A first non-conductive material can underfill the capacitor and a second non-conductive material can be backfilled into the mold to encapsulate the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Patrick J. Barry, Randy White, Steven A. Kubow, Scott A. Spadgenske, David A. Chizek, Jerald Sauber
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Patent number: 9937354Abstract: An encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device including a ferrule, an electrical insulator coupled to the ferrule, a printed circuit board (PCB), a feedthrough conductor extending through the electrical insulator and the PCB, and a capacitor coupled to the PCB. The encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly can include a mold defining an opening and located with respect to the printed circuit board such that at least a portion of the capacitor is positioned within the opening. A first non-conductive material can underfill the capacitor and a second non-conductive material can be backfilled into the mold to encapsulate the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Patrick J. Barry, Randy White, Steven A. Kubow, Scott A. Spadgenske, David A. Chizek, Jerald Sauber
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Publication number: 20160287883Abstract: An encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device including a ferrule, an electrical insulator coupled to the ferrule, a printed circuit board (PCB), a feedthrough conductor extending through the electrical insulator and the PCB, and a capacitor coupled to the PCB. The encapsulated filtered feedthrough assembly can include a mold defining an opening and located with respect to the printed circuit board such that at least a portion of the capacitor is positioned within the opening. A first non-conductive material can underfill the capacitor and a second non-conductive material can be backfilled into the mold to encapsulate the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Patrick J. Barry, Randy White, Steven A. Kubow, Scott A. Spadgenske, David A. Chizek, Jerald Sauber
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Publication number: 20160228716Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a housing. A first ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a first position and defines a first radiopaque manufacturer code section that visually identifies a manufacturer of the implantable medical device. A second ID tag is secured relative to the housing at a second position that is offset from the first position in at least one dimension. The second ID tag defines a second radiopaque manufacturer code section that also visually identifies the manufacturer of the implantable medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.Inventors: Brian L. Schmidt, Bryan J. Swackhamer, Robert A. Jones, Steven A. Kubow