Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Anderson

Thomas A. Anderson 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER TRANSMISSION LINE MONITORING
    Publication number: 20190235011
    Abstract: A transmission line monitoring system and central processing facility are used to determine the geometry, such as a height, of one or more conductors of a power transmission line and real-time monitoring of other properties of the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Douglas Pinney, Thomas Anderson McChesney, Elliott J. Gould
  • Methods of use and combinations
    Patent number: 10328082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula 1, 2 or 3: wherein A is N or —CR0—, where R0 is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc., Z is —CRe—, or, —N—, where Re is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R1 is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R2 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R8 is hydrogen, C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.; R9 and R10 are independently hydrogen or C1-C6 linear or branched chain alkyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Lvovich Piatnitski Chekler, Adam Matthew Gilbert, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Patrick Robert Verhoest, James Thomas Anderson
  • Methods for treating skin
    Patent number: 10328012
    Abstract: Provided are methods of treating skin with at least two alternating treatment modalities to improve the health and/or diminish signs of aging. Some methods according to the present invention may comprise topically applying at least two separate compositions, in a sequential, rotating, or alternating fashion to overcome adaptation, tolerance, or sensitization phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Dutton, Daniel Thorn Leeson, Jeanine Schoen, Dana Von Bargen, Uma Santhanam, Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys, Anthony David Gonzalez, Pradeep H. Yadav, Olga Maria Martinez-Avila, Lauren Policelli, Glen Thomas Anderson, Russell J. Wyborski
  • Interventional medical systems and associated tethering assemblies and methods
    Patent number: 10238864
    Abstract: In an interventional medical system, a delivery catheter for deploying a medical device of the system has a tethering assembly that includes a tether line, a grip member, and a release member, wherein the tether line extends through a longitudinal lumen of a base of the release member and is coupled to a base of the grip member, and the release member has legs extending though apertures formed through the base of the grip member. The device may be tethered to the catheter such that a proximal end of the device is held within a cavity defined by a plurality of elastic fingers of the grip member that extend distally from the base thereof; and the device may be deployed from the catheter by moving the legs of the release member within the grip member cavity to push the proximal end of the device out from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Anderson, Vladimir Grubac
  • ELECTRODES FOR INTRA-CARDIAC PACEMAKER
    Publication number: 20190083800
    Abstract: A pacemaker has a housing and a therapy delivery circuit enclosed by the housing for generating pacing pulses for delivery to a patient's heart. An electrically insulative distal member is coupled directly to the housing and at least one non-tissue piercing cathode electrode is coupled directly to the insulative distal member. A tissue piercing electrode extends away from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Zhongping YANG, Becky L. DOLAN, Xin CHEN, Thomas A. ANDERSON, Berthold STEGEMANN, Gerard Johannes Jozef BOINK, Maurice VERBEEK
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH RETRACTABLE FIXATION SHEATH
    Publication number: 20190083801
    Abstract: An implantable medical device has a housing having a proximal end, a distal end and an outer sidewall extending from the proximal end to the distal end. A fixation sheath includes a housing sheath portion extending along the outer sidewall of the housing, and a fixation member portion extending from the housing sheath portion. The housing sheath portion is advanceable from a first position along the outer sidewall of the housing in which the fixation member portion is retracted toward the proximal end of the housing to a second position along the outer sidewall of the housing in which the fixation member portion is deployed to extend away from the housing distal end for anchoring the implantable medical device at an implant site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Zhongping YANG, Thomas A. ANDERSON, Yong K. CHO, Becky L. DOLAN, Rick D. MCVENES
  • ELECTRODES FOR INTRA-CARDIAC PACEMAKER
    Publication number: 20190083779
    Abstract: A pacemaker has a housing and a therapy delivery circuit enclosed by the housing for generating pacing pulses for delivery to a patient's heart. An electrically insulative distal member is coupled directly to the housing and at least one non-tissue piercing cathode electrode is coupled directly to the insulative distal member. A tissue piercing electrode extends away from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Zhongping YANG, Becky L. DOLAN, Xin CHEN, Thomas A. ANDERSON, Berthold STEGEMANN, Gerard Johannes Jozef BOINK, Maurice VERBEEK
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FIXATION
    Publication number: 20190054288
    Abstract: Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the IMD to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the IMD. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the IMD to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Vladimir Grubac, Matthew D. Bonner, Raymond W. Usher, Thomas A. Anderson, Arshad A. Alfoqaha
  • INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES, DEVICE SYSTEMS, AND FIXATION COMPONENTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190046789
    Abstract: A fixation mechanism of an implantable medical device is formed by a plurality of tines fixedly mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of the device. Each tine may be said to include a first segment fixedly attached to the device, a second segment extending from the first segment, and a third segment, to which the second segment extends. When the device is loaded in a lumen of a delivery tool and a rounded free distal end of each tine engages a sidewall that defines the lumen, to hold the tines in a spring-loaded condition, the first segment of each tine, which has a spring-biased pre-formed curvature, becomes relatively straightened, and the third segment of each tine, which is terminated by the free distal end, extends away from the axis of the device at an acute angle in a range from about 45 degrees to about 75 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Xin CHEN, Michael D. EGGEN, Vladimir GRUBAC, Brian P. COLIN, Wei GAN, Thomas A. ANDERSON, Kathryn HILPISCH
  • WIRE BONDING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190013290
    Abstract: A wire bond system. Implementations may include: a bond wire including copper (Cu), a bond pad including aluminum (Al) and a sacrificial anode electrically coupled with the bond pad, where the sacrificial anode includes one or more elements having a standard electrode potential below a standard electrode potential of Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wentao QIN, Gordon M. GRIVNA, Harold ANDERSON, Thomas ANDERSON, George CHANG
  • Implantable medical device fixation
    Patent number: 10173050
    Abstract: Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the IMD to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the IMD. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the IMD to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Grubac, Matthew D. Bonner, Raymond W. Usher, Thomas A. Anderson, Arshad A. Alfoqaha
  • SIDELAP INTERCONNECT FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOFING MODULES
    Publication number: 20180351501
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods and apparatus for assembly a roofing structure that incorporates photovoltaic modules as shingles of the roofing structure. A sidelap is used to both establish consistent spacing between the solar shingles and prevent water passing between adjacent shingles from collecting beneath the solar shingles by guiding the water passing through the solar shingles and redirecting the water down-roof. In some embodiments, the sidelaps can have additional functionality. For example, a sidelap can include tabs configured to interact with lateral securing features positioned on downward-facing surfaces of the solar roofing modules to help keep the lateral sides of the photovoltaic modules from pulling away from the roofing structure during severe weather conditions. The sidelap could also include means for attaching a wire clip to one end of the sidelap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Seery, David Molina, Trevor B. Guthrie, Thomas Anderson, Jonathan Hewlett
  • Interventional medical systems and associated tethering assemblies and methods
    Patent number: 10130821
    Abstract: An assembly for tethering a medical device to a delivery catheter includes a tether, a collet, and a spring-biased holding element that is coupled to a distal end of the tether and that extends around the collet, being moveable between first and second positions. At the first position, corresponding to the spring bias thereof, the holding element prevents fingers of the collet, which are configured to grip a proximal end of the device, from opening; at the second position, the collet fingers are allowed and/or caused to open. The assembly is coupled to a tubular member of the catheter, and, when the tethering assembly abuts a distal end of the catheter tubular member, a pull force applied to a proximal end the tether, which extends out from a proximal opening of the catheter, moves the holding element from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Grubac, Thomas A Anderson
  • Implantable medical device fixation
    Patent number: 10118026
    Abstract: Various fixation techniques for implantable medical device (IMDs) are described. In one example, an assembly comprises an IMD; and a set of active fixation tines attached to the IMD. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the IMD to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the IMD. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the IMD to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Grubac, Matthew D. Bonner, Raymond W. Usher, Thomas A. Anderson, Arshad A. Alfoqaha
  • Implantable medical device fixation
    Patent number: 10112045
    Abstract: An assembly includes an implantable medical device (IMD) including a conductive housing, and a fixation element assembly attached to the IMD. The fixation element assembly includes a set of active fixation tines and an insulator to electrically isolate the set of active fixation tines from the conductive housing of the implantable medical device. The active fixation tines in the set are deployable from a spring-loaded position in which distal ends of the active fixation tines point away from the implantable medical device to a hooked position in which the active fixation tines bend back towards the implantable medical device. The active fixation tines are configured to secure the implantable medical device to a patient tissue when deployed while the distal ends of the active fixation tines are positioned adjacent to the patient tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Anderson, Douglas D. Nippoldt, Richard W. Swenson, III, Vladimir Grubac, Matthew D. Bonner, Raymond W. Usher, Arshad A. Alfoqaha
  • Wire bonding systems and related methods
    Patent number: 10109610
    Abstract: A wire bond system. Implementations may include: a bond wire including copper (Cu), a bond pad including aluminum (Al) and a sacrificial anode electrically coupled with the bond pad, where the sacrificial anode includes one or more elements having a standard electrode potential below a standard electrode potential of Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wentao Qin, Gordon M. Grivna, Harold Anderson, Thomas Anderson, George Chang
  • Interventional medical devices, device systems, and fixation components thereof
    Patent number: 10099050
    Abstract: A fixation mechanism of an implantable medical device is formed by a plurality of tines fixedly mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of the device. Each tine may be said to include a first segment fixedly attached to the device, a second segment extending from the first segment, and a third segment, to which the second segment extends. When the device is loaded in a lumen of a delivery tool and a rounded free distal end of each tine engages a sidewall that defines the lumen, to hold the tines in a spring-loaded condition, the first segment of each tine, which has a spring-biased pre-formed curvature, becomes relatively straightened, and the third segment of each tine, which is terminated by the free distal end, extends away from the axis of the device at an acute angle in a range from about 45 degrees to about 75 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Chen, Michael D. Eggen, Vladimir Grubac, Brian P. Colin, Wei Gan, Thomas A. Anderson, Kathryn Hilpisch
  • PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20180275633
    Abstract: A spatial model of a printed circuit board assembly is generated based on an input file. The spatial model is used to determine a spatial feature not directly specified in the input file. A manufacturing parameter is determined based at least in part on the determined spatial feature. A proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly is generated programmatically based at least in part on the determined manufacturing parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey McAlvay, Shannon Lincoln, Jesse Koenig, Thomas Anderson, Jonas Neubert, Shashank Samala, Ryan Saul
  • Tine fixation components for implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 9987483
    Abstract: A tine portion for an implantable medical device includes a hook segment and a distal segment terminated by a tissue-piercing tip, wherein the distal segment extends from the hook segment to the tip. The hook segment, which is elastically deformable from a pre-set curvature, has one of: a round cross-section and an elliptical cross-section, while the distal segment has a flattened, or approximately rectangular cross-section. One or a pair of the tine portions may be integrally formed, with a base portion, from a superelastic wire, wherein the base portion is configured to fixedly attach to the device, for example, being captured between insulative members of a fixation subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth D Rys, Thomas A Anderson, Vladimir Grubac, Jonathan L Kuhn
  • Methods for treating skin
    Patent number: 9968538
    Abstract: Provided are methods of treating skin with at least two alternating treatment modalities to improve the health and/or diminish signs of aging. Some methods according to the present invention may comprise topically applying at least two separate compositions, in a sequential, rotating, or alternating fashion to overcome adaptation, tolerance, or sensitization phenomena.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Uma Santhanam, Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys, Daniel Thorn Leeson, Anthony David Gonzalez, Glen Thomas Anderson