Patents by Inventor Timo Frenzel

Timo Frenzel 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: 10173054
    Abstract: An implantable medical device including at least one elongate electrical line with a first electrical component as a functional conductor, and at least one second electrical component with an electrical length. The first electrical component includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal side is in electrical contact with tissue or blood. The first electrical component is in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical component, and wherein the electrical length of the at least one second component corresponds to at least a tenth of a wavelength (?/10) of electromagnetic waves in a radiofrequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gernot Kolberg, Jens Rump, Michael Friedrich, Heinrich Buessing, Stefan Knorr, Andreas Bitzer, Kerstin Teaubert, Ingo Weiss, Klaus Bartels, Michelle Maxfield, Hartmut Lenski, Timo Frenzel, Erik Trip
  • Patent number: 9517335
    Abstract: An implantable electrical line including a lead, wherein the lead includes at least one helically wound electrical conductor. The at least one helically wound electrical conductor is surrounded by a fiber braid, which is formed by at least two fibers or fiber bundles, and wherein the at least two fibers or fiber bundles are interwoven and wound around the electrical conductor in opposite winding directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Friedrich, Gernot Kolberg, Timo Frenzel
  • Publication number: 20160045722
    Abstract: An implantable electrical line including a lead, wherein the lead includes at least one helically wound electrical conductor. The at least one helically wound electrical conductor is surrounded by a fiber braid, which is formed by at least two fibers or fiber bundles, and wherein the at least two fibers or fiber bundles are interwoven and wound around the electrical conductor in opposite winding directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael FRIEDRICH, Gernot KOLBERG, Timo FRENZEL
  • Patent number: 9101757
    Abstract: An implantable lead having an elongated lead body and a function conductor extending in the longitudinal direction of the conductor body, the function conductor being provided to implement a medical function of the lead, wherein in addition to the function conductor, a field decoupling conductor loop is provided, which reduces coupling of the function conductor to the outside alternating magnetic field by generating an induction field that is in the opposite direction of an outside magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Timo Frenzel, Michael Friedrich, Michelle Maxfield, Dagmar Buchner
  • Publication number: 20150080694
    Abstract: An implantable medical device including at least one elongate electrical line with a first electrical component as a functional conductor, and at least one second electrical component with an electrical length. The first electrical component includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal side is in electrical contact with tissue or blood. The first electrical component is in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical component, and wherein the electrical length of the at least one second component corresponds to at least a tenth of a wavelength (?/10) of electromagnetic waves in a radiofrequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gernot KOLBERG, Jens RUMP, Michael FRIEDRICH, Heinrich BUESSING, Stefan KNORR, Andreas BITZER, Kerstin TEAUBERT, Ingo WEISS, Klaus BARTELS, Michelle MAXFIELD, Hartmut LENSKI, Timo FRENZEL, Erik TRIP
  • Patent number: 8862246
    Abstract: Temporarily or permanently implantable medical device, having at least one longitudinally extended first electrical conductor having a functional lead, which is connected to a functional electrode pole for dispensing therapeutic signals or for detecting diagnostic signals, and including at least one second electrical conductor, which is coupled to the functional lead and is guided with it in a shared insulating sheathing, such that a coupling between the functional lead and the second electrical conductor is designed to input electromagnetic radiofrequency waves guided in the functional lead at least partially into the second electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Bartels, Heinrich Buessing, Timo Frenzel, Gernot Kolberg, Michelle Maxfield, Ingo Weiss
  • Patent number: 8712543
    Abstract: A device that can be temporarily introduced in a body or permanently implanted in a body comprising at least one elongated electric function conductor for transmitting treatment signals or diagnostic signals, or both, and further comprising a connector, which is connected to the function conductor and disposed on a proximal end of the function conductor, for connecting the device to a further device. Characteristic impedance is present between the function conductor and at least one further conductor. A transition region from the function conductor to the connector is designed such that a characteristic impedance between the function conductor and the further conductor in the transition region is designed to be between the corresponding characteristic impedance of the device in a line section distal of the transition region and the characteristic impedance present proximal of the transition region when the connector is connected to a further device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Bartels, Timo Frenzel, Stefan Knorr, Gernot Kolberg, Michelle Maxfield
  • Publication number: 20120253441
    Abstract: A device that can be temporarily introduced in a body or permanently implanted in a body comprising at least one elongated electric function conductor for transmitting treatment signals or diagnostic signals, or both, and further comprising a connector, which is connected to the function conductor and disposed on a proximal end of the function conductor, for connecting the device to a further device. Characteristic impedance is present between the function conductor and at least one further conductor. A transition region from the function conductor to the connector is designed such that a characteristic impedance between the function conductor and the further conductor in the transition region is designed to be between the corresponding characteristic impedance of the device in a line section distal of the transition region and the characteristic impedance present proximal of the transition region when the connector is connected to a further device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Klaus BARTELS, Timo FRENZEL, Stefan KNORR, Gernot KOLBERG, Michelle MAXFIELD
  • Publication number: 20120158109
    Abstract: An implantable medical device having at least one electrical conductor that extends longitudinally and includes a functional lead. The functional lead is connected to an electrode pole to discharge therapeutic signals or to detect diagnostic signals, wherein the functional lead or the electrode pole, or both the functional lead and the electrode pole, are constructed with a ring shape in a first longitudinal section. The electrical conductor includes at least one second electrical lead which is routed in a spiral shape in the first longitudinal section in such a manner that electromagnetic radio frequency waves which can be conducted in the first electrical lead can be coupled into the second electrical lead in the first longitudinal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Klaus BARTELS, Timo Frenzel, Stefan Knorr
  • Publication number: 20120157811
    Abstract: Temporarily or permanently implantable medical device, having at least one longitudinally extended first electrical conductor having a functional lead, which is connected to a functional electrode pole for dispensing therapeutic signals or for detecting diagnostic signals, and including at least one second electrical conductor, which is coupled to the functional lead and is guided with it in a shared insulating sheathing, such that a coupling between the functional lead and the second electrical conductor is designed to input electromagnetic radiofrequency waves guided in the functional lead at least partially into the second electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Klaus BARTELS, Heinrich Buessing, Timo Frenzel, Gernot Kolberg, Michelle Maxfield, Ingo Weiss
  • Publication number: 20120130462
    Abstract: An implantable lead including an elongate lead body and a functional lead which extends in the longitudinal direction of the lead body and enables the implementation of a medical function of the lead, wherein, in addition to the functional lead and insulated therefrom, a plurality of inductive resistance circuit elements are embedded in the lead body, which reduce a coupling of the functional lead with an external alternating magnetic field or dampen the transmission of electrical high-frequency energy along the lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Buessing, Timo Frenzel
  • Publication number: 20120103653
    Abstract: An implantable lead having an elongated lead body and a function conductor extending in the longitudinal direction of the conductor body, the function conductor being provided to implement a medical function of the lead, wherein in addition to the function conductor, a field decoupling conductor loop is provided, which reduces coupling of the function conductor to the outside alternating magnetic field by generating an induction field that is in the opposite direction of an outside magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timo Frenzel, Michael Friedrich, Michelle Maxfield, Dagmar Buchner