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).
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Patent number: 10173054Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KGInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9517335Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KGInventors: Michael Friedrich, Gernot Kolberg, Timo Frenzel
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Publication number: 20160045722Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: Biotronik SE & Co. KGInventors: Michael FRIEDRICH, Gernot KOLBERG, Timo FRENZEL
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Patent number: 9101757Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KGInventors: Timo Frenzel, Michael Friedrich, Michelle Maxfield, Dagmar Buchner
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Publication number: 20150080694Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KGInventors: 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
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Patent number: 8862246Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KGInventors: Klaus Bartels, Heinrich Buessing, Timo Frenzel, Gernot Kolberg, Michelle Maxfield, Ingo Weiss
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Patent number: 8712543Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KGInventors: Klaus Bartels, Timo Frenzel, Stefan Knorr, Gernot Kolberg, Michelle Maxfield
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Publication number: 20120253441Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Klaus BARTELS, Timo FRENZEL, Stefan KNORR, Gernot KOLBERG, Michelle MAXFIELD
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Publication number: 20120158109Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Klaus BARTELS, Timo Frenzel, Stefan Knorr
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Publication number: 20120157811Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Klaus BARTELS, Heinrich Buessing, Timo Frenzel, Gernot Kolberg, Michelle Maxfield, Ingo Weiss
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Publication number: 20120130462Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KGInventors: Heinrich Buessing, Timo Frenzel
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Publication number: 20120103653Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KGInventors: Timo Frenzel, Michael Friedrich, Michelle Maxfield, Dagmar Buchner