Patents by Inventor Timothy Beerling
Timothy Beerling 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: 20170270249Abstract: A health record system is described that utilizes a data transfer methodology for transmitting and storing medical test results of patients of a health clinic that avoids the use of complex IT environments. The health record system performs medical tests using medical instrumentation devices located at a health clinic that lacks connectivity to a network. The results of the medical test are printed in the form of a visual code that is non-human readable. A client device scans the visual code and the results of the medical test are extracted from the visual code and sent to a cloud environment for storage when the client device has network connectivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Timothy Beerling, Thomas H. Cauley, III, Sobha Pisharody, Feng Shen
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Publication number: 20170203108Abstract: A device includes a hermetically sealed case with electronic circuitry housed within. One surface of the hermetically sealed case includes a metallic plate and a co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough with a number of vias. The co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough is hermetically joined to the metallic plate and a hybrid circuit is connected to the feedthrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Kurt J. Koester, Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling, Mark B. Downing, David Stuursma, Logan P. Palmer
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Patent number: 9643021Abstract: A device includes a hermetically sealed case with electronic circuitry housed within. One surface of the hermetically sealed case includes a metallic plate and a co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough with a number of vias. The co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough is hermetically joined to the metallic plate and a hybrid circuit is connected to the feedthrough.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Kurt J. Koester, Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling, Mark B. Downing, David Stuursma, Logan P. Palmer
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Patent number: 9433776Abstract: A method for forming a cochlear electrode array with a plurality of electrodes which are spaced so as to stimulate sites within a cochlea includes shaping a sheet of electrically conductive material to form a support structure and a plurality of electrodes, in which the electrodes are tethered to the support structure at the spacing of the cochlear electrode array. A cochlear lead includes a flexible body that has frictional characteristics that vary about its circumference. A cochlear lead includes a flexible body with a first region and a second region with different surface textures. This generates differential sliding forces during insertion of the cochlear lead which influence a motion of the cochlear lead during insertion. The cochlear lead having an electrode array with varying stiffness along its length is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS LLCInventors: Timothy Beerling, Chuladatta Thenuwara
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Publication number: 20160106988Abstract: A device includes a hermetically sealed case with electronic circuitry housed within. One surface of the hermetically sealed case includes a metallic plate and a co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough with a number of vias. The co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough is hermetically joined to the metallic plate and a hybrid circuit is connected to the feedthrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Kurt J. Koester, Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling, Mark B. Downing, David Stuursma, Logan P. Palmer
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Publication number: 20160096013Abstract: A stylet for inserting an electrode array into a cochlea includes a first sensor insertable within a lumen of the electrode array and sensitive to force applied by a lumen wall to the first sensor and a first actuator adapted to move the electrode array in response to the force sensed by the first sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Advanced Bionics, LLCInventors: Marco Tortonese, Timothy Beerling, Matthew I. Haller
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Patent number: 9211403Abstract: A stylet for inserting an electrode array into a cochlea includes a first sensor insertable within a lumen of the electrode array and sensitive to force applied by a lumen wall to the first sensor and a first actuator adapted to move the electrode array in response to the force sensed by the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS, LLCInventors: Marco Tortonese, Timothy Beerling, Matthew I. Haller
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Patent number: 9174047Abstract: A device includes a hermetically sealed case with electronic circuitry housed within. One surface of the hermetically sealed case includes a metallic plate and a co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough with a number of vias. The co-fired ceramic electrical feedthrough is hermetically joined to the metallic plate and a hybrid circuit is connected to the feedthrough.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS AGInventors: Kurt J. Koester, Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling, Mark B. Downing, David Stuursma, Logan Palmer
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Publication number: 20150267314Abstract: A cochlear lead includes a plurality of electrode assemblies partially embedded in a flexible body configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a flexible electrically conductive material forming a plurality of support structures and an electrode pad attached a support structure, the electrode pad having a surface that is configured to be exposed to cochlear tissue and fluids and has a charge transfer to the cochlear tissue and fluids that is higher than the flexible electrically conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS LLCInventors: CHULADATTA THENUWARA, TIMOTHY BEERLING
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Patent number: 9056196Abstract: A cochlear lead includes a plurality of electrode assemblies partially embedded in a flexible body configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea. Each of the electrode assemblies includes a flexible electrically conductive material forming a plurality of support structures and an electrode pad attached a support structure, the electrode pad having a surface that is configured to be exposed to cochlear tissue and fluids and has a charge transfer to the cochlear tissue and fluids that is higher than the flexible electrically conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS, LLCInventors: Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling
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Patent number: 9037267Abstract: A cochlear lead includes a plurality of electrodes configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea and a flexible body supporting the plurality of electrodes along a length of the flexible body. A stiffening element is slidably encapsulated within the flexible body and positioned such that the stiffening element plastically deforms upon insertion into a curved portion of the cochlea.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: ADVANCED BIONICS LLCInventors: Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling
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Publication number: 20140336739Abstract: An active implantable electrode includes a conductive substrate and a dealloyed metal on a surface of the conductive substrate such that an electrical voltage applied to the conductor is conducted through the conductive substrate and transferred from the dealloyed metal to surrounding biological tissues. A method for forming a dealloyed electrode is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Atoosa Lotfi, Timothy Beerling
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Patent number: 8880193Abstract: A method for forming a cochlear electrode array with a plurality of electrodes which are spaced so as to stimulate sites within a cochlea includes shaping a sheet of electrically conductive material to form a support structure and a plurality of electrodes, in which the electrodes are tethered to the support structure at the spacing of the cochlear electrode array. A cochlear lead includes a flexible body that has frictional characteristics that vary about its circumference. A cochlear lead includes a flexible body with a first region and a second region with different surface textures. This generates differential sliding forces during insertion of the cochlear lead which influence a motion of the cochlear lead during insertion. The cochlear lead having an electrode array with varying stiffness along its length is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Advanced Bionics, LLCInventors: Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling
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Tools, systems, and methods for inserting an electrode array portion of a lead into a bodily orifice
Patent number: 8774944Abstract: Exemplary insertion tools, systems, and methods for inserting an electrode array portion of a lead into a bodily orifice are described herein. An exemplary insertion tool includes a handle assembly, a retractor assembly disposed at least partially within the handle assembly, and a slider assembly disposed at least partially within the handle assembly. The retractor assembly may include a stiffening member configured to be inserted into an electrode array portion and a spring-loaded retractor member coupled to the stiffening member and configured to move from a distal position to a proximal position to at least partially retract the stiffening member from the electrode array portion. The slider assembly may be configured to selectively retain the spring-loaded retractor member and further configured to release the spring-loaded retractor member to move from the distal position to the proximal position in response to actuation by a user of the slider assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Chuladatta Thenuwara, Rosa Gallegos, Timothy Beerling -
Patent number: 8753352Abstract: Exemplary insertion tools, systems, and methods for inserting a pre-curved electrode array portion of a lead into a bodily orifice are described herein. An exemplary insertion tool includes a handle assembly, a slider assembly, an insertion assembly coupled to the handle assembly, and a retractor assembly disposed at least partially within the handle assembly and configured to selectively couple to a straightening member inserted into the pre-curved electrode array portion and at least partially retract the straightening member from the pre-curved electrode array portion in response to actuation by a user of the slider assembly. The retractor assembly may comprise a spring-loaded retractor member configured to move from a distal position to a proximal position in response to actuation by the user of the slider assembly to at least partially retract the straightening member from the pre-curved electrode array portion. Corresponding insertion tools, systems, and methods are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Chuladatta Thenuwara, Timothy Beerling, Mark Downing, Paul Hoffman, William G. Orinski
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Tools, systems, and methods for inserting an electrode array portion of a lead into a bodily orifice
Patent number: 8753353Abstract: Exemplary insertion tools, systems, and methods for inserting an electrode array portion of a lead into a bodily orifice are described herein. An exemplary insertion tool includes a handle assembly, a slider assembly, a retractor assembly disposed at least partially within the handle assembly, and a rocker lever. The retractor assembly may include a stiffening member configured to be inserted into the electrode array portion and a spring-loaded retractor member coupled at a proximal end of the stiffening member. The spring-loaded retractor member may be configured to move from a distal position to a proximal position to at least partially retract the stiffening member from the electrode array portion. The rocker lever may be configured to selectively retain the spring-loaded retractor member in the distal position. Corresponding tools, systems, and methods are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Advanced Bionics AGInventors: Chuladatta Thenuwara, Rosa Gallegos, Timothy Beerling -
Publication number: 20140163662Abstract: A method for forming a cochlear electrode array with a plurality of electrodes which are spaced so as to stimulate sites within a cochlea includes shaping a sheet of electrically conductive material to form a support structure and a plurality of electrodes, in which the electrodes are tethered to the support structure at the spacing of the cochlear electrode array. A cochlear lead includes a flexible body that has frictional characteristics that vary about its circumference. A cochlear lead includes a flexible body with a first region and a second region with different surface textures. This generates differential sliding forces during insertion of the cochlear lead which influence a motion of the cochlear lead during insertion. The cochlear lead having an electrode array with varying stiffness along its length is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS LLCInventors: Timothy Beerling, Chuladatta Thenuwara
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Patent number: 8712554Abstract: A cochlear lead includes a plurality electrodes forming an electrode array configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea; a lead body connected to the electrode array; a plurality of wires passing through the lead body and connecting to the plurality of electrodes; an integrated wire carrier extending between an exit of the wires from the lead body and a first electrode in the electrode array, the integrated wire carrier comprising a cavity along its longitudinal axis configured to contain the plurality of wires and shape the plurality of wires into a wire bundle in which the plurality of wires passing through the integrated wire carrier are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the integrated wire carrier; and a flexible body encapsulating the integrated wire carrier and the wires.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Advanced BionicsInventors: Timothy Beerling, Chuladatta Thenuwara
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Patent number: 8647590Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical detection cell for micro-fluidics. The detection cell provides a first layer, a detection cell layer contacting the first layer, a third layer contacting the detection cell layer, a micro-fluidic chip having a fluidic port and a detection channel defined through the detection cell and being in fluid communication with the fluidic port of the chip, the detection channel serving as a light path for receiving light for detecting a molecule. Methods of detecting molecules and making the detection cell are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Reid A. Brennen, Timothy Beerling, Hongfeng Yin, Kevin P. Killeen
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Patent number: 8552311Abstract: An electrical feedthrough includes a ceramic body and a ribbon via extending through the ceramic body, an interface between the ribbon via and the ceramic body being sealed using partial transient liquid phase bonding. The ribbon via extends out of the ceramic body and makes an electrical connection with an external device.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Advanced BionicsInventors: Kurt J. Koester, Timothy Beerling