Patents by Inventor Tony A. Ulrich

Tony A. Ulrich 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).

  • Conformal antenna for implantable medical device and implantable medical device with such antenna
    Patent number: 8903497
    Abstract: System and method for making an antenna. An implantable medical device has a housing, a bobbin and a coil. The housing has an interior generally tubular cross-section with a longitudinal axis, the housing having a lateral portion of a segment of the tubular cross-section along the longitudinal axis. The bobbin has a first side nearest to the interior of the housing and a second side opposite the first side. The coil, wound around the bobbin on a winding axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tubular cross-section, has a greater number of complete turns proximate the second side of the bobbin than proximate the first side of the bobbin, with the coil having a cross-sectional shape selected for a space between the bobbin and the interior of the housing in the lateral portion of the segment of the tubular cross-section along the longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Clark B. Norgaard, Michael W. Barror, Douglas D. Nippoldt, Tony A. Ulrich
  • CONFORMAL ANTENNA FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SUCH ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20120081201
    Abstract: System and method for making an antenna. An implantable medical device has a housing, a bobbin and a coil. The housing has an interior generally tubular cross-section with a longitudinal axis, the housing having a lateral portion of a segment of the tubular cross-section along the longitudinal axis. The bobbin has a first side nearest to the interior of the housing and a second side opposite the first side. The coil, wound around the bobbin on a winding axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tubular cross-section, has a greater number of complete turns proximate the second side of the bobbin than proximate the first side of the bobbin, with the coil having a cross-sectional shape selected for a space between the bobbin and the interior of the housing in the lateral portion of the segment of the tubular cross-section along the longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Clark B. Norgaard, Michael W. Barror, Douglas D. Nippoldt, Tony A. Ulrich