Adam S Vogel, 6525887 Blanca Way, Santa Clarita, CA 91355

2007000, Jan 4, 2007

Sep 8, 2006

11/518336

Martin Vogel - Palmdale CA, US
Adam Vogel - Valencia CA, US
Richard Nelson - Canyon Country CA, US
Robert Firth - Fraizer Park CA, US
Anthony Falco - San Dimas CA, US
Joseph Schulman - Santa Clarita CA, US
Lee Mandell - West Hills CA, US

Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research - Santa Clarita CA

A61N 1/18

607001000

A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage due to electrostatic discharge and/or physical damage due to improper handling. The apparatus is comprised of a circuit board having conductive surface means for receiving and releasably grasping the electrodes of the medical device to support the device's housing proximate to the surface of the circuit board. First and second conductive paths are formed on the circuit board extending between the first and second conductive surfaces for shunting electrostatic discharge currents to prevent such currents from passing through the device's electronic circuitry. The respective shunt paths include oppositely oriented diodes, preferably comprising diodes which emit light (i.e., LEDs) when current passes therethrough. Additionally, means are provided to enable functional testing of the medical device.

2006019, Aug 31, 2006

Feb 22, 2006

11/360307

Joseph Schulman - Santa Clarita CA, US
Martin Vogel - Palmdale CA, US
Adam Vogel - Valencia CA, US
Donald Hancock - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Dale Lewis - Pine Mountain CA, US

Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research - Santa Clarita CA

H04B 3/04

333017100

An automatic tuning system for a magnetic field generating tuned circuit includes a processor configured to maintain the resonant frequency of a tuned circuit equal to a reference frequency. The tuned circuit is driven by a power amplifier whose output provides an amplified signal at the reference frequency. The tuned circuit includes a magnetic field generating inductor and a bank of individually switchable capacitors controlled by the processor capable of adding and removing the respective capacitances to and from the tuned circuit. The inductor includes a Faraday shield to shield the tuned circuit from the influence of electric fields. In an embodiment of the invention, the variable capacitor is in the form of a diode variable capacitor (varicap) in parallel circuit relationship with the tuned circuit capacitor and the inductor. In an alternate embodiment the inductor and a fixed capacitor are in series circuit relationship with the varicap in parallel circuit relationship with the fixed capacitor and the tuning sequence relies on a phase locked loop using the phase of a reference frequency signal and the phase of the inductor voltage as control parameters.