Mark J Conway

US Patent:

6681985, Jan 27, 2004

Filed:

Oct 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/972754

Inventors:

Karen Curtin - Bellevue WA
Mark J. Conway - Bellevue WA
Jeffrey C. Link - Maple Valley WA
David W. Nelson - Seattle WA
Ronald A. Turner - North Vancouver, CA
Deanna W. Oppenheimer - Mercer Island WA
Scott A. Smith - Mason OH

Assignee:

Washington Mutual, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

235379, 705 42, 705 43

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the invention include a financial transactions processing system to process financial transactions for a customer in a financial institution. One embodiment includes an entrance, a concierge desk, two or more teller towers, and a teller cash dispenser. The teller towers may contain a teller computer, a top surface, one or more cash slots, and a cash box. A bank employee at the teller tower performs transactions for a customer, such as depositing cash, performing account inquiries, etc. In one embodiment, the teller cash dispenser receives information regarding a withdrawal transaction and dispenses cash to a customer or the customer receives a printed receipt to receive cash from the cash dispenser. In another embodiment, the teller towers are arranged in a circle, semicircle, elongated circle, or oval.

US Patent:

20120035616, Feb 9, 2012

Filed:

Apr 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/264013

Inventors:

James M. Olsen - Plymouth MN, US
Michael R. Klardie - Plymouth MN, US
Richard T. Stone - Minneapolis MN, US
Chad Q. Cai - Woodbury MN, US
Spencer M. Boudhus - Columbia Heights MN, US
Mark J. Conway - St. Louis Park MN, US
Timothy R. Abraham - Lino Lakes MN, US

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

A61B 19/00

US Classification:

606129

Abstract:

An implantable medical lead has a torsional stiffness and is rotationally coupled to a stylet. Applying rotation directly to the lead in turn causes rotation of the stylet. Where the stylet has a bent tip for purposes of steering the lead, the rotation applied to the lead rotates the bent tip so that the lead can be steered by rotating the lead rather than rotating a hub of the stylet. The rotational coupling may be achieved through one or more features provided for the lead and/or the stylet, such as a feature within a lumen of the lead that mates to a feature along the stylet or a feature of the stylet hub that engages the proximal end of the lead. The torsional stiffness of the lead may be provided by adding a feature within the lead body, such as a braided metal wire or an overlapping foil.