Innovation and invention are the life blood of AMF. When our scientists discover novel technology, inventions are documented and reviewed internally by a multi-disciplinary group representing science, legal, operational, clinical and regulatory groups. Inventions are subjected to a patentability review, and ultimately patents are filed in the United States and selected foreign countries. AMF currently holds over 140 US patents and 80 foreign patents covering a wide range of technologies. We develop products around these technologies, and hope to license or sell the rights to these products in order to commercialize them and, through royalties and other payments, bring revenues back to AMF to continue to fund further work in pursuit of our mission.

To reward innovation, AMF has an Innovation Awards Program offering a variety of monetary awards and other recognition for invention disclosures, patent filings, and other key contributions to the process of innovation and invention.

Selected AMF US Patents:  

US Patents Issued During 2010

7,646,330   System And Method For Locating Objects And Communicating With The Same

7,670,363  Protection Apparatus For Implantable Medical Device

7,722,913  Implantable Enzyme-Based Monitoring System Having Improved Longevity Due To Improved Exterior Surfaces

7,758,567  Medical Device Including Processor Running Independent Processes to Cooperatively Control Therapy

7,775,444  Implantable Device And Communication Integrated Circuit Implementable Therein

7,776,029   Microminiature Infusion Pump

7,778,679  Implantable Sensor And Integrity Tests Therefore

7,779,332  Rotationally Invariant Non-Coherent Burst Coding

7,857,766  System Of Implantable Ultrasonic Emitters For Preventing Restenosis Following A Stent Procedure

7,860,476  Narrowband Interference Excision In The External Controller Of An Implanted Microstimulator Network

 

US Patents Issued During 2011

7,867,192  Ambulatory Infusion Devices And Methods With Blockage Detection

7,901,761  Hermetic Vias Utilizing Metal-Metal Oxides

7,908,014  Antenna On Ceramic Case

7,925,353  Treatment Of Movement Disorders With Drug Therapy

7,967,869  Method Of Attaching A Strapless Prosthetic Arm

7,979,140  Segmented Electrode

8,000,803  Implantable Lead Attachment

8,002,747  Implantable Infusion Device With Multiple Controllable Fluid Outlets

8,024,022  Hermetically Sealed Three-Dimensional Electrode Array

8,043,454  Method Of Forming Hermetic Vias Utilizing Metal-Metal Oxides

8,050,297  System And Method For Sharing A Common Communication Channel Between Multiple Systems Of Implantable Medical Devices

8,055,336  Method For Removing Surgically Implanted Devices

8,070,745  Medication Infusion Device Using Negatively Biased Ambient Pressure Medication Chamber

US Patents Issued During 2012

8,091,765  Method of Bonding Titanium to Stainless Steel

8,095,849  Rotationally Invariant Non-Coherent Burst Coding and Decoding

8,095,850  Rotationally Invariant Non-Coherent Burst Coding and Decoding

8,096,987  Method and Apparatus for Translating a Continuous Delivery Profile into a Plurality of Periodic Bolus Deliveries

8,099,647  Rotaionally Invariant Non-Coherent Burst Coding Mapping Function

8,137,311  Test Method and Apparatus for Verification of Medical Device Functionality

8,140,162  Low Temperature Degradation Resistant Yttria Stabilized Zirconia

8,155,745  System and Method for Gait Rehabilitation

8,167,832  Ambulatory Infusion Devices And Methods Including Occlusion Monitoring

8,177,116  Method of Bonding Titanium to Stainless Steel