206 patents
Utility
Overmold Technique for Peel-away Introducer Design
18 Jan 24
A method for manufacturing a medical introducer includes placing an introducer sheath onto a mandrel, and overmolding an introducer hub onto a proximal end of the introducer sheath.
Glen Fantuzzi, Michael Tafone, Jeffrey Drum
Filed: 20 Jun 23
Utility
Intravascular Blood Pump with Intake Filter
18 Jan 24
An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump.
Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Joerg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
Filed: 19 Jun 23
Utility
Rotor for a Pump, Produced with a First Elastic Material
4 Jan 24
A rotor for a pump has a housing and a rotor, and has at least one blade.
Joerg Schumacher, Mario Scheckel
Filed: 22 May 23
Utility
Left Ventricular Volume and Cardiac Output Estimation Using Machine Learning Model
4 Jan 24
Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and using a neural network model to estimate a cardiac parameter of a patient, and using the estimated parameter in providing blood pump support to improve patient cardiac performance and heart health.
Ahmad El Katerji, Qing Tan, Erik Kroeker, Rui Wang
Filed: 5 May 23
Utility
Expandable Introducer Sheath for Medical Device
28 Dec 23
An expandable medical sheath can include a sheath body having a lumen that extends between proximal and distal ends of the sheath.
Christopher Nason Korkuch
Filed: 25 May 23
Utility
Cannula System
28 Dec 23
A system and method for percutaneous ventricular assist devices are provided, where the percutaneous ventricular assist devices include a pump assembly and a cannula assembly.
Alexander Ship, Emmanuel Ilongo, Vincent Roy, Sonya Bhavsar
Filed: 28 Jun 22
Utility
Flexible Outflow Cannula with Shaped Outlets
28 Dec 23
A blood pump may be provided that may include a pump housing and a catheter operably coupled to the pump housing.
Gerd Spanier
Filed: 23 Jun 23
Utility
Hemostatic Valve for Medical Device Introducer
28 Dec 23
An introducer for insertion of a medical device into a patient's vasculature includes an elongate introducer body, a hub, and a hemostatic valve.
Glen R. Fantuzzi, Dion Mraz
Filed: 26 Jun 23
Utility
Sheath Assembly for Insertion of a Cord-shaped Element, Particularly a Catheter, into the Body of a Patient
21 Dec 23
Sheath assembly for the insertion of a cord-shaped element, comprising an introducer sheath, and an auxiliary sheath for insertion into the introducer sheath together with the cord-shaped element.
Joerg Schumacher, Lars Bredenbreuker, Robert Decke
Filed: 3 Mar 23
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Identifying High-risk Patients for Protected Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
14 Dec 23
Methods and apparatus for identifying whether a patient is eligible for a Protected Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Protected PCI®) are provided.
Dawn Bardot, Daniel Schwartz, Daniel Poscover, Daniel Housman
Filed: 9 Jun 23
Utility
Systems and Methods for Selective Occlusion of the Peripheral Venous Vasculature to Unload the Heart
7 Dec 23
Systems and methods for intermittently occluding a patient's venous vasculature to unload the heart while increasing cardiac output and improving perfusion to the patient's heart is provided.
Christopher KORKUCH
Filed: 5 Jun 23
Utility
Intravascular Blood Pump with Intake Filter
7 Dec 23
An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump.
Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Joerg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
Filed: 17 Aug 23
Utility
Estimating Maximum Flow Through a Circulatory Support Device
7 Dec 23
Methods and apparatus for estimating maximum flow for a heart pump are described.
Samuel Brown, Qing Tan, Mohammed Alwatban
Filed: 2 Jun 23
Utility
Expandable Sheath with Fold
30 Nov 23
The systems, methods, and devices that provide an expandable sheath assembly for insertion of an interventional medical device (e.g., an intracardiac heart pump) into a blood vessel through a vessel aperture.
Glen R. Fantuzzi, Robert Fishman, Jonathan Barry, Anne Gabrielle McLoughlin
Filed: 24 May 23
Utility
Data Storage and Retrieval System for Non-contiguous Medical Device Operational Data
30 Nov 23
A web-based interface enables medical personnel to remotely monitor medical devices.
Alessandro Simone Agnello, Paul Roland Lemay
Filed: 28 Apr 23
Utility
Pump Housing with an Interior for Accommodating a Pump Rotor
23 Nov 23
In a pump housing having an interior for accommodating a pump rotor, which may be transferred from a radially compressed state into a radially expanded state, and comprises a housing skin revolving in circumferential direction, as well as at least one reinforcement element, a stretch-resistant element revolving in circumferential direction is provided, which is stretched less than 5% in the expanded state as opposed to the force-free state in circumferential direction, and which limits any further expansion of the pump housing in radial direction.
Lars Bredenbreuker, Joerg Schumacher
Filed: 1 Jun 23
Utility
Method and System of Reducing Limb Ischemia
16 Nov 23
A device and method are provided for minimizing and/or preventing limb ischemia, such as when a medical device is inserted into a patient’s vasculature that may occlude the vessel.
Robert Swierczek, Claudia Mourran
Filed: 10 May 23
Utility
Distal Limb Perfusion Cannula Stent & Stent Cannula Cover
16 Nov 23
A device and method are provided for minimizing and/or preventing limb ischemia, such as when a medical device inserted into a patient's vasculature occludes the vessel.
Christopher Korkuch, Glen Fantuzzi, Charles DeLorenzo, Emilia Jahangir, Matthew D'Agostino, Robert Swierczek, Alex McCall
Filed: 10 May 23
Utility
Catheter Securement Device
16 Nov 23
An adapter for securing a catheter may include a housing composed of a first and second housing part and a locking mechanism, as well as a first flexible seal coupled to the first and second housing parts.
Christopher Korkuch
Filed: 11 May 23
Utility
Expandable Sheath and Liner Therefor
16 Nov 23
An expandable sheath body for a sheath assembly.
Mithun Rajaram, Robert Fishman, Christopher N. Korkuch, Charles Perkins
Filed: 10 May 23