206 patents
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Method and System for 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 inserted into a patient’s vasculature occludes the vessel.
Glen Fantuzzi, Nicholas Botyan, Daniel Madamba
Filed: 10 May 23
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Introducer Sheath with Peel Away Perfusion Aperture
9 Nov 23
A perfusion sheath with covered perfusion apertures.
Jin Kwang Kim, Glen R. Fantuzzi
Filed: 2 May 23
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Systems and Methods for Left Ventricular Unloading In Treating Myocardial Infarction
9 Nov 23
We provide herein a method of preventing or limiting the effects of heart failure in a human patient that has sustained myocardial infarction by reducing maladaptive cardiac remodeling in the patient.
Navin K. Kapur, Richard H. Karas, Noam Josephy
Filed: 4 Apr 23
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Position Detection for a Circulatory Support Device
9 Nov 23
Methods and apparatus for determining whether a circulatory support device is correctly positioned in a heart of a patient are provided.
Adrienne Lee, Margi Patel, Qing Tan
Filed: 4 May 23
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Expandable Sheath with Interlock Dilator
2 Nov 23
An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator.
Christopher N. Korkuch, Robert Fishman, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Charles DeLorenzo, Andrew Gentile, Anne Gabrielle McLoughlin, Robert Swierczek, Matthew D'Agostino, Jonathan Barry
Filed: 6 Apr 23
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Method of Purging a Blood Pump
2 Nov 23
Devices, system, and methods are provided based on a technique for purging a blood pump.
Scott Corbett, Soumen Das, Vladimir Gilman, Jun Ding, Jeremy Moretz
Filed: 21 Feb 23
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Medical Device Support Devices
12 Oct 23
Support devices and/or support blocks are provided that support medical devices, such as access devices, at an desired orientation relative to a patient's body.
Glen FANTUZZI, Jonathan BARRY, Andrea MERIN
Filed: 7 Apr 23
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Intravascular Blood Pump Having Multilayer Coreless Coils
5 Oct 23
There is provided an intravascular blood pump for insertion into a patient's heart.
Jimpo Wang
Filed: 6 Apr 23
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Blood Pump Blood Compatibility Device
21 Sep 23
Systems and method are disclosed involving a pump control module configured to control an intravascular blood pump and display information about the intravascular blood pump, and a blood monitoring module configured to derive a value of a blood parameter from information received about a blood sample, such as information received from a blood monitoring sensor, and display the value of the blood parameter on the first display screen and/or on a second display screen.
Jerald Curran, Jin Kwang Kim, Jeremy Moretz, Claudia Mourran
Filed: 17 Mar 23
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Adaptive Flow Calculation for a Mechanical Circulatory Support Device
14 Sep 23
Methods and apparatus for determining flow through a circulatory support device are provided.
Mohammed Alwatban, Ahmad El Katerji, Maxim Daschewski, Gerd Spanier, Andre Chuev, Qing Tan, Samuel Brown
Filed: 10 Mar 23
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Drive Shaft Cover with a Heat Conducting Part
7 Sep 23
The application relates to a catheter device with a distal bearing for bearing a distal end of a drive shaft.
Mario Scheckel, Robert Decke, Joerg Schumacher
Filed: 2 Mar 23
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Pump, In Particular a Blood Pump
31 Aug 23
The present invention relates to a pump, in particular a blood pump having a proximal and a distal end and a pump housing arranged therebetween, a driveshaft arranged in an interior of the pump housing along the longitudinal direction, a conveying element arranged on the driveshaft, and a cannula.
Mario Scheckel, Robert Decke
Filed: 1 May 23
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Fluid Pump Changeable In Diameter, In Particular for Medical Application
3 Aug 23
The invention relates to a fluid pump device, in particular for the medical application, with a compressible pump housing and rotor, as well as with an actuation means which runs in the sleeve and on whose end the fluid pump is arranged.
Reiner Liebing
Filed: 6 Jan 23
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Intra-aortic Pressure Forecasting
3 Aug 23
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for predicting an intra-aortic pressure of a patient receiving hemodynamic support from a transvalvular micro-axial heart pump.
Ahmad El Katerji, Erik Kroeker, Elise Jortberg, Rose Yu, Rui Wang
Filed: 13 Jan 23
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Access Device Hub
27 Jul 23
An access device may be provided that includes a hub configured to improve the flow of blood within a lumen, in order to prevent, e.g., thrombus formation, while also avoiding hemolysis.
Adam Finck, Emilia Jahangir, Charles Anthony DeLorenzo, Glen Fantuzzi, Zhenghog Tao, Jiafeng Zhang, Leo Tse, Ryan Orizondo
Filed: 6 Jan 23
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Heart Pump with Passive Purge System
27 Jul 23
A heart pump assembly includes an elongate catheter with a proximal portion and a distal portion, a rotor at the distal portion of the elongate catheter, a driveshaft, and a bearing.
Vincent Barry
Filed: 27 Jan 23
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Counterpulsation Device Driver Apparatus, Method and System
27 Jul 23
A method of operating a counterpulsation device (CPD) in a human or animal subject is disclosed, the method including: receiving a heart beat signal indicative of the heart beat of the subject; providing counterpulsation therapy by controlling the pressure supplied to a CPD drive line in pneumatic communication with the CPD to cause the CPD to alternately fill with blood and eject blood with a timing that is determined at least in part based on the heart beat signal; while providing counterpulsation therapy, receiving a CPD drive line pressure signal indicative of the pressure in the CPD drive line; and adjusting the pressure supplied to the drive line based at least in part on the drive line pressure signal.
Paul Spence, Rob Dowling, Robert T.V. Kung, Thorsten Siess, Eric Gratz, Gerd Spanier
Filed: 10 Jan 23
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Systems and Methods for Determining Cardiac Output
27 Jul 23
The systems and methods described herein determine metrics of cardiac or vascular performance, such as cardiac output, and can use the metrics to determine appropriate levels of mechanical circulatory support to be provided to the patient.
Qing Tan, Ahmad El Katerji, Noam Josephy, Elazer R. Edelman, Brian Yale Chang, Steven Keller, Sonya Sanat Bhavsar
Filed: 23 Dec 22
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Fluid Pump Having at Least One Impeller Blade and a Support Device
27 Jul 23
The invention relates to a fluid pump comprising at least one impeller blade (1, 1′, 1″) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3) and conveys a fluid in operation and comprising a support device (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 12′, 13, 13′, 14, 14′, 15, 17) which supports the at least one impeller blade (1, 1′, 1″) in at least one support region, wherein the support device is changeable between a first state in which the rotor is radially compressed and a second state in which the rotor is radially expanded; and wherein at least one impeller blade extends at least partly radially inwardly with respect to the axis of rotation (3) from the support region/support regions in the radially expanded state of the rotor.
Joerg Schumacher, Daniel Roehn
Filed: 19 Jan 23
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Conveying Blades for a Compressible Rotor
27 Jul 23
To provide a simple embodiment of a rotor for a fluid pump which is nevertheless very flexible in handling and compressible, in accordance with the invention a conveying blade is provided having at least two struts and a membrane spanned between them in the expanded state, wherein the struts each have at least one joint, in particular more than one joint, which enables an angling in a first direction in a first movement plane and bounds an overelongation beyond an elongation angle of in particular 180° in the opposite second direction.
Sami Er
Filed: 13 Dec 22