公开(公告)号：US20220126065A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-28

申请号：US17647325

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Ryan J. Douglas ,  Richard Farrell ,  Dennis Berke ,  Davis Flanagan ,  David Bontrager ,  Brian Loushine

IPC: A61M25/01

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a catheter manipulation handle with user interface controls for steering a catheter in situ while providing an augmented (e.g., motorized, powered and tunable precision steering, and perforation safeguards) control and feedback user experience. In an illustrative example, the catheter manipulation handle may provide motor assisted operation to automatically rotate and/or deflect a distal tip of the catheter to steer and guide the distal tip to a target location in the patient's vasculature system. The augmented feedback may include, for example, haptic feedback via the handle. Haptic, audible, and/or visual feedback via the handle may indicate, for example, proximity or engagement of the distal tip with sensitive tissue. In some examples, the handle's augmented operation may advantageously amplify feedback signals to enhance the user's perception of the patient's safety with respect to the safe passage of the distal tip through the patient's vasculature.

公开(公告)号：US20250003519A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18404001

申请日：2024-01-04

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Fernando Buarque ,  Christopher Narveson ,  Ryan J. Douglas ,  John Swoyer

IPC: F16K31/08

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a valve having an actuator configured to translate a mass in a plane and a valve element located out of the first plane and configured to translate along a first linear axis. In an illustrative example, at least one of the mass and the valve element may include a magnetic source providing a persistent magnetic field and the other may include a non-magnetized, magnetically permeable mass. Reluctance-induced forces may, for example, translate the valve element towards the mass along the first linear axis when the mass is brought into register with a second linear axis. The first linear axis and the second linear axis may, for example, be colinear. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a valve requiring low energy input for operation.

公开(公告)号：US11918763B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17647325

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Ryan J. Douglas ,  Richard Farrell ,  Dennis Berke ,  Davis Flanagan ,  David Bontrager ,  Brian Loushine

IPC: A61M25/01

CPC classification number: A61M25/0136 ,  A61M25/0113 ,  A61M2025/0166 ,  A61M2205/332 ,  A61M2205/3331 ,  A61M2205/3379

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a catheter manipulation handle with user interface controls for steering a catheter in situ while providing an augmented (e.g., motorized, powered and tunable precision steering, and perforation safeguards) control and feedback user experience. In an illustrative example, the catheter manipulation handle may provide motor assisted operation to automatically rotate and/or deflect a distal tip of the catheter to steer and guide the distal tip to a target location in the patient's vasculature system. The augmented feedback may include, for example, haptic feedback via the handle. Haptic, audible, and/or visual feedback via the handle may indicate, for example, proximity or engagement of the distal tip with sensitive tissue. In some examples, the handle's augmented operation may advantageously amplify feedback signals to enhance the user's perception of the patient's safety with respect to the safe passage of the distal tip through the patient's vasculature.

公开(公告)号：US20210388918A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17303216

申请日：2021-05-24

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Fernando Buarque ,  Christopher Narveson ,  Ryan J. Douglas ,  John Swoyer

IPC: F16K31/08

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a valve having an actuator configured to translate a mass in a plane and a valve element located out of the first plane and configured to translate along a first linear axis. In an illustrative example, at least one of the mass and the valve element may include a magnetic source providing a persistent magnetic field and the other may include a non-magnetized, magnetically permeable mass. Reluctance-induced forces may, for example, translate the valve element towards the mass along the first linear axis when the mass is brought into register with a second linear axis. The first linear axis and the second linear axis may, for example, be colinear. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a valve requiring low energy input for operation.

公开(公告)号：US20250069736A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18830307

申请日：2024-09-10

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Ryan J. Douglas ,  Steven M. Gigl ,  Jonathan Lawson ,  James Kinney ,  David Bontrager

IPC: G16H40/63 ,  G16H50/20

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a Self-Validating System (SVS) which includes an Electronic Self-Validating Module (ESVM) that may be employed within a medical device, operable to receive and to transmit wireless transmissions to and from a personal electronic mobile device, the mobile device executing a Self-Validating Medical Device Remote Control (SVMDRC) application, also known as the mobile app, operable to control the ESVM, the mobile device and the ESVM further executing a pre-determined sequence of instructions at a pre-determined frequency, operable to perform a set of safety (validation) checks on the mobile device, and the ESVM. In an illustrative example, changes (updates) to the mobile device's operating system, the app, or the hardware on the mobile device may be detected by the mobile device, and may advantageously re-validate the mobile device automatically.

公开(公告)号：US11906070B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17303216

申请日：2021-05-24

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Fernando Buarque ,  Christopher Narveson ,  Ryan J. Douglas ,  John Swoyer

IPC: F16K31/08

CPC classification number: F16K31/084

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a valve having an actuator configured to translate a mass in a plane and a valve element located out of the first plane and configured to translate along a first linear axis. In an illustrative example, at least one of the mass and the valve element may include a magnetic source providing a persistent magnetic field and the other may include a non-magnetized, magnetically permeable mass. Reluctance-induced forces may, for example, translate the valve element towards the mass along the first linear axis when the mass is brought into register with a second linear axis. The first linear axis and the second linear axis may, for example, be colinear. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a valve requiring low energy input for operation.

公开(公告)号：US20240399111A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18426992

申请日：2024-01-30

Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC

Inventor： Ryan J. Douglas ,  Richard Farrell ,  Dennis Berke ,  Davis Flanagan ,  David Bontrager ,  Brian Loushine

IPC: A61M25/01

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a catheter manipulation handle with user interface controls for steering a catheter in situ while providing an augmented (e.g., motorized, powered and tunable precision steering, and perforation safeguards) control and feedback user experience. In an illustrative example, the catheter manipulation handle may provide motor assisted operation to automatically rotate and/or deflect a distal tip of the catheter to steer and guide the distal tip to a target location in the patient's vasculature system. The augmented feedback may include, for example, haptic feedback via the handle. Haptic, audible, and/or visual feedback via the handle may indicate, for example, proximity or engagement of the distal tip with sensitive tissue. In some examples, the handle's augmented operation may advantageously amplify feedback signals to enhance the user's perception of the patient's safety with respect to the safe passage of the distal tip through the patient's vasculature.