Patents by Inventor Bryan A. Brutlag
Bryan A. Brutlag has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11478162Abstract: Embodiments for assessing flow at an anatomical region of interest are disclosed. One embodiment uses pulsed contrast media injections at a known frequency along with corresponding image data to derive a measurement of blood flow velocity at the region of interest. Another embodiment uses incremental changes in known contrast media injection flow rates to match the blood flow rate relative to one of these known contrast media injection flow rates based on the presence of a particular indicia in image data. For example, this indicia can be the flow of contrast media out from a coronary artery back into the aorta or the onset of a steady state pixel density. A further embodiment uses contrast media injections that are synchronized with the cardiac cycle. For example, contrast media injections can be synchronized with the diastolic and/or systolic phases and used to measure blood flow accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Robert F. Wilson, Todd Suchecki, Thomas M. Snyder, Alan Evans, Bryan Brutlag
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Publication number: 20190357778Abstract: Embodiments for assessing flow at an anatomical region of interest are disclosed. One embodiment uses pulsed contrast media injections at a known frequency along with corresponding image data to derive a measurement of blood flow velocity at the region of interest. Another embodiment uses incremental changes in known contrast media injection flow rates to match the blood flow rate relative to one of these known contrast media injection flow rates based on the presence of a particular indicia in image data. For example, this indicia can be the flow of contrast media out from a coronary artery back into the aorta or the onset of a steady state pixel density. A further embodiment uses contrast media injections that are synchronized with the cardiac cycle. For example, contrast media injections can be synchronized with the diastolic and/or systolic phases and used to measure blood flow accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Robert F. Wilson, Todd Suchecki, Thomas M. Snyder, Alan Evans, Bryan Brutlag
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Patent number: 10029168Abstract: A dasher board assembly provides enhanced safety, such as for ice hockey rinks. The assembly is constructed so that on low height impacts a dampening material with at least one of a damping coefficient of about 1.7-3.2×104 N-s/m, a spring constant of about 1.5-3.0×106 N/m, and a loss coefficient greater than 0.15, absorbs the impact. On high height impacts both the dampening material and deflection of cantilevered generally vertical polygonal aluminum tubes absorb the impact. The assembly results in a Head Injury Criteria of less than 250 for all realistic scenarios, and a reduction of HIC values of at least 30% compared to an equivalent assembly with a rigid frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Inventors: Marc Kapsalis, Bryan Brutlag, Kevin Beauregard, Cory Crean, Carly Kristine Antonucci, Aren Yale Paster, Mark Walter Steiner
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Patent number: 9974350Abstract: One or more battery-operated fans are integrated into a hard hat and pull air through a filter to remove contaminants in the air. The filtered air passes through one or more channels in the hard hat and exits the hard hat through an air curtain exit located near the user's face. The exiting air leaves with sufficient velocity to form an air curtain. A user wearing goggles or other protective eyewear will have the filtered air current pass in front of the eyewear. Paint and other contaminant particles that are in the air will not be able to contact the outer surface of the eyewear, as the particles will not be able to pass through the curtain of filtered air.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Poma 22 LLCInventors: Steve Harvey Perusse, Steve Harrington, Joy Salvatin Lee, Bill Campbell, Judy Emaus, Joshua Lee, Bryan Brutlag
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Publication number: 20170079365Abstract: One or more battery-operated fans are integrated into a hard hat and pull air through a filter to remove contaminants in the air. The filtered air passes through one or more channels in the hard hat and exits the hard hat through an air curtain exit located near the user's face. The exiting air leaves with sufficient velocity to form an air curtain. A user wearing goggles or other protective eyewear will have the filtered air current pass in front of the eyewear. Paint and other contaminant particles that are in the air will not be able to contact the outer surface of the eyewear, as the particles will not be able to pass through the curtain of filtered air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Poma 22 LLCInventors: Steve Harvey Perusse, Steve Harrington, Joy Salvatin Lee, Bill Campbell, Judy Emaus, Joshua Lee, Bryan Brutlag
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Patent number: 9510632Abstract: One or more battery-operated fans are integrated into a hard hat and pull air through a filter to remove contaminants in the air. The filtered air passes through one or more channels in the hard hat and exits the hard hat through an air curtain exit located near the user's face. The exiting air leaves with sufficient velocity to form an air curtain. A user wearing goggles or other protective eyewear will have the filtered air current pass in front of the eyewear. Paint and other contaminant particles that are in the air will not be able to contact the outer surface of the eyewear, as the particles will not be able to pass through the curtain of filtered air.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Poma 22 LLCInventors: Steve Harvey Perusse, Steve Harrington, Joy Salvatin Lee, Bill Campbell, Judy Emaus, Joshua Lee, Bryan Brutlag
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Publication number: 20160158509Abstract: An actively tracked medical device comprising: a dilator having an inner tubular main body having a distal end and a proximal end, said tubular main body including at least first and second receiving channels positioned in a spaced apart relationship on an outer surface of said tubular main body; a region at the distal end of said tubular main body for supporting one or more tracking coils; an atrumatic tip portion operably coupled and positioned distal to said main body; a lumen extending through said tubular main body, said tip support and said atraumatic tip portion; and an outer polymer body having first and second ends, said outer polymer body operably covering said inner tubular main body and said tracking coils, said first end terminating adjacent a proximal end of said atraumatic tip portion and said second end terminating adjacent said hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Steven R. Wedan, Thomas W. Lloyd, Bryan A. Brutlag, Gregg S. Stenzel, Scott Kimmel
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Patent number: 9192743Abstract: A method of using a MR compatible deflectable catheter is provided. The MR compatible deflectable catheter includes a steerable sheath having a tubular shaft. The tubular shaft receives first and second longitudinal movement wires at a distal end thereof. A control handle is coupled to a proximal end of the first and second longitudinal movement wires and causes longitudinal movement of the wires. Longitudinal movement of the wires causes the catheter to deflect approximately 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: IMRICOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Stenzel, Bryan Brutlag, Steven R. Wedan, Douglas A. Page, Thomas W. Lloyd, James Alan Kalthoff
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Publication number: 20150296917Abstract: One or more battery-operated fans are integrated into a hard hat and pull air through a filter to remove contaminants in the air. The filtered air passes through one or more channels in the hard hat and exits the hard hat through an air curtain exit located near the user's face. The exiting air leaves with sufficient velocity to form an air curtain. A user wearing goggles or other protective eyewear will have the filtered air current pass in front of the eyewear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Steve Harvey Perusse, Steve Harrington, Joy Salvatin Lee, Bill Campbell, Judy Emaus, Joshua Lee, Bryan Brutlag
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Patent number: 9138561Abstract: An MR compatible deflectable catheter and method of using the same is provided. The MR compatible deflectable catheter includes a steerable sheath having a tubular shaft. The tubular shaft receives first and second longitudinal movement wires at a distal end thereof. A control handle is coupled to a proximal end of the first and second longitudinal movement wires and causes longitudinal movement of the wires.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: IMRICOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Stenzel, Bryan A. Brutlag, Steven R. Wedan, Douglas A. Page, Thomas W. Lloyd, James Alan Kalthoff
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Publication number: 20150231365Abstract: A method of using a MR compatible deflectable catheter is provided. The MR compatible deflectable catheter includes a steerable sheath having a tubular shaft. The tubular shaft receives first and second longitudinal movement wires at a distal end thereof. A control handle is coupled to a proximal end of the first and second longitudinal movement wires and causes longitudinal movement of the wires. Longitudinal movement of the wires causes the catheter to deflect approximately 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Gregg S. Stenzel, Bryan Brutlag, Steven R. Wedan, Douglas A. Page, Thomas W. Lloyd, James Alan Kalthoff
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Publication number: 20140100445Abstract: An MR compatible deflectable catheter and method of using the same is provided. The MR compatible deflectable catheter includes a steerable sheath having a tubular shaft. The tubular shaft receives first and second longitudinal movement wires at a distal end thereof A control handle is coupled to a proximal end of the first and second longitudinal movement wires and causes longitudinal movement of the wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: IMRICOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Gregg S. Stenzel, Bryan Brutlag, Steven R. Wedan, Doug A. Page, Thomas W. Lloyd, James Alan Kalthoff
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Publication number: 20130040746Abstract: A dasher board assembly provides enhanced safety, such as for ice hockey rinks. The assembly is constructed so that on low height impacts a dampening material with at least one of a damping coefficient of about 1.7-3.2×104 N-s/m, a spring constant of about 1.5-3.0×106 N/m, and a loss coefficient greater than 0.15, absorbs the impact. On high height impacts both the dampening material and deflection of cantilevered generally vertical polygonal aluminum tubes absorb the impact. The assembly results in a Head Injury Criteria of less than 250 for all realistic scenarios, and a reduction of HIC values of at least 30% compared to an equivalent assembly with a rigid frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Marc Kapsalis, Bryan Brutlag, Kevin Beauregard, Cory Crean, Carly Kristine Antonucci, Aren Yale Paster, Mark Walter Steiner