Patents by Inventor Bryan Leasure

Bryan Leasure 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).

  • Patent number: 7172551
    Abstract: An intravascular pump, which may be a left ventricle assist device, comprising a wall defining a pumping chamber, the wall support by struts, the struts attached to or part of an actuation system to move the wall from an expanded position to a contracted position and back to operated the pump, the actuation system may be electrically activated shape memory alloy struts, electroactive polymeric struts, or may be a balloon, struts attached to a slidable member or other suitable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Leasure
  • Publication number: 20050228211
    Abstract: An intravascular pump, which may be a left ventricle assist device, comprising a wall defining a pumping chamber, the wall support by struts, the struts attached to or part of an actuation system to move the wall from an expanded position to a contracted position and back to operated the pump, the actuation system may be electrically activated shape memory alloy struts, electroactive polymeric struts, or may be a balloon, struts attached to a slidable member or other suitable system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventor: Bryan Leasure