Patents by Inventor Dara McMahon
Dara McMahon 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: 10010699Abstract: Embodiment methods of treating a human or animal patient using a remotely controlled robotic catheter device inserting a handle of a catheter into a handle controller, inserting the catheter tubular portion into a resealable delivery channel forming a sterile barrier to a sled base, engaging a tip of the catheter with a sterile introducer disposed at an end of the sled base and engaged with the patient's body, positioning the catheter into the patient's body by remotely sending commands to the tele-robotic device to cause the sled member to advance toward the patient's body, and performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on the patient using the catheter. Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures may include a mapping procedure, an ablation procedure, an angioplasty procedure, a drug delivery procedure; an electrophysiology procedure, a radiological procedure, and a medical device implantation or positioning procedure.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: CATHETER PRECISION, INC.Inventors: Todd J. Cohen, Dara McMahon, Robert C. Royce
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Patent number: 9707377Abstract: Embodiment methods of treating a human or animal patient using a remotely controlled robotic catheter device inserting a handle of a catheter into a handle controller, inserting the catheter tubular portion into a resealable delivery channel forming a sterile barrier to a sled base, engaging a tip of the catheter with a sterile introducer disposed at an end of the sled base and engaged with the patient's body, positioning the catheter into the patient's body by remotely sending commands to the tele-robotic device to cause the sled member to advance toward the patient's body, and performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on the patient using the catheter. Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures may include a mapping procedure, an ablation procedure, an angioplasty procedure, a drug delivery procedure; an electrophysiology procedure, a radiological procedure, and a medical device implantation or positioning procedure.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: CATHETER PRECISION, INC.Inventors: Todd J. Cohen, Dara McMahon, Robert C. Royce
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Publication number: 20140243851Abstract: Embodiment methods of treating a human or animal patient using a remotely controlled robotic catheter device inserting a handle of a catheter into a handle controller, inserting the catheter tubular portion into a resealable delivery channel forming a sterile barrier to a sled base, engaging a tip of the catheter with a sterile introducer disposed at an end of the sled base and engaged with the patient's body, positioning the catheter into the patient's body by remotely sending commands to the tele-robotic device to cause the sled member to advance toward the patient's body, and performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on the patient using the catheter. Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures may include a mapping procedure, an ablation procedure, an angioplasty procedure, a drug delivery procedure; an electrophysiology procedure, a radiological procedure, and a medical device implantation or positioning procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Catheter Robotics Inc.Inventors: Todd J. Cohen, Dara McMahon, Robert C. Royce
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Patent number: 8708952Abstract: A system for remotely controlling the positioning within the body of a patient of an elongated medical device optionally having a control handle, comprises a robotic system and a remote controller configured to control the robotic device. The robotic system comprises a handle controller; a sled member coupled to the handle controller, the sled member being configured to position the medical device within the body of the patient; and a sled base configured to advance the sled member towards the body of a patient, the sled bed being coupled to a sterile barrier effective to maintain sterility inside the sled base. A medical device introducer is effective to guide the elongated medical device into a patient's body.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Catheter Robotics, Inc.Inventors: Todd J. Cohen, Dara McMahon, Robert C. Royce, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140081113Abstract: Embodiment methods of treating a human or animal patient using a remotely controlled robotic catheter device inserting a handle of a catheter into a handle controller, inserting the catheter tubular portion into a resealable delivery channel forming a sterile barrier to a sled base, engaging a tip of the catheter with a sterile introducer disposed at an end of the sled base and engaged with the patient's body, positioning the catheter into the patient's body by remotely sending commands to the tele-robotic device to cause the sled member to advance toward the patient's body, and performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure on the patient using the catheter. Diagnostic or therapeutic procedures may include a mapping procedure, an ablation procedure, an angioplasty procedure, a drug delivery procedure; an electrophysiology procedure, a radiological procedure, and a medical device implantation or positioning procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Catheter Robotics Inc.Inventors: Todd J. COHEN, Dara MCMAHON, Robert C. Royce
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Publication number: 20110105954Abstract: A system for remotely controlling the positioning within the body of a patient of an elongated medical device optionally having a control handle, comprises a robotic system and a remote controller configured to control the robotic device. The robotic system comprises a handle controller; a sled member coupled to the handle controller, the sled member being configured to position the medical device within the body of the patient; and a sled base configured to advance the sled member towards the body of a patient, the sled bed being coupled to a sterile barrier effective to maintain sterility inside the sled base. A medical device introducer is effective to guide the elongated medical device into a patient's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: CATHETER ROBOTICS, INC.Inventors: Todd J. Cohen, Dara McMahon, Robert C. Royce, JR.
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Patent number: 6635007Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a centrifuge system, the centrifuge system including a rotor and a motor operatively coupled to the rotor, the apparatus including an accelerometer coupled to the centrifuge system so as to measure an acceleration of at least a portion of the centrifuge system during operation of the centrifuge system to provide an acceleration signal, a filter that receives the acceleration signal and provides a filtered acceleration signal, and a controller that receives the displacement signal and controls the centrifuge system in response to the displacement signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Thermo IEC, Inc.Inventors: Robert R. Evans, III, Dara McMahon
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Publication number: 20020092802Abstract: A centrifuge system including a rotor constructed and arranged to hold at least one sample to be centrifuged, a motor, operatively coupled to the rotor, to rotate the rotor, a power supply, for connection to a power source, to supply power to the motor, and an active power factor correction circuit incorporated into the power supply to increase the power factor of the power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2001Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventors: Robert R. Evana, Dara McMahon
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Publication number: 20020077239Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a centrifuge system, the centrifuge system including a rotor and a motor operatively coupled to the rotor, the apparatus including an accelerometer coupled to the centrifuge system so as to measure an acceleration of at least a portion of the centrifuge system during operation of the centrifuge system to provide an acceleration signal, a filter, that receives the acceleration signal and provides a filtered acceleration signal, and a controller that receives the displacement signal and controls the centrifuge system in response to the displacement signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Robert R. Evans, Dara McMahon