Patents by Inventor Davis Flanagan
Davis Flanagan 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: 11918763Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Nextern Innovation, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
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Patent number: 11717644Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Nextern Innovation, LLCInventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
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Publication number: 20220126065Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLCInventors: Ryan J. Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
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Publication number: 20200254219Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
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Patent number: 10675442Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Nextern, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
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Publication number: 20170266410Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a flexible extrusion having a number of radially extending members configured for slidable insertion into a lumen of a surgical catheter shaft. In an illustrative example, the extrusion may have a flexible wall and define an interior insert lumen extending along the longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end. Each of the radially extending members may have a distal engaging surface. When the extrusion is slidably inserted, for example, into the lumen of the catheter shaft, the distal engaging surface of each of the plurality of radial extending members may slidably engage an interior surface of the catheter shaft. In some examples, the inserted extrusion may define an annular distribution of longitudinally extending channels between a proximal and a distal end of the catheter. The slidable construction may advantageously simplify assembly, for example. The channels may offer end-to-end communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Richard Farrell, Ryan Douglas, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Avong Lo, Brian Loushine
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Publication number: 20170224955Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
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Patent number: D807522Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Verilux, Inc.Inventors: Dennis Berke, Joseph Cameron, Davis Flanagan, Ryan J. Douglas, Jonathan Lawson