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).

  • Patent number: 11918763
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Nextern Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan J. Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
  • Patent number: 11717644
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Nextern Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
  • Publication number: 20220126065
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Nextern Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan J. Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
  • Publication number: 20200254219
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
  • Patent number: 10675442
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Nextern, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
  • Publication number: 20170266410
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Farrell, Ryan Douglas, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Avong Lo, Brian Loushine
  • Publication number: 20170224955
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Douglas, Richard Farrell, Dennis Berke, Davis Flanagan, David Bontrager, Brian Loushine
  • Patent number: D807522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Verilux, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Berke, Joseph Cameron, Davis Flanagan, Ryan J. Douglas, Jonathan Lawson