Patents by Inventor Ilya SITNITSKY
Ilya SITNITSKY 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: 11767834Abstract: A disposable single-piston dual-action reciprocating pump part includes a single piston, an output port, and a balloon damper. The output port is configured for outputting fluid pumped by the single piston. The balloon damper is fitted in the output port, and the balloon damper is configured to suppress a pulsation in a flow rate of the outputted fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky, Gili Attias
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Publication number: 20230296089Abstract: A pump device includes a rotary motor, a compartment for insertion of a disposable pump part, and one or more pulsation-reduction elements. The disposable pump part includes an input port, an output port, and a dual-action reciprocating assembly. The input port is configured for intaking fluid. The output port is configured for outputting the fluid. The dual-action reciprocating assembly is configured for pumping the fluid. The assembly includes a single piston and a rod configured to be coupled to the rotary motor, so as to drive the piston. The one or more pulsation-reduction elements are configured to reduce a pulsation in the outputted fluid, caused by the single-piston dual-action reciprocating assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Yehuda ALGAWI, Assaf GOVARI, Gili ATTIAS, Ilya SITNITSKY
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Patent number: 11744601Abstract: A sinuplasty tool, consisting of a handle, and a rigid tube, containing a rigid tube lumen, having a rigid tube distal end and a rigid tube proximal end connected to the handle. The tool also has a resilient tube, containing a resilient tube lumen, having a resilient tube distal end and a resilient tube proximal end fixed to the rigid tube distal end so that the lumens align. The resilient tube has a multiplicity of separated openings partially encircling the resilient tube so as to form ribs in the resilient tube and permitting the resilient tube to bend. The resilient tube distal end may be inserted into a sinus of a living subject. The tool also has a wire, traversing the aligned lumens, connected to the resilient tube distal end and coupled to the handle, so that applying tension to the wire causes the resilient tube to bend.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann, Vadim Gliner, Ilya Sitnitsky
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Patent number: 11737773Abstract: A medical tool includes a rotatable hollow tube and one or more electrical wires. The rotatable hollow tube is defining a working channel therein for insertion of a medical instrument into a cavity of a patient body. The one or more electrical wires traverse the working channel for exchanging electrical signals with one or more electronic devices located at a distal end of the rotatable hollow tube. The working channel has a non-circular cross section for passing both the medical instrument and the one or more electrical wires, and for allowing rotation of the rotatable hollow tube relative to the medical instrument located inside the working channel in the presence of the one or more electrical wires.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky, Gili Attias
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Publication number: 20230255823Abstract: A medical device having a housing, an annular fixture contained in the housing and having a central opening, a needle having a proximal end contained within the central opening of the annular fixture and a distal end protruding out of the housing, a motion assembly, which is configured to move the needle longitudinally back and forth relative to the annular fixture and the housing, and a flexible diaphragm comprising a peripheral part that seals externally around the annular fixture and an inner sleeve that seals around the proximal end of the needle, whereby movement of the needle back and forth causes the sleeve to evert and invert within the central opening while maintaining a vacuum seal between the annular fixture and the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ilya Sitnitsky, Alexander Shechtman, Assaf Govari, Stanislav Katzir, Elad Avraham Diukman
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Publication number: 20230258177Abstract: A sealing assembly for a progressive cavity pump and a progressive cavity pump assembly having a retaining sleeve, a ring, and an elastic diaphragm terminating in a first end of the diaphragm in a first opening, and in a second end of the diaphragm, opposite the first end, in a second opening larger than the first opening. The second opening is held in contact with the retaining sleeve by the ring, and the first opening is configured to grip a rotor of the progressive cavity pump, and the ring is configured to hold the second opening fixed with respect to a stator of the progressive cavity pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ilya Sitnitsky, Alexander Shechtman, Assaf Govari, Stanislav Katzir, Elad Avraham Diukman
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Patent number: 11723517Abstract: A medical apparatus includes a trocar, a control handle, a first electrical wire, and a second electrical wire. The trocar is used for insertion into an organ of a patient, and includes (i) a cannula having a longitudinal axis, (ii) a position sensor that is fitted inside the cannula, and (iii) a camera that is coupled to a movable element, which is fitted inside the cannula and configured to be moved along the longitudinal axis for moving the camera along the cannula. The control handle is coupled to a proximal end of the movable element and is configured to move the movable element and the camera. The first electrical wire is coupled between the control handle and the camera. The second electrical wire is coupled between the control handle and the position sensor, and has a slack configured to compensate for a motion of the camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky, Gili Attias
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Patent number: 11717675Abstract: A pacing system includes a signal generator and an electromechanical switch. The signal generator is configured to generate a pacing signal. The electromechanical switch has a plurality of outputs that are configured to be coupled to a plurality of electrodes inserted into a heart of a patient, each output configured to deliver the pacing signal to a respective electrode. The electromechanical switch is configured to route the pacing signal to no more than a single selected one of the outputs at any given time, so as to pace the heart using no more than a single selected one of the electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Vadim Gliner, Alon Boumendil, Ilya Sitnitsky, Stanislav Katzir, Yehuda Algawi
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Patent number: 11712287Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical system includes a medical instrument having a grasper head including first and second complementary grasping jaws, and first and second conducting surfaces disposed on respective distal portions of the first and second grasping jaws, the conducting surfaces being electrically isolated from each other in the grasper head, an actuator configured to close the grasping jaws so as to bring the conducting surfaces into contact with a tissue of a body part of a living subject, and a proximity sensor configured to output at least one proximity signal responsive to a displacement between the grasping jaws, and processing circuitry coupled to sense the displacement between the first and second grasping jaws responsively to the at least one proximity signal, and apply an electrical current between the first and second conducting surfaces of the grasping jaws when the sensed displacement is less than a given threshold displacement.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yehuda Algawi, Vadim Gliner, Ilya Sitnitsky, Andres Claudio Altmann
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Publication number: 20230233252Abstract: A catheter includes an insertion tube, a flexible substrate and one or more electrical devices. The insertion tube is configured for insertion into a patient body. The flexible substrate is configured to wrap around a distal end of the insertion tube and includes electrical interconnections. The electrical devices are coupled to the flexible substrate and are connected to the electrical interconnections.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Assaf GOVARI, Andres Claudio ALTMANN, Yehuda ALGAWI, Ilya SITNITSKY, Christopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES, Kevin Justin HERRERA
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Patent number: 11707341Abstract: A jig includes a base and one or more movable blocks. The base has an upper surface, which is configured to receive a substrate shaped as a flattened polyhedron having multiple facets. The one or more movable blocks are configured to move on the base so as to fold respective ones of the multiple facets, and to hold the substrate in a folded three-dimensional configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky
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Publication number: 20230218357Abstract: An eye surgery apparatus includes an eye surgery tool, an imaging system, a robotic arm, and a processor. The eye surgery tool has a distal end for insertion into an eye of a patient through an incision in the eye. The imaging system is configured to acquire images showing the incision and at least part of the eye surgery tool. The robotic arm is coupled with the eye surgery tool, which is configured to move the distal end of the eye surgery tool inside the eye according to one or more commands issued during an eye surgery. The processor is configured to, during the eye surgery (i) receive the images from the imaging system, (ii) monitor the commands issued to the robotic arm, (iii) detect, by analyzing the images, that a monitored command is expected to enlarge the incision, and (iv) initiate responsive action with respect to the detected command.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky
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Patent number: 11698059Abstract: A pump device includes a rotary motor, a compartment for insertion of a disposable pump part, and one or more pulsation-reduction elements. The disposable pump part includes an input port, an output port, and a dual-action reciprocating assembly. The input port is configured for intaking fluid. The output port is configured for outputting the fluid. The dual-action reciprocating assembly is configured for pumping the fluid. The assembly includes a single piston and a rod configured to be coupled to the rotary motor, so as to drive the piston. The one or more pulsation-reduction elements are configured to reduce a pulsation in the outputted fluid, caused by the single-piston dual-action reciprocating assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Gili Attias, Ilya Sitnitsky
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Publication number: 20230201443Abstract: A system for controlling aspiration of a phacoemulsification probe inserted into an eye includes an anti-vacuum surge (AVS) module, one or more sensors, a vacuum relief valve, and a processor. The AVS module is coupled with an aspiration channel of the probe and is configured to mitigate vacuum surges in the channel by regulating flow via the channel. The one or more sensors are configured to measure fluid parameters in the channel. The vacuum relief valve, which is fluidly coupled with the channel, is configured to controllably relieve vacuum in the channel. The processor is configured to identify a change in at least one of the fluid parameters by reading at least one of the one or more sensors, and, responsively to an identified change in fluid parameters, operate the vacuum relief valve using pulse width modulation (PWM) to maintain a pressure in the channel within a predefined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Yehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, Ilya Sitnitsky, Eran Aharon
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Publication number: 20230181359Abstract: A system for controlling aspiration of a phacoemulsification system having (i) a device that is coupled with an aspiration line of the phacoemulsification system to regulate flow in the aspiration line, and (ii) a pressure wave damper, which is fluidly coupled with the aspiration line and includes an elastic element, the elastic element configured to undergo a change in shape in response to a pressure pulse created by the device, so as to suppress an amplitude of the pressure wave before the pressure pulse reaches the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Assaf Govari, Vadim Gliner, Ilya Sitnitsky
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Patent number: 11666203Abstract: Apparatus, including a probe having an insertion tube and a section connected to the insertion tube. A camera is attached to the section and a magnetic field sensor coil, having a first coil axis of symmetry, is also attached with the first axis parallel to a camera direction of view. Another magnetic field sensor coil, which has a second coil axis of symmetry, is attached to the insertion tube with the second axis perpendicular to the camera direction of view. A processor receives signals generated by the coils and in response to signals received at a first time, identifies an initial orientation of an initial image produced by the camera. In response to signals received at a second, subsequent, time, the processor identifies a subsequent orientation of a subsequent image and rotates the subsequent image on a display so as to reorient the subsequent image to the initial orientation.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Vadim Gliner, Assaf Govari, Yehuda Algawi, Ilya Sitnitsky
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Publication number: 20230157568Abstract: A medical procedure system, including a medical instrument to be inserted into a body part, and including position-tracking transducers to provide position signals, a distal end, and at least one radiopaque marker, a position tracking sub-system to compute a position including at least one location and orientation of the distal end in a position-tracking sub-system coordinate frame responsively to the position signals, a fluoroscope to capture fluoroscopic images of an interior of the body part and the radiopaque marker(s), and a registration sub-system to render, to a display, the captured fluoroscopic images including at least one marker-image of the radiopaque marker(s), and at least one graphical representation indicative of the computed position of the distal end, receive user-alignment input aligning the graphical representation(s) with the marker-image(s), and register the position-tracking sub-system coordinate frame with a coordinate frame of the fluoroscope responsively to the received user-alignmenType: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yehuda Algawi, Vadim Gliner, Ilya Sitnitsky, Andres Claudio Altmann
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Patent number: 11653973Abstract: A catheter includes an insertion tube, a flexible substrate and one or more electrical devices. The insertion tube is configured for insertion into a patient body. The flexible substrate is configured to wrap around a distal end of the insertion tube and includes electrical interconnections. The electrical devices are coupled to the flexible substrate and are connected to the electrical interconnections.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann, Yehuda Algawi, Ilya Sitnitsky, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Joseph Thomas Keyes, Kevin Justin Herrera
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Publication number: 20230117302Abstract: An eye surgery apparatus includes a model surgical tool, a robotic arm coupled with an eye surgery tool, a tracking-system, and a processor. The model surgical tool is configured to be maneuvered by a physician. The robotic arm is coupled with an eye surgery tool and configured to be placed in proximity to an eye of a patient. The tracking-system is configured to track movements of at least the model surgical tool. The processor is configured to (i) receive the tracked movements of the model surgical tool from the tracking system, while the physician moves the model surgical tool to perform a model eye surgery on an oversized model eye, and (ii) apply to the robotic arm movements that mirror and scale-down the movements applied by the physician to the model surgical tool, to perform a surgical procedure on the eye of the patient using the eye surgery tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Ilya Sitnitsky, Vadim Gliner
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Patent number: 11589772Abstract: A medical procedure system, including a medical instrument to be inserted into a body part, and including position-tracking transducers to provide position signals, a distal end, and at least one radiopaque marker, a position tracking sub-system to compute a position including at least one location and orientation of the distal end in a position-tracking sub-system coordinate frame responsively to the position signals, a fluoroscope to capture fluoroscopic images of an interior of the body part and the radiopaque marker(s), and a registration sub-system to render, to a display, the captured fluoroscopic images including at least one marker-image of the radiopaque marker(s), and at least one graphical representation indicative of the computed position of the distal end, receive user-alignment input aligning the graphical representation(s) with the marker-image(s), and register the position-tracking sub-system coordinate frame with a coordinate frame of the fluoroscope responsively to the received user-alignmenType: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yehuda Algawi, Vadim Gliner, Ilya Sitnitsky, Andres Claudio Altmann