Patents by Inventor Jace Valls

Jace Valls 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).

  • Publication number: 20240130734
    Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Miles Alexander, Peter Andriola, Brian Fahey, William Jason Fox, Anthony Pantages, Scott Robertson, Jace Valls
  • Patent number: 11857197
    Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Shifamed Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Alexander, Peter Andriola, Brian Fahey, William Jason Fox, Anthony Pantages, Scott Robertson, Jace Valls
  • Patent number: 11633194
    Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Shifamed Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Miles Alexander, Peter Andriola, Brian Fahey, William Jason Fox, Anthony Pantages, Scott Robertson, Jace Valls
  • Publication number: 20220226000
    Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Miles Alexander, Peter Andriola, Brian Fahey, William Jason Fox, Anthony Pantages, Scott Robertson, Jace Valls
  • Publication number: 20220142652
    Abstract: The present technology includes systems and methods for invasively adjusting implantable devices for selectively controlling fluid flow between a first body region and a second body region of a patient. For example, in many of the embodiments described herein, a catheter can be used to mechanically and/or electrically engage an implanted medical device. Once the catheter engages the medical device, the catheter can (i) increase a dimension associated with the medical device, such as through mechanical expansion forces, and/or (ii) decrease a dimension associated with the medical device, such as by heating a shape memory component of the medical device above a phase transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Miles Alexander, Peter Andriola, Brian Fahey, William Jason Fox, Anthony Pantages, Scott Robertson, Jace Valls