Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Bueche
Kenneth M. Bueche 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: 11357649Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Publication number: 20220096069Abstract: A blood vessel access closure device includes an inner blood vessel wall support member and an outer blood vessel wall support member. The closure device also includes a deployment member and an electrode. The deployment member is configured to draw the inner and outer blood vessel wall support members towards each other when the inner and outer blood vessel wall members are deployed on opposite sides of a blood vessel wall during closure of a hole in the blood vessel wall. The electrode is configured to be attached to the deployment member and configured to be used to measure impedance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Philippe GENEREUX, Robert M. KIPPERMAN, Kenneth M. BUECHE, Zaffer SYED
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Patent number: 11224414Abstract: A blood vessel access closure device includes an inner blood vessel wall support member and an outer blood vessel wall support member. The closure device also includes a deployment member and an electrode. The deployment member is configured to draw the inner and outer blood vessel wall support members towards each other when the inner and outer blood vessel wall members are deployed on opposite sides of a blood vessel wall during closure of a hole in the blood vessel wall. The electrode is configured to be attached to the deployment member and configured to be used to measure impedance.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Saranas, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Genereux, Robert M. Kipperman, Kenneth M. Bueche, Zaffer Syed
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Publication number: 20210282945Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Publication number: 20210236311Abstract: A pusher assembly for a stent delivery device includes a distal end of an elongate member and a stent-engaging member having proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the stent-engaging member is mechanically coupled to the distal end of the inner member by a connector, or the proximal end of the stent-engaging member is at least partially inside the distal end of the elongate inner member. The stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member, or the stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member. The stent-engaging member is configured to move a stent when distally advanced and configured to not move a stent when proximally retracted. A stent delivery device includes an elongate outer member, an elongate inner member coaxially positioned within the outer member, and the pusher assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Bueche, Michael P. Igoe, Derek Blakeney, Ronald G. Earles
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Patent number: 11045336Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Patent number: 11007074Abstract: A pusher assembly for a stent delivery device includes a distal end of an elongate member and a stent-engaging member having proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the stent-engaging member is mechanically coupled to the distal end of the inner member by a connector, or the proximal end of the stent-engaging member is at least partially inside the distal end of the elongate inner member. The stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member, or the stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member. The stent-engaging member is configured to move a stent when distally advanced and configured to not move a stent when proximally retracted. A stent delivery device includes an elongate outer member, an elongate inner member coaxially positioned within the outer member, and the pusher assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Bueche, Michael P. Igoe, Derek Blakeney, Ronald G. Earles
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Publication number: 20200229732Abstract: A vascular access device including a hollow introducer sheath configured to receive a catheter. The sheath is insertable into a blood vessel. The device includes a plurality of electrodes on the introducer sheath, a signal generator coupled to at least two of the plurality of electrodes, and a measurement unit coupled to at least two of the plurality of electrodes. The device further includes a controller coupled to the signal generator and to the measurement unit. The controller is configured to use the measurement unit to obtain impedance values, determine that a bleed is occurring from the impedance values, and in response to the determination that a bleed is occurring, constrict the blood vessel through application of an electrical signal by the signal generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Mehdi RAZAVI, Zaffer SYED, Kenneth M. BUECHE
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Publication number: 20200222036Abstract: A blood vessel access closure device includes an inner blood vessel wall support member and an outer blood vessel wall support member. The closure device also includes a deployment member and an electrode. The deployment member is configured to draw the inner and outer blood vessel wall support members towards each other when the inner and outer blood vessel wall members are deployed on opposite sides of a blood vessel wall during closure of a hole in the blood vessel wall. The electrode is configured to be attached to the deployment member and configured to be used to measure impedance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Philippe GENEREUX, Robert M. KIPPERMAN, Kenneth M. BUECHE, Zaffer SYED
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Publication number: 20200060853Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Patent number: 10470902Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: IDEV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Publication number: 20190298182Abstract: A system includes an introducer and a measuring device. The introducer is usable to insert a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient. The introducer includes a hollow sheath to receive the catheter when inserting the catheter into the blood vessel. A first plurality of electrodes is provided on the sheath. The measuring device is coupled to the electrodes, and is configured to detect a bleed in the patient at a first zone along the sheath by determining an impedance between a first pair of the first plurality of electrodes, and to detect a bleed in the patient at a second zone along the sheath by determining an impedance between a second pair of the first plurality of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Zaffer SYED, Kenneth M. BUECHE, Philippe GÉNÉREUX
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Publication number: 20190167457Abstract: A pusher assembly for a stent delivery device includes a distal end of an elongate member and a stent-engaging member having proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the stent-engaging member is mechanically coupled to the distal end of the inner member by a connector, or the proximal end of the stent-engaging member is at least partially inside the distal end of the elongate inner member. The stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member, or the stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member. The stent-engaging member is configured to move a stent when distally advanced and configured to not move a stent when proximally retracted. A stent delivery device includes an elongate outer member, an elongate inner member coaxially positioned within the outer member, and the pusher assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Bueche, Michael P. Igoe, Derek Blakeney, Ronald G. Earles
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Patent number: 10201443Abstract: A pusher assembly for a stent delivery device includes a distal end of an elongate member and a stent-engaging member having proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the stent-engaging member is mechanically coupled to the distal end of the inner member by a connector, or the proximal end of the stent-engaging member is at least partially inside the distal end of the elongate inner member. The stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member, or the stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member. The stent-engaging member is configured to move a stent when distally advanced and configured to not move a stent when proximally retracted. A stent delivery device includes an elongate outer member, an elongate inner member coaxially positioned within the outer member, and the pusher assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: IDEV Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Bueche, Michael P. Igoe, Derek Blakeney, Ronald G. Earles
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Publication number: 20180010974Abstract: A pressure sensor system with at least two absolute pressure sensors can have an external sensor with a pressure sensitive surface in contact with atmospheric pressure (proximal) and internal sensors each with a pressure sensitive surface in contact with one or more regions at an unknown pressure (distal). The unknown pressure is determined by a means to calculate the difference between the first sensor and the internal sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Millar Inc.Inventors: Kenneth M. Bueche, David Budgett, Rick Thornton, Gabriel P. Kern, Daniel McCormick
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Publication number: 20170216061Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Publication number: 20170176270Abstract: A miniature pressure sensor has been designed based on an optical fiber with fiber bragg grating (FBG). The fiber can be attached to a portion of tubing by co-extrusion, braiding, gluing, or other equivalent methods, where the portion of tubing is flexible and a first side is exposed to the fluid/gas being measured (Pm) and a second side is exposed to a reference pressure (Pref).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Millar InstrumentsInventors: Gabriel P. Kern, Kenneth M. Bueche, Timothy Daugherty
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Patent number: 9629736Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Patent number: 9585776Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche
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Publication number: 20170035588Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Kenneth M. Bueche