Patents by Inventor Mark Wendler

Mark Wendler 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: 8926175
    Abstract: An adapter slip configured to be seated in a fluid port, the adapter slip including a lumen, an exterior wall, a shoulder, and a sleeve. The lumen extending along a length of a longitudinal axis, the lumen configured to receive a temperature probe. The exterior wall including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, wherein the proximal end portion includes a tapered portion tapered at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The shoulder extending outward from the exterior wall distal to the tapered portion configured to engage with a distal end of the fluid port. The sleeve configured extend within the lumen and project a predetermined distance beyond the proximal end portion of the exterior wall, the sleeve including a sleeve lumen and a closed proximal end, the sleeve lumen configured to receive at least a temperature sensor of the temperature probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Wendler
  • Patent number: 8622950
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bundled mat construction for an extracorporeal blood circuit heat exchanger includes attaching a leading edge of a first capillary tube mat segment to a first side of a mandrel. A leading edge of a second capillary tube mat segment is attached to a second side of the mandrel. The first side is diametrically opposite the second side. The mandrel is rolled relative to the mat segments to generate a bundled mat construction. Radial layers of the bundled mat construction are symmetrical relative to a central axis of the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lauber, Robert Olsen, Mark Wendler, Chris Plott, Al McLevish
  • Publication number: 20120033706
    Abstract: An adapter slip configured to be seated in a fluid port, the adapter slip including a lumen, an exterior wall, a shoulder, and a sleeve. The lumen extending along a length of a longitudinal axis, the lumen configured to receive a temperature probe. The exterior wall including a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, wherein the proximal end portion includes a tapered portion tapered at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The shoulder extending outward from the exterior wall distal to the tapered portion configured to engage with a distal end of the fluid port. The sleeve configured extend within the lumen and project a predetermined distance beyond the proximal end portion of the exterior wall, the sleeve including a sleeve lumen and a closed proximal end, the sleeve lumen configured to receive at least a temperature sensor of the temperature probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Wendler
  • Patent number: 8057095
    Abstract: Device for adapting a temperature probe for a use in a port in a heart-lung machine. An adaptor slip is tapered at an adaptor taper angle less than a port taper angle. The adaptor slip is sized such that the exterior wall of the adaptor slip provides an interference fit with at least a portion of the fluid port. The adaptor slip has an external shoulder abutting the end of the fluid port. The adaptor slip additionally has a sleeve having a closed end having a position with respect to the end of the adapter slip. A probe is configured to be seated in a lumen of the adaptor slip with a proximate end of the probe being proximate to the closed end of said sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Wendler
  • Publication number: 20110270147
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bundled mat construction for an extracorporeal blood circuit heat exchanger includes attaching a leading edge of a first capillary tube mat segment to a first side of a mandrel. A leading edge of a second capillary tube mat segment is attached to a second side of the mandrel. The first side is diametrically opposite the second side. The mandrel is rolled relative to the mat segments to generate a bundled mat construction. Radial layers of the bundled mat construction are symmetrical relative to a central axis of the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lauber, Robert Olsen, Mark Wendler, Al McLevish, Chris Plott
  • Publication number: 20110147550
    Abstract: A mounting system for mounting one or more components of an extracorporeal blood circuit to an upstanding mast provided with a pump cart. The system includes a clamp device, a primary arm, a seat, a post, and a locking mechanism. The clamp device is mountable to the mast and pivotably maintaining the primary arm. The seat defines a tapering intermediate section and is mounted to the primary arm. The post projects from the seat. Finally, the locking mechanism is configured to releasably secure an extracorporeal circuit component, otherwise located over the seat, to the primary arm. With this configuration, the extracorporeal circuit component can be selectively located and locked to the primary arm at a variety of different rotational orientations. The mounting system can further include an auxiliary arm defining a sleeve sized to be removably disposed over the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Wendler, Al McLevish, Chris Plott, Joe Cardinal, Mike Hobday, Roderick Briscoe
  • Publication number: 20100272148
    Abstract: Device for adapting a temperature probe for a use in a port in a heart-lung machine. An adaptor slip is tapered at an adaptor taper angle less than a port taper angle. The adaptor slip is sized such that the exterior wall of the adaptor slip provides an interference fit with at least a portion of the fluid port. The adaptor slip has an external shoulder abutting the end of the fluid port. The adaptor slip additionally has a sleeve having a closed end having a position with respect to the end of the adapter slip. A probe is configured to be seated in a lumen of the adaptor slip with a proximate end of the probe being proximate to the closed end of said sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Wendler