Patents by Inventor Stacy Faught
Stacy Faught 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: 11628259Abstract: A syringe system, including a plunger, a microcontroller, a battery, and a coil. The syringe barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a cylindrical sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical sidewall extending longitudinally between the proximal and distal ends, the sidewall having an exterior surface and defining an internal volume, the plunger being positioned between the proximal and distal ends of the syringe barrel and being movable within the internal volume with respect to the syringe barrel in the longitudinal direction. The syringe barrel further includes a label disposed on the sidewall and having at least two conductive strips extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and having unique lengths. The microcontroller is configured to determine a position of the plunger with respect to the syringe barrel by measuring a current induced in the coil by the at least two conductive strips.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.Inventors: Stacy Faught, Jorge Santos, Doug Owen Crow
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Publication number: 20220296251Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Patent number: 11376014Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Publication number: 20210154411Abstract: A syringe system, including a plunger, a microcontroller, a battery, and a coil. The syringe barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a cylindrical sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical sidewall extending longitudinally between the proximal and distal ends, the sidewall having an exterior surface and defining an internal volume, the plunger being positioned between the proximal and distal ends of the syringe barrel and being movable within the internal volume with respect to the syringe barrel in the longitudinal direction. The syringe barrel further includes a label disposed on the sidewall and having at least two conductive strips extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and having unique lengths. The microcontroller is configured to determine a position of the plunger with respect to the syringe barrel by measuring a current induced in the coil by the at least two conductive strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Stacy FAUGHT, Jorge SANTOS, Doug Owen CROW
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Patent number: 10980948Abstract: An apparatus for presenting an application status of a medical device that has a unused state and a used state. The apparatus includes a label having an electrochromic element. The label is at least partially disposed on an exterior surface of the medical device and is configured to display a predetermined feature in response to an electric current. A power source is disposed in or on the medical device for providing the electric current. A switch is configured to selectively connect or disconnect the label and the power source to one another for controlling the application of the electric current to the electrochromic element in response to actuation of the medical device from the unused state to the used state. The label may be scanned by a scan device that may connect to a medical organization for communicating information between the scan device and the medical organization.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Stacy Faught
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Patent number: 10946143Abstract: A syringe system, including a plunger, a microcontroller, a battery, and a coil. The syringe barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a cylindrical sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical sidewall extending longitudinally between the proximal and distal ends, the sidewall having an exterior surface and defining an internal volume, the plunger being positioned between the proximal and distal ends of the syringe barrel and being movable within the internal volume with respect to the syringe barrel in the longitudinal direction. The syringe barrel further includes a label disposed on the sidewall and having at least two conductive strips extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and having unique lengths. The microcontroller is configured to determine a position of the plunger with respect to the syringe barrel by measuring a current induced in the coil by the at least two conductive strips.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Stacy Faught, Jorge Santos, Doug Owen Crow
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Publication number: 20200405964Abstract: A syringe system, including a plunger, a microcontroller, a battery, and a coil. The syringe barrel having a proximal end, a distal end, and a cylindrical sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, the cylindrical sidewall extending longitudinally between the proximal and distal ends, the sidewall having an exterior surface and defining an internal volume, the plunger being positioned between the proximal and distal ends of the syringe barrel and being movable within the internal volume with respect to the syringe barrel in the longitudinal direction. The syringe barrel further includes a label disposed on the sidewall and having at least two conductive strips extending in a non-parallel direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and having unique lengths. The microcontroller is configured to determine a position of the plunger with respect to the syringe barrel by measuring a current induced in the coil by the at least two conductive strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Stacy FAUGHT, Jorge SANTOS, Doug Owen CROW
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Publication number: 20200139053Abstract: A syringe includes a plunger having multiple sections of differing diameters or materials, and a barrel with a cavity into which the plunger is inserted. The barrel includes a first probe and a second probe opposite to one another such that an interior volume of the barrel is radially between the first and second probes. A microcontroller is configured to measure a capacitance between the first and second probes, with the measured capacitance having a first capacitance value when the first section of the plunger shaft is between the first and second probes and a second capacitance value different from the first capacitance value when a second section of the plunger shaft is between the first and second probes. The microcontroller is configured to determine that an injection has been completed when the second capacitance value is measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.Inventors: Stacy FAUGHT, Jorge SANTOS
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Patent number: 10643744Abstract: A method of detecting and/or tracking use of a drug delivery device is disclosed. The drug delivery device includes a machine readable code and a visual indicator, and has pre-use and used states, such that use of the drug delivery device triggers a transition from the pre-use to the used state. The visual indicator has a first state when the drug delivery device is in the pre-use state and a different second state when the drug delivery device is in the used state. The method includes enabling a user device having an image sensor to capture an image of the drug delivery device, determining, by the user device processor from the captured image, whether the visual indicator of the drug delivery device is in the second state, and obtaining, by the processor, information from the machine readable code when the visual indicator is determined to be in the second state.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Hopper, Stacy Faught, Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
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Publication number: 20190336692Abstract: An apparatus for presenting an application status of a medical device that has a unused state and a used state. The apparatus includes a label having an electrochromic element. The label is at least partially disposed on an exterior surface of the medical device and is configured to display a predetermined feature in response to an electric current. A power source is disposed in or on the medical device for providing the electric current. A switch is configured to selectively connect or disconnect the label and the power source to one another for controlling the application of the electric current to the electrochromic element in response to actuation of the medical device from the unused state to the used state. The label may be scanned by a scan device that may connect to a medical organization for communicating information between the scan device and the medical organization.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Christopher EVANS, Brian COSTELLO, Stacy FAUGHT
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Publication number: 20190341136Abstract: A method of detecting and/or tracking use of a drug delivery device is disclosed. The drug delivery device includes a machine readable code and a visual indicator, and has pre-use and used states, such that use of the drug delivery device triggers a transition from the pre-use to the used state. The visual indicator has a first state when the drug delivery device is in the pre-use state and a different second state when the drug delivery device is in the used state. The method includes enabling a user device having an image sensor to capture an image of the drug delivery device, determining, by the user device processor from the captured image, whether the visual indicator of the drug delivery device is in the second state, and obtaining, by the processor, information from the machine readable code when the visual indicator is determined to be in the second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Kevin HOPPER, Stacy FAUGHT, Christopher EVANS, Brian COSTELLO, Raymond PROTASIEWICZ
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Publication number: 20190183513Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Patent number: 10265077Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Publication number: 20180132863Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Patent number: 9877729Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Publication number: 20150173773Abstract: A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Heath Bowman, Hideo Morita, Greg Bak-Boychuk, Joseph Gulachenski, Arnold Tuason, Stacy Faught
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Publication number: 20080154282Abstract: A fluidic coupling for a surgical hand piece includes first and second sealing plates, a ring portion, and a receiving portion. The first sealing plate has a first channel for receiving a fluid. The second sealing plate has a second channel for receiving a fluid. The ring portion protrudes from the first sealing plate around a periphery of the first channel. The receiving portion extends from the second sealing plate around a periphery of the second channel. The receiving portion is movable in an axial direction along the second channel and is biased outward from a surface of the second sealing plate. When the ring portion is pressed against the receiving portion, the receiving portion provides a sealing force against the ring portion such that the first and second channels provide a continuous leak-resistant path for a fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Stacy Faught, Glenn Sussman
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Patent number: 7029467Abstract: A multiple lumen catheter having a soft, tapered multiple lumen distal tip for insertion into a body vessel. One of the lumens is sized to pass over a guidewire such that the catheter can be inserted into the body vessel using the Seldinger technique. At least one medical implement lumen is used for placement or positioning of a biomedical sensor or other medical implement. For example, at least one optical fiber passing through the medical implement lumen may transmit and receive light at the distal tip for measuring oxygen saturation of the blood. The catheter may have a cylindrical catheter body to which the soft distal tip attaches. The soft tip reduces the possibility of vessel or tissue puncture and abrasion. The tip is constructed of a soft plastic or pliable material that yields easily when force is applied.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Clifford Currier, Michael Higgins, Mark Gordon, Stacy Faught, Dean West
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Patent number: 6999809Abstract: A multiple lumen catheter having a soft, tapered multiple lumen distal tip for insertion into a body vessel. One of the lumens is sized to pass over a guidewire such that the catheter can be inserted into the body vessel using the Seldinger technique. At least one medical implement lumen is used for placement or positioning of a biomedical sensor or other medical implement. For example, at least one optical fiber passing through the medical implement lumen may transmit and receive light at the distal tip for measuring oxygen saturation of the blood. The catheter may have a cylindrical catheter body to which the soft distal tip attaches. The soft tip reduces the possibility of vessel or tissue puncture and abrasion. The tip is constructed of a soft plastic or pliable material that yields easily when force is applied.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Clifford Currier, Michael Higgins, Mark Gordon, Stacy Faught, Dean West
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Publication number: 20060009740Abstract: A multiple lumen catheter having a soft, tapered multiple lumen distal tip for insertion into a body vessel. One of the lumens is sized to pass over a guidewire such that the catheter can be inserted into the body vessel using the Seldinger technique. At least one medical implement lumen is used for placement or positioning of a biomedical sensor or other medical implement. For example, at least one optical fiber passing through the medical implement lumen may transmit and receive light at the distal tip for measuring oxygen saturation of the blood. The catheter may have a cylindrical catheter body to which the soft distal tip attaches. The soft tip reduces the possibility of vessel or tissue puncture and abrasion. The tip is constructed of a soft plastic or pliable material that yields easily when force is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Michael Higgins, Mark Gordon, Stacy Faught, Dean West, Clifford Currier