Patents by Inventor Wenkang Qi
Wenkang Qi 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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Publication number: 20230147605Abstract: An unobtrusive ambulatory wearable biosensor device, system, and method continuously monitors blood oxygen saturation of a patient in their free-living conditions. The wearable biosensor system may include a finger sensor device, wrist module device, relay device, and wearable sensor patch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Nersi Nazari, Olivier Colliou, Wenkang Qi
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Patent number: 11627969Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi, Bryan Duenas
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Publication number: 20220330945Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
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Patent number: 11445996Abstract: A method of navigating and positioning an endovascular device in a vasculature is disclosed. Initially, a system including an endovascular device and at least one transducer is inserted into the lumen of a patient. An acoustic signal is then transmitted within the lumen. A reflected signal is pre-processed to extract one or more acoustic features. The one or more acoustic features are processed using a computer readable set of rules to produce an output related to guidance of the instrument within a blood vessel or a position of the instrument within the blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITEDInventors: Wenkang Qi, Bradley Hill
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Patent number: 11324514Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: VENOVATION, INC.Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
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Publication number: 20220088295Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to an impact above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a drive system detection system configured to detect when one or more components of the drive system are damaged or inoperable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
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Patent number: 11191891Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to an impact above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a drive system detection system configured to detect when one or more components of the drive system are damaged or inoperable.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
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Publication number: 20210244883Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump assembly may be equipped with one or more components to facilitate wireless operation of an infusion pump via a user-operated mobile device. In some embodiments, the mobile device and/or the infusion pump may prompt the user to confirm acceptance of a wirelessly communicated command to prevent an operation by the infusion pump (e.g., a dispensation of medicine) that is not desired by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, David Thrower
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Patent number: 10994078Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump assembly may be equipped with one or more components to facilitate wireless operation of an infusion pump via a user-operated mobile device. In some embodiments, the mobile device and/or the infusion pump may prompt the user to confirm acceptance of a wirelessly communicated command to prevent an operation by the infusion pump (e.g., a dispensation of medicine) that is not desired by the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, David Thrower
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Patent number: 10716895Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to a moisture level above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a moisture level detection system that can sense when a moisture level above the threshold level has occurred to the pump device, which thereby enables the infusion pump system to initiate one or more patient safety countermeasures.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Tracy Brewer, Wenkang Qi, Johannes T. VandenCrommenacker
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Publication number: 20200178980Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
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Publication number: 20200170644Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi, Bryan Duenas
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Patent number: 10661008Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system include a pump device with a drive system that is configured to attach with a medicine cartridge in manner that reduces the likelihood of dosage inaccuracies. In one example, the drive system of the pump device can be equipped with a plunger engagement device that is configured to mechanically anchor into a plunger of the medicine cartridge, and then to bias the plunger of the medicine cartridge in a direction toward a piston rod of the drive system.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Tracy Brewer, Wenkang Qi
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Patent number: 10576204Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller in which one or more features sets to be provided by the controller are enabled or disabled based upon the particular pump device that is connected to the controller. For example, in some embodiments, one or more advanced features of the controller are available to the user only when a first type of pump device (e.g., having predefined settings stored therein) is connected to the controller, and those advanced features of the controller are disabled when a second type of pump device is connected to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, Phillip Hopper
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Patent number: 10548610Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: VENOVATION INC.Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
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Publication number: 20190357875Abstract: A method of navigating and positioning an endovascular device in a vasculature is disclosed. Initially, a system including an endovascular device and at least one transducer is inserted into the lumen of a patient. An acoustic signal is then transmitted within the lumen. A reflected signal is pre-processed to extract one or more acoustic features. The one or more acoustic features are processed using a computer readable set of rules to produce an output related to guidance of the instrument within a blood vessel or a position of the instrument within the blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Wenkang QI, Bradley HILL
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Patent number: 10368830Abstract: A method of navigating and positioning an endovascular device in a vasculature is disclosed. Initially, a system including an endovascular device and at least one transducer is inserted into the lumen of a patient. An acoustic signal is then transmitted within the lumen. A reflected signal is pre-processed to extract one or more acoustic features. The one or more acoustic features are processed using a computer readable set of rules to produce an output related to guidance of the instrument within a blood vessel or a position of the instrument within the blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Wenkang Qi, Bradley Hill
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Publication number: 20190160224Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to an impact above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a drive system detection system configured to detect when one or more components of the drive system are damaged or inoperable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
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Patent number: 10232108Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to detect when at least one component of the pump system is exposed to an impact above a threshold level. In particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be equipped with a drive system detection system configured to detect when one or more components of the drive system are damaged or inoperable.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
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Publication number: 20190054236Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump assembly may be equipped with one or more components to facilitate wireless operation of an infusion pump via a user-operated mobile device. In some embodiments, the mobile device and/or the infusion pump may prompt the user to confirm acceptance of a wirelessly communicated command to prevent an operation by the infusion pump (e.g., a dispensation of medicine) that is not desired by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, David Thrower