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).

  • Publication number: 20230147605
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Nersi Nazari, Olivier Colliou, Wenkang Qi
  • Patent number: 11627969
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi, Bryan Duenas
  • Publication number: 20220330945
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
  • Patent number: 11445996
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Wenkang Qi, Bradley Hill
  • Patent number: 11324514
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: VENOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
  • Publication number: 20220088295
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
  • Patent number: 11191891
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
  • Publication number: 20210244883
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, David Thrower
  • Patent number: 10994078
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, David Thrower
  • Patent number: 10716895
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BIGFOOT BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Tracy Brewer, Wenkang Qi, Johannes T. VandenCrommenacker
  • Publication number: 20200178980
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
  • Publication number: 20200170644
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi, Bryan Duenas
  • Patent number: 10661008
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy Brewer, Wenkang Qi
  • Patent number: 10576204
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, Phillip Hopper
  • Patent number: 10548610
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: VENOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Bradley B. Hill, James Hong, Wenkang Qi
  • Publication number: 20190357875
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Wenkang QI, Bradley HILL
  • Patent number: 10368830
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ARROW INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Wenkang Qi, Bradley Hill
  • Publication number: 20190160224
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
  • Patent number: 10232108
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenkang Qi, David Thrower, Tracy Brewer
  • Publication number: 20190054236
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mark C. Estes, Wenkang Qi, David Thrower