Patents by Inventor William James Repka
William James Repka 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: 11603878Abstract: A mount interface is described that includes a latch; and a latching assembly configured to receive the latch so as to lock the latch at a set position with respect to the latching assembly, wherein the latching assembly includes a housing provided with an irregular orifice configured to receive the latch; a first plug disposed in the housing so that a first portion of the irregular orifice overlies the first plug; and a second plug disposed in the housing adjacent the first plug so that a second portion of the irregular orifice overlies the second plug. Such a mount interface provides rapid and secure locking of a latch to the latching assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbHInventor: William James Repka
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Publication number: 20210222718Abstract: A mount interface is described that includes a latch; and a latching assembly configured to receive the latch so as to lock the latch at a set position with respect to the latching assembly, wherein the latching assembly includes a housing provided with an irregular orifice configured to receive the latch; a first plug disposed in the housing so that a first portion of the irregular orifice overlies the first plug; and a second plug disposed in the housing adjacent the first plug so that a second portion of the irregular orifice overlies the second plug. Such a mount interface provides rapid and secure locking of a latch to the latching assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventor: William James REPKA
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Publication number: 20210170162Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Patent number: 11028869Abstract: A mount interface is described that includes a latch; and a latching assembly configured to receive the latch so as to lock the latch at a set position with respect to the latching assembly, wherein the latching assembly includes a housing provided with an irregular orifice configured to receive the latch; a first plug disposed in the housing so that a first portion of the irregular orifice overlies the first plug; and a second plug disposed in the housing adjacent the first plug so that a second portion of the irregular orifice overlies the second plug. Such a mount interface provides rapid and secure locking of a latch to the latching assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GMBHInventor: William James Repka
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Patent number: 10960116Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: TCI LLC, THE PENNS STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Patent number: 10583233Abstract: A mechanism for adjusting occlusion of a roller pump is described, wherein the mechanism is provided with: an elongated rod member oriented on a central axis of a pump head of the roller pump; and a drive member attached to the elongated rod member so as to move along the elongated rod member between a first position and a second position, wherein the drive member is connected to each roller block of a pump rotor of the pump head so that movement of the drive member by constant increments along the elongated rod member causes non-uniform and/or non-linear incremental movement of each roller block in a direction radial to the central axis of the pump head.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbHInventors: William James Repka, Daniel A. Walters
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Publication number: 20190184078Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Patent number: 10265447Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of pumping blood in a patient. The method includes inserting an impeller housing and impeller into the patient, the impeller disposed within the impeller housing and having a longitudinal axis, positioning the impeller housing and the impeller at a treatment location in the patient, activating an adjustment device at a proximal end portion of the heart pump outside the patient to provide relative motion between the impeller housing and the impeller along the longitudinal axis, and pumping blood through the impeller housing along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: TC1 LLC, The Penn State Research FoundationInventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Publication number: 20190055976Abstract: A mount interface is described that includes a latch; and a latching assembly configured to receive the latch so as to lock the latch at a set position with respect to the latching assembly, wherein the latching assembly includes a housing provided with an irregular orifice configured to receive the latch; a first plug disposed in the housing so that a first portion of the irregular orifice overlies the first plug; and a second plug disposed in the housing adjacent the first plug so that a second portion of the irregular orifice overlies the second plug. Such a mount interface provides rapid and secure locking of a latch to the latching assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventor: William James REPKA
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Publication number: 20180161486Abstract: A mechanism for adjusting occlusion of a roller pump is described, wherein the mechanism is provided with: an elongated rod member oriented on a central axis of a pump head of the roller pump; and a drive member attached to the elongated rod member so as to move along the elongated rod member between a first position and a second position, wherein the drive member is connected to each roller block of a pump rotor of the pump head so that movement of the drive member by constant increments along the elongated rod member causes non-uniform and/or non-linear incremental movement of each roller block in a direction radial to the central axis of the pump head.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Maquet Cardiopulmonary GmbHInventors: William James REPKA, Daniel A. WALTERS
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Patent number: 9962475Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: TC1 LLC, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Publication number: 20170296719Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Publication number: 20160082167Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Patent number: 9138518Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: THORATEC CORPORATION, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Robert L. Campbell, Jeremy J. Koncoski, Thomas M. Mallison, Mark W. McBride, Daniel Metrey, Eric C. Myer, Kevin J. Powell, Adam Roslund, Daniel A. Walters, William James Repka, Phyllis Yuen
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Patent number: D767118Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbHInventors: Aidan Hyde, William James Repka, Daniel A. Walters, Roland Hopp, Thomas Märzke, Manfred Held
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Patent number: D768289Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbHInventors: Aidan Hyde, Patrick Adee, William James Repka, Daniel A Walters, Daniel Medart, Roland Hopp, Thomas Märzke, Manfred Held
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Patent number: D768290Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbHInventors: Aidan Hyde, Patrick Adee, William James Repka, Daniel A Walters, Daniel Medart
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Patent number: D768847Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GmbHInventors: Aidan Hyde, Patrick Adee, William James Repka, Daniel A Walters, Daniel Medart, Roland Hopp, Thomas Märzke, Manfred Held
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Patent number: D781414Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GMBHInventors: Aidan Hyde, William James Repka, Daniel A. Walters
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Patent number: D801521Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOPULMONARY GMBHInventors: Aidan Hyde, William James Repka, Daniel A. Walters, Roland Hopp, Manfred Held, Thomas Märzke