Patents Assigned to MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
  • Publication number: 20250073436
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed including sampling systems. An example sampling system may include a filter cassette designed to filter cerebrospinal fluid. The filter cassette may have an inlet region configured to be coupled to a catheter and configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid, one or more filters, and an outlet region configured to be coupled to an outlet of the catheter and to direct filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the catheter. A sampling port may be in fluid communication with the filter cassette. The sampling port may have a first end region configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid, a stopcock, a syringe port, and a second end region. The stopcock may be configured to shift between a first position where cerebrospinal fluid is directed from the first end region to the second end region and a second position where cerebrospinal fluid is directed from the first end region to the syringe port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: BEJAN MICHAEL DARBANDI, AARON R. MCCABE
  • Publication number: 20250065029
    Abstract: Filtering cassettes, filtering systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example filtering cassette may include a cassette housing. An inlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The inlet may be configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid from a catheter. An outlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The outlet may be configured to direct filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the catheter. One or more filters may be disposed within the cassette housing. An arcuate surface may be defined along a periphery of the cassette housing. The arcuate surface may be configured to engage a controller assembly when the cassette housing is mounted to the controller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: BEJAN MICHAEL DARBANDI, AARON R. MCCABE, JUSTIN CHARLES JONES
  • Patent number: 12171965
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed including sampling systems. An example sampling system may include a filter cassette designed to filter cerebrospinal fluid. The filter cassette may have an inlet region configured to be coupled to a catheter and configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid, one or more filters, and an outlet region configured to be coupled to an outlet of the catheter and to direct filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the catheter. A sampling port may be in fluid communication with the filter cassette. The sampling port may have a first end region configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid, a stopcock, a syringe port, and a second end region. The stopcock may be configured to shift between a first position where cerebrospinal fluid is directed from the first end region to the second end region and a second position where cerebrospinal fluid is directed from the first end region to the syringe port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Bejan Michael Darbandi, Aaron R. McCabe
  • Patent number: 12156962
    Abstract: Filtering cassettes, filtering systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example filtering cassette may include a cassette housing. An inlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The inlet may be configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid from a catheter. An outlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The outlet may be configured to direct filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the catheter. One or more filters may be disposed within the cassette housing. An arcuate surface may be defined along a periphery of the cassette housing. The arcuate surface may be configured to engage a controller assembly when the cassette housing is mounted to the controller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Bejan Michael Darbandi, Aaron R. Mccabe, Justin Charles Jones
  • Publication number: 20240371482
    Abstract: Systems, devices, user interfaces, and methods for managing patient conditions. A system for monitoring and/or managing a patient suffering from a brain condition may include a controller obtaining and/or storing data related to one or more monitored patient parameters contributing to the brain condition of the patient and displaying values of the one or more monitored patient parameters in trend lines over time on a user interface. The displayed trend lines may represent values of ventricular CSF volume, values of IVH volume, total ventricular volume in the brain, and/or values of other suitable parameters. The data related to the one or more monitored patient parameters may include images of the patient's brain and/or data derived from images of the patient's brain and/or suitable patient data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: AARON RICHARD MCCABE, DON WILLIAM ELDON EVANS, LAURA MARIE ZITELLA VERBICK, WILLIAM RAYMOND BUSHNELL, ABHI VASE, OWEN SEYMOUR
  • Publication number: 20240293649
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed. An example method may control operation of a pump of pump/filtration system to facilitate removing cerebrospinal fluid from a patient, filtering the cerebrospinal fluid with a filter module to remove waste product, and returning the filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. Operation of the pump may be adjusted based on a value related to a measure sensed by a sensor in communication with a lumen carrying cerebrospinal fluid through the filtration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: SUSAN ROSEMARY CAMPBELL, BEJAN MICHAEL DARBANDI, JOHN LEONARD GOHMAN, BLAKE ANTHONY HEDSTROM, JACK MICHAEL MONDRY
  • Publication number: 20240285840
    Abstract: Filtering device for filtering cerebrospinal fluid are disclosed. An example filtering device may include a filter housing having an inlet for receiving cerebrospinal fluid from a patient and an outlet for returning filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. The filter housing may include a plurality of layers coupled together and defining a fluid pathway therein between the inlet and the outlet. A filtering section may be defined within the filter housing along the fluid pathway. The filtering section may include a widened region of the fluid pathway that is configured to slow the passage of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: JUSTIN CHARLES JONES, MATTHEW JOHN HILL, ELIZABETH CHRISTINE JOHNSON, BRETT JACOB ANDREAS, LUCAS JOHN SHEEHAN, NATHAN MUEGGENBERG, CHASE KNIGHT-SCOTT, DAVID JOHN DEROODE
  • Patent number: 12068061
    Abstract: Systems, devices, user interfaces, and methods for managing patient conditions. A system for monitoring and/or managing a patient suffering from a brain condition may include a controller obtaining and/or storing data related to one or more monitored patient parameters contributing to the brain condition of the patient and displaying values of the one or more monitored patient parameters in trend lines over time on a user interface. The displayed trend lines may represent values of ventricular CSF volume, values of IVH volume, total ventricular volume in the brain, and/or values of other suitable parameters. The data related to the one or more monitored patient parameters may include images of the patient's brain and/or data derived from images of the patient's brain and/or suitable patient data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Richard McCabe, Don William Eldon Evans, Laura Marie Zitella Verbick, William Raymond Bushnell, Abhi Vase, Owen Seymour
  • Publication number: 20240252207
    Abstract: Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access port. The expandable access port may include a housing having a plurality of tines coupled thereto. A thrust washer may be disposed along the housing. An actuation member may be coupled to the housing. The actuation member may be designed to shift the plurality of tines between a first configuration and an expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: BRIAN DALE NELSON, DON WILLIAM ELDON EVANS
  • Patent number: 12005171
    Abstract: Filtering device for filtering cerebrospinal fluid are disclosed. An example filtering device may include a filter housing having an inlet for receiving cerebrospinal fluid from a patient and an outlet for returning filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. The filter housing may include a plurality of layers coupled together and defining a fluid pathway therein between the inlet and the outlet. A filtering section may be defined within the filter housing along the fluid pathway. The filtering section may include a widened region of the fluid pathway that is configured to slow the passage of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Charles Jones, Matthew John Hill, Elizabeth Christine Johnson, Brett Jacob Andreas, Lucas John Sheehan, Nathan Mueggenberg, Chase Knight-Scott, David John Deroode
  • Patent number: 11992637
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed. An example method may control operation of a pump of pump/filtration system to facilitate removing cerebrospinal fluid from a patient, filtering the cerebrospinal fluid with a filter module to remove waste product, and returning the filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. Operation of the pump may be adjusted based on a value related to a measure sensed by a sensor in communication with a lumen carrying cerebrospinal fluid through the filtration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Susan Rosemary Campbell, Bejan Michael Darbandi, John Leonard Gohman, Blake Anthony Hedstrom, Jack Michael Mondry
  • Patent number: 11974775
    Abstract: Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access port. The expandable access port may include a housing having a plurality of tines coupled thereto. A thrust washer may be disposed along the housing. An actuation member may be coupled to the housing. The actuation member may be designed to shift the plurality of tines between a first configuration and an expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Dale Nelson, Don William Eldon Evans
  • Publication number: 20240050719
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed. An example method may manage inflammation of the patient to treat a condition of the patient by processing values related to one or more physiological parameters of a patent, identifying when an inflammation condition of the patient has reached a treatment condition based on the processed values, and automatically providing an indication that the inflammation condition has reached the treatment condition. An example indication may include actuation of a treatment protocol. The example method may be performed with an inflammation management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventor: ABHI VASE
  • Patent number: 11826531
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed. An example method may manage inflammation of the patient to treat a condition of the patient by processing values related to one or more physiological parameters of a patent, identifying when an inflammation condition of the patient has reached a treatment condition based on the processed values, and automatically providing an indication that the inflammation condition has reached the treatment condition. An example indication may include actuation of a treatment protocol. The example method may be performed with an inflammation management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventor: Abhi Vase
  • Publication number: 20230310025
    Abstract: Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. The expandable access sheath may be designed to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable access sheath may include a tubular body having one or more axial support members disposed along the tubular body. The medical device may include an expansion member designed to shift the expandable access sheath between the first configuration and the expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: COREY DANIEL BROWN, DON WILLIAM ELDON EVANS, PHILIP JON HAARSTAD, BRIAN DALE NELSON
  • Patent number: 11707294
    Abstract: Medical devices for accessing the central nervous system, as well as making and using medical devices, are disclosed. An example medical device may include an expandable access sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. The expandable access sheath may be designed to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable access sheath may include a tubular body having one or more axial support members disposed along the tubular body. The medical device may include an expansion member designed to shift the expandable access sheath between the first configuration and the expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: Corey Daniel Brown, Don William Eldon Evans, Philip Jon Haarstad, Brian Dale Nelson
  • Publication number: 20220230715
    Abstract: Systems, devices, user interfaces, and methods for managing patient conditions. A system for monitoring and/or managing a patient suffering from a brain condition may include a controller obtaining and/or storing data related to one or more monitored patient parameters contributing to the brain condition of the patient and displaying values of the one or more monitored patient parameters in trend lines over time on a user interface. The displayed trend lines may represent values of ventricular CSF volume, values of IVH volume, total ventricular volume in the brain, and/or values of other suitable parameters. The data related to the one or more monitored patient parameters may include images of the patient's brain and/or data derived from images of the patient's brain and/or suitable patient data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: AARON RICHARD MCCABE, DON WILLIAM ELDON EVANS, LAURA MARIE ZITELLA VERBICK, WILLIAM RAYMOND BUSHNELL, ABHI VASE, OWEN SEYMOUR
  • Publication number: 20220143373
    Abstract: Systems, catheters, and methods for accessing and treating along the central nervous system are disclosed. A system for processing cerebrospinal fluid is disclosed. The system may include a catheter having a proximal subassembly and a distal subassembly. A pump and filtration system may be coupled to the catheter. An infusion lumen for infusing cerebrospinal fluid filtered by the pump and filtration system may be defined along the distal subassembly. The distal subassembly may define a plurality of infusion openings in fluid communication with the infusion lumen. The infusion openings may increase in size distally along the distal subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: BRYN ANDREW MARTIN, MOHAMMADREZA KHANI, AARON R. MCCABE, LAURA MARIE ZITELLA VERBICK
  • Publication number: 20210369934
    Abstract: Filtering device for filtering cerebrospinal fluid are disclosed. An example filtering device may include a filter housing having an inlet for receiving cerebrospinal fluid from a patient and an outlet for returning filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the patient. The filter housing may include a plurality of layers coupled together and defining a fluid pathway therein between the inlet and the outlet. A filtering section may be defined within the filter housing along the fluid pathway. The filtering section may include a widened region of the fluid pathway that is configured to slow the passage of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: JUSTIN CHARLES JONES, MATTHEW JOHN HILL, ELIZABETH CHRISTINE JOHNSON, BRETT JACOB ANDREAS, LUCAS JOHN SHEEHAN, NATHAN MUEGGENBERG, CHASE KNIGHT-SCOTT, DAVID JOHN DEROODE
  • Publication number: 20210346588
    Abstract: Filtering cassettes, filtering systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example filtering cassette may include a cassette housing. An inlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The inlet may be configured to receive cerebrospinal fluid from a catheter. An outlet may be coupled to the cassette housing. The outlet may be configured to direct filtered cerebrospinal fluid to the catheter. One or more filters may be disposed within the cassette housing. An arcuate surface may be defined along a periphery of the cassette housing. The arcuate surface may be configured to engage a controller assembly when the cassette housing is mounted to the controller assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: MINNETRONIX NEURO, INC.
    Inventors: BEJAN MICHAEL DARBANDI, AARON R. MCCABE, JUSTIN CHARLES JONES