Patents by Inventor Brett C. Struthers

Brett C. Struthers 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).

  • Circulatory support pump centering anchoring and centering device
    Patent number: 12064613
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present disclosure relate to an anchoring and centering device for a circulatory support pump. An exemplary apparatus comprises an expandable anchoring device extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the expandable anchoring device is arranged about a central axis. A distal portion of the expandable anchoring device defines an annulus through which the cardiac pump can be arranged and to which the cardiac pump can be releasable coupled. A proximal portion of the expandable anchoring device is configured to circumferentially expand to an unconstrained configuration that has a cross-sectional diameter greater than a diameter of the annulus. The exemplary apparatus also includes a constraining member arranged over the expandable anchoring device to constrain the expandable anchoring device in a constrained configuration for delivery of the anchoring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett C. Struthers, Thomas P. Jancaric, Paul F. Chouinard, Umang Anand
  • Circulatory Support Pump Centering Anchoring & Centering Device
    Publication number: 20230051191
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present disclosure relate to an anchoring and centering device for a circulatory support pump. An exemplary apparatus comprises an expandable anchoring device extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the expandable anchoring device is arranged about a central axis. A distal portion of the expandable anchoring device defines an annulus through which the cardiac pump can be arranged and to which the cardiac pump can be releasable coupled. A proximal portion of the expandable anchoring device is configured to circumferentially expand to an unconstrained configuration that has a cross-sectional diameter greater than a diameter of the annulus. The exemplary apparatus also includes a constraining member arranged over the expandable anchoring device to constrain the expandable anchoring device in a constrained configuration for delivery of the anchoring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Brett C. Struthers, Thomas P. Jancaric, Paul F. Chouinard, Umang Anand
  • Circulatory support pump centering anchoring and centering device
    Patent number: 11517737
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present disclosure relate to an anchoring and centering device for a circulatory support pump. An exemplary apparatus comprises an expandable anchoring device extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the expandable anchoring device is arranged about a central axis. A distal portion of the expandable anchoring device defines an annulus through which the cardiac pump can be arranged and to which the cardiac pump can be releasable coupled. A proximal portion of the expandable anchoring device is configured to circumferentially expand to an unconstrained configuration that has a cross-sectional diameter greater than a diameter of the annulus. The exemplary apparatus also includes a constraining member arranged over the expandable anchoring device to constrain the expandable anchoring device in a constrained configuration for delivery of the anchoring apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Brett C. Struthers, Thomas P. Jancaric, Paul F. Chouinard, Umang Anand
  • CIRCULATORY SUPPORT PUMP CENTERING ANCHORING & CENTERING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210052793
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present disclosure relate to an anchoring and centering device for a circulatory support pump. An exemplary apparatus comprises an expandable anchoring device extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the expandable anchoring device is arranged about a central axis. A distal portion of the expandable anchoring device defines an annulus through which the cardiac pump can be arranged and to which the cardiac pump can be releasable coupled. A proximal portion of the expandable anchoring device is configured to circumferentially expand to an unconstrained configuration that has a cross-sectional diameter greater than a diameter of the annulus. The exemplary apparatus also includes a constraining member arranged over the expandable anchoring device to constrain the expandable anchoring device in a constrained configuration for delivery of the anchoring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Brett C. Struthers, Thomas P. Jancaric, Paul F. Chouinard, Umang Anand