Patents by Inventor Bryan P. Fritz

Bryan P. Fritz 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).

  • System and method of facilitating connection between cannulae and a blood pump
    Patent number: 10449274
    Abstract: A system for facilitating fluid connection between cannulae and a blood pump. The system includes a cannula having proximal and distal ends. The distal end of the cannula adapted to be in fluid communication with the circulatory system. The proximal end of the cannula configured to couple to an inlet of the blood pump. The system further includes a tunneling device configured to be inserted into a body of a patient to direct the proximal end of the cannula adjacent to the inlet for connection thereto. The cannula further includes a first connecting structure. The tunneling device further includes a second connecting structure. The first and second connecting structures are selectively engageable to allow connection and disconnection between the cannula and tunneling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: CircuLite, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan P. Fritz, Robert C. Farnan, Andrew J. Dusbabek, Oliver Marseille, Murat Camkiran, Grant Thompson, Scott A. Olson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FACILITATING CONNECTION BETWEEN CANNULAE AND A BLOOD PUMP
    Publication number: 20150005570
    Abstract: A system for facilitating fluid connection between cannulae and a blood pump. The system includes a cannula having proximal and distal ends. The distal end of the cannula adapted to be in fluid communication with the circulatory system. The proximal end of the cannula configured to couple to an inlet of the blood pump. The system further includes a tunneling device configured to be inserted into a body of a patient to direct the proximal end of the cannula adjacent to the inlet for connection thereto. The cannula further includes a first connecting structure. The tunneling device further includes a second connecting structure. The first and second connecting structures are selectively engageable to allow connection and disconnection between the cannula and tunneling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Bryan P. Fritz, Robert C. Farnan, Andrew J. Dusbabek, Oliver Marseille, Murat Camkiran, Grant Thompson, Scott A. Olson
  • CANNULA TIPS, TISSUE ATTACHMENT RINGS, AND METHODS OF DELIVERING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140364880
    Abstract: A surgical cannula system. The surgical cannula system includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. A tissue attachment ring, being configured to be coupled to a biological tissue, includes a lumen extending therethrough. A locking mechanism has a first locking state, in which the cannula is configured to move with respect to the tissue attachment ring, and a second locking state, in which movement of the cannula with respect to the tissue attachment ring is resisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: CIRCULITE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert C. Farnan, Arielle Drummond, Jerry Brightbill, Timothy W. Robinson, Richard Wisdom, Jonathan O'Keefe, Richard Abraham, Sarah Kostanski, Bryan P. Fritz