Patents by Inventor Daniel Timm
Daniel Timm 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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Publication number: 20240100318Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Patent number: 11833341Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BIVACOR Inc.Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Patent number: 11826558Abstract: A heart pump including a housing forming a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that monitors changes in a bearing indicator in response to a perturbation in blood flow, the bearing indicator being at least partially indicative of operation of the magnetic bearing and controls the drive to thereby selectively change a rotational speed of the impeller at least partially in accordance with changes in the bearing indicator.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BiVACOR Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Greatrex, Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer
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Publication number: 20230173253Abstract: A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity and at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity. An impeller is provided within the cavity, the impeller including a rotor and vanes mounted on the rotor for urging fluid from the inlet radially outwardly to the outlet. A drive is provided for rotating the impeller in the cavity, the drive including a plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent drive magnets mounted within and proximate a first face of the rotor, adjacent drive magnets having opposing polarities and a plurality of circumferentially spaced drive coils mounted within the housing proximate a first end of the cavity, each coil being wound on a respective drive stator pole of a drive stator and being substantially radially aligned with the drive magnets, the drive coils being configured to generate a drive magnetic field that cooperates with the drive magnets to thereby rotate the impeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer, Nicholas Greatrex
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Patent number: 11654274Abstract: A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity and at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity. An impeller is provided within the cavity, the impeller including a rotor and vanes mounted on the rotor for urging fluid from the inlet radially outwardly to the outlet. A drive is provided for rotating the impeller in the cavity, the drive including a plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent drive magnets mounted within and proximate a first face of the rotor, adjacent drive magnets having opposing polarities and a plurality of circumferentially spaced drive coils mounted within the housing proximate a first end of the cavity, each coil being wound on a respective drive stator pole of a drive stator and being substantially radially aligned with the drive magnets, the drive coils being configured to generate a drive magnetic field that cooperates with the drive magnets to thereby rotate the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: BiVACOR Inc.Inventors: Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer, Nicholas Greatrex, Alexei Filatov
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Publication number: 20220168557Abstract: A heart pump including a housing forming a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that monitors changes in a bearing indicator in response to a perturbation in blood flow, the bearing indicator being at least partially indicative of operation of the magnetic bearing and controls the drive to thereby selectively change a rotational speed of the impeller at least partially in accordance with changes in the bearing indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Nicholas Greatrex, Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer
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Publication number: 20220118243Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Patent number: 11278712Abstract: A heart pump including a housing forming a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that monitors changes in a bearing indicator in response to a perturbation in blood flow, the bearing indicator being at least partially indicative of operation of the magnetic bearing and controls the drive to thereby selectively change a rotational speed of the impeller at least partially in accordance with changes in the bearing indicator.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: BiVACOR Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Greatrex, Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer
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Patent number: 11154703Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: BiVACOR Inc.Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Patent number: 10960200Abstract: A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity, a sensor that senses an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that, in response to a change in axial hydraulic forces on the impeller determines an axial position of the impeller within the cavity, determines a reference power in accordance with the determined axial position and controls the magnetic bearing to cause the impeller to move until a bearing power indicator indicative of the power used by the magnetic bearing reaches the reference power.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BiVACOR Inc.Inventors: Frank Nestler, Nicholas Greatrex, Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer
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Patent number: 10902026Abstract: A class may be determined of a term from a database. The term may be blocked from being presented to a user, if the determined class does not include a permission for the user to view the term. The term may suggest a remainder of an incomplete query input by the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: LONGSAND LIMITEDInventors: Daniel Lau, Lewis Mackay, Daniel Timms
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Publication number: 20200222604Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Publication number: 20200171224Abstract: A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity and at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity. An impeller is provided within the cavity, the impeller including a rotor and vanes mounted on the rotor for urging fluid from the inlet radially outwardly to the outlet. A drive is provided for rotating the impeller in the cavity, the drive including a plurality of circumferentially spaced permanent drive magnets mounted within and proximate a first face of the rotor, adjacent drive magnets having opposing polarities and a plurality of circumferentially spaced drive coils mounted within the housing proximate a first end of the cavity, each coil being wound on a respective drive stator pole of a drive stator and being substantially radially aligned with the drive magnets, the drive coils being configured to generate a drive magnetic field that cooperates with the drive magnets to thereby rotate the impeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer, Nicholas Greatrex, Alexei Filatov
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Patent number: 10543301Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: BiVACOR Inc.Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Publication number: 20180369466Abstract: A heart pump including a housing defining a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity, a sensor that senses an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that, in response to a change in axial hydraulic forces on the impeller determines an axial position of the impeller within the cavity, determines a reference power in accordance with the determined axial position and controls the magnetic bearing to cause the impeller to move until a bearing power indicator indicative of the power used by the magnetic bearing reaches the reference power.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Frank Nestler, Nicholas Greatrex, Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer
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Publication number: 20180318482Abstract: A heart pump including: a housing forming a cavity including: at least one inlet aligned with an axis of the cavity; and, at least one outlet provided in a circumferential outer wall of the cavity; an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet; and, a drive for rotating the impeller in the cavity and wherein a flow path through the pump has a minimal cross-sectional area of at least 50 mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventor: Daniel Timms
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Publication number: 20180311422Abstract: A heart pump including a housing forming a cavity including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, an impeller provided within the cavity, the impeller including vanes for urging fluid from the inlet to the outlet upon rotation of the impeller, a drive that rotates the impeller within the cavity, a magnetic bearing including at least one bearing coil that controls an axial position of the impeller within the cavity and a controller. The controller includes an electronic processing device that monitors changes in a bearing indicator in response to a perturbation in blood flow, the bearing indicator being at least partially indicative of operation of the magnetic bearing and controls the drive to thereby selectively change a rotational speed of the impeller at least partially in accordance with changes in the bearing indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Nicholas Greatrex, Daniel Timms, Matthias Kleinheyer
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Publication number: 20170323004Abstract: A class may be determined of a term from a database. The term may be blocked from being presented to a user, if the determined class does not include a permission for the user to view the term. The term may suggest a remainder of an incomplete query input by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2014Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: LONGSAND LIMITEDInventors: Daniel LAU, Lewis MACKAY, Daniel TIMMS
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Publication number: 20160071119Abstract: Techniques associated with sentiment feedback are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method may include generating a proposed sentiment result associated with a document, the proposed sentiment result being generated based on a rule set applied to the document. The method may also include receiving feedback about the proposed sentiment result, the feedback including an actual sentiment associated with the document and a feature of the document that is indicative of the actual sentiment. The method may also include identifying a proposed modification to the rule set based on the feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Sean Blanchflower, Daniel Timms
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Publication number: 20150196321Abstract: A cannula including a hollow cannula body having first and second tubular end portions, a collapsible section interconnecting the end portions, the collapsible section including a plurality of circumferentially spaced arms extending between the end portions, wherein in an extended configuration the arms are substantially aligned with the first and second end portions and in a collapsed configuration the arms deform to extend radially outwardly and a flange extending radially outwardly from the first end portion, so that the arms and flange are spaced apart when the cannula body is in the collapsed configuration, thereby allowing tissue to be sandwiched therebetween to thereby effect a seal between the cannula and the tissue so that the cannula provides an opening through the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Shaun GREGORY, Armin LIEBHARDT, Mark PEARCY, Daniel TIMMS