Patents by Inventor Eric Andrew Schultheis

Eric Andrew Schultheis 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).

  • Orientation determination based on temperature measurements
    Patent number: 9592092
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Jessi E. Johnson, Eric Andrew Schultheis, Josef Vincent Koblish
  • ABLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING HEAT SHUNT NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20170042613
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Andrew Schultheis, Josef Vincent Koblish, Dorin Panescu
  • Treatment adjustment based on temperatures from multiple temperature sensors
    Patent number: 9522037
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Eric Andrew Schultheis, Josef Vincent Koblish, Jessi E. Johnson
  • Medical instruments with multiple temperature sensors
    Patent number: 9517103
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Josef Vincent Koblish, Eric Andrew Schultheis, Jessi E. Johnson
  • TREATMENT ADJUSTMENT BASED ON TEMPERATURES FROM MULTIPLE TEMPERATURE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20160324575
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Eric Andrew Schultheis, Josef Vincent Koblish, Jessi E. Johnson
  • ORIENTATION DETERMINATION BASED ON TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS
    Publication number: 20160324568
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Jessi E. Johnson, Eric Andrew Schultheis, Josef Vincent Koblish
  • MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH MULTIPLE TEMPERATURE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20160278856
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a medical instrument (for example, an ablation device) comprises an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an energy delivery member positioned at the distal end of the elongate body, a first plurality of temperature-measurement devices carried by or positioned within the energy delivery member, the first plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member, and a second plurality of temperature-measurement devices positioned proximal to a proximal end of the energy delivery member, the second plurality of temperature-measurement devices being thermally insulated from the energy delivery member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Dorin Panescu, Josef Vincent Koblish, Eric Andrew Schultheis, Jessi E. Johnson