Patents by Inventor Erik Bassett

Erik Bassett 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).

  • Methods and devices for sensing tissues and tissue compartments
    Patent number: 9931477
    Abstract: An apparatus provides feedback regarding the material in which tip of the apparatus is located as the tip is advanced into matter of varying resistances. The apparatus responds to a change in pressure, force, or other parameter such that when the tip reaches matter of a certain resistance, a change in the parameter is sensed. The apparatus provides a driving force to a penetrating medical device, such as a needle, when the apparatus tip encounters material of high resistance. When the apparatus tip encounters a low resistance material, no further driving force is applied to the apparatus. An inner core may be advanced into the low resistance material for deployment of a gas or a liquid as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Erik Bassett, Jeffrey M. Karp, Robert S. Langer, Omid C. Farokhzad, Alexander H. Slocum
  • Engineered craniofacial constructs with composite scaffold
    Patent number: 9732321
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and constructs for craniofacial reconstruction implants, and methods for making and using same. Specific embodiments provide for a biocompatible scaffold having an auricular shape and a permanent bendable framework within the scaffold, wherein the permanent bendable framework allows deformation and return to pre-deformation shape, and thus maintains the auricular shape of the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIMARY
    Inventors: Erik Bassett, Mack Cheney, Theresa Hadlock, Irina Pomerantseva, Mark Randolph, Cathryn Sundback, Joseph Vacanti
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SENSING TISSUES AND TISSUE COMPARTMENTS
    Publication number: 20150112261
    Abstract: An apparatus provides feedback regarding the material in which tip of the apparatus is located as the tip is advanced into matter of varying resistances. The apparatus responds to a change in pressure, force, or other parameter such that when the tip reaches matter of a certain resistance, a change in the parameter is sensed. The apparatus provides a driving force to a penetrating medical device, such as a needle, when the apparatus tip encounters material of high resistance. When the apparatus tip encounters a low resistance material, no further driving force is applied to the apparatus. An inner core may be advanced into the low resistance material for deployment of a gas or a liquid as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Erik Bassett, Jeffrey M. Karp, Robert S. Langer, Omid C. Farokhzad, Alexander H. Slocum
  • Methods and devices for sensing tissues and tissue compartments
    Patent number: 8920388
    Abstract: An apparatus provides feedback regarding the material in which tip of the apparatus is located as the tip is advance into matter of varying resistances. The apparatus responds to a change in pressure, force, or other parameter such that when the tip reaches matter of a certain resistance, a change in the parameter is sensed. The apparatus provides a driving force to a penetrating medical device, such as a needle, when the apparatus tip encounters material of high resistance. When the apparatus tip encounters a low resistance material, no further driving force is applied to the apparatus. An inner core may be advanced into the low resistance material for deployment of a gas or a liquid as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Slocum, Erik Bassett, Jeffrey M. Karp, Robert S. Langer, Omid C. Farokhzad
  • ENGINEERED CRANIOFACIAL CONSTRUCTS WITH COMPOSITE SCAFFOLD
    Publication number: 20110264236
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and constructs for craniofacial reconstruction implants, and methods for making and using same. Specific embodiments provide for a biocompatible scaffold having an auricular shape and a permanent bendable framework within the scaffold, wherein the permanent bendable framework allows deformation and return to pre-deformation shape, and thus maintains the auricular shape of the scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Bassett, Mack Cheney, Theresa Hadlock, Irina Pomerantseva, Mark Randolph, Cathryn Sundback, Joseph Vacanti
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SENSING TISSUES AND TISSUE COMPARTMENTS
    Publication number: 20110125107
    Abstract: An apparatus provides feedback regarding the material in which tip of the apparatus is located as the tip is advance into matter of varying resistances. The apparatus responds to a change in pressure, force, or other parameter such that when the tip reaches matter of a certain resistance, a change in the parameter is sensed. The apparatus provides a driving force to a penetrating medical device, such as a needle, when the apparatus tip encounters material of high resistance. When the apparatus tip encounters a low resistance material, no further driving force is applied to the apparatus. An inner core may be advanced into the low resistance material for deployment of a gas or a liquid as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Womer's Hospital ,Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Slocum, Erik Bassett, Jeffrey M. Karp, Robert S. Langer, Omid C. Farokhzad