Patents by Inventor Jennie F. MCKAIN
Jennie F. MCKAIN 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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Patent number: 11419656Abstract: A thermal regulation catheter system and method of use are disclosed, for moderating the temperature and other parameters of tissue surrounding a target tissue for an ablation procedure, or for performing a thermal treatment procedure. In an embodiment, the device includes a catheter having a shaft with a fluid supply line and a fluid return line disposed therein, and an inflatable heat exchange vessel at a distal end of the shaft. The fluid supply line supplies fluid to inflate the heat exchange vessel, and the fluid return line conducts fluid away from the heat exchange vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: CPSI Holdings LLCInventors: John M. Baust, Jennie F. McKain, Anthony T. Robilotto, Joshua T. Smith
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Publication number: 20220205589Abstract: A method of generating a pressurized, sub-cooled mixed-phase cryogen is disclosed, including providing a cryogenic system including a reservoir containing a liquid cryogen; and a heat exchange coil immersed in the liquid cryogen, the heat exchange coil having an input end and an output end not immersed in the liquid cryogen; introducing a pressurized gas cryogen to the input end of the heat exchange coil; cooling the pressurized gas cryogen within the heat exchange coil; and collecting the pressurized gas cryogen at an output end of the heat exchange coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: John M. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Anthony T. Robilotto, Jennie F. McKain
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Patent number: 11306871Abstract: A cryogenic system as well as a method of generating a pressurized, sub-cooled mixed-phase cryogen and a method of delivering such a cryogen to a cryoprobe are disclosed. In an embodiment, the cryogenic system includes a reservoir containing a liquid cryogen and a sub-cooling coil immersed in the liquid cryogen. The cryogen is supplied to the sub-cooling coil and is cooled under pressure to produce a pressurized mixed phase cryogen within the sub-cooling coil. This pressurized mixed phase cryogen is provided via supply line to a cryo-device for use.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: CPSI Holdings LLCInventors: John M. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Anthony T. Robilotto, Jennie F. McKain
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Publication number: 20180340654Abstract: A cryogenic system as well as a method of generating a pressurized, sub-cooled mixed-phase cryogen and a method of delivering such a cryogen to a cryoprobe are disclosed. In an embodiment, the cryogenic system includes a reservoir containing a liquid cryogen and a sub-cooling coil immersed in the liquid cryogen. The cryogen is supplied to the sub-cooling coil and is cooled under pressure to produce a pressurized mixed phase cryogen within the sub-cooling coil. This pressurized mixed phase cryogen is provided via supply line to a cryo-device for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: John M. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Anthony T. Robilotto, Jennie F. McKain
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Patent number: 10054262Abstract: A cryogenic system as well as a method of generating a pressurized, sub-cooled mixed-phase cryogen and a method of delivering such a cryogen to a cryoprobe are disclosed. In an embodiment, the cryogenic system includes a reservoir containing a liquid cryogen and a sub-cooling coil immersed in the liquid cryogen. The cryogen is supplied to the sub-cooling coil and is cooled under pressure to produce a pressurized mixed phase cryogen within the sub-cooling coil. This pressurized mixed phase cryogen is provided via supply line to a cryo-device for use.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: CPSI Holdings LLCInventors: John M. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Anthony T. Robilotto, Jennie F. McKain
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Patent number: 9932551Abstract: A tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, an apparatus and method for making a TEM structure, and methods of using a TEM structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the TEM structure includes at least one TEM segment. Each TEM segment includes a frame defining a bounded area, the frame having a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; a membrane affixed to the first edge about a perimeter of the frame; and a solidified gel and cell matrix disposed within the bounded area within the frame, wherein the solidified gel and cell matrix substantially fills a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: CPSI Holdings LLCInventors: John G. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Kimberly L. Santucci, Kristi K. Snyder, Anthony T. Robilotto, Robert G. Van Buskirk, John M. Baust, William L. Corwin, Jennie F. McKain
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Publication number: 20170191011Abstract: A tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, an apparatus and method for making a TEM structure, and methods of using a TEM structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the TEM structure includes at least one TEM segment. Each TEM segment includes a frame defining a bounded area, the frame having a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; a membrane affixed to the first edge about a perimeter of the frame; and a solidified gel and cell matrix disposed within the bounded area within the frame, wherein the solidified gel and cell matrix substantially fills a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: John G. BAUST, Joshua T. SMITH, Kimberly L. SANTUCCI, Kristi K. SNYDER, Anthony T. ROBILOTTO, Robert G. VAN BUSKIRK, John M. BAUST, William L. CORWIN, Jennie F. MCKAIN
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Patent number: 9631173Abstract: A tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, an apparatus and method for making a TEM structure, and methods of using a TEM structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the TEM structure includes at least one TEM segment. Each TEM segment includes a frame defining a bounded area, the frame having a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; a membrane affixed to the first edge about a perimeter of the frame; and a solidified gel and cell matrix disposed within the bounded area within the frame, wherein the solidified gel and cell matrix substantially fills a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: CPSI Holdings LLCInventors: John G. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Kimberly L. Santucci, Kristi K. Snyder, Anthony T. Robilotto, Robert G. Van Buskirk, John M. Baust, William L. Corwin, Jennie F. McKain
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Publication number: 20160060592Abstract: A tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, an apparatus and method for making a TEM structure, and methods of using a TEM structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the TEM structure includes at least one TEM segment. Each TEM segment includes a frame defining a bounded area, the frame having a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; a membrane affixed to the first edge about a perimeter of the frame; and a solidified gel and cell matrix disposed within the bounded area within the frame, wherein the solidified gel and cell matrix substantially fills a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: John G. BAUST, Joshua T. SMITH, Kimberly L. SANTUCCI, Kristi K. SNYDER, Anthony T. ROBILOTTO, Robert G. VAN BUSKIRK, John M. BAUST, William L. CORWIN, Jennie F. MCKAIN
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Patent number: 9213025Abstract: A tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, an apparatus and method for making a TEM structure, and methods of using a TEM structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the TEM structure includes at least one TEM segment. Each TEM segment includes a frame defining a bounded area, the frame having a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; a membrane affixed to the first edge about a perimeter of the frame; and a solidified gel and cell matrix disposed within the bounded area within the frame, wherein the solidified gel and cell matrix substantially fills a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: CPSI Holdings LLCInventors: John G. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Kimberly L. Santucci, Kristi K. Snyder, Anthony T. Robilotto, Robert G. Van Buskirk, John M. Baust, William L. Corwin, Jennie F. McKain
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Publication number: 20150300569Abstract: A cryogenic system as well as a method of generating a pressurized, sub-cooled mixed-phase cryogen and a method of delivering such a cryogen to a cryoprobe are disclosed. In an embodiment, the cryogenic system includes a reservoir containing a liquid cryogen and a sub-cooling coil immersed in the liquid cryogen. The cryogen is supplied to the sub-cooling coil and is cooled under pressure to produce a pressurized mixed phase cryogen within the sub-cooling coil. This pressurized mixed phase cryogen is provided via supply line to a cryo-device for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: John M. Baust, Joshua T. Smith, Anthony T. Robilotto, Jennie F. McKain
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Publication number: 20150282858Abstract: A thermal regulation catheter system and method of use are disclosed, for moderating the temperature and other parameters of tissue surrounding a target tissue for an ablation procedure, or for performing a thermal treatment procedure. In an embodiment, the device includes a catheter having a shaft with a fluid supply line and a fluid return line disposed therein, and an inflatable heat exchange vessel at a distal end of the shaft. The fluid supply line supplies fluid to inflate the heat exchange vessel, and the fluid return line conducts fluid away from the heat exchange vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: John M. Baust, Jennie F. McKain, Anthony T. Robilotto, Joshua T. Smith
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Publication number: 20140273063Abstract: A tissue engineered model (TEM) structure, an apparatus and method for making a TEM structure, and methods of using a TEM structure are disclosed. In an embodiment, the TEM structure includes at least one TEM segment. Each TEM segment includes a frame defining a bounded area, the frame having a height, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge, each of the first edge and the second edge defining a perimeter of the bounded area, and the height defining a distance between the first edge and the second edge; a membrane affixed to the first edge about a perimeter of the frame; and a solidified gel and cell matrix disposed within the bounded area within the frame, wherein the solidified gel and cell matrix substantially fills a volume defined by the bounded area and the height of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CPSI HOLDINGS LLCInventors: John G. BAUST, Joshua T. SMITH, Kimberly L. SANTUCCI, Kristi K. SNYDER, Anthony T. ROBILOTTO, Robert G. VAN BUSKIRK, John M. BAUST, William L. CORWIN, Jennie F. MCKAIN