Patents by Inventor John M. Berns
John M. Berns 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: 11839424Abstract: A monitoring, managing and protecting system is provided that includes a monitoring probe working in conjunction with an ablating device. The probe is configured to be positioned in close proximity to a region of non-targeted tissue proximate an ablation site of targeted tissue and to be operatively connected to an electrical response assessment system or component. The probe includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle disposed at the proximal end thereof and a tissue monitoring and protecting apparatus disposed at the distal end thereof. The ablating device includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle mounted at the proximal end thereof and an ablation element mounted at the distal end thereof. The monitoring probe measures electrical characteristics of the non-targeted tissue and/or of the tissue between the monitoring electrode and the ablation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, IncInventors: Reed R. Heimbecher, Saurav Paul, John M. Berns, Jeffrey A. Schweitzer
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Publication number: 20210153776Abstract: The invention relates to a method, software, and device 300 used to determine a size or size range 260 for an aperture in the interatrial septum of a heart. The invention relates to software 200 with a learning model 310 which helps a clinician select a surgical shunt size for a patient, monitoring the patient post operatively, and for making shunt modification recommendations, based on specific and aggregate patient data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Chris Minar, Gil M. Vardi, John M. Berns
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Publication number: 20180256249Abstract: A monitoring, managing and protecting system is provided that includes a monitoring probe working in conjunction with an ablating device. The probe is configured to be positioned in close proximity to a region of non-targeted tissue proximate an ablation site of targeted tissue and to be operatively connected to an electrical response assessment system or component. The probe includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle disposed at the proximal end thereof and a tissue monitoring and protecting apparatus disposed at the distal end thereof. The ablating device includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle mounted at the proximal end thereof and an ablation element mounted at the distal end thereof. The monitoring probe measures electrical characteristics of the non-targeted tissue and/or of the tissue between the monitoring electrode and the ablation electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Reed R. Heimbecher, Saurav Paul, John M. Berns, Jeffrey A. Schweitzer
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Patent number: 9918787Abstract: A monitoring, managing and protecting system is provided that includes a monitoring probe working in conjunction with an ablating device. The probe is configured to be positioned in close proximity to a region of non-targeted tissue proximate an ablation site of targeted tissue and to be operatively connected to an electrical response assessment system or component. The probe includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle disposed at the proximal end thereof and a tissue monitoring and protecting apparatus disposed at the distal end thereof. The ablating device includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle mounted at the proximal end thereof and an ablation element mounted at the distal end thereof. The monitoring probe measures electrical characteristics of the non-targeted tissue and/or of the tissue between the monitoring electrode and the ablation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.Inventors: Reed R. Heimbecher, Saurav Paul, John M. Berns, Jeffrey A. Schweitzer
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Publication number: 20160256682Abstract: Catheter systems include direction-sensitive, multi-polar tip electrode assemblies for electroporation-mediated therapy, electroporation-induced primary necrosis therapy and electric field-induced apoptosis therapy, including configurations for producing narrow, linear lesions as well as distributed, wide area lesions. A monitoring system for electroporation therapy includes a mechanism for delivering electrochromic dyes to a tissue site as well as a fiber optic arrangement to optically monitor the progress of the therapy as well as to confirm success post-therapy. A fiber optic temperature sensing electrode catheter includes a tip electrode having a cavity whose inner surface is impregnated or coated with thermochromic/thermotropic material that changes color with changes in temperature. An optic fiber/detector arrangement monitors the thermochromic or thermotropic materials, acquiring a light signal and generating an output signal indicative of the spectrum of the light signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Saurav Paul, Troy T. Tegg, Israel A. Byrd, Riki Thao, Harry A. Puryear, Linda Nemec, John M. Berns
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Patent number: 9289606Abstract: Catheter systems include direction-sensitive, multi-polar tip electrode assemblies for electroporation-mediated therapy, electroporation-induced primary necrosis therapy and electric field-induced apoptosis therapy, including configurations for producing narrow, linear lesions as well as distributed, wide area lesions. A monitoring system for electroporation therapy includes a mechanism for delivering electrochromic dyes to a tissue site as well as a fiber optic arrangement to optically monitor the progress of the therapy as well as to confirm success post-therapy. A fiber optic temperature sensing electrode catheter includes a tip electrode having a cavity whose inner surface is impregnated or coated with thermochromic/thermotropic material that changes color with changes in temperature. An optic fiber/detector arrangement monitors the thermochromic or thermotropic materials, acquiring a light signal and generating an output signal indicative of the spectrum of the light signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.Inventors: Saurav Paul, Troy T. Tegg, Israel A. Byrd, Riki Thao, Harry A. Puryear, Linda Nemec, John M. Berns
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Publication number: 20120059255Abstract: Catheter systems include direction-sensitive, multi-polar tip electrode assemblies for electroporation-mediated therapy, electroporation-induced primary necrosis therapy and electric field-induced apoptosis therapy, including configurations for producing narrow, linear lesions as well as distributed, wide area lesions. A monitoring system for electroporation therapy includes a mechanism for delivering electrochromic dyes to a tissue site as well as a fiber optic arrangement to optically monitor the progress of the therapy as well as to confirm success post-therapy. A fiber optic temperature sensing electrode catheter includes a tip electrode having a cavity whose inner surface is impregnated or coated with thermochromic/thermotropic material that changes color with changes in temperature. An optic fiber/detector arrangement monitors the thermochromic or thermotropic materials, acquiring a light signal and generating an output signal indicative of the spectrum of the light signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Saurav Paul, Troy T. Tegg, Israel A. Byrd, Riki Thao, Harry A. Puryear, Linda Nemec, John M. Berns
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Publication number: 20110276046Abstract: A monitoring, managing and protecting system is provided that includes a monitoring probe working in conjunction with an ablating device. The probe is configured to be positioned in close proximity to a region of non-targeted tissue proximate an ablation site of targeted tissue and to be operatively connected to an electrical response assessment system or component. The probe includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle disposed at the proximal end thereof and a tissue monitoring and protecting apparatus disposed at the distal end thereof. The ablating device includes an elongate shaft having proximal and distal ends, with a handle mounted at the proximal end thereof and an ablation element mounted at the distal end thereof. The monitoring probe measures electrical characteristics of the non-targeted tissue and/or of the tissue between the monitoring electrode and the ablation electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Reed R. Heimbecher, Saurav Paul, John M. Berns, Jeffrey A. Schweitzer