Patents by Inventor Keegan Harper

Keegan Harper 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).

  • Patent number: 11653967
    Abstract: A balloon catheter system for use by an operator for treating a targeted vein, the balloon catheter system comprising a balloon catheter, a fluid source and a control system. The balloon catheter includes a balloon having a balloon interior, the balloon configured to undergo one or more inflation cycles. The fluid source contains a cryogenic fluid that is selectively delivered to the balloon interior. The control system is configured to selectively control the delivery of the fluid to the balloon interior and to that selectively adjusts an inflation pressure to of the balloon interior based on a number of inflation cycles undergone by the balloon so as to selectively adjust an inflated balloon diameter of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Keegan Harper, Chadi Harmouche, Eugene J. Jung
  • Publication number: 20190350634
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter system for treating a condition in a body includes a catheter shaft, a first inflatable balloon and a plurality of electrodes. The first inflatable balloon is positioned near a distal end of the catheter shaft. The first inflatable balloon moves between an inflated state and a substantially deflated state. In the inflated state, the first inflatable balloon has a maximum circumference. The plurality of electrodes are attached to the first inflatable balloon away from the maximum circumference of the first inflatable balloon. In some embodiments, the plurality of electrodes are attached to the inner surface of the first inflatable balloon. In various embodiments, the intravascular catheter system can also include two or more flex circuits that substantially face one another when the first inflatable balloon is in the substantially deflated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene J. Jung, JR., Keegan Harper, Ricardo Roman
  • Publication number: 20190336193
    Abstract: A balloon catheter system for use by an operator for treating a targeted vein, the balloon catheter system comprising a balloon catheter, a fluid source and a control system. The balloon catheter includes a balloon having a balloon interior, the balloon configured to undergo one or more inflation cycles. The fluid source contains a cryogenic fluid that is selectively delivered to the balloon interior. The control system is configured to selectively control the delivery of the fluid to the balloon interior and to that selectively adjusts an inflation pressure to of the balloon interior based on a number of inflation cycles undergone by the balloon so as to selectively adjust an inflated balloon diameter of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Keegan Harper, Chadi Harmouche, Eugene J. Jung
  • Publication number: 20190142509
    Abstract: A timing system during an ablation procedure having a time to isolation includes an automated timer that receives a first time setting. The first time setting provides a maximum time that the ablation procedure can continue without reaching the time to isolation. A catheter system including the timing system can also include a control system that is configured to automatically stop the ablation procedure if the first time setting expires without reaching the time to isolation. The operator can input the first time setting via a graphical display of the catheter system. The automated timer can generate an expiration signal if the first time setting expires without reaching the time to isolation. The automated timer can further receive a second time setting from the operator that provides a maximum time that the ablation procedure can continue after reaching the time to isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Chadi Harmouche, Keegan Harper