Patents by Inventor Ken Bueche

Ken Bueche 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).

  • Publication number: 20180185180
    Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: IDEV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Patent number: 9895242
    Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: IDEV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Patent number: 8876881
    Abstract: Devices and methods for stent advancement, including methods for instructing another or others how to advance a stent into an anatomical structure or into a testing/demonstration synthetic structure, such as a polymer tube. The advancement may be achieved by at least two periods of stent engagement that drive a stent distally from a sheath separated by a period of non-engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Gary Boseck, Richard Wisdom, Ken Bueche, Bruce Dannecker
  • Patent number: 8739382
    Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Patent number: 8708948
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Beth Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian N. Ludwig, John Eric Henckel, Joseph J. Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Todd Thornton, Fidel Albert Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand
  • Patent number: 8419788
    Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Publication number: 20120279030
    Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: IDEV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Publication number: 20120283818
    Abstract: A woven, self-expanding stent device has one or more strands and is configured for insertion into an anatomical structure. The device includes a coupling structure secured to two different strand end portions that are substantially aligned with each other. The two different strand end portions include nickel and titanium. The coupling structure is not a strand of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: IDEV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Publication number: 20120157751
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Beth Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian Ludwig, John Eric Henckel, Joseph J. Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Todd Thornton, Fidel Albert Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20120148609
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Beth Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian Ludwig, John Eric Henckel, Joseph J. Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Todd Thornton, Fidel Albert Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20120148668
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Beth Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian Ludwig, John Eric Henckel, Joseph J. Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Todd Thornton, Fidel Albert Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20120064098
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Beth Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian Ludwig, John Eric Henckel, Joseph J. Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Todd Thornton, Fidel Albert Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20080290076
    Abstract: Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Ken Bueche
  • Publication number: 20080206207
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Beth Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian Ludwig, John Eric Henckel, Joseph J. Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Todd Thornton, Fidel Albert Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20080097572
    Abstract: Devices and methods for stent advancement, including methods for instructing another or others how to advance a stent into an anatomical structure or into a testing/demonstration synthetic structure, such as a polymer tube. The advancement may be achieved by at least two periods of stent engagement that drive a stent distally from a sheath separated by a period of non-engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffery Sheldon, Richard Booth, Gary Boseck, Richard Wisdom, Ken Bueche, Bruce Dannecker
  • Publication number: 20070003528
    Abstract: Engraftment of therapeutic cells and agents to a target site in an organism is enhanced by mechanical, chemical and biological methods and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Gabriel Asongwe, Mary Michaels, Gene Michal, Evgenia Mandrusov, Jeong Lee, Florian Ludwing, John Henckel, Joseph Sciacca, Ken Bueche, Richard Thornton, Fidel Urrabazo, Daniel Wiegand