Patents by Inventor Kurt Edmund Guggenberger

Kurt Edmund Guggenberger 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: 20230105390
    Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for estimating locations of electrodes and/or electrode assembly of an electroporation ablation catheter when the catheter is deployed. In some examples, the electrode position is estimated using electrical signals collected when a current is injected via tracking electrodes. In certain examples, the electrode positions are updated using one or more geometric models associated with the electroporation ablation catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sarah Renee Gutbrod, Kurt Edmund Guggenberger, James Kauphusman
  • Publication number: 20230105973
    Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for estimating locations of electrodes and/or electrode assembly of an electroporation ablation catheter using one or more navigation sensors integrated with the catheter. In some examples, the electrode assembly includes a plurality of splines and a navigation sensor is disposed on or integrated with one of the plurality of splines. In some examples, a navigation sensor is disposed on o integrated with a supporting structure of the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sarah Renee Gutbrod, Kurt Edmund Guggenberger, James Kauphusman, Brendan Early Koop
  • Publication number: 20230035917
    Abstract: A system for electroporation ablation including a catheter having an electrode assembly and one or more states. The electrode assembly may be in different shapes when the catheter is at different states. The controller is configured to generate, based on one or more models of electric fields, graphical representations of electric fields generated by the electrode assembly when the catheter is at different states. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to overlay the graphical representations of the one or more electric fields on an anatomical map of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sarah R. GUTBROD, Brendan E. KOOP, Dustin J. OLYNYK, Kurt Edmund GUGGENBERGER, James KAUPHUSMAN, Edward J. MAIERHOFER, Lauren DAABOUL, Dmitriy DEDKOV, Peter DIMITROV
  • Publication number: 20210290284
    Abstract: A cryoablation catheter comprises a tubular shaft having a shaft distal end and a shaft lumen, a tubular guidewire lumen member extending within the shaft lumen and forming a guidewire lumen extending between the guidewire lumen member proximal end and the guidewire lumen member distal end, an expandable cryoballoon having a proximal portion attached to the shaft distal end and a distal portion attached to the guidewire lumen member distal end, and a cryoablation catheter location sensor configured to generate a cryoablation location signal when in the cryoablation catheter location sensor is within a magnetic localization field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Edmund Guggenberger, Eugene J. Jung, JR., Steven A. Kubow, Chadi Hamouche, Allyson Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210290283
    Abstract: A cryoablation catheter system comprises a cryoablation catheter having a shaft, a guidewire lumen member and an expandable balloon attached to the shaft and the guidewire lumen member, and an auxiliary device configured for use in combination with the cryoablation catheter, the auxiliary device including a location sensor configured to provide a sensor output indicative of a location of the location sensor within a localization volume responsive to a localization field. A user-accessible relative position indicator is located on one or both of the cryoablation catheter and the auxiliary device and is configured to provide an indication of a relative position of the cryoballoon and the location sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Edmund Guggenberger, Eugene J. Jung, JR., Steven A. Kubow