Patents by Inventor Kyle Bartholomew

Kyle Bartholomew 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: 12636022
    Abstract: A catheter system with integrated fluidics management includes a first elongate, flexible tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen, a hub on the proximal end of the tubular body, a valve system in communication with the hub, and a first port, a second port, and a third port in communication with the valve system. The valve system is configured to selectively place any one of the first port, the second port and the third port into communication with the lumen while simultaneously blocking the other two ports from communicating with the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Hilary Ann Koster, Craig Mar, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20260137859
    Abstract: A robotic catheter system having fluidics system including a pump station interface with a contrast pump actuator, a camera, a peristaltic pump actuator, and an electrical interface, and a cassette having a distal side and a proximal side, the proximal side of the cassette configured to releasably couple to the pump station interface, the cassette comprising a contrast pump, a saline channel configured to interface with the peristaltic pump actuator, and a drip chamber and clot pod positioned in the cassette to be adjacent to the camera when the cassette is coupled to the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Tabish Mustufa, Vedant Chhaya
  • Patent number: 12569308
    Abstract: A robotic interventional device control system includes an interventional device comprising a longitudinal axis and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis; a controller configured to control rotational movement of the interventional device about the longitudinal axis; at least one sensor configured to detect rotational movement of the interventional device about the longitudinal axis; and one or more hardware processors configured to receive motion data from the at least one sensor, the motion data indicative of whether the interventional device is rotating. The one or more hardware processors are further configured to generate a user interface comprising an instrument window having a representation of the interventional device and an interventional device marker associated with the representation of the interventional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Leigh Berry, Kyle Bartholomew, David Gonzalez, Monica Metzger
  • Patent number: 12558175
    Abstract: A method of performing a neurovascular procedure includes the steps of providing an access assembly comprising a guidewire, access catheter and guide catheter; coupling the access assembly to a robotic drive system; and driving the access assembly to achieve supra-aortic vessel access. The guide wire and the access catheter are decoupled from the access assembly. A procedure assembly includes at least a guidewire and a procedure catheter. The procedure assembly is coupled to the robotic drive system; and used to perform a neurovascular procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Lilip Lau, Robert Hitchcock, Kyle Bartholomew, David Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 12508093
    Abstract: A hub assembly for a robotically driven interventional device can include an interventional device hub having an interventional device and at least one magnet. The hub assembly can be configured to be positioned on a sterile side of a sterile field barrier and magnetically couple to a hub adapter on a non-sterile side of the sterile field barrier so that hub assembly moves axially in response to axial movement of the hub adapter and the at least one magnet of the hub assembly rotates in response to rotation of at least one magnet of the hub adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Lee, Zachary Morley, Matthew Hutter, Kyle Bartholomew, Lilip Lau, Sean Totten
  • Publication number: 20250375592
    Abstract: A robotic drive system includes a main body and a telescoping member extendable from the main body. The telescoping member is configured to support an interventional device. The robotic drive system may include a drive system positioned within the main body. The drive system can include a drive screw, and one or more hub adapters operatively coupled to the drive screw and configured to translate along the length of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Vedant Chhaya, Yoichiro Dan, David Gonzalez, Robert Hitchcock, Matthew Hutter, Jason Lee, David Eliot Scheinman, Rafeel Faisal Shuja, Sean Totten
  • Publication number: 20250352717
    Abstract: A fluidics system includes a cassette having a saline subsystem, a contrast subsystem, and a vacuum subsystem. The fluidics system further includes a splitter and a first tubing set coupled to the cassette and splitter, the first tubing set having a single saline channel, a single contrast channel, and a single vacuum channel. The fluidics system further includes two or more hub assemblies, at least one of the two or more hub assemblies configured to have a third saline flow-path, a third contrast flow-path, and a third vacuum flow-path to provide saline, contrast and vacuum to the lumen of a catheter coupled to the at least one of the two or more hub assemblies. The fluidics system further includes a second tubing set having a plurality of tube groups, each tube group coupled to the splitter and to one of the two or more hub assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Tabish Mustufa, Vedant Chhaya
  • Patent number: 12447317
    Abstract: A method of priming an interventional device assembly includes providing the interventional device assembly including a first interventional device coupled to a first hub and a second interventional device coupled to a second hub arranged in a concentric stack, the second interventional device being positioned within a lumen of the first interventional device. The method includes coupling the interventional device assembly to a drive system while arranged in the concentric stack, axially advancing the first interventional device and the first hub relative to the second hub to decrease a depth of insertion of the second interventional device within the lumen of the first interventional device while maintaining a distal end of the second interventional device within the lumen of the first interventional device, and flushing the first interventional device with fluid after decreasing the depth of insertion of the second interventional device within the lumen of the first interventional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Lilip Lau, Steven Meyer, Kyle Bartholomew, Craig Mar, Ian Peter Van Sciver
  • Patent number: 12440289
    Abstract: A method of priming an interventional device assembly includes providing the interventional device assembly, the interventional device assembly including a first interventional device and a second interventional device, the second interventional device being positioned within the first interventional device. The method further includes reciprocally moving at least one of the first interventional device and the second interventional device relative to the other of the first interventional device and the second interventional device while flushing a lumen between the first interventional device and the second interventional device with fluid to remove microbubbles from the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Lilip Lau, Steven Meyer, Kyle Bartholomew, Craig Mar, Ian Peter Van Sciver
  • Patent number: 12377206
    Abstract: A fluidics system includes a cassette having a saline subsystem, a contrast subsystem, and a vacuum subsystem. The fluidics system further includes a splitter and a first tubing set coupled to the cassette and splitter, the first tubing set having a single saline channel, a single contrast channel, and a single vacuum channel. The fluidics system further includes two or more hub assemblies, at least one of the two or more hub assemblies configured to have a third saline flow-path, a third contrast flow-path, and a third vacuum flow-path to provide saline, contrast and vacuum to the lumen of a catheter coupled to the at least one of the two or more hub assemblies. The fluidics system further includes a second tubing set having a plurality of tube groups, each tube group coupled to the splitter and to one of the two or more hub assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Tabish Mustufa, Vedant Chhaya
  • Patent number: 12376928
    Abstract: A supra-aortic vessel access robotic control system includes a guidewire hub configured to adjust each of an axial position and a rotational position of a guidewire; a guide catheter hub configured to adjust a guide catheter in an axial direction; and a procedure catheter hub configured to adjust each of an axial position and a rotational position of a procedure catheter, and also to laterally deflect a distal deflection zone of the procedure catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Lilip Lau, Kyle Bartholomew
  • Publication number: 20250195835
    Abstract: A hub assembly includes a mount being axially movable along a drive surface, a catheter hub having a catheter, the catheter hub removably couplable with the mount, and a fluidics connector in fluid communication with the mount and the catheter hub to provide fluid and vacuum through the connector to the catheter hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Sean Totten, Craig Mar, Jason Lee, Kyle Bartholomew, Cedric Bathany
  • Patent number: 12329397
    Abstract: A fluidics management system includes a cassette configured to receive saline from a saline source, receive contrast from a contrast source, and receive vacuum from a vacuum source. The cassette includes a plurality of saline connectors, each of the plurality of saline connectors configured to couple to one of a plurality of catheters to provide saline thereto, a plurality of contrast connectors, each of the plurality of contrast connectors configured to couple to one of the plurality of catheters to provide contrast thereto, and a plurality of vacuum connectors, each of the plurality of vacuum connectors configured to couple to one of the plurality of catheters to provide vacuum thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Hilary Ann Koster, Craig Mar, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20250032201
    Abstract: A robotic medical system for performing a vascular procedure includes a procedure rail having a drive surface oriented along a generally vertical plane, a rail adjustment system configured to couple to a patient support table and having one or more movable arm segments, a fluidics system, and a plurality of catheter hubs operatively coupled to the procedure rail and configured to be axially translated along the drive surface along a longitudinal axis of the procedure rail. At least one of the plurality of catheter hubs is in fluid communication with the fluidics system, the at least one of the plurality of catheter hubs having a hemostasis valve and a catheter in communication with the hemostasis valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Matthew Hutter, Hilary Ann Koster, Roman Devegenzo
  • Publication number: 20240398495
    Abstract: A hub assembly for a robotically driven interventional device can include an interventional device hub having an interventional device and at least one magnet. The hub assembly can be configured to be positioned on a sterile side of a sterile field barrier and magnetically couple to a hub adapter on a non-sterile side of the sterile field barrier so that hub assembly moves axially in response to axial movement of the hub adapter and the at least one magnet of the hub assembly rotates in response to rotation of at least one magnet of the hub adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Lee, Zachary Morley, Matthew Hutter, Kyle Bartholomew, Lilip Lau, Sean Totten
  • Publication number: 20240382668
    Abstract: A fluidics system includes a cassette having a saline subsystem, a contrast subsystem, and a vacuum subsystem. The fluidics system further includes a splitter and a first tubing set coupled to the cassette and splitter, the first tubing set having a single saline channel, a single contrast channel, and a single vacuum channel. The fluidics system further includes two or more hub assemblies, at least one of the two or more hub assemblies configured to have a third saline flow-path, a third contrast flow-path, and a third vacuum flow-path to provide saline, contrast and vacuum to the lumen of a catheter coupled to the at least one of the two or more hub assemblies. The fluidics system further includes a second tubing set having a plurality of tube groups, each tube group coupled to the splitter and to one of the two or more hub assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Tabish Mustufa, Vedant Chhaya
  • Publication number: 20240197416
    Abstract: A robotic drive system includes a hub configured to adjust an axial position of an interventional device, a driven magnet coupled with the hub, a hub adapter configured to move in at least one direction based on an input provided by a user of the robotic control system, a drive magnet coupled with the hub adapter and configured to couple with the driven magnet such that the driven magnet moves in response to movement of the drive magnet, and a sensor coupled with the hub or the hub adapter and configured to measure a magnitude of a magnetic field on the sensor from one or both of the drive magnet and the driven magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: David Gonzalez, Kyle Bartholomew, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20240180659
    Abstract: A method of robotically controlling interventional devices includes providing an interventional device assembly having a plurality of interventional devices, advancing a first subset of the plurality of interventional devices into an ostium of the descending aorta in a first operation mode in response to movement of a control of a controller, wherein the first subset of the plurality of interventional devices is linked to the control in the first operation mode, and switching from the first operation mode to a second operation mode in response to a user input using the controller. Switching from the first operation mode to the second operation mode causes a second subset of the plurality of interventional devices to be linked to the control of the controller. The method further includes advancing the second subset of the plurality of interventional devices to a treatment site in the second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Lilip Lau, Kyle Bartholomew, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Hilary Ann Koster, Dave Bim-Merle, Courtney Helland, Kevin Jeanneret, David Gonzalez, Sarah Plewe
  • Patent number: D1102447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, David Gonzalez, Julie Leigh Berry
  • Patent number: D1119865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Imperative Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Tyler Toy, Tabish Mustufa, Sarah Plewe, Kyle Bartholomew, David Gonzalez