Patents by Inventor Lilip Lau

Lilip Lau 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: 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: 20240197418
    Abstract: A system for performing a vascular procedure includes a robotic drive system and one or more hub assemblies operatively coupled to the robotic drive system, each of the one or more hub assemblies including a mount, a hub removably coupled to the mount, and an interventional device coupled to the hub. For each of the one or more hub assemblies, the mount is configured to be driven by the robotic drive system to drive the interventional device within a vasculature of a patient, the hub is configured to be uncoupled from the mount while the interventional device is positioned within the vasculature of the patient, and the hub is configured to be manually manipulated to navigate the interventional device to a vascular site while the hub is uncoupled from the mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Theodore Jourdan, Lilip Lau, Robert Hitchcock, Craig Mar
  • Publication number: 20240198051
    Abstract: A method of performing a vascular procedure can include providing a multi-catheter assembly including a first subset of interventional devices and a second subset of interventional devices detachably couplable to the first subset of interventional devices, coupling the first subset of interventional devices to a robotic drive system, robotically driving the multi-catheter assembly to achieve supra-aortic access while the second subset of interventional devices is coupled to the first subset of interventional devices, uncoupling the second subset of interventional devices from the first subset of interventional devices, manually driving the second subset of interventional devices to a procedure site, and performing a vascular procedure using the second subset of interventional devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Theodore Jourdan, Lilip Lau, Robert Hitchcock, Craig Mar
  • Publication number: 20240180651
    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: 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
  • Publication number: 20240180641
    Abstract: A robotic device control system includes a controller in communication with a plurality of hubs, each of the plurality of hubs coupled to one of a plurality of interventional devices. The controller includes a control and an operation mode actuator. The controller is configured to transition between a first operation mode and a second operation mode in response to actuation of the operation mode actuator. In the first operation mode, the control is linked to a first subset of the plurality of hubs such that movement of the control causes a responsive movement of the first subset of the plurality of hubs. In the second operation mode, the control is linked to a second subset of the plurality of hubs such that movement of the control causes a responsive movement of the second subset of the plurality of hubs.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240180640
    Abstract: A robotic drive system includes a base structure, a drive table coupled with the base structure and configured to rotate between at least a first position in which a longitudinal axis of the drive table is oriented at a first angle relative to a ground surface and a second position in which the longitudinal axis of the drive table is orientated at a second angle relative to the ground surface, the second angle being different from the first angle. An arm is coupled with the base structure and the drive table and is configured to rotate the drive table about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drive table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Hutter, Robert Hitchcock, Kyle Bartholomew, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Craig Mar, 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
  • Publication number: 20240180642
    Abstract: A robotic drive system includes a drive table having a support surface oriented at an angle relative to a horizontal plane and one or more hub adapters coupled with the drive table. Each of the one or more hub adapters is coupleable with a corresponding hub of one or more hubs. Each hub is couplable with an interventional device of one or more interventional devices. The support surface is positioned between the one or more hub adapters and the corresponding hubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Hutter, Robert Hitchcock, Kyle Bartholomew, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Craig Mar, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20240180652
    Abstract: A robotic interventional device control system includes a first interventional device having a first distal end; a second interventional device having a second distal end, wherein the first interventional device is configured to be concentrically nested within the second interventional device; a sensor system configured to detect a first position of the first interventional device and a second position of the second interventional device; and one or more hardware processors configured to generate a user interface. The user interface includes an instrument window comprising a first representation of the first interventional device, said first representation of the first interventional device including a first visual indication of the first distal end of the first interventional device; and a second representation of the second interventional device, said second representation of the second interventional device including a second visual indication of the second distal end of the second interventional device.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240180654
    Abstract: A robotic interventional device control system includes an interventional device; a controller in communication with the interventional device, the controller including a first control and a second control; one or more hardware processors in communication with the interventional device and the controller and a display; and a display. The one or more hardware processors configured to selectively link the interventional device to the first control or the second control such that movement of the selected control causes a corresponding responsive movement of the interventional device; and generate a user interface having an instrument window. The instrument window includes a representation of the interventional device; and an interventional device marker positioned relative to the representation of the interventional device.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240180643
    Abstract: A robotic drive system includes a drive table having a main body and an extendable member configured to be at least partially received within the main body and being extendable from an end of the main body. One or more hub adapters are coupled with the drive table and are configured to couple to a corresponding hub so that axial movement of the one or more hub adapters drives the corresponding hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Hutter, Robert Hitchcock, Kyle Bartholomew, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Craig Mar, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20240180653
    Abstract: A robotic interventional device control system includes a robotic drive system; an interventional device assembly comprising a plurality of interventional devices having an identifier and configured to couple to the robotic drive system, a plurality of sensors configured to identify one of the plurality of interventional devices based on the identifier when the one of the plurality of interventional devices is coupled to the robotic drive system; one or more hardware processors configured to receive interventional device identity data from the plurality of sensors and generate a user interface comprising an instrument window.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240181214
    Abstract: A method for driving an interventional device assembly along a drive table. The method includes axially advancing an extendable member from an end of a main body of a drive table and axially advancing a hub adapter from a first axial position within the main body to a second axial position within the extendable member beyond the end of the main body. The hub adapter is configured to couple to a corresponding hub so that axial movement of the hub adapter drives axial movement of the corresponding hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Hutter, Robert Hitchcock, Kyle Bartholomew, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Craig Mar, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20240183382
    Abstract: An anti-buckling device for an interventional device assembly includes a telescoping tube having a plurality of concentric telescopically axially extendable and collapsible tube segments each having a proximal end and a distal end, the plurality of tube segments having an innermost tube segment and one or more outer tube segments, the innermost tube segment being configured to couple to a hub of an interventional device assembly, the telescoping tube being configured to extend distally from the hub. Each of the one or more outer tube segments is coupled to a cap at its proximal end, the cap having a through hole configured to receive an interventional device of the interventional device assembly therethrough and an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the outer tube segment to which the cap is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Craig Mar, Steven Meyer, Sean Totten, Lilip Lau, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Robert Hitchcock, Matthew Hutter, Zachary Morley
  • Publication number: 20240181208
    Abstract: An anti-buckling device for an interventional device assembly includes a telescoping tube having a plurality of concentric telescopically axially extendable and collapsible tube segments, the plurality of tube segments including an outermost tube segment and one or more inner tube segments. Each of the one or more inner tube segments comprises a first tube section having a first outer diameter and a second tube section having a second outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Craig Mar, Steven Meyer, Sean Totten, Lilip Lau, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Robert Hitchcock, Matthew Hutter, Zachary Morley
  • Publication number: 20240180658
    Abstract: A method of robotically controlling interventional devices includes driving a first interventional device of an interventional device assembly in response to movement of a joystick of a controller, wherein the first interventional device is linked to the joystick such that movement of the joystick causes responsive movement of the first interventional device, receiving a user input, and in response to receiving the user input, linking a second interventional device of the interventional device assembly to the joystick so that movement of the joystick causes responsive movement of the second interventional device.
    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
  • Publication number: 20240181209
    Abstract: An interventional device assembly includes a first hub positioned along a drive table, the first hub having a proximal end and a distal end, an interventional device coupled to the first hub and extending distally therefrom, and a telescoping tube having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the telescoping tube is secured within an interior of the first hub between the proximal end of the first hub and the distal end of the first hub. The distal end of the telescoping tube is configured to secure to a second hub positioned along the drive table or a distal attachment coupled to the drive table. At least a portion of the interventional device extends through the telescoping tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Craig Mar, Steven Meyer, Sean Totten, Lilip Lau, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Robert Hitchcock, Matthew Hutter, Zachary Morley
  • Publication number: 20240181213
    Abstract: A robotic drive system includes a drive table, a shuttle configured to move axially within the drive table, and one or more hub adapters coupled to the shuttle. The one or more hub adapters are configured to move axially along the shuttle. Each of the one or more hub adapters are configured to couple to a corresponding hub so that axial movement of the each of the one or more hub adapters drives axial movement of the corresponding hub. The drive table includes a main body and an extendable member configured to be at least partially received within the main body. The extendable member is extendable from an end of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Hutter, Robert Hitchcock, Kyle Bartholomew, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Craig Mar, Lilip Lau
  • Publication number: 20240181224
    Abstract: An anti-buckling device for an interventional device assembly, includes a telescoping tube having a plurality of concentric telescopically axially extendable and collapsible tube segments each with a proximal end and a distal end. One or more of the plurality of tube segments includes an inner diameter reducing feature configured to reduce an unsupported free length of an interventional device of the interventional device assembly when the interventional device extends through the telescoping tube, the inner diameter reducing feature attached to the distal end of its associated tube segment having a through hole configured to receive the interventional device therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Bartholomew, Craig Mar, Steven Meyer, Sean Totten, Lilip Lau, Sami Ur-Rehman Shad, Robert Hitchcock, Matthew Hutter, Zachary Morley
  • Publication number: 20240180635
    Abstract: A robotic interventional device control system includes an interventional device; a controller configured to control axial movement of the interventional device along a drive table; a sensor system configured to detect axial movement of the interventional device along the drive table; and one or more hardware processors configured to receive motion data from the sensor system, the motion data indicative of whether the interventional device is axially moving along the drive table. The one or more hardware processors configured to generate a user interface comprising an instrument window. The instrument window includes a representation of the interventional device; and an interventional device marker associated with the representation of the interventional device, the interventional device marker configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration when the interventional device is moving axially along the drive table.
    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