Patents by Inventor Lucia R. Schuster

Lucia R. Schuster 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).

  • Insertable catheter device for patch application
    Patent number: 11627949
    Abstract: An insertable catheter device includes a shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, an expandable balloon, and an actuator configured to expand and retract the expandable balloon. The actuator includes a fluid conduit that extends through the shaft and is coupled with the expandable balloon to enable inflation and retraction of the expandable balloon via injection or withdrawal of a fluid to or from the expandable balloon via the fluid conduit. The expandable balloon is displaceably retractable into the shaft and extendable from the shaft. A fluid pump is coupled with the fluid conduit to pump the fluid through the fluid conduit. A patch is positioned to be displaced by the expandable balloon when the expandable balloon is inflated, and the expandable balloon is displaceably retractable into the shaft and displaceably extendable from the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Medical Center Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Conor J. Walsh, Ellen T. Roche, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Lucia R. Schuster, Jeffrey Michael Karp, Yuhan Lee, Pedro J. del Nido, Assunta Fabozzo, Ingeborg Friehs, Steven Charles Wasserman
  • Insertable Catheter Device for Patch Application
    Publication number: 20200179050
    Abstract: An insertable catheter device includes a shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, an expandable balloon, and an actuator configured to expand and retract the expandable balloon. The actuator includes a fluid conduit that extends through the shaft and is coupled with the expandable balloon to enable inflation and retraction of the expandable balloon via injection or withdrawal of a fluid to or from the expandable balloon via the fluid conduit. The expandable balloon is displaceably retractable into the shaft and extendable from the shaft. A fluid pump is coupled with the fluid conduit to pump the fluid through the fluid conduit. A patch is positioned to be displaced by the expandable balloon when the expandable balloon is inflated, and the expandable balloon is displaceably retractable into the shaft and displaceably extendable from the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Medical Center Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Conor J. Walsh, Ellen T. Roche, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Lucia R. Schuster, Jeffrey Michael Karp, Yuhan Lee, Pedro J. del Nido, Assunta Fabozzo, Ingeborg Friehs, Steven Charles Wasserman
  • Catheter device for transmitting and reflecting light
    Patent number: 10588695
    Abstract: An insertable light-dispensing catheter device, comprising a shaft including a proximal and distal end, a light guide extending through the shaft, and a mirror displaceably extendable from the catheter into a position where the mirror receives and reflects light emitted from the light guide. The mirror can be in the form of a coating on an inflatable balloon; and the balloon, when inflated, can press a patch against a defect (e.g., a ventricular septical defect), while the light cures an adhesive that binds the patch to the structure with the defect, thereby remedying the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Medical Center Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Conor J. Walsh, Ellen T. Roche, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Lucia R. Schuster, Jeffrey Michael Karp, Yuhan Lee, Pedro J. del Nido, Assunta Fabozzo, Ingeborg Friehs, Steven Charles Wasserman
  • Catheter Device for Transmitting and Reflecting Light
    Publication number: 20170079717
    Abstract: An insertable light-dispensing catheter device, comprising a shaft including a proximal and distal end, a light guide extending through the shaft, and a mirror displaceably extendable from the catheter into a position where the mirror receives and reflects light emitted from the light guide. The mirror can be in the form of a coating on an inflatable balloon; and the balloon, when inflated, can press a patch against a defect (e.g., a ventricular septical defect), while the light cures an adhesive that binds the patch to the structure with the defect, thereby remedying the defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Medical Center Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Conor J. Walsh, Ellen T. Roche, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Lucia R. Schuster, Jeffrey Michael Karp, Yuhan Lee, Pedro J. del Nido, Assunta Fabozzo, Ingeborg Friehs, Steven Charles Wasserman