Patents by Inventor Marcus Granegger

Marcus Granegger 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: 12251549
    Abstract: A blood pump for supporting the heart may be provided that includes: a rotor with delivery elements; a rotor drive; a pressure sensor; and a regulating device that regulates a pressure or a hemodynamic parameter by means of control of the rotor drive. The pressure and/or the hemodynamic parameter may be determined by means of one or a plurality of hemodynamic sensors and/or from operating parameters of the pump. The regulating device may be suitable for regulating a hemodynamic parameter successively, such as periodically, to different target values. Using such regulation, the blood pump may be operated in an optimized manner, and operation of the blood pump may be varied in a targeted and patient-protective manner in order to attain certain goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Granegger
  • Patent number: 12161856
    Abstract: A control device for a heart pump, comprising a device for establishing the end-diastolic filling pressure in a ventricle and a device for associating a delivery rate of the pump, in particular a pump speed or an electric pump capacity, with the established end-diastolic filling pressure. By taking into account the end-diastolic filling pressure, a robust operating option of the heart pump, similar to the physio-logical control, is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Constantin Wiesener, Dominik Karch
  • Patent number: 12109404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radial blood pump (1) for supporting a blood flow (106) in a human or animal heart (205) comprising a first and a second inlet channel (41, 42), a first outlet channel (51, 52), a first electric motor (71) comprising a first stator (77) and a first internal rotor (75), wherein the first electric motor (71) is configured to drive an impeller (2, 2a, 2b) arranged at an intersection of the first with the second inlet channel (41, 42), wherein the impeller (2, 2a, 2b) is connected to the first internal rotor (75) and wherein the impeller (2, 2a, 2b) comprises a merging portion (22) arranged at the intersection, where a merging of a first blood flow (106) coming from the first inlet channel (41) and a second blood flow (107) coming from the second inlet channel (42) takes place, wherein the impeller (2, 2a, 2b) is configured to pump the first and second blood flow (106, 107) from the first and second inlet channel (41, 42) via the merging portion (22) to the first outlet channel (51), a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Michael Hübler, Bente Thamsen, Martin Schweiger
  • Patent number: 11959497
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining operational parameters of a blood pump comprising a rotor which transports the blood are provided. The change in the behaviour of at least one first and one second operational parameter, independently from each other, of the pump, is determined. A determination of the flow through the pump and/or the difference in pressure across the pump and/or the viscosity of the blood takes into account the determined change in behaviour of the at least two operational parameters. A modelling for a dynamic model of the known quantities may be carried out and an estimation method using a Kalman filter may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Robert Steingräber, Jonas Fabian Krone
  • Publication number: 20230355957
    Abstract: A blood pump for supporting the heart may be provided that includes: a rotor with delivery elements; a rotor drive; a pressure sensor; and a regulating device that regulates a pressure or a hemodynamic parameter by means of control of the rotor drive. The pressure and/or the hemodynamic parameter may be determined by means of one or a plurality of hemodynamic sensors and/or from operating parameters of the pump. The regulating device may be suitable for regulating a hemodynamic parameter successively, such as periodically, to different target values. Using such regulation, the blood pump may be operated in an optimized manner, and operation of the blood pump may be varied in a targeted and patient-protective manner in order to attain certain goals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Granegger
  • Publication number: 20230310832
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a blood pump as defined in claim 1 comprising:—a pump housing with a cylindrical piston chamber;—an axially and rotatably slidable free floating piston centrally positioned within the cylindrical piston chamber thereby dividing the cylindrical piston chamber into a left chamber and a right chamber, wherein the left chamber and right chamber each include an inlet and outlet transversely arranged to and communicating with the left chamber, respectively right chamber;—a linear motor unit configured to generate an electromagnetically driven translational motion of the piston along the longitudinal axis of the piston chamber alternately between a first end position and a second end position; and—at least one rotary motor unit configured to generate an electromagnetically driven rotary motion of the piston around the longitudinal axis during the translational motion of the piston between the first end position and the second end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Tim Bierewirtz, Marcel Nicolai, Ulrich Kertzscher
  • Patent number: 11724096
    Abstract: A blood pump for supporting the heart may be provided that includes: a rotor with delivery elements; a rotor drive; a pressure sensor; and a regulating device that regulates a pressure or a hemodynamic parameter by means of control of the rotor drive. The pressure and/or the hemodynamic parameter may be determined by means of one or a plurality of hemodynamic sensors and/or from operating parameters of the pump. The regulating device may be suitable for regulating a hemodynamic parameter successively, such as periodically, to different target values. Using such regulation, the blood pump may be operated in an optimized manner, and operation of the blood pump may be varied in a targeted and patient-protective manner in order to attain certain goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Granegger
  • Patent number: 11654273
    Abstract: A blood pump may be provided that includes an inlet, an outlet and a rotor for delivering fluid from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the rotor is suspended within the blood pump by radial passive magnetic forces and axially is preloaded in one direction at least by way of passive magnetic forces so that, during a fluid-delivering rotation of the rotor, the axial thrust of the rotor acts counter to the magnetic attraction acting axially in the direction of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Kim Peter Winterwerber, Hendryk Richert, Bodo Schmidt, Oliver Peters
  • Publication number: 20230128050
    Abstract: A control device for a heart pump, comprising a device for establishing the end-diastolic filling pressure in a ventricle and a device for associating a delivery rate of the pump, in particular a pump speed or an electric pump capacity, with the established end-diastolic filling pressure. By taking into account the end-diastolic filling pressure, a robust operating option of the heart pump, similar to the physio-logical control, is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Constantin Wiesener, Dominik Karch
  • Patent number: 11590337
    Abstract: A control device for a heart pump, comprising a device for establishing the end-diastolic filling pressure in a ventricle and a device for associating a delivery rate of the pump, in particular a pump speed or an electric pump capacity, with the established end-diastolic filling pressure. By taking into account the end-diastolic filling pressure, a robust operating option of the heart pump, similar to the physio-logical control, is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Constantin Wiesener, Dominik Karch
  • Publication number: 20210324861
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining operational parameters of a blood pump comprising a rotor which transports the blood are provided. The change in the behaviour of at least one first and one second operational parameter, independently from each other, of the pump, is determined. A determination of the flow through the pump and/or the difference in pressure across the pump and/or the viscosity of the blood takes into account the determined change in behaviour of the at least two operational parameters. A modelling for a dynamic model of the known quantities may be carried out and an estimation method using a Kalman filter may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Robert Steingräber, Jonas Fabian Krone
  • Patent number: 11067085
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining operational parameters of a blood pump comprising a rotor which transports the blood are provided. The change in the behaviour of at least one first and one second operational parameter, independently from each other, of the pump, is determined. A determination of the flow through the pump and/or the difference in pressure across the pump and/or the viscosity of the blood takes into account the determined change in behaviour of the at least two operational parameters. A modelling for a dynamic model of the known quantities may be carried out and an estimation method using a Kalman filter may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BERLIN HEART GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Robert Steingräber, Jonas Fabian Krone
  • Publication number: 20210052791
    Abstract: A blood pump for supporting the heart may be provided that includes: a rotor with delivery elements; a rotor drive; a pressure sensor; and a regulating device that regulates a pressure or a hemodynamic parameter by means of control of the rotor drive. The pressure and/or the hemodynamic parameter may be determined by means of one or a plurality of hemodynamic sensors and/or from operating parameters of the pump. The regulating device may be suitable for regulating a hemodynamic parameter successively, such as periodically, to different target values. Using such regulation, the blood pump may be operated in an optimized manner, and operation of the blood pump may be varied in a targeted and patient-protective manner in order to attain certain goals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Granegger
  • Publication number: 20210030936
    Abstract: A blood pump may be provided that includes an inlet, an outlet and a rotor for delivering fluid from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the rotor is suspended within the blood pump by radial passive magnetic forces and axially is preloaded in one direction at least by way of passive magnetic forces so that, during a fluid-delivering rotation of the rotor, the axial thrust of the rotor acts counter to the magnetic attraction acting axially in the direction of the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Kim Peter Winterwerber, Hendryk Richert, Bodo Schmidt, Oliver Peters
  • Patent number: 10857275
    Abstract: A blood pump for supporting the heart may be provided that includes: a rotor with delivery elements; a rotor drive; a pressure sensor; and a regulating device that regulates a pressure or a hemodynamic parameter by means of control of the rotor drive. The pressure and/or the hemodynamic parameter may be determined by means of one or a plurality of hemodynamic sensors and/or from operating parameters of the pump. The regulating device may be suitable for regulating a hemodynamic parameter successively, such as periodically, to different target values. Using such regulation, the blood pump may be operated in an optimized manner, and operation of the blood pump may be varied in a targeted and patient-protective manner in order to attain certain goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: BERLIN HEART GMBH
    Inventor: Marcus Granegger
  • Patent number: 10828408
    Abstract: A blood pump may be provided that includes an inlet, an outlet and a rotor for delivering fluid from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the rotor is suspended within the blood pump by radial passive magnetic forces and axially is preloaded in one direction at least by way of passive magnetic forces so that, during a fluid-delivering rotation of the rotor, the axial thrust of the rotor acts counter to the magnetic attraction acting axially in the direction of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BERLIN HEART GMBH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Kim Peter Winterwerber, Hendryk Richert, Bodo Schmidt, Oliver Peters
  • Patent number: 10695474
    Abstract: Apparatus for determining opening of an aortic valve of a biological subject, the apparatus including an electronic processing device that determines a pump speed of a ventricular assist device that is assisting cardiac function of the biological subject, analyses the pump speed to determine a pump speed indicator at least partially indicative of changes in pump speed and uses the pump speed indicator to determine an opening indicator indicative of opening of the aortic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited, Medical University of Vienna
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Francesco Moscato, Heinrich Schima, Christopher Simon Hayward
  • Publication number: 20190365974
    Abstract: A control device for a heart pump, comprising a device for establishing the end-diastolic filling pressure in a ventricle and a device for associating a delivery rate of the pump, in particular a pump speed or an electric pump capacity, with the established end-diastolic filling pressure. By taking into account the end-diastolic filling pressure, a robust operating option of the heart pump, similar to the physio-logical control, is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Constantin Wiesener, Dominik Karch
  • Publication number: 20190343997
    Abstract: The present application relates to a blood pump having a mechanical bearing assembly. A ball segment is provided which is made of a diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Kim Peter Winterwerber
  • Publication number: 20190203720
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining operational parameters of a blood pump comprising a rotor which transports the blood are provided. The change in the behaviour of at least one first and one second operational parameter, independently from each other, of the pump, is determined. A determination of the flow through the pump and/or the difference in pressure across the pump and/or the viscosity of the blood takes into account the determined change in behaviour of the at least two operational parameters. A modelling for a dynamic model of the known quantities may be carried out and an estimation method using a Kalman filter may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Berlin Heart GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Granegger, Robert Steingräber, Jonas Fabian Krone