Patents by Inventor Neema Hekmat

Neema Hekmat 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: 8192534
    Abstract: Devices and systems for capturing and removing accumulated gas bubbles in a liquid-carrying line wherein the device is an expanded double-layered chamber designed and adapted to be integrally placed within the flow pathway of a liquid-carrying line. The device allows insertion of tubes and wires through the device while in use without occlusion of the fluid flow path and without interruption of the bubble-removing function. The efficiency of the air venting and bubble-removing process is not dependent on the fluid flow rate under stable flow conditions, and the device works to remove air bubbles under a range of orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventors: Neema Hekmat, Lipkong Yap
  • Patent number: 7993325
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for delivering treatment to the renal arteries are provided. Exemplary systems include a delivery catheter having a distal bifurcation, an introducer assembly comprising an introducer sheath in operative association with a Y-hub, wherein Y-hub includes a first port for receiving the delivery catheter and a second port for receiving a second catheter, and a constraint assembly for holding the distal bifurcation of the delivery catheter in a low-profile configuration when it is advanced distally beyond the introducer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Angio Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Elkins, Harry B Goodson, IV, Craig A Ball, Aurelio Valencia, Samir R Patel, Neema Hekmat
  • Publication number: 20100218679
    Abstract: Devices and systems for capturing and removing accumulated gas bubbles in a liquid-carrying line wherein the device is an expanded double-layered chamber designed and adapted to be integrally placed within the flow pathway of a liquid-carrying line. The device allows insertion of tubes and wires through the device while in use without occlusion of the fluid flow path and without interruption of the bubble-removing function. The efficiency of the air venting and bubble-removing process is not dependent on the fluid flow rate under stable flow conditions, and the device works to remove air bubbles under a range of orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Neema Hekmat, Lipkong Yap
  • Patent number: 7771401
    Abstract: Renal infusion systems include an infusion catheter having a bifurcated distal end with a first branch and second branch, the branches being biased to deploy laterally when unconstrained. Systems also include a delivery sheath having a lumen which receives the infusion catheter and constrains the first branch and second branch. A distal opening of the delivery sheath is formed asymmetrically to allow one of the first and second branches to open laterally while the other of the branches remains constrained. Methods of using renal infusion systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Neema Hekmat, Harry B. Goodson, Aurelio Valencia, Jeffrey M. Elkins
  • Publication number: 20090105799
    Abstract: Techniques for assessing a physiological profile of a patient include advancing a catheter shaft of a bifurcated renal catheter system into an aorta of the patient, deploying branches of the bifurcated renal catheter system into the renal arteries of the patient, detecting a renal arterial physiological parameter with a sensing mechanism, and assessing the physiological profile of the patient based on the physiological parameter. Related techniques include modifying or initiating pharmacological or surgical treatments for the patient based on the assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: FlowMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Neema Hekmat, Courtney Yin, Frank Altamura, Jeff Elkins, Aurelio Valencia, Burt Goodson
  • Publication number: 20070287967
    Abstract: Renal infusion systems include an infusion catheter having a bifurcated distal end with a first branch and second branch, the branches being biased to deploy laterally when unconstrained. Systems also include a delivery sheath having a lumen which receives the infusion catheter and constrains the first branch and second branch. A distal opening of the delivery sheath is formed asymmetrically to allow one of the first and second branches to open laterally while the other of the branches remains constrained. Methods of using renal infusion systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: FlowMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Neema Hekmat, Harry Goodson, Aurelio Valencia, Jeffrey Elkins
  • Publication number: 20070167913
    Abstract: A system for delivering a renal treatment and a peripheral treatment includes a renal catheter, a peripheral catheter, and an introducer sheath having first and second lumens. The first lumen is configured to receive the renal catheter and is sized to extend from a patient insertion site to a femoral or iliac artery location near or distal to a patient aortic branch. The second lumen is configured to receive the peripheral catheter and is sized to extend from the patient insertion site to an opposite femoral or iliac artery location near or distal to the patient aortic branch. A method of delivering a renal treatment and a peripheral treatment includes positioning an introducer sheath in an iliac artery, advancing a renal catheter and a peripheral catheter through the introducer sheath, where the renal catheter is separated from the peripheral catheter within the introducer sheath by a flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: FlowMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Elkins, Harry Goodson, Craig Ball, Aurelio Valencia, Samir Patel, Neema Hekmat
  • Publication number: 20060079859
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for delivering treatment to the renal arteries are provided. Exemplary systems include a delivery catheter having a distal bifurcation, an introducer assembly comprising an introducer sheath in operative association with a Y-hub, wherein Y-hub includes a first port for receiving the delivery catheter and a second port for receiving a second catheter, and a constraint assembly for holding the distal bifurcation of the delivery catheter in a low-profile configuration when it is advanced distally beyond the introducer sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: FlowMedica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Elkins, Harry Goodson, Craig Ball, Aurelio Valencia, Samir Patel, Neema Hekmat
  • Publication number: 20060079923
    Abstract: A device for occluding an aneurysm comprising: a detachable, semi-compliant, radially-expanding balloon mounted on a catheter, wherein the balloon is in fluid communication with the catheter, wherein the balloon comprises a plurality of micropores, and wherein the micropores in the balloon allow expression of a bio-adhesive fluid at a defined pressure from the inside to the outside of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Manik Chhabra, Neema Hekmat, Peter Johnson, Amy Lee, Lipkong Yap