Patents by Inventor Paul F. Muller
Paul F. Muller 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).
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Publication number: 20240082567Abstract: A fluid handling system includes a console configured to connect with a first electrical interface that is configured to connect to a plurality of components of the fluid handling system, the console including a second electrical interface configured to connect with the first electrical interface, a display, and one or more hardware processors. A control system includes the one or more hardware processors and a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the control system to: detect an electrical signal from a first component of the plurality of components of the fluid handling system responsive to a caretaker performing a first instruction; determine a system state of the fluid handling system based at least in part on the electrical signal from the first component; compare the system state with a predetermined state condition corresponding to said first instruction; and output an indication on the display of the system state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: AIan L. Schenck, Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 11925795Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. A motor assembly can impart rotation on the impeller through the shaft assembly, the motor assembly comprising a motor which rotates the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a fluid pathway which conveys fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A seal can be disposed between the motor assembly and the impeller. The seal can be configured to impede or prevent the fluid from the fluid pathway from entering the motor assembly at least about an outer periphery of the shaft assembly. The seal can comprise an opening through which a portion of the shaft assembly extends.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Patent number: 11918800Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a chamber and a shaft-driving portion disposed in the chamber. The shaft-driving portion can be configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly. The chamber can be filled with a gas that at least partially surrounds the shaft-driving portion. A fluid pathway can convey fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A bypass pathway can be in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the bypass pathway configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid to bypass the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Patent number: 11911579Abstract: A catheter pump is disclosed. The catheter pump can include an impeller and a catheter body having a lumen in which waste fluid flows proximally therethrough during operation of the catheter pump. The catheter pump can also include a drive shaft disposed inside the catheter body. A motor assembly can include a chamber. The motor assembly can include a rotor disposed in the at least a portion of the chamber, the rotor mechanically coupled with a proximal portion of the drive shaft such that rotation of the rotor causes the drive shaft to rotate, the rotor including a longitudinal rotor lumen therethrough. The motor assembly can also comprise a stator assembly disposed about the rotor. During operation of the catheter pump, the waste fluid flows from the lumen into the chamber such that at least a portion of the waste fluid flows proximally through the longitudinal rotor lumen.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Adam R. Tanner, Paul F. Muller, Alan Schenck, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Patent number: 11850414Abstract: A fluid handling system includes a console configured to connect with a first electrical interface that is configured to connect to a plurality of components of the fluid handling system, the console including a second electrical interface configured to connect with the first electrical interface, a display, and one or more hardware processors. A control system includes the one or more hardware processors and a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the control system to: detect an electrical signal from a first component of the plurality of components of the fluid handling system responsive to a caretaker performing a first instruction; determine a system state of the fluid handling system based at least in part on the electrical signal from the first component; compare the system state with a predetermined state condition corresponding to said first instruction; and output an indication on the display of the system state.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Alan L. Schenck, Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20230405302Abstract: A catheter pump assembly is provided that includes an elongate body, an elongate flexible shaft disposed in the elongate body, and an impeller coupled with the distal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The drive system includes a drive component, a motor and a tension member. The tension member is coupled with the motor and the drive component and to cause the drive component to rotate, and thereby to cause the impeller to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Paul F. Muller
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Patent number: 11786720Abstract: A catheter pump assembly is provided that includes an elongate body, an elongate flexible shaft disposed in the elongate body, and an impeller coupled with the distal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The drive system includes a drive component, a motor and a tension member. The tension member is coupled with the motor and the drive component and to cause the drive component to rotate, and thereby to cause the impeller to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TC1 LLCInventor: Paul F. Muller
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Patent number: 11759612Abstract: A catheter pump is disclosed. The catheter pump can include an impeller and a catheter body having a lumen in which waste fluid flows proximally therethrough during operation of the catheter pump. The catheter pump can also include a drive shaft disposed inside the catheter body. A motor assembly can include a chamber. The motor assembly can include a rotor disposed in the at least a portion of the chamber, the rotor mechanically coupled with a proximal portion of the drive shaft such that rotation of the rotor causes the drive shaft to rotate, the rotor including a longitudinal rotor lumen therethrough. The motor assembly can also comprise a stator assembly disposed about the rotor. During operation of the catheter pump, the waste fluid flows from the lumen into the chamber such that at least a portion of the waste fluid flows proximally through the longitudinal rotor lumen.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Adam R. Tanner, Paul F. Muller, Alan Schenck, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Publication number: 20230043099Abstract: A heart pump includes a cannula having a sidewall defining a longitudinal blood flow passage and a plurality of outlets extending through the sidewall. A rotatable impeller hub includes at least one impeller blade, wherein the at least one impeller blade is shaped to convey blood through the blood flow passage toward the plurality of outlets when the impeller hub is rotated at an operational speed. A diffuser defines an outer, flow directing surface having a geometry that is configured to control at least one property of the conveyed blood prior to flowing through the plurality of outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 11547845Abstract: Various embodiments of a system for priming a catheter assembly are disclosed herein. For example, the system can include a catheter assembly including an elongate body and an operative device coupled thereto. The system can also include a priming vessel configured to receive insertion of the operative device therein. The priming vessel can include a proximal portion secured to the distal portion of the elongate body such that the elongate body is in fluid communication with the priming vessel. The priming vessel can also include a distal end through which air is expelled when a fluid is channeled through the elongate body and into the priming vessel to expel air from within the catheter assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Alan Schenck, Michael L. Green, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Paul F. Muller, Joseph P. Sullivan, Keith Schubert, Peter W. Bristol, Jeffrey Paul Mills, Paul C. Leonard, Richard L. Keenan
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Patent number: 11497896Abstract: A catheter pump is disclosed. The catheter pump can include an impeller and a catheter body having a lumen in which waste fluid flows proximally therethrough during operation of the catheter pump. The catheter pump can also include a drive shaft disposed inside the catheter body. A motor assembly can include a chamber. The motor assembly can include a rotor disposed in the at least a portion of the chamber, the rotor mechanically coupled with a proximal portion of the drive shaft such that rotation of the rotor causes the drive shaft to rotate, the rotor including a longitudinal rotor lumen therethrough. The motor assembly can also comprise a stator assembly disposed about the rotor. During operation of the catheter pump, the waste fluid flows from the lumen into the chamber such that at least a portion of the waste fluid flows proximally through the longitudinal rotor lumen.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Adam R. Tanner, Paul F. Muller, Alan Schenck, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Patent number: 11491322Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a chamber and a shaft-driving portion disposed in the chamber. The shaft-driving portion can be configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly. The chamber can be filled with a gas that at least partially surrounds the shaft-driving portion. A fluid pathway can convey fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A bypass pathway can be in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the bypass pathway configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid to bypass the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Patent number: 11478628Abstract: A heart pump is disclosed herein. The heart pump can include a cannula having one or more outlets. An impeller can be positioned in the cannula. The impeller can be configured to pump blood through the outlets along a longitudinal axis when the impeller is rotated at an operational speed. The heart pump can be configured to adjust an effective area of the outlets while the impeller is rotating or to provide relative motion between the cannula and the impeller along the longitudinal axis while the impeller is rotating.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 11331470Abstract: A securing assembly for connecting a drive assembly to a driven assembly of a catheter pump includes a motor housing, a flow diverter housing, and a flow diverter positioned within the flow diverter housing, wherein one of the flow diverter or the flow diverter housing includes a securement device. The securing assembly also includes a cap coupled between the motor housing and the flow diverter housing. The cap includes a central opening and a locking recess extending circumferentially about the central opening. Insertion of the flow diverter into the central opening causes securement device to engage the locking recess.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Richard L. Keenan
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Patent number: 11173297Abstract: A catheter pump assembly is provided that includes an elongate body, an elongate flexible shaft disposed in the elongate body, and an impeller coupled with the distal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The drive system includes a drive component, a motor and a tension member. The tension member is coupled with the motor and the drive component and to cause the drive component to rotate, and thereby to cause the impeller to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: TC1 LLCInventor: Paul F. Muller
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Patent number: 11160970Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. A motor assembly can impart rotation on the impeller through the shaft assembly, the motor assembly comprising a motor which rotates the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a fluid pathway which conveys fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A seal can be disposed between the motor assembly and the impeller. The seal can be configured to impede or prevent the fluid from the fluid pathway from entering the motor assembly at least about an outer periphery of the shaft assembly. The seal can comprise an opening through which a portion of the shaft assembly extends.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Publication number: 20210187270Abstract: A fluid handling system includes a console configured to connect with a first electrical interface that is configured to connect to a plurality of components of the fluid handling system, the console including a second electrical interface configured to connect with the first electrical interface, a display, and one or more hardware processors. A control system includes the one or more hardware processors and a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the control system to: detect an electrical signal from a first component of the plurality of components of the fluid handling system responsive to a caretaker performing a first instruction; determine a system state of the fluid handling system based at least in part on the electrical signal from the first component; compare the system state with a predetermined state condition corresponding to said first instruction; and output an indication on the display of the system state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Alan L. Schenck, Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 11033728Abstract: Various embodiments of a fluid handling system are disclosed herein. For example, the fluid handling system can include a catheter assembly and a console configured to control the operation of the catheter assembly. A removable interface member can be configured to provide fluid and electrical communication between the catheter assembly and the console. Additionally, a control system is disclosed for controlling operation of the fluid handling system.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Alan L. Schenck, Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald
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Publication number: 20210077692Abstract: A catheter pump is disclosed. The catheter pump can include an impeller and a catheter body having a lumen in which waste fluid flows proximally therethrough during operation of the catheter pump. The catheter pump can also include a drive shaft disposed inside the catheter body. A motor assembly can include a chamber. The motor assembly can include a rotor disposed in the at least a portion of the chamber, the rotor mechanically coupled with a proximal portion of the drive shaft such that rotation of the rotor causes the drive shaft to rotate, the rotor including a longitudinal rotor lumen therethrough. The motor assembly can also comprise a stator assembly disposed about the rotor. During operation of the catheter pump, the waste fluid flows from the lumen into the chamber such that at least a portion of the waste fluid flows proximally through the longitudinal rotor lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Adam R. Tanner, Paul F. Muller, Alan Schenck, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins
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Publication number: 20210077685Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a chamber and a shaft-driving portion disposed in the chamber. The shaft-driving portion can be configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly. The chamber can be filled with a gas that at least partially surrounds the shaft-driving portion. A fluid pathway can convey fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A bypass pathway can be in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the bypass pathway configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid to bypass the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Paul F. Muller, Keif M. Fitzgerald, Michael R. Butler, Todd Jenkins