Patents by Inventor Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio
Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio 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: 20240017051Abstract: An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump. The filter defines a plurality of apertures, through which blood flows through the filter. The apertures are sized to prevent ingestion, by the input port, of the heart tissue. The filter includes a plurality of generally helical first struts wound about a longitudinal axis of the filter, and a plurality of second struts. The first and second struts collectively define the plurality of apertures therebetween. The struts may be woven filaments, or the apertures may be defined in a thin film (foil) tube, where remaining material between the apertures form the struts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: ABIOMED, INC.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Joerg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
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Patent number: 11844940Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess
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Publication number: 20230390545Abstract: An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump. The filter defines a plurality of apertures, through which blood flows through the filter. The apertures are sized to prevent ingestion, by the input port, of the heart tissue. The filter includes a plurality of generally helical first struts wound about a longitudinal axis of the filter, and a plurality of second struts. The first and second struts collectively define the plurality of apertures therebetween. The struts may be woven filaments, or the apertures may be defined in a thin film (foil) tube, where remaining material between the apertures form the struts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: ABIOMED, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Joerg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
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Patent number: 11717669Abstract: An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump. The filter defines a plurality of apertures, through which blood flows through the filter. The apertures are sized to prevent ingestion, by the input port, of the heart tissue. The filter includes a plurality of generally helical first struts wound about a longitudinal axis of the filter, and a plurality of second struts. The first and second struts collectively define the plurality of apertures therebetween. The struts may be woven filaments, or the apertures may be defined in a thin film (foil) tube, where remaining material between the apertures form the struts.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Jörg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
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Publication number: 20230063196Abstract: Drive components and rotor housings for use in intravascular blood pumps, such as blood pumps configured to make the pump section more resistant to bending, kinking, and/or plastic deformation in combination with a catheter that controls a position of the intravascular blood pump to mitigate suction events that may occur due to the pump section's proximity to a patient's vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: ABIOMED, Inc.Inventors: Gerd Bruno Spanier, Joerg Schumacher, Christopher Zarins, Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio
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Publication number: 20210322757Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: ABIOMED, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess
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Publication number: 20210236797Abstract: An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump. The filter defines a plurality of apertures, through which blood flows through the filter. The apertures are sized to prevent ingestion, by the input port, of the heart tissue. The filter includes a plurality of generally helical first struts wound about a longitudinal axis of the filter, and a plurality of second struts. The first and second struts collectively define the plurality of apertures therebetween. The struts may be woven filaments, or the apertures may be defined in a thin film (foil) tube, where remaining material between the apertures form the struts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Jörg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
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Patent number: 11027114Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess
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Publication number: 20190282744Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess
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Patent number: 10342906Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: ABIOMED, INC.Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess
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Publication number: 20170348470Abstract: A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Bruce Adams, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess