Patents by Inventor Sam S. Ahn
Sam S. Ahn 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: 20230301740Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the channel. A wire holder outside the channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 11666408Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the channel. A wire holder outside the channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: AHN SURGICAL INNOVATION, LLCInventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 11430551Abstract: A method may include outputting a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a visual representation of at least a portion of the human body. The method may also include receiving input from a user via the GUI, the input selecting portions of the visual representation and medical procedures that were performed with respect to the selected portions, highlighting the selected portions of the visual representation and providing at least one of icons or text corresponding to the medical procedures that were performed. The method may further include automatically generating billing codes associated with the medical procedures that were performed and displaying the billing codes on the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Vascular Management Associates, Inc.Inventors: Sam S. Ahn, Hwa T. Kho
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Publication number: 20210353379Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the channel. A wire holder outside the channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 11103325Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a wire channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the wire channel. Flaps extend orthogonally from the walls and over portions of the wire channel to prevent the guidewire from springing out of the wire channel. A wire holder outside the wire channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AHN Surgical Innovation LLCInventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Publication number: 20200289232Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a wire channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the wire channel. Flaps extend orthogonally from the walls and over portions of the wire channel to prevent the guidewire from springing out of the wire channel. A wire holder outside the wire channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 10667880Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a wire channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the wire channel. Flaps extend orthogonally from the walls and over portions of the wire channel to prevent the guidewire from springing out of the wire channel. A wire holder outside the wire channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: AHN SURGICAL INNOVATION, LLCInventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Publication number: 20190318826Abstract: A method may include outputting a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a visual representation of at least a portion of the human body. The method may also include receiving input from a user via the GUI, the input selecting portions of the visual representation and medical procedures that were performed with respect to the selected portions, highlighting the selected portions of the visual representation and providing at least one of icons or text corresponding to the medical procedures that were performed. The method may further include automatically generating billing codes associated with the medical procedures that were performed and displaying the billing codes on the GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Vascular Management Associates, Inc.Inventors: Sam S. Ahn, Hwa T. Kho
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Patent number: 10339270Abstract: A method may include outputting a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a visual representation of at least a portion of the human body. The method may also include receiving input from a user via the GUI, the input selecting portions of the visual representation and medical procedures that were performed with respect to the selected portions, highlighting the selected portions of the visual representation and providing at least one of icons or text corresponding to the medical procedures that were performed. The method may further include automatically generating billing codes associated with the medical procedures that were performed and displaying the billing codes on the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: VASCULAR MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: Sam S. Ahn, Hwa T. Kho
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Publication number: 20190076207Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a wire channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the wire channel. Flaps extend orthogonally from the walls and over portions of the wire channel to prevent the guidewire from springing out of the wire channel. A wire holder outside the wire channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 9889462Abstract: A device comprises a cylinder and a tank. The cylinder includes a first disc and a second disc, multiple struts arranged orthogonally between the first disc and the second disc, and a plurality of walls, parallel to the first disc and the second disc. The struts generally form a circumference with spaces between each of the struts along the circumference; the walls extend through the space between the struts and beyond the circumference of the struts; and the walls form a plurality of tracks around the circumference of the struts. An axle extends orthogonally between the first disc and the second disc, and at least a portion of the cylinder rotates about the axle. The tank includes a basin to hold a liquid solution. When a catheter is wound around the cylinder, the rotation of the cylinder causes the catheter to be coated in the liquid solution from the basin.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: EndoCaddy, LLCInventors: Sam S. Ahn, Travis J. Miller, Sheena Winwen Chen, Julia Fayanne Chen, William P. Murphy, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150273511Abstract: A device comprises a cylinder and a tank. The cylinder includes a first disc and a second disc, multiple struts arranged orthogonally between the first disc and the second disc, and a plurality of walls, parallel to the first disc and the second disc. The struts generally form a circumference with spaces between each of the struts along the circumference; the walls extend through the space between the struts and beyond the circumference of the struts; and the walls form a plurality of tracks around the circumference of the struts. An axle extends orthogonally between the first disc and the second disc, and at least a portion of the cylinder rotates about the axle. The tank includes a basin to hold a liquid solution. When a catheter is wound around the cylinder, the rotation of the cylinder causes the catheter to be coated in the liquid solution from the basin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: ENDOCADDY, LLCInventors: Sam S. Ahn, Travis J. Miller, Sheena Winwen Chen, Julia Fayanne Chen, William P. Murphy, JR.
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Publication number: 20110276348Abstract: A method may include outputting a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI including a visual representation of at least a portion of the human body. The method may also include receiving input from a user via the GUI, the input selecting portions of the visual representation and medical procedures that were performed with respect to the selected portions, highlighting the selected portions of the visual representation and providing at least one of icons or text corresponding to the medical procedures that were performed. The method may further include automatically generating billing codes associated with the medical procedures that were performed and displaying the billing codes on the GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: VASCULAR MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: Sam S. Ahn, Hwa T. Kho
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Patent number: 5538735Abstract: The present invention is a timed release drug delivery system using hollow fibers. The drug contents of the voids in the fibers are delivered to the immediate environment of the fiber through the two open ends of each fiber. The present invention further includes a method of using a vacuum chamber for filling the fibers with the drugs to be delivered, and a method to control the manufacturing process of the hollow fibers containing drugs to obtain a certain rate of drug release. The present invention further includes fabrics manufactured from such drug delivery fibers, and articles made from such fabrics, such as vascular grafts and disposable surgical clothing.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1993Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Inventor: Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 5527355Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method of treating an aneurysm by applying to an aneurytic blood vessel a band around its exterior surface, at the position where the attachment system of the graft attaches the graft to the vessel. The band can be in the form of a strap with an attachment means such a Velcro.RTM., or a clasp, or it can be heat sealed onto the vessel or sewn thereon.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 1994Date of Patent: June 18, 1996Inventor: Sam S. Ahn