Patents by Inventor Stephen Geist

Stephen Geist 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).

  • INTRODUCER SYSTEM WITH INFLATABLE VALVE
    Publication number: 20250050071
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an introducer system comprising an introducer sheath, a valve assembly, and a medical device passage. The valve assembly includes a flexible material with an inner surface exposed along a portion of the medical device passage and an outer surface defining a valve membrane chamber. Additionally, a compliance chamber within the valve assembly is in communication with the valve membrane chamber and houses a piston assembly movable between positions to accommodate inflation media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Echo Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Geist, Alexander Siegel, Cooper R. Rickerson, Belinko K. Matsuura, Dalton W. Wilmers
  • Two-level interrupt service routine
    Publication number: 20070204087
    Abstract: A processor provides two-level interrupt servicing. In one embodiment, the processor comprises a storage device and an interrupt handler. The storage device is configured to store an interrupt identifier corresponding to an interrupt request. The interrupt handler is configured to recognize the interrupt request, initiate a common interrupt service routine responsive to recognizing the interrupt request and subsequently initiate an interrupt service routine corresponding to the stored interrupt identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Birenbach, Gregory Brookshire, James Dieffenderfer, Stephen Geist, Richard Moore, Thomas Sartorius, Rodney Smith