Patents by Inventor Todd Bitner

Todd Bitner 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).

  • Intravascular imaging catheter system with force error detection and automatic remediation via pullback and rotation for translating and rotating a torque cable in a catheter
    Patent number: 11918761
    Abstract: An intravascular imaging system includes a catheter with an elongate outer sheath and a torque cable axially translatable and rotatable in the elongate outer sheath, a pullback and rotation unit for axially translating and rotating the torque cable, a sensor configured to provide an output indicative of an axial force exerted by the torque cable on a rotor in the pullback and rotation unit, and a controller configured to cause the pullback and rotation unit to operate in a remedial mode if the output exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: INFRAREDX, INC.
    Inventors: David Barone, Todd Bitner, John N. Beck
  • Self-authenticating intravascular device and associated devices, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 11520874
    Abstract: A method of authorizing a limited use intravascular device can include determining if the intravascular device is in communication with a clinical system; determining if the intravascular device is authorized for clinical operation without providing the clinical system access to intravascular device data stored on the intravascular device; and providing an authorization signal to the clinical system. An intravascular device can include a flexible elongate member including a sensing component at a distal portion and a connector at a proximal portion, the connector including: a memory component configured to store a parameter value; a processing component; and a charge storage component configured to power the memory component and/or the processing component; wherein the processing component is configured to determine if the flexible elongate member is authorized for clinical operation using the parameter value without providing the parameter value to a clinical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Kennedy, David Sprague, Jason Y. Sproul, Andreas Johansson, Francis Harrington, Derek Bruce Eldridge, Todd Bitner
  • SELF-AUTHENTICATING INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200159906
    Abstract: A method of authorizing a limited use intravascular device can include determining if the intravascular device is in communication with a clinical system; determining if the intravascular device is authorized for clinical operation without providing the clinical system access to intravascular device data stored on the intravascular device; and providing an authorization signal to the clinical system. An intravascular device can include a flexible elongate member including a sensing component at a distal portion and a connector at a proximal portion, the connector including: a memory component configured to store a parameter value; a processing component; and a charge storage component configured to power the memory component and/or the processing component; wherein the processing component is configured to determine if the flexible elongate member is authorized for clinical operation using the parameter value without providing the parameter value to a clinical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy J. KENNEDY, David SPRAGUE, Jason Y. SPROUL, Andreas JOHANSSON, Francis HARRINGTON, Derek Bruce ELDRIDGE, Todd BITNER
  • Intravascular Imaging System with Force Error Detection and Remediation
    Publication number: 20200086086
    Abstract: An intravascular imaging system includes a catheter with an elongate outer sheath and a torque cable axially translatable and rotatable in the elongate outer sheath, a pullback and rotation unit for axially translating and rotating the torque cable, a sensor configured to provide an output indicative of an axial force exerted by the torque cable on a rotor in the pullback and rotation unit, and a controller configured to cause the pullback and rotation unit to operate in a remedial mode if the output exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: David Barone, Todd Bitner, John N. Beck
  • Self-authenticating intravascular device and associated devices, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10546114
    Abstract: A method of authorizing a limited use intravascular device can include determining if the intravascular device is in communication with a clinical system; determining if the intravascular device is authorized for clinical operation without providing the clinical system access to intravascular device data stored on the intravascular device; and providing an authorization signal to the clinical system. An intravascular device can include a flexible elongate member including a sensing component at a distal portion and a connector at a proximal portion, the connector including: a memory component configured to store a parameter value; a processing component; and a charge storage component configured to power the memory component and/or the processing component; wherein the processing component is configured to determine if the flexible elongate member is authorized for clinical operation using the parameter value without providing the parameter value to a clinical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Kennedy, David Sprague, Jason Y. Sproul, Andreas Johansson, Francis Harrington, Derek Bruce Eldridge, Todd Bitner
  • Self-Authenticating Intravascular Device and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods
    Publication number: 20150347744
    Abstract: A method of authorizing a limited use intravascular device can include determining if the intravascular device is in communication with a clinical system; determining if the intravascular device is authorized for clinical operation without providing the clinical system access to intravascular device data stored on the intravascular device; and providing an authorization signal to the clinical system. An intravascular device can include a flexible elongate member including a sensing component at a distal portion and a connector at a proximal portion, the connector including: a memory component configured to store a parameter value; a processing component; and a charge storage component configured to power the memory component and/or the processing component; wherein the processing component is configured to determine if the flexible elongate member is authorized for clinical operation using the parameter value without providing the parameter value to a clinical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy J. Kennedy, David Sprague, Jason Y. Sproul, Andreas Johansson, Frank Harrington, Derek Bruce Eldridge, Todd Bitner