Specialty stents with flow control features or the like

• US 20070293756A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K.Y., Langer, Robert, Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L.
• Application Number:
  US11/541,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20070293756A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/427
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient and for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient; and

means for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

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31. A system comprising:

circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient; and

circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

32. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for obtaining an identifier of the specific patient as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

33. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for obtaining medical history information including at least the parameter relating to the specific patient.

34. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for obtaining an identifier of the specific patient as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

35. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for forming the flow occlusion portion of the stent by supporting a substantially occlusive layer with a rigid flow-permeable mesh.

36. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for heat-treating at least a portion of the one or more stents responsive to the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

37. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for removing material from the stent in the response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

38. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring the stent with a flow-permeable mesh in the response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

39. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring the flow occlusion portion of the stent in the response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

40. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a local user interface output device operably coupled to the circuitry for receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

41. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a network interface operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

42. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

an antibiotic dispenser operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

43. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a stock designator operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

44. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a substance applicator operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

45. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a machine interface operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

46. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a scribe operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

47. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a sheet bender operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

48. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a press operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

49. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a laser operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

50. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a bonder operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

51. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

a data aggregator operably coupled to the circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

52. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring the flow occlusion portion at least partly by performing an operation upon another portion of the stent.

53. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for requesting a heuristic model at least partly based on the parameter relating to the specific patient.

54. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion virtually.

55. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring the flow occlusion portion of the stent at least partly based on the parameter relating to the specific patient.

56. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring the flow occlusion portion of the stent with an occlusion area at least about as large as a cross-sectional area of a target feature of the specific patient.

57. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

circuitry for forming a flow-permissive portion of the stent from a sheet material.

58. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

circuitry for forming a flow-permissive portion of the stent from a wire material.

59. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of configuring the stent.

60. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of the flow occlusion portion.

61. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of the parameter relating to the specific patient.

62. The system of claim 31 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of receiving the parameter.

63. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for receiving a request quantity as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

64. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient after obtaining an identifier of the specific patient.

65. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for receiving a timestamp as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

66. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for receiving the parameter as a physical attribute relating to the specific patient.

67. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for receiving an item identifier as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

68. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

circuitry for retrieving a record including at least the parameter relating to the specific patient.

69. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for causing one or more configuration instructions to be executed in response to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

70. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for configuring at least one attribute of the stent at least roughly contemporaneously with receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

71. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for displaying the stent configured with the flow occlusion portion in response to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

72. The system of claim 31 in which the circuitry for configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

circuitry for positioning the flow occlusion portion of the stent in relation to another portion of the stent according to the parameter relating to the specific patient.