Specialty stents with flow control features or the like

• US 20070294150A1
• 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:
  US11/541,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• 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 obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage and for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

means for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage

means for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the means for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

means for obtaining anatomical information including at least the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

7. The system of claim 1 in which the means for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

means for including an antibiotic in the one or more stents.

9. The system of claim 1 in which the means for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

means for generating the parameter at least partly based on a substantially current measurement of a patient'"'"'s physical attribute.

3-6. -6. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

10-19. -19. (canceled)

20. A system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage; and

circuitry for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

21. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for obtaining anatomical information including at least the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

22. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for obtaining stent information including at least the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

23. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for exerting pressure on a component of the one or more stents responsive to the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

24. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for specializing the one or more stents responsive to a value of a parameter relating to a specific patient.

25. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for removing a portion of the one or more stents responsive to the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

27. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for specializing one or more stents in response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for forming an aperture in the one or more stents responsive to the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

28. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a local user interface output device operably coupled to the circuitry for obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

29. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a network interface operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

30. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

an antibiotic dispenser operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

31. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a stock designator operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

32. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a substance applicator operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

33. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a machine interface operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

34. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a scribe operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

35. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a sheet bender operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

36. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a press operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

37. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a laser operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

38. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a bonder operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

39. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a data aggregator operably coupled to the circuitry for specializing the one or more stents in the response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

40. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for generating the parameter at least partly based on a substantially current measurement of a patient'"'"'s physical attribute.

41. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for obtaining information indicating at least the stent inventory shortage.

42. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for computing a result of a logical function responsive to an age of a patient.

43. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for using an anatomical dimension as the parameter.

44. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for parsing a message indicating the stent inventory shortage.

45. The system of claim 20 in which the circuitry for obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

circuitry for obtaining one or more quantities as the stent inventory shortage.

46. The system of claim 20 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of specializing at least one of the one or more stents.

47. The system of claim 20 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of the one or more stents relating to a specific patient.

48. The system of claim 20 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an attribute of the one or more stents.

49. The system of claim 20 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

50. The system of claim 20 further comprising:

circuitry for recording an indication of the stent inventory shortage.

26. (canceled)