Specialty stents with flow control features or the like

• US 20070294152A1
• Filed: 09/29/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gearbox 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:
  US11/541,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294152A1
• 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 configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage; and

configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

2. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving data at least partly relating to a specific patient including at least the parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage.

3. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving an indication of a position of an anatomical feature as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

4. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving an indication of an aperture as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

5. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

binding an antiproliferative agent to the flow occlusion portion of the stent.

6. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

customizing the stent with information relating to a specific patient, the information relating to the specific patient including at least the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage; and

allocating the customized stent to the specific patient.

7. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

obtaining one or more dimensions of the flow occlusion portion of the stent; and

configuring the flow occlusion portion of the stent as the response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

8. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving a stent quantity indicator as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

9. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving a material composition indicator as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

10. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving a shape indicator as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

11. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving a size indicator as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

12. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

configuring a wire structure in response to the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage; and

constructing the stent with the flow occlusion portion by supporting a flow occlusion structure with the wire structure.

13. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

configuring the flow occlusion portion as a part of the response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

14. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

16. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

prompting user input; and

receiving the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage via an interface after prompting the user input.

17. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving an indication of a vascular system structure as the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

18. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

retrieving the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage from an inventory.

19. The method of claim 1 in which obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage comprises:

receiving a message comprising at least the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

20. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

configuring the stent with a pleat configuration responsive to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

21. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

including the flow occlusion portion of the stent responsive to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

22. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

configuring the stent with a dividing flow path responsive to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

23. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

configuring the stent with the flow occlusion portion in response to a pathological indication and to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.

24. The method of claim 1 in which configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage comprises:

applying information retrieved relating to the stent with the flow occlusion portion.

15. (canceled)

25. A method comprising:

obtaining a parameter relating to a stent inventory shortage; and

configuring a stent with a flow occlusion portion in response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to obtaining the parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage, at least by configuring the flow occlusion portion as a part of the response to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage, by binding an antiproliferative agent to the flow occlusion portion of the stent, by applying information retrieved relating to the stent with the flow occlusion portion, and by configuring the stent with a pleat configuration responsive to the obtained parameter relating to the stent inventory shortage.