Stent customization system and method

• US 7,769,603 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2006
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tegreene, Clarence T., Langer, Robert, Wood, Lowell L. Jr., Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor; Gerald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Altschul; Amber L
• Application Number:
  US11/526,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294280A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 623/1.15, 623/1.16
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00082 Balloons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/05 characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/3137 for examination of the interior of blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0215 by means inserted into the body catheters A61M25/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/08 Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings A61B8/02 - A61B8/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/4416 related to combined acquisition of different diagnostic modalities, e.g. combination of ultrasound and X-ray acquisitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/82 Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents stent-grafts for tubular structures of the body other than blood vessels A61F2/04; stent-grafts for blood vessels A61F2/07; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95; for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed A61B17/04 - A61B17/115; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/844 folded prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0067 Means for introducing or releasing pharmaceutical products into the body
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient, and for customizing one or more attributes of a stent ex situ as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient or for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the received parameter relating to the specific patient.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

means for receiving, by a stent processing module comprising a model implementer, a default parameter from a data gathering medical device over a network responsive to a lack of response from a user, wherein the parameter relates to a specific patient;

means for processing the parameter by the model implementer using flow occlusion logic and modeling software to generate a virtual stent;

means for customizing, in the stent processing module and in accordance with the flow occlusion logic and the modeling software, one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient, the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent at a manufacturing facility that is ex situ from a patient care facility; and

means for implementing a message parser as a web crawler that independently gathers stent information from a number of suppliers, a number of specifications, or a combination thereof.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving a heuristic model identifier as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

3. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient with the parameter relating to the specific patient.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for selecting a template responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient; and

means for customizing the template responsive to other information relating to the specific patient.

5. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing a material composition of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

6. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing one or more apertures of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

7. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing a dosage of a portion of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

8. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an indication of a digestive system structure as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

9. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving one or more dimensions including at least the parameter relating to the specific patient.

10. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for bending a component of the stent as the at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

11. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for modifying a stiffness of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

12. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing the one or more attributes of the stent within one month of receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

13. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

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

14. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving a pathological indication with the parameter relating to the specific patient.

15. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving shape information including at least the parameter relating to the specific patient.

16. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for configuring one or more lateral sleeves in a portion of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

17. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for configuring one or more pleats of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient.

18. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for combining at least a first stent component and a second stent component responsive to information including at least the parameter relating to the specific patient.

19. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing the one or more attributes of the stent within one week of receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

20. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent ex situ as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing the one or more attributes of the stent within one hour of receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

21. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing the one or more attributes of the stent within at most about ten minutes of receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

22. The system of claim 1 in which the means for processing the parameter by the model implementer using flow occlusion logic and modeling software to generate a virtual stent comprises:

means for creating an inventory of virtual stents including linkages to component availability information.

23. The system of claim 1 in which the means for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for retrieving a record including one or more of a composite material identifier, a heuristic model identifier, an indication of a digestive system structure, shape information, or a dimension as the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for receiving an indication of a linkage between the parameter and the specific patient; and

means for receiving a pathological indication with the parameter relating to the specific patient.

24. The system of claim 1 in which the means for customizing one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for selecting a template responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for customizing the template by customizing one or more of a material composition of the stent, one or more apertures of the stent, or a dosage of a portion of the stent, responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient or to another parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for modifying a stiffness of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for configuring one or more lateral sleeves in a portion of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for configuring one or more pleats of the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for combining at least a first stent component and a second stent component responsive to information including at least the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for including at least an antibiotic agent on the stent responsive to the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for forming an antiproliferative surface of the stent;

means for applying at least one of an anticoagulant or an anti-platelet agent to the stent;

means for customizing the one or more attributes of the stent within one week of receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for marking the stent with identifying information relating to the one or more attributes of the stent; and

means for recording an identifier of the stent with the parameter relating to the specific patient and with other information in a database.

25. A method comprising:

receiving, by a data processing system including a processor and a stent processing module comprising a model implementer, a default parameter from a data gathering medical device over a network responsive to a lack of response from a user, the parameter relating to a specific patient;

processing the parameter by the model implementer of the data processing system using flow occlusion logic and modeling software to generate a virtual stent;

customizing, in the stent processing module of the data processing system and in accordance with the flow occlusion logic and the modeling software, one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient, the customizing of the one or more attributes of the stent occurring at a manufacturing facility that is ex situ from a patient care facility; and

implementing a message parser of the data processing system as a web crawler that independently gathers stent information from a number of suppliers, a number of specifications, or a combination thereof.

26. A computer program product comprising:

a recordable signal bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions executable by a processor to receive a default parameter from a data gathering medical device over a network responsive to a lack of response from a user, the parameter relating to a specific patient;

one or more instructions executable by the processor to process the parameter to generate a virtual stent;

one or more instructions executable by the processor to customize one or more attributes of a stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient, the customizing the one or more attributes of the stent occurring at a manufacturing facility that is ex situ from a patient care facility; and

one or more instructions executable by the processor to implement a message parser as a web crawler that independently gathers stent information from a number of suppliers, a number of specifications, or a combination thereof.