Stent customization system and method

• US 8,430,922 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2006
• Issued: 04/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (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. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunham, Jason
• Assistant Examiner(s): MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL
• Application Number:
  US11/526,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20070293965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,412 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3, 623 115- 116, 623/1.13, 606/200
• US Class Current: 623/1.13
• 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 method at least partially implemented using a processing device, the method comprising:

receiving at the processing device one or more parameters relating to a specific patient, at least one of the one or more parameters received via an image input directly from an imaging source providing the image input of the specific patient, the one or more parameters including;

a heuristic model identifier, the heuristic model identifier identifying a model of a condition requiring a stent;

a patient identifier including one or more stent customization parameters comprising at least three-dimensional anatomical data of at least one blood vessel portion of the specific patient; and

an inventory status parameter providing stent component information and utilizing one or more direct availability information or one or more indirect indications designating an order as an emergency status or other parameter indicating an elevated priority relating to the specific patient; and

customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the received one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

2. The method of claim 1 in which receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

receiving a category identifier as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

3. The method of claim 1 in which customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more received parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

receiving a heuristic model of the one or more junctions of the stent;

updating the heuristic model with the received parameter relating to the specific patient; and

customizing the one or more junctions of the stent with the received heuristic model of the one or more junctions of the stent updated with the received parameter relating to the specific patient.

4. The method of claim 1 in which receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

receiving an ingredient indication as one of the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

5. A system comprising:

means for receiving at a computing device one or more parameters relating to a specific patient, at least one of the one or more parameters received via an image input directly from an imaging source providing the image input of the specific patient, the one or more parameters including;

a heuristic model identifier, the heuristic model identifier identifying a model of a condition requiring a stent;

a patient identifier including one or more stent customization parameters comprising at least three-dimensional anatomical data of at least one blood vessel portion of the specific patient; and

an inventory status parameter providing stent component information and utilizing one or more direct availability information or one or more indirect indications designating an order as an emergency status or other parameter indicating an elevated priority relating to the specific patient; and

means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

6. The system of claim 5 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving a measurement as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

7. The system of claim 5 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

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

8. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for adapting the one or more junctions of the stent responsive to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

9. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for customizing the one or more junctions of the stent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

10. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for forming a seam along at least a first edge of a sheet element.

11. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for joining a flow occlusion element with a flow-permeable element at a junction location at least partly based on the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

12. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for engaging a first tubular element of the stent ex situ with an open end of a second tubular element of the stent.

13. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for infusing at least one of the one or more junctions with a therapeutic agent.

14. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

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

15. The system of claim 5 further comprising:

means for generating at least one variant of the stent in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

16. The system of claim 5 further comprising:

means for engaging an open end of a first tubular element of the stent with a second tubular element of the stent.

17. The system of claim 5 further comprising:

means for displaying a representation of at least a portion of the one or more customized junctions of the stent.

18. The system of claim 5 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an ingredient indication as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

19. The system of claim 5 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving a dimension as the parameter relating to the specific patient.

20. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for removing material from at least one stent component in the response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

21. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for configuring a dimension of a layer of the stent ex situ in the response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

22. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for configuring a layer of the stent ex situ in the response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

23. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for forming the one or more junctions of the stent ex situ.

24. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for forming a seam along at least a first edge of a sheet element by joining a flow occlusion element with a flow-permeable element at a junction location at least partly based on the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient.

25. The system of claim 24 further comprising:

means for generating at least one variant of the stent in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient;

means for engaging an open end of a first tubular element of the stent with a second tubular element of the stent; and

means for displaying a representation of at least a portion of the one or more customized junctions of the stent.

26. The system of claim 24 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an ingredient indication as the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for receiving a measurement as the parameter relating to the specific patient; and

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient.

27. The system of claim 24 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient;

means for receiving a category identifier as the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for receiving an anatomical model of a portion of the specific patient, the anatomical model indicating at least a dimension as another parameter relating to the specific patient.

28. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for configuring a dimension of a layer of the stent ex situ by removing material from at least one stent component in the response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

29. The system of claim 28 further comprising:

means for generating at least one variant of the stent in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient;

means for engaging an open end of a first tubular element of the stent with a second tubular element of the stent; and

means for displaying a representation of at least a portion of the one or more customized junctions of the stent.

30. The system of claim 26 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an ingredient indication as the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for receiving a measurement as the parameter relating to the specific patient; and

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient.

31. The system of claim 28 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient; and

means for receiving a category identifier as the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

32. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for configuring a layer of the stent ex situ in the response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the ne or more parameters relating to the specific patient; and

means for configuring one or more pleats of the stent ex situ responsive to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient as another at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

33. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

means for generating at least one variant of the stent in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient;

means for engaging an open end of a first tubular element of the stent with a second tubular element of the stent; and

means for displaying a representation of at least a portion of the one or more customized junctions of the stent.

34. The system of claim 32 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an ingredient indication as the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for receiving a measurement as the parameter relating to the specific patient; and

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient.

35. The system of claim 32 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient; and

means for receiving a category identifier as the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

36. The system of claim 5 in which the means for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient comprises:

means for infusing at least one of the one or more junctions with a therapeutic agent as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient; and

means for forming the one or more junctions of the stent by engaging a first tubular element of the stent ex situ with an open end of a second tubular element of the stent as another at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.

37. The system of claim 36 further comprising:

means for generating at least one variant of the stent in response to the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient;

means for engaging an open end of a first tubular element of the stent with a second tubular element of the stent; and

means for displaying a representation of at least a portion of the one or more customized junctions of the stent.

38. The system of claim 36 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an ingredient indication as the parameter relating to the specific patient;

means for receiving a measurement as the parameter relating to the specific patient; and

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient.

39. The system of claim 36 in which the means for receiving one or more parameters relating to a specific patient comprises:

means for receiving an identifier of the specific patient; and

means for receiving a category identifier as the one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.