Kevin R Aroom

US Patent:

20090317271, Dec 24, 2009

Filed:

Jun 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/483287

Inventors:

Brijesh Gill - Houston TX, US
Kevin R. Aroom - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

F04D 13/06
F04D 29/42
F04D 29/22

US Classification:

417420, 415206

Abstract:

The invention is directed to a multi-disk centrifugal pump suitable for pumping fluids, including biocompatible fluids, such as blood. The design of the pump components is optimized to reduce or eliminate the probability of clotting and hemolysis when pumping blood, and to be energy efficient and resistant to physical shock for portable applications.

US Patent:

20120065716, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Sep 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/231018

Inventors:

BRIJESH S. GILL - Houston TX, US
Kevin R. Aroom - Houston TX, US
Jeffery J. Sheldon - League City TX, US
Todd L. Westerbeck - League City TX, US

International Classification:

A61F 7/08

US Classification:

607107

Abstract:

A portable body warming device comprised of a housing (), a powered blower (), a combustion chamber (), an activator (), a heat exchanger () within the housing, a portable hydrocarbon gas fuel source () and a battery for powering the blower and activator. The activator initiates combustion of fuel gas in the combustion chamber, and an exhaust vent port discharges combustion byproducts from the housing to serve as the portable warmer.

US Patent:

20120211006, Aug 23, 2012

Filed:

Aug 24, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/392185

Inventors:

Brijesh S. Gill - Houston TX, US
Raul G. Longoria - Austin TX, US
Kevin Aroom - Houston TX, US
Albert A. Espinoza - Baytown TX, US
Alex Bjelica - Sacaramento CA, US

Assignee:

BOARD OF REGENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM - Austin TX

International Classification:

A61B 17/34
A61M 16/04

US Classification:

12820026, 6041641

Abstract:

A device is provided for automatically inserting a catheter or other medical implement into a patient. An imaging module () identifies a selected point of insertion on the patient. A manipulator module () positions a catheter or medical implement at the desired position with respect to the selected point of insertion on the patient. A catheter insertion module () or implement insertion module () inserts the medical instrument into the patient to complete the desired tasks.

US Patent:

20210346582, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

May 5, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/308567

Inventors:

- Baltimore MD, US
- Collega Park MD, US
Jin-Oh Hahn - Potomac MD, US
Majid Aroom - Preston MD, US
Kevin Aroom - Silver Spring MD, US

International Classification:

A61M 1/28
A61M 1/36

Abstract:

Systems and methods for gas exchange in a patient are provided that use an external circuit to cause oxygenation perfusion in a patient's body cavity (such as the abdomen) using an inert chemical (e.g., perfluorocarbon), independent of the lungs. The external circuit includes components configured to control properties of the chemical, including temperature, flow rate, pressure, oxygenation percentage, carbon dioxide percentage. The system also includes safety features to reduce the likelihood of injury to the patient. Each of the safety features and chemical properties can be controlled by a healthcare worker, such as a physician, nurse, or emergency operator, for a particular patient.

US Patent:

20210338216, Nov 4, 2021

Filed:

Sep 5, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/644367

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Brijesh S. GILL - Houston TX, US
Kevin AROOM - Houston TX, US
Tushar SHARMA - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/00
A61B 10/02
A61B 17/32

Abstract:

Devices and methods for extraction and processing of substantiagelatineafuniculi umbilicalis (Wharton's Jelly) from an umbilical cord.

US Patent:

20210208129, Jul 8, 2021

Filed:

May 13, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/054957

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Kevin R. Aroom - Houston TX, US
Tushar Sharma - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/49
B01L 3/00

Abstract:

An apparatus for determining the capacity of a blood sample to clot, the apparatus having a body with a cavity thereon to receive the blood sample, a displacement member movably received on the body and movable from a first position to a second position, a spring element for imparting a retaining force against movement of the displacement member from the first position, and a discrete indicator for generating a signal when the displacement member is moved to the second position. The coagulation and contraction of the blood sample as it clots adheres to and moves the displacement member from the first position towards the second position against the retaining force of the spring element. The indicator may include a mechanical switch, an exothermic chemical switch, a chemiluminescent chemical switch, a segmented optical pathway, an electrical switch, a field effect transistor switch or a Hall effect magnetic switch.

US Patent:

20200282154, Sep 10, 2020

Filed:

Mar 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/834504

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Kevin Aroom - Houston TX, US
Charles Cox, JR. - Bellaire TX, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/44
A61F 7/00

Abstract:

A portable apparatus to warm a stream of biocompatible fluid prior to introduction into a patient comprises a heat exchanger base with a first side and a second side, a gas chamber cover coupled to the first side to form a gas chamber therebetween, a fluid warming chamber cover coupled to the second side to form a fluid warming chamber therebetween, an air-fuel mixing chamber with an outlet feeding an inlet to the gas chamber, a catalyst member disposed within a catalyst compartment of the gas chamber to receive an air-fuel mixture from the inlet to the gas chamber, a tortuous pathway between the catalyst compartment and an exhaust port of the gas chamber, an air mover to receive ambient air and discharge air into the air-fuel mixing chamber, and a fuel storage tank connected to feed a stream of fuel gas to the air-fuel mixing chamber.

US Patent:

20200248128, Aug 6, 2020

Filed:

Apr 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/855831

Inventors:

- Austin TX, US
Brijesh S. GILL - Houston TX, US
Kevin AROOM - Houston TX, US
Pamela WENZEL - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

C12M 1/42
C12M 1/00
A61P 25/00
C12M 3/00
C12M 1/12
C12N 5/0775
A61K 35/28

Abstract:

A bioreactor system for conditioning of pluripotent cells or cell media is provided. In further aspects, conditioned pluripotent cells and methods for making such cells are provided.