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Benkowski

G. Bert Benkowski, Waterloo CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090132777SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING CUSTOMER SECRETS DURING VENDOR TROUBLESHOOTING - Systems, methods, and computer products for protecting information during troubleshooting are provided. A dumping mechanism includes marking at least one of a plurality of memory regions in the computer-readable medium as non-dumpable, initiating a core dump, determining which memory regions of the plurality regions are non-dumpable, and dumping the contents only of memory regions not marked as non-dumpable.05-21-2009

Robert Benkowski, Houston, TX US

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20090005632Method and System for Physiologic Control of a Blood Pump - A physiologic control system and method for controlling a blood pump system such as a VAD system. The pump system includes, for example, a blood pump and a controller for controlling the pump. The system may further include a flow measurement device. A desired peak to peak flow amplitude is determined, and then adjusted in response to various system parameters either manually or automatically by the system.01-01-2009
20090156885ARTIFICIAL HEART SYSTEM - A blood pump system includes two blood pumps, which may be implanted into a patient. The blood pumps may comprise VAD pumps. Control devices and methods operate the pumps such that they can function as a total artificial heart.06-18-2009
20090192749DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATION OF A FLOW METER USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE - A blood flow calibration system 07-30-2009
20110093230DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATION OF A FLOW METER USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE - A blood flow calibration system 04-21-2011

Robert J. Benkowski, Houston, TX US

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20090143635ROTARY BLOOD PUMP - A blood pump consisting of an inflow cannula, a stator fixed to the pump housing, a flow straightener, an impeller, and a diffuser. The pump may include a flow straightener assembly consisting of the flow straightener body and front shaft. The pump may include an impeller assembly with a bearing on the front hub section. The pump may have a body contour which is shaped such that the rear section of the flow straightener body blends into the inserted shaft and there is no axial gap between the end of the flow straightener other than the ends of the blades and the front hub of the impeller.06-04-2009

Patent applications by Robert J. Benkowski, Houston, TX US