Barry Kuban, BSEE

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Biography
Education & Professional Highlights

Biography

About Barry Kuban, BSEE

Barry D. Kuban is a Project Scientist, Director of the Electronics Core Facility, and Engineering Director of the Cardiovascular Dynamics Laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.

He has the following professional affiliations: Senior Member IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Member ASAIO, American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, Member ISMCS, International Society for Mechanical Circulatory Support

His professional experiences include the following roles at Cleveland Clinic:

Interim Director, Medical Device Innovations, Department of Biomedical Engineering, (2005–2007)
Senior Principal Research Engineer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, (2001–2005)
Principal Research Engineer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, (1999–2001)
Senior Research Engineer , Department of Biomedical Engineering, (1996–1999)

Prior roles include:

Research Associate, Engineering , Biomedical Engineering Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1989–1996)
Manager, Cardiovascular Simulations Laboratory , Biomedical Engineering Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1989–1996)
Laboratory Supervisor , Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (1987–1989)
Research Assistant , Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, (1982–1987)

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
2005

Education & Fellowships

Undergraduate - The Ohio State University
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Columbus, OH USA
1987

Specialty Interests

Mechanical circulatory support Medical device development

Innovations & Patents

Vince D.G., Kuban B.D. and Nair A., “Vascular Plaque Characterization”, U.S. Patent No. 6,200,268, issued March 13, 2001
Nair A., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., Kuban B.D., “System and method of characterizing vascular tissue”, U.S. Patent No. 7,074,188, issued July 11, 2006
Rezai A.R., Hall J.D., Kuban B.D., Baker K., “Neuromodulation device and method of using the same”, U.S. Patent No. 7,181,288, issued February 20, 2007
Klingensmith J.D., Nair A., Kuban B.D., Vince D.G., “System and method for vascular border detection”, U.S. Patent No. 7,215,802
Klingensmith J.D., Vince D.G., Nair A., Kuban B.D., “System and method for identifying a vascular border”, U.S. Patent No. 7,359,554, issued April 15, 2008
Klingensmith J.D., Nair A., Kuban B.D., Vince D.G., “System and method for vascular border detection”, U.S. Patent No. 7,463,759, issued December 9, 2008
Kuban B.D., “Apparatus for detecting tactile sensitivity”, U.S. Patent No. 7,678,064, issued March 16, 2010
Rezai A., Hall J., Kuban B.D., Baker K., “Neuromodulation device and method of using same”, U.S. Patent No. 7,769,470, issued August 3, 2010.
Nair A., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., Kuban B.D., “System and method for determining a transfer function”, U.S. Patent No. 7,874,990, issued January 25, 2011.
Nair A., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., Kuban B.D., “System and method of characterizing vascular tissue”, U.S. Patent No. 7,899,224, issued March 1, 2011.
Kuban B.D., Klingensmith J.D., Vince D.G., Nair A., “System and method of acquiring blood-vessel data”, U.S. Patent No. 7,927,275, issued April 19, 2011.
Nair A., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., Kuban B.D., “System and method of characterizing vascular tissue”, U.S. Patent No. 7,940,969, issued May 10, 2011.
Klingensmith J.D., Vince D.G., Nair A., Kuban B.D., “System and method for identifying a vascular border”, U.S. Patent No. 7,978,916, issued July 12, 2011
Klingensmith J.D., Vince D.G., Nair A., Kuban B.D., “System and method for identifying a vascular border”, U.S. Patent No. 8,233,718, issued July 31, 2012
Nair A., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., Kuban B. D., “System and method of characterizing vascular tissue”, U.S. Patent No. 8,303,503, issued November 6, 2012
Nair A., Kuban B.D., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., “System and method for characterizing vascular tissue”, U.S. Patent No. 8,449,465, issued May 28, 2013
Kuban B.D., Whittaker D.R., Klatte R.S., “Vascular guidewire system and method”, U.S. Patent No. 8,460,214, issued June 11, 2013
Kuban B.D., Klingensmith J.D., Vince D.G., Nair A., “System and method of acquiring blood-vessel data”, U.S. Patent No. 8,622,910, issued January 7, 2014
Klingensmith J.D., Vince D.G., Nair A., Kuban B.D., “System and method for identifying a vascular border”, U.S. Patent No. 8,630,492, issued January 14, 2014
Horvath D., Massiello A., Golding L.A.R., Kuban B.D., “Method for physiologic control of a continuous flow total artificial heart”, U.S. Patent No. 8,657,874, issued February 25, 2014
Nair A., Vince D.G., Klingensmith J.D., Kuban B.D., “System and method for determining a transfer function”, U.S. Patent No. 8,808,183, issued August 19, 2014
Perry J.D., Lewis C.D., Klatte R.S., Kuban B.D., “Lacrimal drainage manometer and method of use”, U.S. Patent No. 8,932,231, issued January 13, 2015
Horvath D., Golding L.A.R., Massiello A., Kuban B.D., “Two-stage rotodynamic blood pump”, US Patent No. 9,162,019, issued October 20, 2015
Horvath D., Massiello A., Golding L.A.R., Kuban B.D., “Method for physiologic control of a continuous flow total artificial heart”, US Patent No. 9,821,098, issued November 21, 2017
Horvath D.J., Kuban B.D., Golding L.A.R., “Artificial heart system implementing suction recognition and avoidance methods”, US Patent No. 10,077,777, issued September 18, 2018
Horvath D.J., Golding L.A.R., Kuban B.D., Fukamachi K., “Ventricular assist device with pulse augmentation and automatic regurgitant flow shutoff”, US Patent No. 11,045,639, issued June 29, 2021

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