Patents Assigned to Essential Medical, Inc.
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Patent number: 10555727Abstract: A vascular closure device configured to seal a puncture site in the vessel wall in a more efficient manner is disclosed. The vascular closure device includes a guide member that extends through a portion of the sealing device and that is removable from the portion the sealing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Joseph Todd Grintz, Mark Rossney
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Publication number: 20200000448Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg WALTERS, Joseph T. GRINTZ
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Patent number: 10485524Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Nispel, Mike Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Publication number: 20190343498Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method and device for closing percutaneous punctures, and more particularly to a multi-lumen tamper for such a device. A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway is disclosed, the closure device including a plug configured to engage a surface of the puncture; a toggle configured to engage an internal surface of the body passageway; an elongate filament configured to associate the plug with the toggle; a locking member configured to engage the plug; and a tamper comprising at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to deliver a pharmaceutical agent to the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Alan WALTERS, Samuel NARDONE
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Publication number: 20190343497Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a deployment assembly, a sealing unit carried by the deployment assembly, and a tamper carried by the deployment assembly and that is disposed along a suture with respect to the sealing unit. The vascular closure device includes a locking assembly coupled to the tamper so as to selectively inhibit advancement of the tamper along the suture in the distal direction toward the sealing unit. The locking assembly is adapted to transition from A) a locked configuration where the tamper is inhibited from sliding along the suture, into B) an unlocked configuration where the tamper is slidable along the suture in the distal direction and into contact with the sealing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. WALTERS, Joseph Todd GRINTZ
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Publication number: 20190336116Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. WALTERS, Gary ROUBIN, Michael Thomas NISPEL, Michael Austin DOTSEY, Piyush ARORA
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Patent number: 10448937Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. Grintz
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Patent number: 10390810Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method and device for closing percutaneous punctures, and more particularly to a multi-lumen tamper for such a device. A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway is disclosed, the closure device including a plug configured to engage a surface of the puncture; a toggle configured to engage an internal surface of the body passageway; an elongate filament configured to associate the plug with the toggle; a locking member configured to engage the plug; and a tamper comprising at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to deliver a pharmaceutical agent to the plug.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Alan Walters, Samuel Nardone
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Patent number: 10383611Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Publication number: 20190142404Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg WALTERS, Joseph T. GRINTZ, Julie LIN
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Publication number: 20190142418Abstract: A releasable elongated assembly includes a release member having a length and an opening that extends along the length. The releasable elongated assembly includes a first elongated element having a first coupling member disposed in the opening and a second elongated element having a second coupling member disposed in the opening opposite the first coupling member along the length. The first and second elongated elements are interlaced with each other in the opening at a location between the first coupling member and the second coupling member such that the first and second elongated elements are attached to each other. The release member is moveable from a first position where the first and second coupling members are captured in the opening to a second position where the first and second coupling members are released from the opening so as to detach the first and second elongated elements from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. WALTERS, Michael DOTSEY
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Publication number: 20190110781Abstract: A system includes an introducer configured to be inserted through the puncture along a guidewire that extends through the puncture into the vessel. The introducer includes an introducer body, a proximal tapered tip, a distal tapered tip that is opposite to the proximal tapered tip along the central axis, and a bore that extends from the proximal tapered tip to the distal tapered tip along the central axis. The system includes an access sheath configured to be inserted over the introducer. The access sheath includes a front end, a rear end opposite to the front end, and a lumen that extends from the front end to the rear end. The proximal tapered tip of the introducer is configured to be inserted into the front end and through the lumen of access sheath, such that a movable interference fit is attained between the access sheath and the introducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. WALTERS, Joseph Todd GRINTZ
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Patent number: 10182804Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. Grintz, Julie Lin
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Patent number: 10154835Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a delivery assembly, an anchor member carried by the delivery assembly, and a suture attached to the anchoring member. A plug member can be disposed in the delivery assembly and attached to suture such that the plug member. The plug member includes a plug body, a pair of ridges that project from the plug body, and a select location disposed between the pair of ridges. The plug member configured to, in response to a force applied to the select location, transition from an insertion configuration, whereby the plug member is elongate along an insertion direction, into a collapsed configuration, whereby the plug member is collapsed along the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Walters, Todd Sorzano, Hunter Valentine
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Publication number: 20180070933Abstract: A deployment instrument for deploying a closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the deployment instrument including a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly is configured to hold the closure device in a pre-deployment state, and a tensioner assembly, wherein the filament is fixedly attached to the tensioner assembly, wherein the deployment instrument is configured to increase the tension in the filament upon linear movement of the deployment instrument away from the wall of the body passageway when the closure device is anchored to the wall via the anchor such that the tension is gradually increased as the deployment instrument is moved between a first linear distance and a second linear distance greater than the first linear distance from the wall of the body passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventor: Greg Alan Walters
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Patent number: 9839417Abstract: A deployment instrument for deploying a closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the deployment instrument including a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly is configured to hold the closure device in a pre-deployment state, and a tensioner assembly, wherein the filament is fixedly attached to the tensioner assembly, wherein the deployment instrument is configured to increase the tension in the filament upon linear movement of the deployment instrument away from the wall of the body passageway when the closure device is anchored to the wall via the anchor such that the tension is gradually increased as the deployment instrument is moved between a first linear distance and a second linear distance greater than the first linear distance from the wall of the body passageway.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventor: Greg Alan Walters
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Patent number: 9757104Abstract: The present technology relates generally to a method and device for closing percutaneous punctures, and more particularly to a multi-lumen tamper for such a device. A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway is disclosed, the closure device including a plug configured to engage a surface of the puncture; a toggle configured to engage an internal surface of the body passageway; an elongate filament configured to associate the plug with the toggle; a locking member configured to engage the plug; and a tamper comprising at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen of the at least two lumens is configured to deliver a pharmaceutical agent to the plug.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Alan Walters, Samuel Nardone
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Patent number: 9554785Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. Grintz, Julie Lin
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Publication number: 20160310116Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg WALTERS, Joseph T. GRINTZ
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Publication number: 20140277114Abstract: A method of sealing a vascular puncture of a vessel can include the step of inserting a guidewire through a sheath and into the vessel. The guidewire can include a hollow tube and a balloon coupled to a distal end of the hollow tube. The method can further include the steps of inflating the balloon so as to temporarily occlude the vessel and guiding a closure device along the hollow tube toward the puncture such that a toggle of the closure device enters the vessel through the puncture; and sealing the puncture with the closure device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventor: Greg Walters