Patents Assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL DEVICES S.A R.L.
  • Patent number: 10245010
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to remove biopsy specimens from a bone and/or associated bone marrow using a powered drive and an intraosseous (IO) needle set. The powered driver may rotate the IO needle set at an optimum speed to obtain a biopsy sample of bone and/or bone marrow. Apparatus and methods may also be provided for aspiration of bone marrow and/or stem cell transplant procedures. The apparatus may include a powered driver, a coupler assembly, a containment bag or sterile sleeve and various IO needles and IO needle sets with associated hubs and/or hub assemblies. Each IO needle set may include a cannula or catheter and an associated trocar stylet with respective tips operable to penetrate a bone and/or bone marrow with minimum trauma to a patient. Each hub assembly may be used to releasably dispose a respective stylet within an associated generally hollow cannula. Some coupler assemblies and/or hub assemblies may also be used with manual drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL DEVICES S.A.R.L
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Robert W. Titkemeyer, Christopher Brian Kilcoin, Matthew T. Harmon, Bradford Hughes Craig
  • Patent number: 10092320
    Abstract: Powered drivers, and kits and methods including or using powered drivers, having a driveshaft extending from a distal end of the housing and configured to slide responsive to a force applied to a distal end of the driveshaft and activate a motor to rotate the driveshaft. Some of the present powered drivers include a housing having a distal end and a proximal end; a motor disposed in the housing; a driveshaft extending outward from the distal end of the housing (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Teleflex Medical Devices S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: John Morgan, Larry J. Miller, Robert W. Titkemeyer, Chris Kilcoin
  • Patent number: 9730729
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sternal locators for placement of an intraosseous device into the sternum of a human patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: TELEFLEX MEDICAL DEVICES S.A R.L.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Kilcoin, John Frank Morgan, III, Larry Miller, Robert Titkemeyer