Patents Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates
  • Anastomosis devices
    Patent number: 11344307
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices for connecting tissue layers, such as for connecting a gallbladder and a portion of a gastrointestinal tract to create an anastomosis, include a tubular structure having a plurality of apposition portions, a central region, and a covering material. The devices are endoscopically deployable and may include open cells or undulating edges that facilitate a secure connection between the tissue structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel H. Todd, Sakthi Sambandam
  • Two-part implantable therapy delivery device
    Patent number: 11338068
    Abstract: An implantable therapy delivery device that includes a porous pouch and a cell encapsulation device configured to fit inside the porous pouch. The porous pouch may include a bio-absorbable material and/or a vascularization promotor, and the porous pouch may be packaged separately from the cell encapsulation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Rusch
  • Endoprosthesis delivery systems with deployment aids
    Patent number: 11324617
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an endoprosthesis delivery system comprising an elongate member, such as a catheter, an endoprosthesis, a covering member disposed about the endoprosthesis, and at least one flexible element situated between the endoprosthesis and the covering member. The covering member can extend beyond an end of the endoprosthesis. In operation, as the covering member is removed, the flexible element can guide the covering member over the end of the endoprosthesis to prevent entanglement between the end of the endoprosthesis and the covering member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Armstrong, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Larry J. Kovach, Douglas F. Pajot, Brandon C. Short, Mark J. Ulm, Michael J. Vonesh
  • Compressible liquid seals with discontinuous adhesives
    Patent number: 11326037
    Abstract: A compressible seal (400A) includes a compressible body (406) having a first surface (410) and a second surface. A pattern of discontinuous adhesive regions (412) is formed of an adhesive connected with at least one of the first surface (410) or the second surface of the compressible body (406). The compressible body (406) is operable to conform around the pattern of adhesive regions (412) to prevent fluid ingress when the compressible body (406) is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., W. L. Goro & Associates GmbH
    Inventors: John Gardner, Amadeus Wiesemann
  • External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices
    Patent number: 11324615
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberta A. Bloss, Dustin C. Burkart, Patrick M. Norris, Matthew G. Sondreaal, Stephanie M. Walsh
  • Flexible and durable printed circuits on stretchable and non-stretchable substrates
    Patent number: 11330711
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to flexible conductive articles (600) that include a printed circuit (650) and a stretchable or non-stretchable substrate (610). In some embodiments, the substrate has a printed circuit on both sides. The printed circuit contains N therein a porous synthetic polymer membrane (660) and an electrically conductive trace (670) as well as a non-conducive region (640). The electrically conductive trace is imbibed or otherwise incorporated into the porous synthetic polymer membrane. In some embodiments, the synthetic polymer membrane is microporous. The printed circuit may be discontinuously bonded to the stretchable or non-stretchable substrate by adhesive dots (620). The printed circuits may be integrated into garments, such as smart apparel or other wearable technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Edmundson, Paul D. Gassler, Justin J. Skaife, Scott J. Zero
  • Handle for medical device deployment
    Patent number: 11311398
    Abstract: A delivery system for endoluminal delivery of an expandable device comprising a catheter having a proximal end and an opposite distal end configured to support an expandable device, a primary sheath having a delivery position in which the primary sheath constrains the expandable device toward a collapsed configuration suitable for endoluminal delivery, and a handle including a first actuator that is actuatable to cause the expandable device to expand from the collapsed configuration, the handle further including a second actuator for operating one or more functions of the handle, wherein the second actuator is initially hidden to prevent actuation of the second actuator prior to the expandable device expanding and is configured to be revealed when the expandable device is expanded, the second actuator being actuatable once revealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin W. Sokel, Adam T. Storey, Jared L. Van Cleave
  • Heated moisture pump having a differential valve area
    Patent number: 11305227
    Abstract: Systems including a moisture pump for removing moisture from an inside environment to an outside environment. The moisture pump includes a housing defining a chamber with a heater, a heat spreader, and a desiccant for selectively adsorbing water vapor in the heating chamber when the heater is off and desorbing water vapor into the heating chamber when the heater is on. A valve assembly is also maintained by the housing transitionable between an adsorption position and desorption position. The adsorption position allows water vapor to be selectively transmitted into the heating chamber from the inside environment. The desorption position allows water vapor to be transmitted from the heating chamber for transmission into the outside environment. The adsorption and desorption ports can have asymmetric adsorption and desorption areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl Ball, Michael Keough, David T DeGuiseppi
  • Embolic filter system
    Patent number: 11298218
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward an embolic filter system. The embolic filter system generally includes a filter and an elongated element. In some examples, the elongate element extends to a position distal to a proximal end of the filter and operates to protect against medical devices entangling with the filter. In some examples, the elongate element is soft and compliant and operates with a hemostatic seal to provide for a hemostatic seal within a lumen of the elongate element while maintaining the lumen as a working lumen through which medical devices can be passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Montgomery, Edward E. Shaw
  • Sealing device and delivery system
    Patent number: 11298116
    Abstract: A medical device for sealing a defect in a body includes a wire frame that includes a plurality of wires that form a first occluding member and a second occluding member. In some embodiments, a sealing member is in contact with the wire frame. In some embodiments, the sealing member is configured to define one or more openings in the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler J. Brown, Khoa Hua, Devin M. Nelson, Keith O. Rust
  • Medical device deployment system
    Patent number: 11291452
    Abstract: Deployment systems and methods are provided herein for percutaneous transcatheter deployment of medical devices. A medical device deployment system includes a body member and a body locking member that is configured to cooperatively engage along a portion of the body member such that the body member is releasably coupleable to a medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Chouinard, Nathan L. Friedman, Josue Lopez, Thomas R. McDaniel, Stanislaw L. Zukowski
  • Calibrating passive LC sensor
    Patent number: 11284840
    Abstract: A flexible, passive pressure sensor includes three LC tank circuits. The first LC tank circuit is a pressure sensing LC tank circuit, having a capacitance that varies in response to changes in environmental pressure. The second and third LC tank circuits are reference LC tank circuits, having capacitances that are relatively constant over changes in environmental pressure. A measurement tool measures the resonant frequencies of the three LC tank circuits and then computes a pressure measurement that accounts for changes in resonant frequencies in the LC tank circuits due to environmental effects and deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Minghua Xu
  • Balloon expandable endoprosthesis
    Patent number: 11285029
    Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
  • Storage bag for containing therapeutic compounds
    Patent number: 11278471
    Abstract: A storage bag configured to contain or that contains at least one therapeutic compound such as a viral vector and non-viral vector is provided. In one embodiment, the storage bag contains a viral vector and/or a non-viral vector containing genetic material. The storage bag has two edges and two ends including a first face and a second face integrally joined at the two edges of the bag and defining an inner surface and an outer surface forming the bag; the inner surface including a higher melting polymer, and the outer surface including a lower melting polymer; a joint at one of the ends; a discrete composite sheet having a first side including a higher melting polymer and a second side including a lower melting polymer folded over the joint with the first side including a lower melting polymer engaging the joint to form a lap seam over the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret A. Snyder, Basak Irem Nase, John E. Bacino, William Shamrock, Edward Gunzel
  • Fluid handling detectors
    Patent number: 11278219
    Abstract: Devices for collecting and analyzing a fluid sample comprise a fluid-collecting porous material comprising at least one hydrophilic porous layer and one or more sensors adapted to provide a response to the presence of an analyte. The detectors are useful for collecting and analyzing a very small volume of sample and may include features that facilitate and direct flow of the sample through porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Gassler, Austin J. Crouse, Sean R. Coyer
  • Integrated medical device constraining lumen
    Patent number: 11266418
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include an implantable medical device and a constraining line conduit arranged around a circumference of the implantable medical device. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may also include a constraining line arranged through the constraining line conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Lehnhardt, Martin J. Sector, Franklin C. Wetherell, Karl R. Chung
  • Sleeve for medical device assembly
    Patent number: 11266769
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a medical device assembly comprising an expandable medical device wrapped with an improved constraining sleeve. The sleeve in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure is thin walled and translucent, having reduced edge sharpness. The sleeve in accordance with the present disclosure exhibits resistance to ripping and delamination. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of making sheet material usable for constraining sleeves from flattened film tubes. Methods for making improved constraining sleeves and medical device assemblies that comprise an improved constraining sleeve are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell L. Jacoby, Andrew W. Sloan
  • Anastomosis devices
    Patent number: 11266411
    Abstract: An implantable medical device for connecting tissue layers, such as connecting tubular tissues to create an anastomosis, includes a single elongate member and a covering material. The devices provided may also be used for other purposes including, but not limited to, partially or fully occluding openings in tissue, temporarily or permanently holding generally planar layers of tissue together, aneurysm repair, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan K. Mooney
  • Tapered implantable device and methods for making such devices
    Patent number: 11259910
    Abstract: A tapered implantable device includes an ePTFE tubular member having a tapered length portion. The tapered length portion provides rapid recovery properties. The tapered length portion can feature a microstructure that includes a multiplicity of bent fibrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Marc A. Schlaud, Arthur R. Studley
  • Carrying devices
    Patent number: 11253049
    Abstract: A carrying device includes a retractable support system for equipment carried in the hand. In some embodiments, the carrying device comprises a frame assembly for transporting larger loads and optimizing the weight distribution thereof. In some embodiments, the carrying device includes a support shelf. In some embodiments, the carrying device includes an expandable volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John Barklow, Sky Sterry, Trisha Wookey, Zachary D. West, Eric Gilmore