Patents by Inventor Brett T. Haarala
Brett T. Haarala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7824365Abstract: Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening into the cavity. The housing is implantable in a patient. The cavity is placed subcutaneously within the patient. The first opening is substantially flush with the surface of the skin of the patient and creates a percutaneous passageway from the exterior of the skin of the patient into the cavity, and the second opening creates a passageway from the cavity into the interior of the patient. A connector is coupled to the second opening and disposed substantially within the cavity to enable a connection between a first device and a second device disposed within the interior of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2004Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Navilyst Medical, Inc.Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Brian Bergeron, Paul DiCarlo
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Publication number: 20040267238Abstract: Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening into the cavity. The housing is implantable in a patient. The cavity is placed subcutaneously within the patient. The first opening is substantially flush with the surface of the skin of the patient and creates a percutaneous passageway from the exterior of the skin of the patient into the cavity, and the second opening creates a passageway from the cavity into the interior of the patient. A connector is coupled to the second opening and disposed substantially within the cavity to enable a connection between a first device and a second device disposed within the interior of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Brian Bergeron, Paul DiCarlo
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Patent number: 6758841Abstract: Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening into the cavity. The housing is implantable in a patient. The cavity is placed subcutaneously within the patient. The first opening is substantially flush with the surface of the skin of the patient and creates a percutaneous passageway from the exterior of the skin of the patient into the cavity, and the second opening creates a passageway from the cavity into the interior of the patient. A connector is coupled to the second opening and disposed substantially within the cavity to enable a connection between a first device and a second device disposed within the interior of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Brian Bergeron, Paul DiCarlo
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Publication number: 20030216709Abstract: Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening into the cavity. The housing is implantable in a patient. The cavity is placed subcutaneously within the patient. The first opening is substantially flush with the surface of the skin of the patient and creates a percutaneous passageway from the exterior of the skin of the patient into the cavity, and the second opening creates a passageway from the cavity into the interior of the patient. A connector is coupled to the second opening and disposed substantially within the cavity to enable a connection between a first device and a second device disposed within the interior of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Brian Bergeron, Paul DiCarlo
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Patent number: 6607504Abstract: Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening into the cavity. The housing is implantable in a patient. The cavity is placed subcutaneously within the patient. The first opening is substantially flush with the surface of the skin of the patient and creates a percutaneous passageway from the exterior of the skin of the patient into the cavity, and the second opening creates a passageway from the cavity into the interior of the patient. A connector is coupled to the second opening and disposed substantially within the cavity to enable a connection between a first device and a second device disposed within the interior of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Brian Bergeron, Paul DiCarlo
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Publication number: 20030004520Abstract: Medical devices and related methods enable physicians and/or other medical personnel to access percutaneously the interior of a patient. One particular device includes a housing which defines a cavity, a first opening into the cavity, and a second opening into the cavity. The housing is implantable in a patient. The cavity is placed subcutaneously within the patient. The first opening is substantially flush with the surface of the skin of the patient and creates a percutaneous passageway from the exterior of the skin of the patient into the cavity, and the second opening creates a passageway from the cavity into the interior of the patient. A connector is coupled to the second opening and disposed substantially within the cavity to enable a connection between a first device and a second device disposed within the interior of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2001Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Brian Bergeron, Paul DiCarlo
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Publication number: 20020156430Abstract: Disclosed are improved catheter slit valves for medical fluid infusion and aspiration. The improved catheter slit valves use nonradial slits to address the problems found with conventional radial slit valves. The improved catheter slit valves also use radial and nonradial slits in combination with each other, protuberances, and caps to enhance the operation of the valves. Also disclosed are catheters with multiple slit valves, compound slit valves, multiple lumens, or combinations thereof. The catheters disclosed are made of biocompatible materials, such as polyurethanes, silicones, polyethylenes, nylons, polyesters, and polyester elastomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Brett T. Haarala, Arthur Driscoll