Patents by Inventor Charles Hanes

Charles Hanes 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).

  • Expandable member dissection port and related methods
    Patent number: 9669197
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a method for providing access within a patient that may include inserting a medical device through an opening of the patient. The medical device may include an overtube having a lumen and a slot and an elongate member disposed within the lumen of the overtube, wherein the elongate member may include an expandable member configured to expand and collapse. The method may further include positioning the medical device proximate a site in the patient, positioning the overtube relative to the elongate member such that a portion of the expandable member faces the slot, and the slot faces the site, and expanding the portion of the expandable member out of the slot and toward the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Robertson, Charles Hanes, Peter Lotze
  • EXPANDABLE MEMBER DISSECTION PORT AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140135809
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a method for providing access within a patient that may include inserting a medical device through an opening of the patient. The medical device may include an overtube having a lumen and a slot and an elongate member disposed within the lumen of the overtube, wherein the elongate member may include an expandable member configured to expand and collapse. The method may further include positioning the medical device proximate a site in the patient, positioning the overtube relative to the elongate member such that a portion of the expandable member faces the slot, and the slot faces the site, and expanding the portion of the expandable member out of the slot and toward the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: David W. Robertson, Charles Hanes, Peter Lotze