Patents by Inventor Duane M. DeMore
Duane M. DeMore 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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Publication number: 20180325712Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Michael R. Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matthew Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
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Patent number: 10039659Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Michael Bialas, Marc Gianotti, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matthew Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier
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Publication number: 20160287420Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Michael Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matt Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
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Patent number: 9375335Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Michael Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matt Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
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Publication number: 20150245937Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Michael Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matt Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
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Patent number: 9011513Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Michael Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matt Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
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Patent number: 8658006Abstract: A system and method is described for electropolishing tubular metallic prostheses. In one aspect, the system provides a continuously changing set of points of contact between anode and prosthesis. In another aspect, the cathode is given a conical shape to correct for current concentrations that would otherwise exist and unevenly affect the amount of electropolishing over the length of the prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Bialas, David P. Strauss, Robert Barbier, Duane M. DeMore, Alan Gene Tahran, Zhicheng Lin, Sophia Wong
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Publication number: 20130304179Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Michael Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Eric Roorda, Matt Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
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Publication number: 20110247943Abstract: A system and method is described for electropolising tubular metallic prostheses. In one aspect, the system provides a continuously changing set of points of contact between anode and prosthesis. In another aspect, the cathode is given a conical shape to correct for current concentrations that would otherwise exist and unevenly affect the amount of electropolishing over the length of the prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Michael R. Bialas, David P. Strauss, Robert Barbier, Duane M. DeMore, Alan Gene Tahran, Zhicheng Lin, Sophia Wong
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Publication number: 20100193485Abstract: Methods for making devices include providing a tubular member to be formed into a device, placing a removable sacrificial block material in the lumen of the tubular member and laser cutting the tubular member. A doping material can be added to the melted portion of the tubular member to promote the formation of brittle slag. A fixture can be used to hold a cut workpiece in order to ream sacrificial material from the surface of the workpiece. Pressurized gas can be supplied to the inner lumen of the tubular member to cause slag to form on the outside surface, rather than the inner surface, of the tubular member. A tubular member made from nickel-titanium alloy can be tightly adhered to a sacrificial sleeve utilizing the phase changes associated with nickel-titanium. A rotating mandrel can be placed within the lumen of the tubular member during laser cutting.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Boris Anukhin, Larry Baughman, Pamela A. Kramer-Brown, Neil Burkhart, Li Chen, Duane M. DeMore, Keif Fitzgerald, Gregory W. Johnson, Z. C. Lin, David Mackiewicz, Karim S. Osman, Randolf Von Oepen, William E. Webler, JR., Travis R. Yribarren