Patents by Inventor Eugene V. Skalnyi
Eugene V. Skalnyi 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: 8523856Abstract: A method and system for achieving hemostasis (the stoppage of bleeding) is described. RF (radio frequency) energy is used to ablate the surface of tissue to stop bleeding. The depth of destruction of the tissue can be controlled so as to desiccate and coagulate the tissue. In one implementation, an electrode carrier including bipolar electrodes is applied to the tissue, and RF energy transmitted through the bipolar electrodes to ablate the tissue. A layer of desiccated tissue can be created as well as coagulation of the tissue to achieve hemostasis.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Cytyc CorporationInventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi
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Publication number: 20120330303Abstract: A method and system for achieving hemostasis (the stoppage of bleeding) is described. RF (radio frequency) energy is used to ablate the surface of tissue to stop bleeding. The depth of destruction of the tissue can be controlled so as to desiccate and coagulate the tissue. In one implementation, an electrode carrier including bipolar electrodes is applied to the tissue, and RF energy transmitted through the bipolar electrodes to ablate the tissue. A layer of desiccated tissue can be created as well as coagulation of the tissue to achieve hemostasis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Cytyc CorporationInventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi
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Patent number: 8277445Abstract: A method and system for achieving hemostasis (the stoppage of bleeding) is described. RF (radio frequency) energy is used to ablate the surface of tissue to stop bleeding. The depth of destruction of the tissue can be controlled so as to desiccate and coagulate the tissue. In one implementation, an electrode carrier including bipolar electrodes is applied to the tissue, and RF energy transmitted through the bipolar electrodes to ablate the tissue. A layer of desiccated tissue can be created as well as coagulation of the tissue to achieve hemostasis.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Cytyc CorporationInventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi
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Publication number: 20100228245Abstract: A medical device and procedure is described for occluding a fallopian tube. A tubal occlusion device is inserted into a uterine cavity. The device includes an RF applicator head including an electrode carrier with one or more bipolar electrodes thereon. During insertion, the RF applicator head can be in a closed position. The RF applicator head is positioned at a tubal ostium of a fallopian tube, such that a distal tip of the RF applicator head advances into the tubal ostium. The RF applicator head is deployed into an open position such that the RF applicator head approximates the shape of the uterine cavity in a region of the tubal ostium. Current is passed through the one or more bipolar electrodes to the tubal ostium to destroy tissue to a known depth, which precipitates a healing response in surrounding tissue that over time scars and occludes the fallopian tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Estela H. Hilario, J. Brook Burley
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Publication number: 20100160908Abstract: A method and system for achieving hemostasis (the stoppage of bleeding) is described. RF (radio frequency) energy is used to ablate the surface of tissue to stop bleeding. The depth of destruction of the tissue can be controlled so as to desiccate and coagulate the tissue. In one implementation, an electrode carrier including bipolar electrodes is applied to the tissue, and RF energy transmitted through the bipolar electrodes to ablate the tissue. A layer of desiccated tissue can be created as well as coagulation of the tissue to achieve hemostasis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi
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Patent number: 7731712Abstract: A medical device and procedure is described for occluding a fallopian tube. A tubal occlusion device is inserted into a uterine cavity. The device includes an RF applicator head including an electrode carrier with one or more bipolar electrodes thereon. During insertion, the RF applicator head can be in a closed position. The RF applicator head is positioned at a tubal ostium of a fallopian tube, such that a distal tip of the RF applicator head advances into the tubal ostium. The RF applicator head is deployed into an open position such that the RF applicator head approximates the shape of the uterine cavity in a region of the tubal ostium. Current is passed through the one or more bipolar electrodes to the tubal ostium to destroy tissue to a known depth, which precipitates a healing response in surrounding tissue that over time scars and occludes the fallopian tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: CYTYC CorporationInventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Estela H. Hilario, J. Brook Burley
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Patent number: 7674260Abstract: A method and system for achieving hemostasis (the stoppage of bleeding) is described. RF (radio frequency) energy is used to ablate the surface of tissue to stop bleeding. The depth of destruction of the tissue can be controlled so as to desiccate and coagulate the tissue. In one implementation, an electrode carrier including bipolar electrodes is applied to the tissue, and RF energy transmitted through the bipolar electrodes to ablate the tissue. A layer of desiccated tissue can be created as well as coagulation of the tissue to achieve hemostasis.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Cytyc CorporationInventors: Russel M. Sampson, Eugene V. Skalnyi
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Publication number: 20040176801Abstract: A closure device is provided for sealing a puncture in a body vessel. The closure device includes an energy delivery device for delivering energy to tissue adjacent the vessel puncture which enhances an adhesiveness of the tissue to a closure composition precursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Applicant: NeoMend, Inc.Inventors: Stuart D. Edwards, Thomas Wehman, Theodore L. Parker, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Theodore Kucklick, John Evans
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Patent number: 6743248Abstract: A closure device is provided for sealing a puncture in a body vessel. The closure device includes an energy delivery device for delivering energy to tissue adjacent the vessel puncture which enhances an adhesiveness of the tissue to a closure composition precursor.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2000Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: NeoMend, Inc.Inventors: Stuart D. Edwards, Thomas Wehman, Theodore L. Parker, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Theodore Kucklick, John Evans
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Publication number: 20030097149Abstract: A closure device is provided for sealing a puncture in a body vessel. The closure device includes an energy delivery device for delivering energy to tissue adjacent the vessel puncture which enhances an adhesiveness of the tissue to a closure composition precursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2000Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: Stuart D. Edwards, Thomas Wehman, Theodore L. Parker, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Theodore Kucklick, John Evans
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Patent number: 6302898Abstract: A closure device is provided for sealing a puncture in a body vessel. The closure device includes an energy delivery device for delivering energy to tissue adjacent the vessel puncture which enhances an adhesiveness of the tissue to a closure composition precursor.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1998Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Advanced Closure Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stuart D. Edwards, Thomas Wehman, Theodore L. Parker, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Theodore Kucklick, John Evans
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Patent number: 6039757Abstract: A fenestrated stent formed in a body lumen is provided which includes an article shaped to provide support to a section of a body lumen and allow biological material which would otherwise flow through the body lumen to flow through the article, the article being formed with fenestrations bydelivering a fluent pre-stent composition to a mold space defined by a section of a body lumen and a fluent pre-stent composition delivery device having members which define the fenestrations, andtransforming the fluent pre-stent composition to a non-fluent stent composition within the mold space.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: CardioSynopsis, Inc.Inventors: Stuart D. Edwards, Thomas C. Wehman, Theodore L. Parker, Theodore Kucklick, Eugene V. Skalnyi, Alan Stein
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Patent number: 5899917Abstract: A method is provided for forming a stent within a body lumen. According to the method, a distal catheter body is advanced within a body lumen to a section of a body lumen at which a stent is to be formed. One or more expandable members attached to the distal catheter body are expanded such that sections of the body lumen proximal and distal to the stent formation section of the body lumen are occluded, the distal catheter body in combination with the body lumen defining a mold space. A fluent pre-stent composition is delivered to the mold space from outside the body lumen which is continuously in fluent state during pre-stent composition delivery from outside the body lumen to the mold space. The fluent pre-stent composition is then transformed within the mold space to a non-fluent stent composition to form a stent within the mold space.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: CardioSynopsis, Inc.Inventors: Stuart D. Edwards, Thomas C. Wehman, Theodore L. Parker, Theodore Kucklick, Peter Park, Alan Stein, Eugene V. Skalnyi