Patents by Inventor Gary Duffy
Gary Duffy 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: 20220361865Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an access valve that may be retrieved after implantation. The access valve may include a frame having a lumen, a self-expandable member extending through the lumen, and an elastic membrane extending through the lumen and a second end of the frame to releasably seal the lumen. The access valve may releasably attach to a wall of a patient and releasably seal an opening through the wall. The access valve may be attached to the wall by placing the frame adjacent the wall, extending the self-expandable member through the opening in the wall, and expanding the self-expandable member such that the self-expandable member applies a first force against the wall and a second force opposite the first force against the frame to sandwich the wall between the self-expandable member and the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDInventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Emma J. Mooney, Michael Walsh, Martyn G. Folan, Gary Duffy
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Patent number: 11419594Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an access valve that may be retrieved after implantation. The access valve may include a frame having a lumen, a self-expandable member extending through the lumen, and an elastic membrane extending through the lumen and a second end of the frame to releasably seal the lumen. The access valve may releasably attach to a wall of a patient and releasably seal an opening through the wall. The access valve may be attached to the wall by placing the frame adjacent the wall, extending the self-expandable member through the opening in the wall, and expanding the self-expandable member such that the self-expandable member applies a first force against the wall and a second force opposite the first force against the frame to sandwich the wall between the self-expandable member and the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Emma J. Mooney, Michael Walsh, Martyn G. Folan, Gary Duffy
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Patent number: 11406799Abstract: A dissection device may include an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal end of a catheter, the catheter having an inflation lumen extending through the catheter to an interior space defined within the inflatable balloon. The inflatable balloon may include a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, an outer perimeter wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a plurality of inner walls each extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and in sealing contact with the outer perimeter wall at a first end of the inner wall. The inflatable balloon may include a series of interconnected chambers including a central chamber in direct fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and laterally disposed chambers each having an opening fluidly connecting to each adjacent chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventors: Matthew McEvaddy, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Gary Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy, Aiden Flanagan
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Publication number: 20200000453Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an access valve that may be retrieved after implantation. The access valve may include a frame having a lumen, a self-expandable member extending through the lumen, and an elastic membrane extending through the lumen and a second end of the frame to releasably seal the lumen. The access valve may releasably attach to a wall of a patient and releasably seal an opening through the wall. The access valve may be attached to the wall by placing the frame adjacent the wall, extending the self-expandable member through the opening in the wall, and expanding the self-expandable member such that the self-expandable member applies a first force against the wall and a second force opposite the first force against the frame to sandwich the wall between the self-expandable member and the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDInventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Emma J. Mooney, Michael Walsh, Martyn G. Folan, Gary Duffy
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Patent number: 10441262Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an access valve that may be retrieved after implantation. The access valve may include a frame having a lumen, a self-expandable member extending through the lumen, and an elastic membrane extending through the lumen and a second end of the frame to releasably seal the lumen. The access valve may releasably attach to a wall of a patient and releasably seal an opening through the wall. The access valve may be attached to the wall by placing the frame adjacent the wall, extending the self-expandable member through the opening in the wall, and expanding the self-expandable member such that the self-expandable member applies a first force against the wall and a second force opposite the first force against the frame to sandwich the wall between the self-expandable member and the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDInventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Emma J. Mooney, Michael Walsh, Martyn G. Folan, Gary Duffy
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Publication number: 20190217064Abstract: A dissection device may include an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal end of a catheter, the catheter having an inflation lumen extending through the catheter to an interior space defined within the inflatable balloon. The inflatable balloon may include a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, an outer perimeter wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a plurality of inner walls each extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and in sealing contact with the outer perimeter wall at a first end of the inner wall. The inflatable balloon may include a series of interconnected chambers including a central chamber in direct fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and laterally disposed chambers each having an opening fluidly connecting to each adjacent chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDInventors: MATTHEW MCEVADDY, MARTIN LAWRENCE FAWDRY, GARY DUFFY, EAMONN J. TUOHY, AIDEN FLANAGAN
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Publication number: 20180271510Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an access valve that may be retrieved after implantation. The access valve may include a frame having a lumen, a self-expandable member extending through the lumen, and an elastic membrane extending through the lumen and a second end of the frame to releasably seal the lumen. The access valve may releasably attach to a wall of a patient and releasably seal an opening through the wall. The access valve may be attached to the wall by placing the frame adjacent the wall, extending the self-expandable member through the opening in the wall, and expanding the self-expandable member such that the self-expandable member applies a first force against the wall and a second force opposite the first force against the frame to sandwich the wall between the self-expandable member and the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDInventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Emma J. Mooney, Michael Walsh, Martyn G. Folan, Gary Duffy
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Publication number: 20180263238Abstract: An implantable device for encapsulating cells includes one or more cell encapsulation layers. Each of the cell encapsulation layers includes a first membrane that is semipermeable, a second membrane that is semipermeable, and a first plurality of weld lines. The second membrane is attached to the first membrane by the first plurality of weld lines. The first membrane, the second membrane, and the first plurality of weld lines define at least one cell channel for encapsulating cells. The cell encapsulation device is configurable between a collapsed configuration and an inflated configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Matthew McEvaddy, Martin L. Fawdry, Gary Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy