Patents by Inventor Gerard Brett

Gerard Brett 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).

  • Patent number: 11992198
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue. A cage or shoe engaged with the support member on the exterior surface of the tissue can provide additional support and assist sealing the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Noelle Barrett, Christopher Martin, Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20230000477
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 11478235
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20220257225
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides an implantable device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. In some embodiments, the implantable device comprises a flexible sealable member having an elongated shape so that a longitudinal dimension of the flexible sealable member is greater than a lateral dimension of the flexible sealable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20220218322
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue. A cage or shoe engaged with the support member on the exterior surface of the tissue can provide additional support and assist sealing the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Noelle Barrett, Christopher Martin, Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20220218323
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a closure system for use in surgical procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Peter Grant, Michael Dunning, Gerard Brett, Kevin Walsh, Desmond John Regan
  • Patent number: 11357486
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a closure system for use in surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: VIVASURE MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Peter Grant, Michael Dunning, Gerard Brett, Kevin Walsh, Desmond John Regan
  • Publication number: 20220160341
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for closing a perforation in any hollow vessel associated with a mammalian surgical procedure, for example a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue, the device comprising an implant and a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant, the delivery shaft comprising (i) a retaining sleeve, (ii) a release sleeve, and (iii) a handle coupled to the delivery shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Mark McGoldrick, Gerard Brett
  • Patent number: 11311280
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue. A cage or shoe engaged with the support member on the exterior surface of the tissue can provide additional support and assist sealing the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Noelle Barrett, Christopher Martin, Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Gerard Brett
  • Patent number: 11278269
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for closing a perforation in any hollow vessel associated with a mammalian surgical procedure, for example a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue, the device comprising an implant and a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant, the delivery shaft comprising (i) a retaining sleeve, (ii) a release sleeve, and (iii) a handle coupled to the delivery shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Mark McGoldrick, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20220031294
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device (10) for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device includes a flexible support member (14) having a base (19) configured to engage and/or hold a sealable member (12) of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The device also includes a locator (16) coupled to the support member and configured to engage with a wall of the body lumen to secure the device thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20220022855
    Abstract: The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Peter Grant, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 11141142
    Abstract: The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Peter Grant, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20210045723
    Abstract: A medical device includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the sheath having an opening at both the proximal end and the distal end, and a removable dilator having a distal end and a proximal end, the dilator having at least one blood detector disposed on a tapered portion of the distal end of the dilator, the dilator positionable within the sheath such that the tapered portion of the distal end of the dilator extends through the opening in the distal end of the sheath, the proximal end of the dilator extends through the opening in the proximal end of the sheath, and at least a portion of the at least one blood detector is adjacent to the distal end of the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20200138421
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 10433826
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 10206668
    Abstract: The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Peter Grant, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20190021710
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue. A cage or shoe engaged with the support member on the exterior surface of the tissue can provide additional support and assist sealing the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Noelle Barrett, Christopher Martin, Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20170333014
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for closing a perforation in any hollow vessel associated with a mammalian surgical procedure, for example a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue, the device comprising an implant and a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant, the delivery shaft comprising (i) a retaining sleeve, (ii) a release sleeve, and (iii) a handle coupled to the delivery shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Mark McGoldrick, Gerard Brett
  • Publication number: 20170281142
    Abstract: A medical device includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the sheath having an opening at both the proximal end and the distal end, and a removable dilator having a distal end and a proximal end, the dilator having at least one blood detector disposed on a tapered portion of the distal end of the dilator, the dilator positionable within the sheath such that the tapered portion of the distal end of the dilator extends through the opening in the distal end of the sheath, the proximal end of the dilator extends through the opening in the proximal end of the sheath, and at least a portion of the at least one blood detector is adjacent to the distal end of the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Gerard Brett