Patents by Inventor Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
Jeffrey C. O'Bryan 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: 11872356Abstract: A medical instrument or device, such as a catheter, has echogenic properties, in addition to or as an alternative to radiopaque properties, to facilitate detection of the medical instrument or device during medical procedures using suitable imaging methods, such as ultrasound imaging and/or x-ray imaging methods. In example embodiments, an example catheter has a relatively increased radiopacity and echogenicity to facilitate a clinician with detecting the catheter with ultrasound imaging and/or x-ray imaging methods to assist the clinician with the insertion, placement, and/or maintenance of the catheter, for example.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Marc Weimer, Lawrence Trainer, Seth R. Strand
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Patent number: 11850381Abstract: An intravenous therapy system may include a housing to house an actuation hub, the actuation hub comprising; a needle hub operatively coupled to a needle to insert the needle into a patient's body; and a catheter hub operatively coupled to a catheter to insert the catheter into a patient's body, the catheter being formed coaxially with an outer surface of the needle; and an inflatable bladder formed along a length of the catheter to maintain the catheter in the patient's body.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Joseph Spataro, Kathryn Willybiro, Huy Tran, Yiping Ma, Bart D. Peterson, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Jonathan Karl Burkholz
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Patent number: 11752301Abstract: A peripheral catheter having a catheter tip diffuser for reducing an exit velocity of an infusant within the catheter. Pluralities of diffusion side holes are provided on the tip portion of the catheter. Some examples further include pluralities of annularly arranged, staggered diffusion holes provided on the tip portion of an intravenous catheter to streamline infusant issued from the diffusion holes. An inner surface of each diffusion hole is further angled relative to the inner surface of the catheter lumen such that an infusant within the lumen exits the catheter though the diffusion holes at an angle less than 90°.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Austin Jason McKinnon, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Chad M. Adams
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Patent number: 11742125Abstract: A cover for magnetizing a shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device is disclosed including a sleeve member having a hollow body to form a protective closure over the shaft of the tissue-penetrating medical device. The proximal end of the hollow body provides a receiving space for receiving the shaft of the tissue-penetrating medical device. One or more magnet is disposed on the sleeve member. A magnetic shield composed of one or more shielding materials associated with the cover that minimizes any effects to the clinical environment from magnetic fields generated within the cover. Medical devices, assemblies and methods of magnetizing the shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device using the cover are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Yiping Ma, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Weston F. Harding, S. Ray Isaacson, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Publication number: 20230143159Abstract: A smart obturator assembly includes a hub forming a central passage. The hub is configured to couple to a proximal end of a device that forms a lumen such that the central passage is in fluid communication with the lumen. A collar on the hub includes electronic circuitry in signal communication with remote reception circuitry. An obturator is movably positionable within the lumen. The obturator is movable within the lumen between a first position and a second position. The obturator includes a distal end and a sensor at the distal end. The sensor is configured to sense an environmental characteristic within a patient’s blood stream, generate a signal representative of the environmental characteristic, and transmit the signal to the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry is configured to receive the signal and transmit the signal to the remote reception circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Mark Hunter, Paul Walker, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Patent number: 11633568Abstract: An obturator assembly includes an obturator positionable within a lumen of a device and movable within the lumen between a first position and a second position. The obturator includes a distal tip portion, wherein, with the obturator in the first position, the distal tip portion limits fluid communication through the lumen and, with the obturator in the second position, the distal tip portion provides fluid communication through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Mark Hunter, Paul Walker, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Publication number: 20230088022Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter assembly and a catheter delivery device. The catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a catheter adapter distal end, a catheter adapter proximal end, and a catheter adapter lumen extending through the catheter adapter distal end and the catheter adapter proximal end. The catheter assembly may include a primary catheter extending from the catheter adapter distal end. The catheter delivery device may include a housing, which may include a housing distal end coupled to the catheter assembly, a housing proximal end, and a housing lumen extending through the housing distal end and the housing proximal end. A secondary catheter may be disposed within the housing. The secondary catheter may be configured to move distally through the catheter assembly in response to a fluid pressure provided by a fluid delivery device coupled to the housing proximal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Daniel Blanchard, Daniel Housley, Marty Stout, Eric Lindekugel
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Patent number: 11571546Abstract: A smart obturator assembly includes a hub forming a central passage. The hub is configured to couple to a proximal end of a device that forms a lumen such that the central passage is in fluid communication with the lumen. A collar on the hub includes electronic circuitry in signal communication with remote reception circuitry. An obturator is movably positionable within the lumen. The obturator is movable within the lumen between a first position and a second position. The obturator includes a distal end and a sensor at the distal end. The sensor is configured to sense an environmental characteristic within a patient's blood stream, generate a signal representative of the environmental characteristic, and transmit the signal to the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry is configured to receive the signal and transmit the signal to the remote reception circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Mark Hunter, Paul Walker, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Patent number: 11547832Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter assembly and a catheter delivery device. The catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a catheter adapter distal end, a catheter adapter proximal end, and a catheter adapter lumen extending through the catheter adapter distal end and the catheter adapter proximal end. The catheter assembly may include a primary catheter extending from the catheter adapter distal end. The catheter delivery device may include a housing, which may include a housing distal end coupled to the catheter assembly, a housing proximal end, and a housing lumen extending through the housing distal end and the housing proximal end. A secondary catheter may be disposed within the housing. The secondary catheter may be configured to move distally through the catheter assembly in response to a fluid pressure provided by a fluid delivery device coupled to the housing proximal end.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Daniel Blanchard, Daniel Housley, Marty Stout, Eric Lindekugel
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Publication number: 20220362521Abstract: An IV catheter system may include a catheter component with a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a securement platform. The securement platform may include a wing, which may extend from the catheter hub. The IV catheter system may also include a needle component with a needle hub, a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis, and a grip extending from the needle hub. The grip may be generally parallel to the axis and disposed on a side of the needle hub. The wing and the grip may be positioned to facilitate manipulation with a single hand to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration towards a fluid delivery configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Gary Shearer, Weston F. Harding
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Patent number: 11426558Abstract: An IV catheter system may include a catheter component with a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a securement platform. The securement platform may include a wing, which may extend from the catheter hub. The IV catheter system may also include a needle component with a needle hub, a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis, and a grip extending from the needle hub. The grip may be generally parallel to the axis and disposed on a side of the needle hub. The wing and the grip may be positioned to facilitate manipulation with a single hand to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration towards a fluid delivery configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Beeton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Gary Shearer, Weston F. Harding
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Publication number: 20210319941Abstract: A cover for magnetizing a shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device is disclosed including a sleeve member having a hollow body to form a protective closure over the shaft of the tissue-penetrating medical device. The proximal end of the hollow body provides a receiving space for receiving the shaft of the tissue-penetrating medical device. One or more magnet is disposed on the sleeve member. A magnetic shield composed of one or more shielding materials associated with the cover that minimizes any effects to the clinical environment from magnetic fields generated within the cover. Medical devices, assemblies and methods of magnetizing the shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device using the cover are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Yiping Ma, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Weston F. Harding, S. Ray Isaacson, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Publication number: 20210299401Abstract: A peripheral catheter having a catheter tip diffuser for reducing an exit velocity of an infusant within the catheter. Pluralities of diffusion side holes are provided on the tip portion of the catheter. Some examples further include pluralities of annularly arranged, staggered diffusion holes provided on the tip portion of an intravenous catheter to streamline infusant issued from the diffusion holes. An inner surface of each diffusion hole is further angled relative to the inner surface of the catheter lumen such that an infusant within the lumen exits the catheter though the diffusion holes at an angle less than 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Austin Jason McKinnon, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Chad M. Adams
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Patent number: 11062833Abstract: A cover for magnetizing a shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device is disclosed including a sleeve member having a hollow body to form a protective closure over the shaft of the tissue-penetrating medical device. The proximal end of the hollow body provides a receiving space for receiving the shaft of the tissue-penetrating medical device. One or more magnet is disposed on the sleeve member. A magnetic shield composed of one or more shielding materials associated with the cover that minimizes any effects to the clinical environment from magnetic fields generated within the cover. Medical devices, assemblies and methods of magnetizing the shaft of a tissue-penetrating medical device using the cover are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Yiping Ma, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Weston F. Harding, S. Ray Isaacson, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Publication number: 20210186649Abstract: A device, system, and method for printing a vein map onto a patient's skin may include a probe and a printer. The probe may be configured to identify a location of a target vein beneath the patient's skin. The printer may be configured to receive the location and, using the location, print the vein map onto the patient's skin to indicate the location. The vein map may comprise antimicrobial ink printed onto the patient's skin with one or more colors and/or one or more patterns. The vein map may be a two-dimensional vein map or a three-dimensional vein map that indicates the location of the target vein within the patient, a width of the target vein, and/or a depth of the target vein within the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Yiping Ma
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Patent number: 10980979Abstract: A medical device such as a needle subassembly is disclosed including a cover over a magnetized portion of a tissue-penetrating medical device having a shielding material associated with the cover that prevents the magnetized portion of the tissue-penetrating medical device from being de-magnetized when the cover is positioned to cover the tissue-penetrating medical device.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Yiping Ma, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, S. Ray Isaacson
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Publication number: 20200353211Abstract: An obturator assembly includes an obturator positionable within a lumen of a device and movable within the lumen between a first position and a second position. The obturator includes a distal tip portion, wherein, with the obturator in the first position, the distal tip portion limits fluid communication through the lumen and, with the obturator in the second position, the distal tip portion provides fluid communication through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Mark Hunter, Paul Walker, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Patent number: 10806901Abstract: Catheter adapters and vascular access device including catheter adapters are discloses. The catheter adapter tip opening has an internal curvature defining a tapered region in the lower portion, but not the upper portion, to support a flexured portion of the catheter to prevent kinking and occlusion.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan
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Publication number: 20200261701Abstract: An IV catheter system may include a catheter component with a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a securement platform. The securement platform may include a wing, which may extend from the catheter hub. The IV catheter system may also include a needle component with a needle hub, a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis, and a grip extending from the needle hub. The grip may be generally parallel to the axis and disposed on a side of the needle hub. The wing and the grip may be positioned to facilitate manipulation with a single hand to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration towards a fluid delivery configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Gary Shearer, Weston F. Harding
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Publication number: 20200230353Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter assembly and a catheter delivery device. The catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a catheter adapter distal end, a catheter adapter proximal end, and a catheter adapter lumen extending through the catheter adapter distal end and the catheter adapter proximal end. The catheter assembly may include a primary catheter extending from the catheter adapter distal end. The catheter delivery device may include a housing, which may include a housing distal end coupled to the catheter assembly, a housing proximal end, and a housing lumen extending through the housing distal end and the housing proximal end. A secondary catheter may be disposed within the housing. The secondary catheter may be configured to move distally through the catheter assembly in response to a fluid pressure provided by a fluid delivery device coupled to the housing proximal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Jeffrey C. O'Bryan, Daniel Blanchard, Daniel Housley, Marty Stout, Eric Lindekugel