Patents by Inventor Kelly McCrystle
Kelly McCrystle 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: 9398914Abstract: A method for closing an opening formed in a wall of a body lumen or body tissue can include positioning a splittable carrier tube adjacent to the opening, the carrier tube having a splittable distal end with an outer surface retaining a closure element in a substantially tubular configuration or having an asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile. The method including splitting a distal end of the carrier tube with a splitter and deploying the closure element from the carrier flaps of the carrier tube and over the splitter to allow the closure element to engage at least a portion of the wall of the body lumen or the body tissue and substantially close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Integrated Vascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brian A. Ellingwood, Laveille K. Voss, T. Daniel Gross, Kelly McCrystle
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Patent number: 8801744Abstract: An introducer sheath. The introducer sheath includes a tubular body. The tubular body extends from a distal end toward a proximal end. The tubular body includes a lumen. The lumen is defined at least partially by a wall. The tubular body includes a secondary channel. The secondary channel is disposed within the wall. The secondary channel is configured to receive a guidewire.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Kelly McCrystle, Arkady Kokish
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Publication number: 20140005692Abstract: A method for closing an opening formed in a wall of a body lumen or body tissue can include positioning a splittable carrier tube adjacent to the opening, the carrier tube having a splittable distal end with an outer surface retaining a closure element in a substantially tubular configuration or having an asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile. The method including splitting a distal end of the carrier tube with a splitter and deploying the closure element from the carrier flaps of the carrier tube and over the splitter to allow the closure element to engage at least a portion of the wall of the body lumen or the body tissue and substantially close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Integrated Vascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brian A. Ellingwood, Laveille K. Voss, T. Daniel Gross, Kelly McCrystle
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Patent number: 8529587Abstract: A method for closing an opening formed in a wall of a body lumen or body tissue can include positioning a splittable carrier tube adjacent to the opening, the carrier tube having a splittable distal end with an outer surface retaining a closure element in a substantially tubular configuration or having an asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile. The method including splitting a distal end of the carrier tube with a splitter and deploying the closure element from the carrier flaps of the carrier tube and over the splitter to allow the closure element to engage at least a portion of the wall of the body lumen or the body tissue and substantially close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Integrated Vascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brian A. Ellingwood, Laveille K. Voss, T. Daniel Gross, Kelly McCrystle
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Publication number: 20120245626Abstract: A method for closing an opening formed in a wall of a body lumen or body tissue can include positioning a splittable carrier tube adjacent to the opening, the carrier tube having a splittable distal end with an outer surface retaining a closure element in a substantially tubular configuration or having an asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile. The method including splitting a distal end of the carrier tube with a splitter and deploying the closure element from the carrier flaps of the carrier tube and over the splitter to allow the closure element to engage at least a portion of the wall of the body lumen or the body tissue and substantially close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: INTEGRATED VASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Brian A. Ellingwood, Laveille K. Voss, T. Daniel Gross, Kelly McCrystle
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Publication number: 20080312666Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a closure element can include a splittable carrier tube and a splitter to split the tube. The carrier tube can have an outer surface retaining a closure element in a tubular configuration and can be split into radially-expandable flaps. A closure element has can have shape-memory body having a relaxed configuration with a planar-annular body defining a lumen with tines directed inwardly from the body. The clip can be held in a retaining configuration having a substantially asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile and a proximal end having the tines being longitudinally directed with a first tine being more distally oriented compared to a substantially opposite second tine being more proximal, and retracting to a deploying configuration having a tubular shape with a rectangular longitudinal cross-sectional profile with the first tine being even with the second tine when being delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIESInventors: Brian A. Ellingwood, Laveille K. Voss, T. Daniel Gross, Kelly McCrystle
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Systems, Methods, and Devices to Facilitate Wire and Device Crossings of Obstructions in Body Lumens
Publication number: 20080065014Abstract: In one of many possible embodiments, a method for treating an obstruction within a blood vessel includes applying a stimulus to a fluid near the obstruction to disrupt the obstruction. The stimulus may include applying a stimulus to the fluid near the obstruction to breach a proximal cap and applying a stimulus to dilate micro-channels formed within the obstruction. Such stimuli may include causing cavitation within one or more fluid near the device, expanding one or more fluid that is in contact with irregularities in the obstruction, and bombarding the obstruction with particles that undergo a rapid phase change.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: Abbott LaboratoriesInventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Kelly McCrystle -
Publication number: 20080004569Abstract: An introducer sheath. The introducer sheath includes a tubular body. The tubular body extends from a distal end toward a proximal end. The tubular body includes a lumen. The lumen is defined at least partially by a wall. The tubular body includes a secondary channel. The secondary channel is disposed within the wall. The secondary channel is configured to receive a guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIESInventors: Kelly McCrystle, Arkady Kokish
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Publication number: 20060069299Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for transporting fluid between different locations within a body cavity and, in one particular application, systems and methods for transporting fluids to maintain at least partial blood flow through a protected blood flow path within the right and/or left side of the heart during surgery. The protected blood flow path may be established by positioning one or more conduits within at least a portion of the right and/or left sides(s) of the heart. At least partial blood flow may be maintained through the protected blood flow path by the pumping action of a blood pump disposed within the conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Walid Aboul-Hosn, William Kanz, James Cartwright, Damien Shulock, Kelly McCrystle
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Patent number: 6152704Abstract: A blood pump for use in CPB and other heart surgeries includes a sterilizable blood pump removably attached to a turbine drive unit. An impeller within the fully enclosed and sterile blood pump moves the blood from the pump inlet to the pump outlet. The pump snaps onto the turbine drive unit and a magnetic coupling between the pump and the drive unit is used to transmit the rotation of a turbine shaft to the pump impeller. The turbine drive unit is preferably a sterilizable unit which may be placed directly in the sterile surgical field. The blood pump with turbine drive allows the blood pump to be placed close to the surgical site and minimizes the length of the tubing required for connecting the pump to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: A-Med Systems, Inc.Inventors: Walid Najib Aboul-Hosn, Kelly McCrystle, Desmond O'Connell
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Patent number: 6113536Abstract: A surgical retractor has a connection region to connect to cannulas, tubing, blood pumps, and the like. By fixing these items against the surgical retractor, they are kept out of the surgical field of view and thus do not interfere with the surgery.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: A-Med Systems, Inc.Inventors: Walid N. Aboul-Hosn, William Russell Kanz, Kelly McCrystle, Roland W. Ziegler