Patents by Inventor Michael P. Boutillette
Michael P. Boutillette 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: 10549069Abstract: A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a channel opening the lumen to an exterior of the catheter, wherein a width of the channel is less than a maximum width of the channel portion. A guide wire ramp extends into the channel portion, with the ramp extending further into the lumen of the channel portion as a distal end of the ramp is approached.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, James E. Windheuser, Oscar R. Carrillo, Jr.
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Patent number: 10064696Abstract: Systems for partitioning a ventricle of a heart include a partitioning device or implant, and an applicator for inserting, repositioning and/or removing the partitioning device. The implant may support the ventricle wall and may reduce the volume of the ventricle. The delivery system for delivering and deploying a partitioning device into a ventricle may include a catheter having a distal coupling element for coupling to a partitioning device in a collapsed configuration; the catheter may also have an expansion member for applying force to the partitioning device to fully expand it into a deployed configuration and to secure or seal it against the ventricle wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, James R. Kermode, Miles D. Alexander, Alexander Khairkhahan, Serjan D. Nikolic
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Patent number: 10058236Abstract: A steerable imaging catheter is provided, including an elongated catheter tube, at least one steering cable extending along the catheter tube to control the movement of the distal end thereof, and a fiber optic cable extending along the catheter tube. The fiber optic cable transmits illumination light from its proximal end to its distal end and transmits an image from its distal end to its proximal end. In one embodiment, two or more steering cables are used, and the catheter tube is configured to have greater flexibility near its distal end than its proximal end so as to concentrate the movement (flexing) of the catheter tube at its distal end. The use of two or more steering cables, together with the catheter tube having varying flexibility, permit better control of the distal end of the catheter tube while reducing undue twisting of the remainder of the catheter tube.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, Paul M. Scopton, David Micky Graves, Kevin M. Richardson, David I. Freed
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Patent number: 10028835Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: James R. Kermode, Miles D. Alexander, Michael P. Boutillette, Matthew T. Davila, Irene Bing Bie Tan
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Publication number: 20180064911Abstract: A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a channel opening the lumen to an exterior of the catheter, wherein a width of the channel is less than a maximum width of the channel portion. A guide wire ramp extends into the channel portion, with the ramp extending further into the lumen of the channel portion as a distal end of the ramp is approached.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, James E. Windheuser, Oscar R. Carrillo, JR.
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Patent number: 9814861Abstract: A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a channel opening the lumen to an exterior of the catheter, wherein a width of the channel is less than a maximum width of the channel portion. A guide wire ramp extends into the channel portion, with the ramp extending further into the lumen of the channel portion as a distal end of the ramp is approached.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, James E. Windheuser, Oscar R. Carrillo, Jr.
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Publication number: 20160302924Abstract: Systems for partitioning a ventricle of a heart include a partitioning device or implant, and an applicator for inserting, repositioning and/or removing the partitioning device. The implant may support the ventricle wall and may reduce the volume of the ventricle. The delivery system for delivering and deploying a partitioning device into a ventricle may include a catheter having a distal coupling element for coupling to a partitioning device in a collapsed configuration; the catheter may also have an expansion member for applying force to the partitioning device to fully expand it into a deployed configuration and to secure or seal it against the ventricle wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, James R. KERMODE, Miles D. ALEXANDER, Alexander KHAIRKHAHAN, Serjan D. NIKOLIC
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Publication number: 20160262892Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: James R. KERMODE, Miles D. ALEXANDER, Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, Matthew T. DAVILA, Irene Bing Bie TAN
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Patent number: 9364327Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: CardioKinetix, Inc.Inventors: James R. Kermode, Miles D. Alexander, Michael P. Boutillette, Matthew T. Davila, Irene Bing Bie Tan
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Publication number: 20160073857Abstract: A steerable imaging catheter is provided, including an elongated catheter tube, at least one steering cable extending along the catheter tube to control the movement of the distal end thereof, and a fiber optic cable extending along the catheter tube. The fiber optic cable transmits illumination light from its proximal end to its distal end and transmits an image from its distal end to its proximal end. In one embodiment, two or more steering cables are used, and the catheter tube is configured to have greater flexibility near its distal end than its proximal end so as to concentrate the movement (flexing) of the catheter tube at its distal end. The use of two or more steering cables, together with the catheter tube having varying flexibility, permit better control of the distal end of the catheter tube while reducing undue twisting of the remainder of the catheter tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, Paul M. SCOPTON, David Micky GRAVES, Kevin M. RICHARDSON, David I. FREED
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Patent number: 9215970Abstract: A steerable imaging catheter is provided, including an elongated catheter tube, at least one steering cable extending along the catheter tube to control the movement of the distal end thereof, and a fiber optic cable extending along the catheter tube. The fiber optic cable transmits illumination light from its proximal end to its distal end and transmits an image from its distal end to its proximal end. In one embodiment, two or more steering cables are used, and the catheter tube is configured to have greater flexibility near its distal end than its proximal end so as to concentrate the movement (flexing) of the catheter tube at its distal end. The use of two or more steering cables, together with the catheter tube having varying flexibility, permit better control of the distal end of the catheter tube while reducing undue twisting of the remainder of the catheter tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, David Micky Graves, M. Kevin Richardson, David I. Freed, Paul M. Scopton
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Publication number: 20150265405Abstract: Systems for partitioning a ventricle of a heart include a partitioning device or implant, and an applicator for inserting, repositioning and/or removing the partitioning device. The implant may support the ventricle wall and may reduce the volume of the ventricle. The delivery system for delivering and deploying a partitioning device into a ventricle may include a catheter having a distal coupling element for coupling to a partitioning device in a collapsed configuration; the catheter may also have an expansion member for applying force to the partitioning device to fully expand it into a deployed configuration and to secure or seal it against the ventricle wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, James R. KERMODE, Miles D. ALEXANDER, Alexander KHAIRKHAHAN, Serjan D. NIKOLIC
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Patent number: 9078660Abstract: Systems for partitioning a ventricle of a heart include a partitioning device or implant, and an applicator for inserting, repositioning and/or removing the partitioning device. The implant may support the ventricle wall and may reduce the volume of the ventricle. The delivery system for delivering and deploying a partitioning device into a ventricle may include a catheter having a distal coupling element for coupling to a partitioning device in a collapsed configuration; the catheter may also have an expansion member for applying force to the partitioning device to fully expand it into a deployed configuration and to secure or seal it against the ventricle wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: CardioKinetix, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, James R. Kermode, Miles D. Alexander, Alexander Khairkhahan, Serjan D. Nikolic
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Publication number: 20150182338Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: James R. KERMODE, Miles D. ALEXANDER, Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, Matthew T. DAVILA, Irene Bing Bie TAN
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Patent number: 9039597Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: CardioKinetix, Inc.Inventors: James R. Kermode, Miles D. Alexander, Michael P. Boutillette, Matthew T. Davila, Irene Bing Bie Tan
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Publication number: 20140330242Abstract: A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a channel opening the lumen to an exterior of the catheter, wherein a width of the channel is less than a maximum width of the channel portion. A guide wire ramp extends into the channel portion, with the ramp extending further into the lumen of the channel portion as a distal end of the ramp is approached.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Michael P. Boutillette, James E. Windheuser, Oscar R. Carrillo, JR.
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Publication number: 20140296624Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: James R. KERMODE, Miles D. ALEXANDER, Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, Matthew T. DAVILA, Irene Bing Bie TAN
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Patent number: 8790242Abstract: Devices and systems including implants (which may be removable) and methods of using them for reducing ventricular volume. The implants described herein are cardiac implants that may be inserted into a patient's heart, particularly the left ventricle. The implant may support the heart wall, or may be secured to the heart wall. The implants are typically ventricular partitioning device for partitioning the ventricle into productive and non-productive regions in order to reduce the ventricular volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: CardioKinetix, Inc.Inventors: James R. Kermode, Miles D. Alexander, Michael P. Boutillette, Matthew T. Davila, Irene Bing Bie Tan
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Patent number: 8677602Abstract: Spiral-wound materials, spirals, and shafts made therefrom that have wraps with edges that may nest within one another are described. Such edges allow the spiral to achieve a smaller bending radius, meaning tighter turns and more flexibility due to the ability of adjacent wraps to nest within each other when the shaft is bent. Spirals having wraps with edges capable of nesting can be used in the medical field for devices that track anatomy, such as endoscopes, colonoscopes, catheters, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Peter L. Dayton, Michael P. Boutillette
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Publication number: 20140046129Abstract: A steerable imaging catheter is provided, including an elongated catheter tube, at least one steering cable extending along the catheter tube to control the movement of the distal end thereof, and a fiber optic cable extending along the catheter tube. The fiber optic cable transmits illumination light from its proximal end to its distal end and transmits an image from its distal end to its proximal end. In one embodiment, two or more steering cables are used, and the catheter tube is configured to have greater flexibility near its distal end than its proximal end so as to concentrate the movement (flexing) of the catheter tube at its distal end. The use of two or more steering cables, together with the catheter tube having varying flexibility, permit better control of the distal end of the catheter tube while reducing undue twisting of the remainder of the catheter tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. BOUTILLETTE, David Micky GRAVES, M. Kevin RICHARDSON, David I. FREED, Paul M. SCOPTON