Patents by Inventor Nickolas Miller

Nickolas Miller 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).

  • Publication number: 20220387069
    Abstract: A catheter can restore the patency of a body lumen, for example, by removing tissue from a body lumen (e.g., a blood vessel). The catheter can be a rotational catheter having a rotatable drive shaft and a tissue-removing element secured to the drive shaft to be driven in rotation by the drive shaft. The catheter can have an abrasive burr configured to abrade tissue in a body lumen. The catheter can have an expandable tissue-removing element. The catheter can include a balloon and an inflation conduit. The catheter can also be configured to move over a guidewire through a body lumen. In one embodiment, the catheter comprises an over-the-wire, balloon-expandable, rotational, and abrasive tissue-removing catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Schneider, Ethan Andrew Guggenheimer, Nickolas Miller, Sengkham Sirivong, Bradley Steele, Babak Tabesh, Akshay Hulasare, Julie Bu
  • Patent number: 11357534
    Abstract: A catheter can restore the patency of a body lumen, for example, by removing tissue from a body lumen (e.g., a blood vessel). The catheter can be a rotational catheter having a rotatable drive shaft and a tissue-removing element secured to the drive shaft to be driven in rotation by the drive shaft. The catheter can have an abrasive burr configured to abrade tissue in a body lumen. The catheter can have an expandable tissue-removing element. The catheter can include a balloon and an inflation conduit. The catheter can also be configured to move over a guidewire through a body lumen. In one embodiment, the catheter comprises an over-the-wire, balloon-expandable, rotational, and abrasive tissue-removing catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Schneider, Ethan Andrew Guggenheimer, Nickolas Miller, Sengkham Sirivong, Bradley Steele, Babak Tabesh, Akshay Hulasare, Julie Bu
  • Publication number: 20200155194
    Abstract: A catheter can restore the patency of a body lumen, for example, by removing tissue from a body lumen (e.g., a blood vessel). The catheter can be a rotational catheter having a rotatable drive shaft and a tissue-removing element secured to the drive shaft to be driven in rotation by the drive shaft. The catheter can have an abrasive burr configured to abrade tissue in a body lumen. The catheter can have an expandable tissue-removing element. The catheter can include a balloon and an inflation conduit. The catheter can also be configured to move over a guidewire through a body lumen. In one embodiment, the catheter comprises an over-the-wire, balloon-expandable, rotational, and abrasive tissue-removing catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Schneider, Ethan Andrew Guggenheimer, Nickolas Miller, Sengkham Sirivong, Bradley Steele, Babak Tabesh, Akshay Hulasare, Julie Bu