Patents by Inventor Seamus Morris

Seamus Morris 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: 11666734
    Abstract: A stabilisation system for securing a medical device such as a catheter to tissue, in particular skin, the stabilisation system comprising a main body having a first section and a second section displaceable relative to one another to translate the system between an undeployed state and a deployed state, each section including an array of microneedles extending from a tissue contacting surface of the body and which penetrate the skin in response to the above displacement, the stabilisation system further comprising a closure member displaceable between an open position exposing a retention zone on the body and a closed position at least partially occluding the retention zone, within which retention zone the catheter or other medical device may be captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
    Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, Seamus Morris, Eoin O'Cearbhaill
  • Publication number: 20220338867
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tissue anchor and a system and method employing same, the anchors including a body having a first section and a second section reversibly engagable with one another, each section including a plurality of barbs in the form of microneedles projecting from the underside therefore, the barbs on one section being inclined towards barbs on the other section, such that tissue may be captured and deformed between the barbs through displacement of the first section relative to the second section in order to achieve robust retention of the tissue anchor at a deployment site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, Seamus Morris, Eoin O'Cearbhaill
  • Patent number: 11298124
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tissue anchor and a system and method employing same, the anchors including a body having a first section and a second section reversibly engagable with one another, each section including a plurality of barbs in the form of microneedles projecting from the underside therefore, the barbs on one section being inclined towards barbs on the other section, such that tissue may be captured and deformed between the barbs through displacement of the first section relative to the second section in order to achieve robust retention of the tissue anchor at a deployment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Univ. College Dublin, National Univ. of Ireland
    Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, Seamus Morris, Eoin O'Cearbhaill
  • Publication number: 20210060302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stabilisation system for securing a medical device such as a catheter to tissue, in particular skin, the stabilisation system comprising a main body having a first section and a second section displaceable relative to one another to translate the system between an undeployed state and a deployed state, each section including an array of microneedles extending from a tissue contacting surface of the body and which penetrate the skin in response to the above displacement, the stabilisation system further comprising a closure member displaceable between an open position exposing a retention zone on the body and a closed position at least partially occluding the retention zone, within which retention zone the catheter or other medical device may be captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, Seamus Morris, Eoin O'Cearbhaill
  • Publication number: 20190314012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tissue anchor and a system and method employing same, the anchors including a body having a first section and a second section reversibly engagable with one another, each section including a plurality of barbs in the form of microneedles projecting from the underside therefore, the barbs on one section being inclined towards barbs on the other section, such that tissue may be captured and deformed between the barbs through displacement of the first section relative to the second section in order to achieve robust retention of the tissue anchor at a deployment site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Nicky Bertollo, Seamus Morris, Eoin O'Cearbhaill