Patents by Inventor Sean McWeeney

Sean McWeeney 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).

  • Medical device
    Patent number: 8876704
    Abstract: Apparatuses of the type broadly applicable to numerous medical applications in which it is desirable to insert one or more steerable or non-steerable catheters or similar devices into a working channel of an associated device, such as an endoscope, catheter, etc., or passageway of a patient, are disclosed. The apparatuses may include catheters having a dedicated guide wire channel and one or more of the following: viewing capabilities, a working channel, and auxiliary channels, such as insufflation/irrigation channels. The catheters may include a guide wire channel that is configured to provide the catheter or other device with rapid exchange capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Golden, Sean McWeeney, Robert Castoldi
  • MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090182200
    Abstract: Apparatuses of the type broadly applicable to numerous medical applications in which it is desirable to insert one or more steerable or non-steerable catheters or similar devices into a working channel of an associated device, such as an endoscope, catheter, etc., or passageway of a patient, are disclosed. The apparatuses may include catheters having a dedicated guide wire channel and one or more of the following: viewing capabilities, a working channel, and auxiliary channels, such as insufflation/irrigation channels. The catheters may include a guide wire channel that is configured to provide the catheter or other device with rapid exchange capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John Golden, Sean McWeeney, Robert Castoldi