Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Clubb
Thomas L. Clubb 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: 10660737Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Publication number: 20180092729Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Patent number: 9820845Abstract: A catheter that includes storage for an embolic protection device in an accessible, out-of-the-way location within the advancing catheter.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Patent number: 9737689Abstract: A guide wire comprising an elongate, flexible core having a proximal region, a proximal end, a distal region, and a distal end; and a plurality of wire strands wrapped helically parallel to one another and disposed on at least a portion of the distal region of the core.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Garland L. Segner, Kent D. Anderson, Douglas B. P. Molland, Thomas L. Clubb, Michael J. Urick
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Patent number: 9603692Abstract: A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Thomas L. Clubb, Richard S. Kusleika, Kent D. Anderson, Marwane S. Berrada
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Publication number: 20160128821Abstract: A catheter that includes storage for an embolic protection device in an accessible, out-of-the-way location within the advancing catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Patent number: 9220873Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Publication number: 20140031855Abstract: A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Thomas L. Clubb, Richard S. Kusleika, Kent D. Anderson, Marwane S. Berrada
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Patent number: 8435256Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Patent number: 8409242Abstract: A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Thomas L. Clubb, Richard S. Kusleika, Kent D. Anderson, Marwane S. Berrada
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Patent number: 8137376Abstract: The invention provides a device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body including a filter element. The filter element is expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. When the filter element is in the expanded configuration, the average pore size is from 30 to 300 microns and the standard deviation of the pore size is less than 20 percent of the average pore size. The filter element has two or more filtering layers, each filtering layer having pores, and each filtering layer being adjacent to at least one other filtering layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Thomas L. Clubb, John C. Oslund, Richard S. Kusleika
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Publication number: 20110257676Abstract: A device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body. The device has a filter element being expandable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The filter element includes a material having pores, and the material having pores includes cylindrical wires having at least three different diameters arranged in a pattern of graduated diameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: Thomas L. Clubb, Richard S. Kusleika, Kent D. Anderson, Marwane S. Berrada
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Publication number: 20110230862Abstract: A guide wire comprising an elongate, flexible core having a proximal region, a proximal end, a distal region, and a distal end; and a plurality of wire strands wrapped helically parallel to one another and disposed on at least a portion of the distal region of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: Garland L. Segner, Kent D. Anderson, Douglas B. P. Molland, Thomas L. Clubb, Michael J. Urick
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Patent number: 7951091Abstract: A guide wire comprising an elongate, flexible core having a proximal region, a proximal end, a distal region, and a distal end, and the distal region having a tapered portion; a plurality of wire strands wrapped helically parallel to one another and disposed on at least a portion of the tapered distal region of the core; a polymer tie layer disposed on at least a portion of the plurality of wire strands; and a lubricious polymer layer disposed on the polymer tie layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Garland L. Segner, Kent D. Anderson, Douglas B. P. Molland, Thomas L. Clubb, Michael J. Urick
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Patent number: 7695491Abstract: A catheter having a proximal portion and a distal portion comprising: a first elongate tubular body; a second elongate tubular body; and an elongate member joining the first and second elongate bodies. The first elongate tubular body is disposed proximal and tandem to the second elongate tubular body, and the first and second tubular bodies are permanently disposed so that the first and second tubular bodies are not adjacent to each other. The catheter also comprises a third elongate tubular body, at least the proximal portion of the third elongate tubular body being disposed within the lumen of the first elongate tubular body, the third elongate tubular body being slidable within the lumen of the first elongate tubular body, and the distal portion of the third elongate tubular body being able to be disposed in the lumen of the second elongate tubular body.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: ev3 Inc.Inventor: Thomas L. Clubb
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Publication number: 20100063536Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: ev3 Inc.Inventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Patent number: 7637920Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: ev3 Inc.Inventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb
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Patent number: 7323001Abstract: The invention provides a device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body comprising a filter element. The filter is expandable from a collapsed configuration when the filter element is restrained to an expanded configuration when the filter element is unrestrained, and the filter element comprises a self-expanding material having pores. When the filter element is in the expanded configuration, the average pore size is from 30 to 300 microns and the standard deviation of the pore size is less than 20 percent of the average pore size.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: ev3 Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Clubb, Richard S. Kusleika, Kent D. Anderson, Marwane S. Berrada
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Patent number: 7220271Abstract: The invention provides a device for filtering emboli from blood flowing through a lumen defined by the walls of a vessel in a patient's body comprising a filter element. The filter element is expandable from a collapsed configuration when the filter element is restrained to an expanded configuration when the filter element is unrestrained. When the filter element is in the expanded configuration, the average pore size is from 30 to 300 microns and the standard deviation of the pore size is less than 20 percent of the average pore size. The filter element has two or more filtering layers, each filtering layer having pores, each filtering layer being adjacent to at least one other filtering layer, and at least one of the filtering layers being made of a self-expanding material.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: ev3 Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Clubb, John C. Oslund, Richard S. Kusleika
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Publication number: 20040254602Abstract: An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Cathleen von Lehe, Richard S. Kusleika, Brooke Ren, Thomas L. Clubb