Patents by Inventor Thomas Wilder, III

Thomas Wilder, III 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: 20230338048
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
  • Publication number: 20230079665
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
  • Patent number: 11529156
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
  • Publication number: 20190350604
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
  • Patent number: 9161766
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby
  • Patent number: 8940003
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, David Franco, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava
  • Publication number: 20140343596
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self-expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Earl Howard SLEE, Thomas WILDER, III, Thomas MCCARTHY, Mark Philip ASHBY
  • Patent number: 8679142
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, Mark Philip Ashby
  • Publication number: 20110060212
    Abstract: Methods for restoring blood flow in occluded blood vessels using an apparatus having a self expandable distal segment that is pre-formed to assume a superimposed structure in an unconstrained condition but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it possible to introduce it with a microcatheter and a push wire arranged at the proximal end, with the distal segment in its superimposed structure assuming the form of a longitudinally open tube and having a mesh structure of interconnected strings or filaments or struts. In a preferred embodiment, the distal segment has a tapering structure at its proximal end where the strings or filaments or struts converge at a connection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Earl Howard Slee, Thomas Wilder, III, Thomas McCarthy, David Franco, Mark Philip Ashby, Sanjay Shrivastava