Patents by Inventor Troy T. White

Troy T. White 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: 20140058442
    Abstract: A bioadhesive sealant storage and preparation system may comprise a plurality of containers and an adapter. The plurality of containers may comprise a first container having a first bioadhesive sealant component therein, and a second container having a second bioadhesive sealant component therein. The adapter may comprise a manifold comprising a plurality of channels formed therein, an inlet region sized and configured to receive the plurality of containers and facilitate fluid communication between each container of the plurality of containers and a respective channel of the plurality of channels, and an outlet region sized and configured to receive a syringe and provide fluid communication between the syringe and the plurality of channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC
    Inventors: Zachary J. Tegels, Russell D. Terwey, Troy T. White, Timothy M. McGlinch, Bernhard Kaefertein, Edward E. Parsonage, Martha Escobar
  • Publication number: 20140052172
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for sealing a puncture or incision formed percutaneously in tissue separating two internal portions of the body of a living being with an anchor, a sealing plug and a filament connecting the anchor and sealing plug. The methods and apparatus provide for a compaction device or a tamping device that improves control of the amount of force exerted upon the sealing plug. Further, the compaction tube or tamping device can deform upon application of excessive compaction force, thereby reducing the possibility of damage to the sealing plug, anchor, or artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC
    Inventors: Zachary J. Tegels, Steven Willard, Russell D. Terwey, Troy T. White
  • Publication number: 20140039547
    Abstract: A closure device (200) includes a filament (204), an anchor (208), a sealing pad (210), and an automatic driving mechanism. The anchor is configured to be inserted through the tissue wall puncture and is attached to the filament at the second end of the closure device. The sealing pad is slidingly attached to the filament at the second end of the closure device. The automatic driving mechanism includes a compaction member (212), at least one slide member (230, 232) at the first end of the closure device, and a biasing member (234). The biasing member is carried by the at least one slide member and operable to distally advance the compaction member for automatically compacting the sealing pad toward the anchor upon withdrawal of the closure device from the internal tissue wall puncture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Troy T. White
  • Publication number: 20130269299
    Abstract: A closure device operable to seal a vessel puncture and including a delivery member and a sealant material applicator. The delivery member is insertable through a tissue tract to the vessel puncture. The sealant material applicator is configured to supply a volume of sealant material to the delivery member and includes a housing, a plunger assembly, and at least one container. The housing includes at least first and second chambers, wherein the first chamber carries a first sealant component and the second chamber carries a second sealant component. The container is insertable into the first or second chamber and carries a third sealant component of the sealant material. The sealant material applicator creates flow communication between the container and at least one of the first and second chambers to mix the third sealant component with the first and second sealant components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: St. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC
    Inventors: Edward E. Parsonage, Zachary J. Tegels, Martha Escobar, Russell D. Terwey, Troy T. White, Timothy M. McGlinch, Bernhard Kaeferlein
  • Publication number: 20130253576
    Abstract: A sealant delivery device includes a delivery tube, a bioadhesive container, and an adapter. The delivery tube includes proximal and distal ends. The bioadhesive container holds a sealant activator and a sealant precursor separated from each other. The adapter is interposed between the delivery tube and the bioadhesive container. The adapter includes a first channel member that couples a first lumen of the delivery tube to the sealant activator, and a second channel member that couples the first lumen to the sealant precursor. The adapter provides separation of the sealant activator and the sealant precursor until a position distal of the bioadhesive container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC
    Inventors: Edward E. Parsonage, Zachary J. Tegels, Martha Escobar, Russell D. Terwey, Troy T. White, Bernhard Kaeferlein, Timothy M. McGlinch
  • Publication number: 20130144316
    Abstract: A vascular closure system includes a body portion, an anchor, a suture carrying portion, and a plurality of needles. The body portion has a distal end surface. The anchor is positionable through a vessel puncture in a vessel wall of a vessel. The anchor defines a vessel contact surface, wherein withdrawal of the anchor captures a portion of the vessel wall between the vessel contact surface and the distal end surface. The suture carrying portion is positionable through the vessel puncture and carries at least one suture member. The plurality of needles extend through the portion of the vessel wall adjacent to the vessel puncture and are configured to connect to the at least one suture member. Withdrawal of the plurality of needles through the portion of the vessel wall positions the at least one suture member through the portion of the vessel wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC
    Inventors: James A. McCrea, Troy T. White, Bernhard Kaeferlein, Ali Hassan, Jason M. Halac, Zihan Lin, Zachary J. Tegels, Martha Escobar, Catherine A. Pipenhagen
  • Publication number: 20130079802
    Abstract: A suture locking device includes a carrier member, a locking assembly, a suture path, and an actuator assembly. The locking assembly includes a first locking member having an outer surface portion, and a second locking member having an inner surface portion. The suture path is receptive of a suture and defined at least partially through the first locking member, between the outer and inner surface portions, and at least partially through the carrier member. The actuator assembly is operable to move the first and second locking members together to lock the suture relative to the lock assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC
    Inventors: Jason M. Halac, James A. McCrea, Troy T. White, Bernhard Kaeferlein, Zihan Lin
  • Publication number: 20130072949
    Abstract: A suture locking device includes a suture locking assembly, a suture cutting member, and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes a first actuator operable longitudinally to lock the suture with the suture locking assembly, and a second actuator operable laterally to concurrently cut the suture with the suture cutting member and disconnect the suture locking assembly from the suture locking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC
    Inventors: Jason M. Halac, James A. McCrea, Troy T. White, Bernhard Kaeferlein, Ali Hassan, Zihan Lin