Patents Assigned to Access
  • Publication number: 20240100314
    Abstract: Connection systems and methods establish safe, routine, functional connections between sterile single patient-use (“SPU”) medical devices and multiple patient-use (“MPU”) medical devices. For example, a connection system can include a male connector associated with an SPU medical device and a female connector associated with an MTV medical device. The male connector can include a flexible member therearound but proximal of a plug of the male connector. The female connector can include a rigid member around an opening of a receptacle of the female connector. The flexible member can conform to the rigid member with a procedural barrier therebetween when the plug of the male connector is inserted into the receptacle of the female connector. Upon insertion of the plug of the male connector into the receptacle of the female connector, one or more functional connections can be established across the procedural barrier between the SPU and MPU medical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelton John Michael Stokes, Stefan Josef Fellner
  • Patent number: 11942465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an embedded structure. The method includes: preparing a temporary carrier board; preparing a second circuit layer on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the temporary carrier board, and preparing a first dielectric layer to cover the second circuit layer; patterning and curing the first dielectric layer to form a cavity, mounting a device in the cavity, and performing hot-curing, wherein a surface of the device provided with a terminal faces an opening of the cavity; and preparing a second dielectric layer, wherein the device is embedded in the second dielectric layer, and a surface of the second dielectric layer is higher than a surface of the terminal by a preset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Zhuhai ACCESS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianming Chen, Bingsen Xie, Benxia Huang, Lei Feng, Wenshi Wang
  • Patent number: 11937972
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in some embodiments, are medical device systems including an elongate medical device having a proximal end including one or more sensor connectors, a distal end including one or more sensors or emitters communicatively coupled to the one or more sensor connectors, and a drive connector including one or more sensor connector attachments configured to detachably couple to the one or more sensor connectors. The one or more sensor connector attachments can be configured to drive the one or more sensors or emitters of the elongate medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, Steffan Sowards
  • Publication number: 20240091518
    Abstract: In some instances, an apparatus includes a hub that defines a cavity, a catheter that includes a lumen, and a core attached to the catheter. The core can include a valve actuation tip, and at least a portion of the core can be positioned within the cavity of the hub. The apparatus can further include a valving member that includes an attachment portion that is fixedly attached to the core and a valve positioned distal to a proximal end of the cavity and proximal to the valve actuation tip. The valve can be movable relative to the core such that as at least a portion of the valve moves distally, interaction between the valve and the valve actuation tip opens the valve to establish fluid communication between the cavity of the hub and the lumen of the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Piper Access, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Allen Muse, Ryan S. VanDyke
  • Patent number: 11931179
    Abstract: Optical-and-electrical medical systems and methods thereof are disclosed. Such a medical system can include a console, an optical shape-sensing (“OSS”) medical device including an optical-fiber stylet, one or more electrical medical devices, and a relay module for establishing one or more optical or electrical relay connections between the relay module and a remainder of the medical system including the console. The console can be configured for converting reflected optical signals from the optical-fiber stylet into shapes thereof for display. The relay module can include a primary receptacle configured to accept insertion of a medical barrier-piercing plug of the OSS medical device and establish a through-barrier optical connection therebetween. The relay module also can include one or more secondary receptacles configured to accept insertion of a corresponding number of electrical plugs of the one-or-more electrical medical devices and establish one or more under-barrier electrical connections therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11931112
    Abstract: Shape-sensing systems and methods for medical devices. The shape-sensing system can include a medical device, an optical interrogator, a console, and a display screen. The medical device can include an integrated optical-fiber stylet having fiber Bragg grating (“FBG”) sensors along at least a distal-end portion thereof. The optical interrogator can be configured to send input optical signals into the optical-fiber stylet and receive FBG sensor-reflected optical signals therefrom. The console can be configured to convert the reflected optical signals into plottable data for displaying plots thereof on the display screen. The plots can include a plot of curvature vs. time for each FBG sensor of a selection of the FBG sensors in the distal-end portion of the optical-fiber stylet for identifying a distinctive change in strain of the optical-fiber stylet as a tip of the medical device is advanced into a superior vena cava of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chase Thompson, Shayne Messerly, Anthony K. Misener
  • Patent number: 11931015
    Abstract: A bone biopsy system can include a cutting cannula that is coupled to a powered drill. The powered drill can be actuated to rotate the cutting cannula and cut through a cortical layer of a bone. The powered drill can be decoupled from the cutting cannula while the cutting cannula extends through the cortical layer of the bone. A handle may then be used to manually advance the cutting cannula to a greater depth within the bone to core a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Piper Access, LLC
    Inventor: Jay Allen Muse
  • Patent number: 11936132
    Abstract: A connection system includes a first connector and a second connector configured for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape. The first connector can include an alignment protrusion and a first piercing element having one or more electrical contacts configured to pierce the drape. The second connector can include an alignment notch, a channel, and a first receptacle configured to receive the first piercing element when inserted therein. The alignment notch can be configured to accept the alignment protrusion when the first connector is aligned with the second connector then disposed over the second connector. The channel can be configured to allow the alignment protrusion to slide along a length of the second connector. The first receptacle can have one or more electrical contacts configured to form at least a first electrical connection of the one or more electrical connections with the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chase Thompson, Jerry Zhao, Bradley W. Zentgraf, Jason R. Stats, Anthony K. Misener
  • Publication number: 20240082510
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides medical devices, particularly medical grade needles with removable tips, as well as methods of needle tip installation and removal, and devices therefor. Needle tip installation and removal devices may include needle tip installation and removal tools and kits, including hand held and manipulated tools that facilitate the installation and removal of needle tips, particularly on vascular access port needles. Such installation and removal devices may provide more expedient hook up of the access port for the therapy. Also, the installation and removal of the needle tips may be conducted in a more sterile manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Richard P. Rodgers, John M. Butziger
  • Patent number: 11925505
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe designed to produce an ultrasound image including one or more blood vessels below a skin surface of a patient, and a console with a display. The console is operably coupled to the ultrasound probe. The console includes a memory including instructions capable of causing a processor to determine a depth of the user selected blood vessel and a selection of medical devices based on a user selection including one or both of a minimum dwell length and an angle of insertion. The processor can be configured to determine these parameters prior to insertion of a user selected medical device into a user selected blood vessel from the one or more blood vessels below the skin surface of the patient. The display depicts the ultrasound image, the user selected blood vessel, and the user selected medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew J. Prince
  • Patent number: 11925337
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for sealing a puncture through tissue includes an introducer sheath sized for introduction into a puncture, cartridge sized for insertion into the introducer carrying a sealant, and a locking element for coupling the introducer sheath to the cartridge. When the cartridge is advanced into the introducer sheath, the locking element couples the introducer sheath to the cartridge such that subsequent retraction of the cartridge causes the introducer sheath to retract, thereby deploying the sealant from the cartridge within the puncture beyond the introducer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ACCESS CLOSURE, INC.
    Inventors: Celso J. Bagaoisan, Sieu Duong, Fred H. Co, Juan Domingo
  • Patent number: 11925361
    Abstract: An intraosseous access system, including an access assembly having a needle configured to drill into bone via rotation of the needle and a driver. The driver can include a housing, a power converter configured to impart rotational power to the needle, a first power source coupled to the power converter, and a second power source selectively coupleable to the power converter, where the second power source is configured to be disposed at least partially external to the housing. A method of drilling through a bone includes providing the intraosseous access system, applying rotational power to the needle, and placing the needle in contact with the bone. The method can further include coupling the second power source to the power converter so that power from the second power source is combined with power from the first energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Pett, Jason Edie
  • Publication number: 20240075254
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a needle with a distal tip for insertion into a vessel of a patient, the needle defining an outer surface. The apparatus can include a catheter with a distal end and an inner surface that defines a lumen through which the needle extends. The apparatus can include a longitudinally extending stiffener positioned between the outer surface of the needle and the inner surface of the catheter. The stiffener can be movable to a distally advanced position relative to the needle to deploy the catheter and can be removable from the catheter along with the needle while in the distally advanced position. The stiffener can include a region of weakness at which the stiffener is predisposed to bend, which is closer to the distal tip of the needle than to the distal tip of the stiffener when the stiffener is in the distally advanced position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Piper Access, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Allen Muse, Kevin Jerry Cook
  • Publication number: 20240079287
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-heat-dissipation mixed substrate includes: preparing a mother substrate, the mother substrate including an insulating layer and a temporary carrier plate which are laminated; arranging a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of first cavities on the mother substrate; filling the first groove with a thermally-conductive material to form a first thermally-conductive block, and adhering an embedded device in the first cavity and filling the first cavity with the thermally-conductive material to form a second thermally-conductive block; removing the temporary carrier plate to obtain a semi-finished substrate; manufacturing circuit layers on two opposite side surfaces of the semi-finished substrate to obtain a target mother substrate; and cutting the target mother substrate along region dividing lines to obtain a mixed substrate with a side surface being a thermally-conductive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Zhuhai ACCESS Semiconductor Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianming CHEN, Xiaowei XU, Juchen HUANG, Gao HUANG, Benxia HUANG, Chaobiao QIN
  • Patent number: 11918755
    Abstract: A patency system for maintaining a patency of an indwelling medical device including an elongated shaft configured to be at least partially received within a portion of the indwelling medical device, and at least one cleaner configured to at least partially dislodge debris formed within the indwelling medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11918795
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are puncturing devices and puncturing systems including the puncturing devices. Such puncturing devices and systems include those that sense a difference between venous blood and arterial blood as a function of blood oxygen, impedance, or pressure. As a result, the puncturing devices and systems are able to differentiate between a venipuncture and an arterial puncture. Methods of the puncturing devices and systems for differentiating between a venipuncture and an arterial puncture for are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Shayne Messerly
  • Patent number: 11918767
    Abstract: Rapidly insertable central catheters (“RICCs”) including catheter assemblies and methods thereof are disclosed. A RICC assembly can include a RICC, an introducer, and a coupling system configured to couple the RICC and the introducer together. A catheter tube of the RICC includes a side aperture in a distal-end portion of the catheter tube, which opens into an introducing lumen extending from the side aperture to a distal end of the RICC. The introducer includes a syringe and an introducer needle having a cannula. The coupling system includes a distal coupler slidably attached to the catheter tube proximal of the side aperture. The cannula extends through a longitudinal through hole of the distal coupler, through the side aperture of the catheter tube, along the introducing lumen of the catheter tube, and through the distal end of the RICC when the RICC assembly is in at least a ready-to-deploy state thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Glade H. Howell, Jason R. Stats, Huy Ngoc Tran
  • Patent number: 11918339
    Abstract: Systems and methods for confirming the tip location of a static endovascular device are disclosed. The system can include an ivECG acquisition module for receiving ECG data from an implanted endovascular device and a notification module. The system can calculate P×I and distance parameters to determine the location of the tip of the implanted endovascular device relative to a predetermined location such as the cavoatrial junction. The system can use chaos theory and the concept of self-organized criticality (SOC) to determine parameters where P-waves are absent or atypical. The notification module can include one or more of an audio signal, a video signal, and a tactile signal. Also disclosed are systems and methods of establishing an electrical pathway within a previously positioned, endovascular device, including saline columns and electrically conductive guidewires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Decheek, Anthony K. Misener
  • Patent number: 11922788
    Abstract: Avalanche transceiver, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for identifying a location of a victim buried in an avalanche includes: emitting a signal by a transmitting transceiver of the victim; receiving the signal by a receiving transceiver; and identifying an orientation from the receiving transceiver to the victim based on constructing a straight line from the receiving transceiver to the transmitting transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BACKCOUNTRY ACCESS, INC.
    Inventors: David VanHorn, Christoffer Heckman, Bruce Edgerly
  • Patent number: D1019880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Schlenk, Rebecca C. Musante, Tedmund A. Robbins, Cynthia Andreason, Matthew J. Norconk, Timothy D. Stoepker, Sarah E. Gesink