Patents Assigned to Altura Medical, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9737426
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include constrained first and second endograft devices that extend across a vascular defect and expanded to press mating septal walls against each other. At least one of the endograft devices can include a fenestration that is aligned with a renal artery to provide bloodflow to the artery. A delivery device configured in accordance with the present technology can include a guidewire that passes through the fenestration to guide the endograft to an implant site and self align the fenestration with the renal artery to facilitate connection of the endograft to the renal artery. An additional stent can be connected to the fenestration to secure the renal artery to the endograft device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, John Logan
  • Patent number: 9572652
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include a first endograft device and a second endograft device that each include an integrated frame, a cover and a lumen within the cover. Each endograft device further includes a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion can have a convexly curved outer wall and a septal wall. The first and second endograft devices can be configured to extend into a low-profile configuration with a first cross-sectional dimension and a first length and self-expand into an expanded configuration with a second cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension and a second length less than the first length. In the expanded configuration, the septal walls can press against each other and form a septum between the lumens of the first and second endograft devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Stephen Sosnowski, Isa Rizk, John Fulkerson, John Logan
  • Patent number: 8858613
    Abstract: Stent graft delivery systems are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a stent graft delivery system can include a stent graft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a proximal sheath and a distal sheath. The proximal sheath can be configured to cover the proximal portion of the stent graft, and the distal sheath can be configured to cover the distal portion of the stent graft. The proximal sheath and the distal sheath can be independently removable from respective ends of the stent graft such that the proximal and distal portions of the stent graft are independently deployable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Isa Rizk, Stephen Sosnowski, John Logan, Mahmood Dehdashtian, Pedram Nourian
  • Publication number: 20140277367
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include constrained first and second endograft devices that extend across a vascular defect and expanded to press mating septal walls against each other. At least one of the endograft devices can include a fenestration that is aligned with a renal artery to provide bloodflow to the artery. A delivery device configured in accordance with the present technology can include a guidewire that passes through the fenestration to guide the endograft to an implant site and self align the fenestration with the renal artery to facilitate connection of the endograft to the renal artery. An additional stent can be connected to the fenestration to secure the renal artery to the endograft device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, John Logan
  • Publication number: 20140046429
    Abstract: Stent delivery systems and associated methods for delivering stents are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a handle assembly for delivering a stent from a tubular enclosure can include a first lead screw having a first lead thread of a first pitch and first handedness, a second lead screw having a second lead thread of a second pitch and second handedness different from the first handedness, and a housing defining threads of the first and second pitches. The first lead screw can be in mechanical communication with the tubular enclosure, and the second lead screw can be in mechanical communication with the stent. Upon rotation of a portion of the housing, the housing threads can engage the lead screws so as to induce simultaneous translations of the lead screws in opposite directions. The simultaneous translations are configured to deploy the stent from the tubular enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ALTURA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, John Logan, George Tsai, Nelson Quintana, Mahmood Dehdashtian
  • Publication number: 20120130469
    Abstract: Stent graft delivery systems are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a stent graft delivery system can include a stent graft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a proximal sheath and a distal sheath. The proximal sheath can be configured to cover the proximal portion of the stent graft, and the distal sheath can be configured to cover the distal portion of the stent graft. The proximal sheath and the distal sheath can be independently removable from respective ends of the stent graft such that the proximal and distal portions of the stent graft are independently deployable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Isa Rizk, Stephen Sosnowski, John Logan, Mahmood Dehdashtian, Pedram Nourian
  • Publication number: 20110130825
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include a first endograft device and a second endograft device that each include an integrated frame, a cover and a lumen within the cover. Each endograft device further includes a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion can have a convexly curved outer wall and a septal wall. The first and second endograft devices can be configured to extend into a low-profile configuration with a first cross-sectional dimension and a first length and self-expand into an expanded configuration with a second cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension and a second length less than the first length. In the expanded configuration, the septal walls can press against each other and form a septum between the lumens of the first and second endograft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Stephen Sosnowski, Isa Rizk, John Fulkerson, John Logan
  • Publication number: 20110130820
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include a first endograft device and a second endograft device that each include an integrated frame, a cover and a lumen within the cover. Each endograft device further includes a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion can have a convexly curved outer wall and a septal wall. The first and second endograft devices can be configured to extend into a low-profile configuration with a first cross-sectional dimension and a first length and self-expand into an expanded configuration with a second cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension and a second length less than the first length. In the expanded configuration, the septal walls can press against each other and form a septum between the lumens of the first and second endograft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Stephen Sosnowski, Isa Rizk, John Fulkerson, John Logan
  • Publication number: 20110130819
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include a first endograft device and a second endograft device that each include an integrated frame, a cover and a lumen within the cover. Each endograft device further includes a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion can have a convexly curved outer wall and a septal wall. The first and second endograft devices can be configured to extend into a low-profile configuration with a first cross-sectional dimension and a first length and self-expand into an expanded configuration with a second cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension and a second length less than the first length. In the expanded configuration, the septal walls can press against each other and form a septum between the lumens of the first and second endograft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Stephen Sosnowski, Isa Rizk, John Fulkerson, John Logan
  • Publication number: 20110130826
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include a first endograft device and a second endograft device that each include an integrated frame, a cover and a lumen within the cover. Each endograft device further includes a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion can have a convexly curved outer wall and a septal wall. The first and second endograft devices can be configured to extend into a low-profile configuration with a first cross-sectional dimension and a first length and self-expand into an expanded configuration with a second cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension and a second length less than the first length. In the expanded configuration, the septal walls can press against each other and form a septum between the lumens of the first and second endograft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Stephen Sosnowski, Isa Rizk, John Fulkerson, John Logan
  • Publication number: 20110130824
    Abstract: Modular endograft devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an endograft system can include a first endograft device and a second endograft device that each include an integrated frame, a cover and a lumen within the cover. Each endograft device further includes a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion can have a convexly curved outer wall and a septal wall. The first and second endograft devices can be configured to extend into a low-profile configuration with a first cross-sectional dimension and a first length and self-expand into an expanded configuration with a second cross-sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension and a second length less than the first length. In the expanded configuration, the septal walls can press against each other and form a septum between the lumens of the first and second endograft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Altura Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Stephen Sosnowski, Isa Rizk, John Fulkerson, John Logan