Patents Assigned to Atricure Inc.
  • Publication number: 20250082331
    Abstract: A clip and method provide for surgically minimizing or eliminating an atrial appendage of the patient using a clip. The curved side spring V-clip includes first and second elongate beams having matching distally curved portions. The clip includes a dual side springs configured to urge the first and the second elongate beams from an open V-shaped position to a parallel closed position. Right-side spring and left-side spring have first and second terminal ends attached to distal sections respectively of the first and the second elongate beams. The right and the left-side springs extend proximally to a respective proximal bend. The V-clip is configured to resist lateral splaying movement of the first and the second elongate beams. by including one or more of a lateral spacing element attached between respective proximal bends of the right and the left-side spring or having springs of different strengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank FAGO
  • Publication number: 20250082399
    Abstract: Ablation systems, components thereof, and related methods are disclosed. An example ablation system may include a first ablation component including a first ablation component end effector configured to be positioned on a first side of a target tissue and a second ablation component including a second ablation component end effector configured to be positioned on a second side of the target tissue. The first ablation component may include a first ablation component permanent magnet that is translationally repositionable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. The second ablation component may include a second ablation component permanent magnet that is freely rotatable and is configured to rotatably self-orient into a magnetically attractive orientation with the first ablation component permanent magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Geni Giannotti Rupley, Salvatore Privitera, Peter Joseph France, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller, Matthew Monti, Jackson Thomas Romelli
  • Publication number: 20250082339
    Abstract: A clip and method provide for surgically minimizing or eliminating an atrial appendage of the patient using a clip. The clip includes first and second elongate beam. The clip includes a dual side spring assembly configured to urge the first and the second elongate beams from an open V-shaped position to a parallel closed position. The dual side spring assembly includes a right-side spring and a left-side spring having first and second terminal ends attached to distal sections respectively of the first and the second elongate beams. The right and the left-side springs extend proximally to a respective proximal bend connected by a lateral element that maintains alignment to resist lateral splaying movement of the first and the second elongate beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank FAGO
  • Patent number: 12245770
    Abstract: A medical instrument comprising: (a) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in a first degree of freedom; (b) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a second degree of freedom; (c) a pair of repositionable jaws operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint; (d) an occlusion clip detachably mounted to the pair of repositionable jaws; and, (e) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint, and the pair of repositionable jaws, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member, and a third control configured to dir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Edward Martin, Michael J. Banchieri, Haskell Simpkins, Benjamin Krupp, David Parrot
  • Patent number: 12239292
    Abstract: An example system for applying an occlusion clip to an anatomical structure may include a visualization tool configured to allow visualization of an anatomical structure using a scope; a clip applier configured to apply an occlusion clip on the anatomical structure; an introducer connectable to the clip applier and configured to aid in positioning the clip applier; and a positioner configured to apply at least one of a linear force and a torsional force to at least one of the clip applier and the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Tamer Ibrahim, Dwight P. Morejohn, Matthew Monti, Kenneth L. Miller, Michael J. Banchieri, Brian Flores, Ara Stephanian, Kimberly Cunningham, Robert M. Trusty, Stefan Stefanov, Anthony Sticca
  • Patent number: 12232743
    Abstract: Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exclusion device may include a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion opposing the first clamping portion, and/or a biocompatible fabric cover at least partially sheathing the first clamping portion and/or the second clamping portion. The cover may be generally tubular and/or may define a relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are in a closed configuration. At least a portion of the cover may be configured to stretch to a stretched circumference of about 2× to about 3× the relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are reconfigured from the closed configuration to an open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Mata, Nikhil Kabbur, Lynn Ann Recker, Justin David Volz
  • Patent number: 12213681
    Abstract: An end effector positioning mechanism for a surgical device may include an articulation mechanism including a plurality of tiltable segments disposed generally in a longitudinal row between an elongated shaft of a surgical device and an end effector of the surgical device. Each of the plurality of segments may be generally in the form of a flattened disk. At least one of the segments may include a proximal surface and/or a distal surface that is substantially planar and is oriented substantially orthogonally with respect to a central axis of the articulation mechanism. At least one of the segments may include a proximal surface and/or a distal surface including two transversely oriented, generally planar surfaces that meet along a substantially diametric peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Banchieri, Matthew Monti, Tamer Ibrahim, Kenneth L. Miller, Ara M. Stephanian, Dwight P. Morejohn
  • Patent number: 12193725
    Abstract: A surgical clamp including a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create lesions in tissue. In an exemplary embodiment, the jaws are movable between an articulated position in which the jaws are separated and not parallel to one another, an opened position in which the jaws are separated and substantially parallel to one another, and a closed position in which the jaws are adjacent and substantially parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: James David Hughett, Sr., Salvatore Privitera
  • Patent number: 12193680
    Abstract: A method of using an occlusion clamp, the method comprising: (a) repositioning a tongs so that tissue interposes the tongs, the tongs comprising a first longitudinal segment operatively coupled proximally to a second longitudinal segment, the tongs including a first spring exerting a proximal bias tending to direct a proximal portion of each of the first and second longitudinal segments toward one another, where each of the first and second longitudinal segments includes a distal free end; (b) repositioning a second spring distally along each of the first and second longitudinal segments to exert a bias tending to direct a distal portion of each of the first and second longitudinal segments toward one another, where repositioning of the tongs so that tissue interposes the tongs precedes repositioning the second spring distally along each of the first and second longitudinal segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Winkler, Kenneth Lance Miller
  • Patent number: 12178442
    Abstract: An occlusion device including a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion operatively coupled to one another via a U-shaped urging member, a fabric cover circumscribing the first clamping portion, the second clamping portion, and the U-shaped urging member, the fabric cover including an attachment wing extending away from at least one of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, the attachment wing including a through orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore Privitera, Matthew Monti, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller, Jason Iain Glithero
  • Publication number: 20240415518
    Abstract: A clamp having at least first and second elongate clamping portions adapted to be placed on opposite sides of the hollow anatomical structure. The first and second elongate clamping portions respectively include ends coupled together with respective resilient urging members configured to urge at least one of the first and second elongate clamping portions toward the other of the first and second elongate clamping portions from an open position into a clamping position to occlude the hollow anatomical structure. The clamp includes tissue ingrowth structure on the clamping portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren P. Williamson, IV, Delos M. Cosgrove, III
  • Patent number: 12167882
    Abstract: Various methods of treating a heart of a patient having a cardiac arrhythmia are disclosed. The method can comprise dissecting tissue at an inferior aspect of a right inferior pulmonary vein of the patient to create an oblique sinus defect, dissecting tissue to open a space between a superior vena cava and a left atrium, and dissecting tissue to open a space across a transverse sinus between a pulmonary artery and a roof of the left atrium. The method can further comprise passing a catheter through an oblique sinus defect underneath the heart and beyond a left ventricle and passing a first flexible guiding device across the transverse sinus and under the superior vena cava and the pulmonary artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Seith, Richard Hufstetler, John T. Wesley
  • Patent number: 12161342
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices for pericardial access to the heart, including direct access to the left atrium. In certain embodiments, the device may comprise a device and/or an atrial appendage (AA) portal having a configuration such that the distal end of the device and/or the portal can access an atrial appendage while the proximal end of the device and/or portal can extend to outside of the subject. The devices and methods may also include a pericardial portal for emplacement of the device and/or the AA portal. Also, methods for using such devices and/or AA portals and pericardial portals to perform surgery on the heart, and systems (e.g., kits) comprising these devices and/or portals in combination with other therapeutic devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy C. Kiser, Mark Douglas Landers
  • Patent number: 12156692
    Abstract: Methods and devices described herein facilitate improved treatment of body organs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Whayne, Sidney D. Fleischman
  • Publication number: 20240390057
    Abstract: A pulsed field ablation effector comprising: (a) an electrode including an electrode surface for delivering electric current to anatomical tissue, and a deformable insulator selectively covering the electrode surface, the deformable insulator configured to deform when contacted by the anatomical tissue to expose the electrode surface. Also disclosed are methods and devices for carrying out electroporation and other forms of ablation concomitant with electroporation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Monti, Jackson Thomas Romelli, Dominic James Armagno, Paighton Anne Schrupp, Salvatore Privitera, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller
  • Publication number: 20240390054
    Abstract: A cryogenic probe, comprising: (a) a handle, (b) a shaft disposed distally on the handle, the shaft comprising a generally rigid proximal portion and a generally malleable distal portion, and (c) an active tip disposed distally on the shaft, where the shaft comprises a supply conduit configured to supply a cryogenic fluid to the active tip, an exhaust conduit configured to exhaust spent cryogenic fluid from the active tip, and a vacuum insulating layer disposed around the supply conduit and the exhaust conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin David Volz, Jeffrey Arnold Beier, Jared Edward Neidhard, Drew Douglas Schierloh, Jonathon McHale, Craig Christipher Crandall, Stefan Stefanov
  • Patent number: 12150697
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for therapeutically treating tissue. The devices and methods are suitable for minimally invasive surgery or open surgical procedures. More particularly, methods and devices described herein permit treating large areas of tissue with a therapeutic device. In some variations, the method and devices allow for large area treatment without having to reposition the device. The methods and devices described herein discuss the treatment of cardiac tissue for purposes of illustration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventor: Tamer Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20240366299
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for therapeutically treating tissue. The devices and methods are suitable for minimally invasive surgery or open surgical procedures. More particularly, methods and devices described herein permit accessing and/or treating areas of tissue with a therapeutic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy DANDO, Jason QUILL, Ram KUMAR, Tamer IBRAHIM, Guy VANNEY, Al MCLEVISH, Aaron OWENS
  • Patent number: 12127754
    Abstract: Methods and devices described herein facilitate diaphragm entry for posterior access of body organs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy C. Kiser, James G. Whayne, Sidney D. Fleischman, Earl W. Rogers
  • Patent number: 12121295
    Abstract: Ablation systems, components thereof, and related methods are disclosed. An example ablation system may include a first ablation component including a first ablation component end effector configured to be positioned on a first side of a target tissue and a second ablation component including a second ablation component end effector configured to be positioned on a second side of the target tissue. The first ablation component may include a first ablation component permanent magnet that is translationally repositionable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. The second ablation component may include a second ablation component permanent magnet that is freely rotatable and is configured to rotatably self-orient into a magnetically attractive orientation with the first ablation component permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Geni Giannotti Rupley, Salvatore Privitera, Peter Joseph France, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller, Matthew Monti, Jackson Thomas Romelli