Patents Assigned to Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20220184352
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device. The device may include a distal shaft defining a central lumen and an orienting element comprising at least one inflatable member. Wherein a first portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a first direction and a second portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a second direction. Further, wherein the second direction is substantially opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROSS A. OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON
  • Patent number: 11298511
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device. The device may include a distal shaft defining a central lumen and an orienting element comprising at least one inflatable member. Wherein a first portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a first direction and a second portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a second direction. Further, wherein the second direction is substantially opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Matthew J. Olson, Ross A. Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20220096803
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion with a lumen extending therein; inserting the device into the vascular lumen; positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall; and directing the distal portion within the vascular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, ROBERT E. ATKINSON
  • Patent number: 11229776
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion with a lumen extending therein; inserting the device into the vascular lumen; positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall; and directing the distal portion within the vascular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Robert E. Atkinson
  • Publication number: 20210353322
    Abstract: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD JOHN KUGLER, MATTHEW JONATHAN OLSON, ROSS ARLEN OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON, ROBERT EMMET ATKINSON
  • Publication number: 20210322050
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion, inserting the device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall to at least partially surround the occlusion, and removing at least a portion of the surrounded occlusion from the lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, ROBERT E. ATKINSON
  • Publication number: 20210307752
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROSS A. OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON, PETER ALAN JACOBS
  • Patent number: 11109883
    Abstract: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson, Robert Emmet Atkinson
  • Publication number: 20210251648
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion with a side port, inserting the device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, directing the distal portion within the vascular wall such that the distal portion moves at least partially laterally, and directing the side port towards the vascular lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. KUGLER, Robert E. ATKINSON
  • Patent number: 11076882
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion, inserting the device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall to at least partially surround the occlusion, and removing at least a portion of the surrounded occlusion from the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Robert E. Atkinson
  • Patent number: 11065002
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Matthew J. Olson, Ross A. Olson, David B. Robinson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20210186560
    Abstract: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROSS A. OLSON, ROBERT E. ATKINSON
  • Patent number: 11020141
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intravascular device having a distal portion with a side port, inserting the device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, directing the distal portion within the vascular wall such that the distal portion moves at least partially laterally, and directing the side port towards the vascular lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Robert E. Atkinson
  • Publication number: 20210153882
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion with a concave side, inserting the first device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, and orienting the concave side of the distal portion toward the vascular lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROBERT E. ATKINSON
  • Patent number: 10939928
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion with a concave side, inserting the first device into the vascular lumen, positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, and orienting the concave side of the distal portion toward the vascular lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Matthew J. Olson, Robert E. Atkinson
  • Patent number: 10888354
    Abstract: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Matthew J. Olson, Ross A. Olson, Robert E. Atkinson
  • Publication number: 20200405348
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes inserting an intramural crossing device into the vascular lumen, positioning at least the distal tip of the crossing device in the vascular wall, advancing an orienting device over the crossing device such that an orienting element of the orienting device resides in the vascular wall, inserting a reentry device, and re-entering the true vascular lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, ROBERT E. ATKINSON, MATTHEW J. OLSON
  • Patent number: 10806487
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes inserting an intramural crossing device into the vascular lumen, positioning at least the distal tip of the crossing device in the vascular wall, advancing an orienting device over the crossing device such that an orienting element of the orienting device resides in the vascular wall, inserting a reentry device, and re-entering the true vascular lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad J. Kugler, Robert E. Atkinson, Matthew J. Olson
  • Publication number: 20200155188
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for treating diseases and disorders effecting the cardiovascular system of the human body are disclosed. An exemplary device in accordance with this disclosure comprises a shaft, tip member fixed to the shaft, and a probe extending beyond a distal surface of the tip member. In some useful embodiments, the tip member is relatively atraumatic and the probe is shaped so as to be more likely to produce trauma than the tip member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Olson, Chad J. Kugler, Ross A. Olson, David B. Robinson, Peter A. Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20200108233
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device. The device may include a distal shaft defining a central lumen and an orienting element comprising at least one inflatable member. Wherein a first portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a first direction and a second portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a second direction. Further, wherein the second direction is substantially opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD J. KUGLER, MATTHEW J. OLSON, ROSS A. OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON