Patents Assigned to C.R. Bard, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12274435
    Abstract: Articulating surgical instruments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument may include an elongated shaft assembly including an articulable portion moveable between a non-articulated configuration and an articulated configuration. First and second articulating shafts of the elongated shaft assembly may be coaxially arranged and axially fixed at an attachment point located distally from the articulable portion. Proximal portions of the first and second articulating shafts may be displaceable in opposing directions to articulate the articulable portion from the non-articulated configuration to the articulated configuration. In another embodiment, an articulation control may be movable from a first position to a second position to move an articulation lock from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration to selectively permit articulation of a surgical instrument. The articulation lock also may be movable from the second position to a third position to articulate the surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus Felix, Derek J. Leatzow, Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Derek Affonce, Kevin J. Ranucci, Tomas Matusaitis, Alan Bachman
  • Patent number: 12251084
    Abstract: A sample collection container for a biopsy apparatus includes a sample capture body defining an interior space. The sample capture body is made of a fabric and has an interior sample capture surface that at least partially surrounds the interior space. The fabric has at least one fold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Koltin K. Glaspie, Angela K. Jensen
  • Patent number: 12245765
    Abstract: Surgical fasteners for use with articulating surgical instruments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical fastener may include a head, a shaft extending distally from the head, and a through bore extending through the shaft from a proximal surface of the head to a distal end of the shaft. A fastener carrier of a surgical instrument may be slidably received in the through bore, and the through bore may be sized and shaped to have two or fewer contact points with the fastener carrier when the fastener carrier is in a fully articulated configuration. In another embodiment, a fastener may include a head, a shaft extending distally from the head and including a distal tip, a sloped surface sloping toward the distal tip, and a through bore passing through the head, shaft, and sloped surface. The sloped surface may terminate at two shoulders located on opposing sides of the through bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Augustus Felix, Derek Affonce, Kevin J. Ranucci
  • Patent number: 12226302
    Abstract: A vena cava filter is described, having one or more frame members or an elongated member arranged in helical fashion. A plurality of filaments connect frame members or portions of the elongated member. The filaments may be made of suture material. Hooks may be placed on a free end of the filaments, along the length thereof, or on one or more frame members to engage the blood vessel wall and anchor the filter. A retrieval member may be positioned on the filter to facilitate withdrawal of the filter from the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Keith S. Harris, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Joshua A. Smale, Karen A. Diclaudio
  • Patent number: 12161334
    Abstract: Embodiments of a surgical instrument and its methods of use are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments of a surgical instrument may include a handle and an elongated shaft assembly distally extending from the handle. The elongated shaft assembly may include an articulable portion. An articulation control may be associated with the elongated shaft assembly. The articulation control may be movable between a first position in which the elongated shaft assembly is arranged in a first articulation position and a second position in which the elongated shaft assembly is arranged in a second articulation position. The surgical instrument may include a fastener deployment system with a locking member. The articulation control may block movement of the locking member when the articulation control is located in the first position. The articulation control may also permit movement of the locking member when the articulation control is located in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Ranucci, Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Augustus Felix
  • Patent number: 12161332
    Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In some embodiments, the head is comprised of a bioabsorbable polymer. In one embodiment, the coil body may be comprised of a shell and a core and one of the shell and the core may be comprised of one of a magnesium alloy or a bioabsorbable polymer, and the other of the shell and core is formed of the other of the magnesium alloy and the bioabsorbable polymer. The coil body may also include an internal channel which may have a support coil disposed within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Ziniti, John Conidi, Matthew Rothberg
  • Patent number: 12121306
    Abstract: A vascular occlusion treatment system includes an ultrasound imaging system having an imaging control circuit communicatively coupled to an ultrasound imaging probe and to a display screen, and an ultrasonic vibration system having an ultrasonic generator operatively coupled to a medical ultrasonic object, such as an ultrasonic catheter. The ultrasonic catheter has a corewire with a distal tip. The ultrasonic generator has a generator control circuit that alternatingly switches between an ultrasonic work frequency and a tracking frequency. The generator control circuit sends a notification to the imaging control circuit when the generator control circuit has switched from the ultrasonic work frequency to the tracking frequency. The imaging control circuit responds by initiating a search in an ultrasound imaging space to locate the distal tip that is vibrating at the tracking frequency, and indicating a location of the distal tip in the ultrasound image displayed on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventor: Peng Zheng
  • Patent number: 12115057
    Abstract: A method of preparing a filter for delivery into a body vessel. The filter includes a hub disposed along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of anchor members extending from the hub. Each anchor member includes either a cranial extension or a caudal extension at a distal end thereof. At least one anchor member distal end may be spaced from the hub at each of a first, second, and third distance along the longitudinal axis. The filter also includes a plurality of locator members extending from the hub, the locator members alternatingly interposed between the anchor members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Michael Adam Randall
  • Patent number: 12109101
    Abstract: An implantable prosthesis and a method of attaching the prosthesis to a tissue structure disclosed. The prosthesis includes a body having a first side arranged to face the tissue structure having a defect and second side opposite the first side. One or more adhesive-filled pods are disposed on the first side of the body and selectively openable to supply an adhesive in between the tissue structure and the first side of the prosthesis body after the prosthesis body is positioned relative to the defect. The pods may be pierced, punctured, broken, and/or ruptured to supply the adhesive. A deployment device having a piercer may be used to puncture the pods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Bruce Trexler
  • Patent number: 12102520
    Abstract: A deployment device for positioning a soft tissue repair prosthesis includes a self-expanding support body releasably attachable to the prosthesis. The support body may be removably insertable into a pocket of the prosthesis. A handle coupled to the support body facilitates positioning the patch and/or removal of the support body from the pocket. The support body may substantially occupy the pocket in an expanded configuration. The handle may be arranged to direct a pulling force to the outer peripheral edge of the support body and/or cause a portion thereof to be pulled downward and below the body during withdrawal of the deployment device from the prosthesis. The support body may include support segments pivotally coupled together and foldable to collapse the support body for insertion into and removal from the pocket. One or more resilient support members may be provided for collapsing and expanding the support body and the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Griffin, Augustus Felix, John Conidi, Chris Bowley, Marcus Stephen Papadopoulos, Daniel Joseph Greene
  • Patent number: 12089839
    Abstract: Surgical instruments and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument includes a power transmission including a trigger and a fastener driver operatively coupled to the trigger. Actuation of the trigger from a first configuration to a second configuration moves the fastener driver between at least a first position and a second position. Additionally, an actuation lockout system operatively associated with the power transmission is moveable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The actuation lockout system prevents movement of the fastener driver from the first position to the second position when the actuation lockout system is in the locked configuration. Actuation of the trigger from the first configuration towards the second configuration moves the actuation lockout system from the locked configuration to the unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Kevin J. Ranucci
  • Patent number: 12089848
    Abstract: A surgical fastener and a related deployment device as well as their methods of use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the deployment device includes one or more surgical fasteners including a head and a distally extending coil body attached to the head. The head includes a through hole with an internal thread. The deployment device also includes a mandrel including a threaded portion located at a distal end of the mandrel. The threaded portion is engaged with the internal thread of the one or more surgical fasteners. A rotator is associated with the one or more surgical fasteners such that the rotator can selectively rotate the one or more surgical fasteners relative to the mandrel to displace the one or more surgical fasteners in a distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Ranucci, Saurav V. Gupta
  • Patent number: 12070561
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for use in a bodily lumen. The apparatus comprises a guidewire and a catheter. The guidewire has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The catheter has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The catheter includes a lumen for receiving the guidewire. The catheter is configured to be translated along the guidewire. The catheter is configured to be biased towards a translated position along the guidewire by a magnetic attraction between the guidewire and the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Eoin Ryan, Allan Ronan
  • Patent number: 12070236
    Abstract: Medical devices are described including a plurality of expandable members to open a vascular lumen while maintaining blood flow during expansion. The device includes a plurality of exterior members (114) that are inflatable or expandable. The device may also include, but does not require, an inner member (110) to further radially expand or circumferentially separate the exterior members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Tyson Anderson, Corey Rousu
  • Patent number: 12048444
    Abstract: An interventional medical device, and method of manufacturing the same, is provided to reduce risk to the patient of a fracture of the interventional medical device. At least one portion of the interventional medical device that is subject to fracture and migration within a patient is identified. A membrane is applied over each portion of the interventional medical device that is subject to fracture and migration, such that any fractured portion of the interventional medical device is tied together by the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Faith C. Chamas, Hiep Q. Do
  • Patent number: 12048424
    Abstract: Embodiments of a surgical instrument including an actuation lockout system as well as its method of use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument includes a trigger and a driveshaft coupled to the trigger such that actuation of the trigger causes the driveshaft to move from a first position to a second position, thereby resulting in deployment of a surgical fastener. An actuation lockout system restrains distal movement of the driveshaft until a force greater than or equal to a threshold force is applied to the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Ranucci, Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Donald E. Ziniti
  • Publication number: 20240216119
    Abstract: A repair prosthetic for repairing a hernia is disclosed. In some embodiments, the repair prosthetic includes a patch body, a frame that assists in spreading the patch body from a reduced configuration to an expanded configuration, and a plurality of tethers attached to the patch body at locations between the frame and a periphery of the patch body. In various embodiments, the tethers can be tensioned to mitigate curling or creasing in the patch body to flatten the patch to facilitate attachment to tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: JONATHAN BRUCE TREXLER, Augustus Felix, Tami L. Rathbun, Cameron Michael Correia, Tyler William Marshall
  • Publication number: 20240215978
    Abstract: Surgical fasteners for use with articulating surgical instruments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical fastener may include a head, a shaft extending distally from the head, and a through bore extending through the shaft from a proximal surface of the head to a distal end of the shaft. A fastener carrier of a surgical instrument may be slidably received in the through bore, and the through bore may be sized and shaped to have two or fewer contact points with the fastener carrier when the fastener carrier is in a fully articulated configuration. In another embodiment, a fastener may include a head, a shaft extending distally from the head and including a distal tip, a sloped surface sloping toward the distal tip, and a through bore passing through the head, shaft, and sloped surface. The sloped surface may terminate at two shoulders located on opposing sides of the through bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Augustus Felix, Derek Affonce, Kevin J. Ranucci
  • Publication number: 20240197315
    Abstract: Articulating surgical instruments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument may include an elongated shaft assembly including an articulable portion moveable between a non-articulated configuration and an articulated configuration. First and second articulating shafts of the elongated shaft assembly may be coaxially arranged and axially fixed at an attachment point located distally from the articulable portion. Proximal portions of the first and second articulating shafts may be displaceable in opposing directions to articulate the articulable portion from the non-articulated configuration to the articulated configuration. In another embodiment, an articulation control may be movable from a first position to a second position to move an articulation lock from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration to selectively permit articulation of a surgical instrument. The articulation lock also may be movable from the second position to a third position to articulate the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Augustus Felix, Derek J. Leatzow, Nathan Stewart Cauldwell, Derek Affonce, Kevin J. Ranucci, Tomas Matusaitis, Alan Bachman
  • Patent number: 11980728
    Abstract: A radiopaque balloon with a composite wall having a radiopaque adhesive affixing inner and outer layers of the balloon. The radiopaque adhesive provides a radiographic image of the balloon wall with or without the use of radiopaque contract media to inflate the balloon. A radiographically fainter image is provided as the balloon is inflated with well-defined edges of a balloon image, and the total radiopacity of the balloon does not change as the balloon is inflated. Also, a method of imaging a balloon wall and a method of imaging a radiopaque adhesive between two layers of a balloon wall are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard K. Elton