Patents Assigned to Lifespan Corporation
  • Devices and methods for modulating intestinal flow
    Patent number: 11517460
    Abstract: A device for implanting in a gastrointestinal system of a patient may include an elongate flow modulator configured to be inserted in an intestine, wherein the flow modulator defines an enclosed interior space to hold a fill material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Lifespan Corporation
    Inventors: Gene T. Storbeck, John A. Hingston, Selina M. Mello, Jeri Ann Hiller, Kathleen Corcoran, Kali L. Manning, Gary Dean Roye, Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, Beth Ryder
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MODULATING INTESTINAL FLOW
    Publication number: 20200352768
    Abstract: A device for implanting in a gastrointestinal system of a patient may include an elongate flow modulator configured to be inserted in an intestine, wherein the flow modulator defines an enclosed interior space to hold a fill material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Lifespan Corporation
    Inventors: Gene T. STORBECK, John A. HINGSTON, Selina M. MELLO, Jeri Ann HILLER, Kathleen CORCORAN, Kali L. MANNING, Gary Dean ROYE, Sivamainthan VITHIANANTHAN, Beth RYDER
  • Devices and methods for modulating intestinal flow
    Patent number: 10758389
    Abstract: A device for implanting in a gastrointestinal system of a patient may include an elongate flow modulator configured to be inserted in an intestine, wherein the flow modulator defines an enclosed interior space to hold a fill material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Lifespan Corporation
    Inventors: Gene T. Storbeck, John A. Hingston, Selina M. Mello, Jeri Ann Hiller, Kathleen Corcoran, Kali L. Manning, Gary Dean Roye, Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, Beth Ryder
  • Systems and methods for obesity diagnosis and/or treatment
    Patent number: 10751534
    Abstract: A system for treating a gastrointestinal tract may include a device configured to measure electrical activity at a plurality of locations within a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, a controller configured to compare the measured activity from the plurality of locations to a database of electrical activity corresponding to one or more gastric events, abnormalities, or dysrhythmias. The controller may be configured to determine one or more treatment locations based on the comparison, and cause the device to deliver therapy to the one or more treatment locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Lifespan Corporation
    Inventors: Jeri Ann Hiller, Peter J. Snyder, Gene Thomas Storbeck, Kali Manning, Selina M. Mello, Holly Elizabeth Rockweiler, John Allen Hingston, Ding Sheng He, Dawn Winsor-Hines, Harlan Rich, Kathleen Corcoran, Gary Dean Roye, Beth Ryder, Sivamainthan Vithiananthan