Patents Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
  • Releasable conduit connectors
    Patent number: 11179543
    Abstract: Systems and methods of implanting a vascular access technologies and declotting vascular access technologies, such as vascular access assemblies that facilitate hemodialysis, are provided. The methods can include disposing a first tubular conduit within a patient to access a vascular access assembly within the heart of the patient. The first tubular conduit can be coupled to the vascular access assembly such that the first tubular conduit can be decoupled from the vascular access assembly to evacuate a clot within the vascular access assembly, and then recouple the first tubular conduit to the vascular access assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hall, Wayne Mower
  • System for branches for endovascular endoprostheses and corresponding endoprosthesis for endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms or dissections
    Patent number: 11173025
    Abstract: An internal duct and fixing system for branches for endovascular endoprostheses, and a corresponding endoprosthesis, for endovascular treatment of aneurysms or dissections of the aorta, including (i) an endoprosthesis provided with windows, (ii) one or more occlusions, fixed to the endoprosthesis by a suture, reversibly occluding the windows, and a set of fixing and duct elements that forms one or more internal channels of the endoprosthesis, preferably in the region adjacent to one of the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Marco Antonio Lourenco
  • Systems and method for reducing medical component degradation
    Patent number: 11160951
    Abstract: A packaging system and method for reducing or eliminating exposure of medical devices to whole-room disinfecting gases and vapors are disclosed. In some embodiments, the packaging system and method may comprise a diffusion inhibitor member configured as an open-ended bag. In some embodiments, the diffusion inhibitor member comprises polyethylene or polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Mottola, Steven Weir, Richard A. Brotherton, Elena Agafonova
  • Medical device dispenser and method of use
    Patent number: 11160629
    Abstract: Medical device dispensers along with related systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments dispenses within the scope of this disclosure may be configured to couple another structure such as an IV pole. Additionally, dispensers within the scope of this disclosure may be configured with locking or otherwise tamper resistant elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Lampropoulos, Michael O. Daily, Jim Mottola, Frank P. Gazzano, Richard P. Jenkins, Mahender Avula, Kenneth Sykes, Christopher Cindrich, Gregory R. McArthur, Diana N. Caldwell
  • Biopsy needle sample retention system
    Patent number: 11160540
    Abstract: A biopsy needle assembly configured for use with a tissue biopsy device is disclosed. The biopsy needle assembly may be configured to be advanced to a predetermined tissue sample, sever the tissue sample, and extract the tissue sample from a body tissue of a patient. The biopsy needle assembly may be further configured with two or more cooperating members configured to sever a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Snow, Jacob Forman, Darrell Skousen
  • Medical inflation systems and methods
    Patent number: 11160958
    Abstract: Devices used to pressurize, depressurize, or otherwise displace fluid are disclosed. The devices may be configured to displace fluid in order to inflate or deflate a medical device, such as a balloon. The devices further include a crank member for providing a mechanical advantage when pressurizing or otherwise displacing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Sykes, Gregory R. McArthur, Richard P. Jenkins, David Butts, Steven Weir, Jon Davis, John William Hall
  • Crank mechanism for balloon inflation device
    Patent number: 11123526
    Abstract: Devices used to pressurize, depressurize, or otherwise displace fluid are disclosed. The devices may be configured to displace fluid in order to inflate or deflate a medical device, such as a balloon. The devices may further include a crank member for providing a mechanical advantage when pressurizing or otherwise displacing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Scott Teitelbaum, Pratik Amarish Shukla, Tejas Pankaj Patel, Aakash Paresh Madhu
  • Housings for use with inflation devices and related methods
    Patent number: 11117330
    Abstract: A housing for use in connection with an inflation device can be coupled to a syringe body by a snap-fit connection. The snap-fit type mechanism can include an adaptor and a lock, such as a depressible lock. The housing can enclose an electrical circuit and a display screen that rests on a plurality of resilient pins. The circuit board may be held in place within the housing via one or more heat pins. The inflation device can be configured to measure pressure within a fluid reservoir of a syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasad Weerakoon, Jon Davis, Russell D. Heyborne, Larry T. Wilde
  • Rotating biopsy needle
    Patent number: 11116483
    Abstract: A biopsy needle assembly configured for use with a tissue biopsy device is disclosed. The biopsy needle assembly may be configured to be advanced to a predetermined tissue sample, sever the tissue sample, and extract the tissue sample from a body tissue of a patient. The biopsy needle assembly may be further configured to minimize or eliminate the axial translation of the biopsy needle beyond a targeted location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Hallisey, Mark DeBisschop
  • Biopsy device support or holder and method of use
    Patent number: 11116597
    Abstract: A support or holder for a biopsy device is disclosed. The support includes a holder section that grasps or otherwise supports the biopsy device, wherein the support may be configured with flexible support members that may be bent, flexed or articulated thereby allowing the practitioner to manipulate the support for re-positioning the biopsy device into a desired position where the biopsy device may then be actuated to acquire a tissue sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lampropoulos, Gregory R. McArthur
  • Tissue removal device and method of use
    Patent number: 11064981
    Abstract: A biopsy device for acquiring a tissue sample is disclosed. The biopsy device comprises a partoff mechanism which can have at least a tab and an actuator. The actuator can be used to control the angle of the tab and thus partoff a tissue sample. The tab may be on a cutter tube, which may have a sharp distal end which may core the samples from the mass of tissue. Multiple tissue samples may be collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Bilgor Peliks
  • Disinfecting cap for valved connectors and method of use
    Patent number: 11058858
    Abstract: Devices used to disinfect and maintain sterility of a medical valve connector are disclosed. The devices may comprise an insert that is configured to dispense disinfecting solution when the device is coupled to the medical valve connector. Insert grooves are configured to collapse sequentially as the insert is compressed by the medical valve connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahender Avula, Kenneth Sykes, Richard P. Jenkins
  • Medical device transport containers
    Patent number: 11058786
    Abstract: Medical containers are provided, wherein the containers may be used to transport medical devices. The medical container can include a front panel, a rear panel, and a lower panel cooperating to form a cavity. The lower panel may include an absorbent material. The medical container may also include one or more absorbent band members disposed around at least a portion of the circumference of the cavity. An insert portion including a front panel, a rear panel, and a lower panel may be coupled to or disposed within the medical container. The insert portion may be formed from an absorbent material. Methods of using the medical containers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Hopkinson, Doug Hales, Daniel Hadley, Dylan Neyme, John William Hall, Jeremy Snow, Tyler David Rees, Abbe M. Smith
  • Vascular access assembly declotting systems and methods
    Patent number: 11026704
    Abstract: Methods of declotting vascular access technologies, such as vascular access assemblies that facilitate hemodialysis, are provided. The methods can include disposing a catheter within a patient to access a vascular access assembly within the heart of the patient. The catheter can be coupled to the vascular access assembly such that a clot can be evacuated from within the vascular access assembly via the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Hall, Craig Nordhausen
  • Subcutaneous vascular access assemblies and related devices and methods
    Patent number: 11027107
    Abstract: Vascular access devices, assemblies, kits, and related methods are disclosed. A vascular access assembly may include a first tubular conduit, a second tubular conduit, and an expandable stent graft that is coupled adjacent to a peripheral end of the second tubular conduit. When implanted into the patient, vascular access assemblies may form a flow path that extends from an artery or an arteriovenous graft to a heart of a patient. The vascular access assembly, when implanted and assembled, may be a fully subcutaneous surgical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Garcia, John Hall, Wayne Mower
  • Layered medical appliances and methods
    Patent number: 11026777
    Abstract: Medical appliances may be formed of multilayered constructs. The layers of the constructs may be configured with various physical properties or characteristics. The disposition and arrangement of each layer may be configured to create an overall construct with a combination of the individual properties of the layers. Constructs may be used to create vascular prostheses or other medical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hall, Wayne Mower, Rachel Simmons, Bart Dolmatch
  • Methods, systems, and apparatuses for manufacturing rotational spun appliances
    Patent number: 10953586
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for manufacturing rotational spun materials. The rotational spun materials are medical appliances or other prostheses made of, constructed from, covered or coated with rotational spun materials, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Hall, Randal Boyd, Dylan Neyme, F. Mark Ferguson
  • Corporeal drainage system
    Patent number: 10946123
    Abstract: A catheter connector assembly which may be included with a corporeal drainage system, and a method of draining fluid from a bodily cavity. The catheter connector assembly may include a catheter connector and a drainage line connector. The catheter connector may include a connector body with a coupling feature, a deformable sealing element, and a retaining member. The drainage line connector may include a drainage line body first and second hinge clips, and an actuator. The actuator is designed to deform the deformable sealing element when the drainage line connector is coupled to the catheter connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Christensen, Steven M. Smith, Jim C. Beasley, Kelly B. Powers
  • Medical plug delivery devices with a rotatable magazine and related components and methods
    Patent number: 10945717
    Abstract: Medical devices for delivering compositions or medical articles to a patient are disclosed. The medical plug delivery devices can include a fluid delivery device (e.g., a syringe), a frame, and a rotatable magazine. The rotatable magazine can include a plurality of chambers that each hold a composition or a medical article (e.g., a medical plug). By rotating the rotatable magazine relative to the frame, material within the chambers of the rotatable magazine can be sequentially deployed to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Lampropoulos, Jim Mottola, Richard P. Jenkins, Gregory R. McArthur, Kenneth Sykes, Christopher Cindrich, Mark Garcia
  • Medical connector cap
    Patent number: D930825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Ehninger