Patents Assigned to Rex Medical
  • ESOPHAGEAL SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20160100929
    Abstract: A device for treating acid reflux comprising a sleeve configured and dimensioned for insertion into the esophagus of the patient, the sleeve having a proximal portion, a distal portion and an intermediate portion between the distal and proximal portions. The sleeve includes a an inner member applying a radial force on the sleeve for securement within the esophagus, and a skirt connected to the sleeve to block acid backup from the stomach while not inhibiting passage of food into the stomach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: James F. McGuckin, JR.
  • GASTRIC BYPASS SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160100971
    Abstract: A system and method for treating obesity including a first instrument containing a first magnet therein, the first instrument insertable into a stomach of a patient and the first magnet deployable into the stomach of the patient and having a first space. A second instrument contains a second magnet therein, the second instrument insertable into a bowel of a patient and the second magnet deployable into the bowel of the patient and having a second space. A stent is insertable into the first and second spaces to maintain an opening formed between the stomach and bowel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: James F. McGuckin, JR.
  • DEVICE FOR PREVENTING CLOT MIGRATON FROM LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE
    Publication number: 20160095603
    Abstract: A device for placement within the left atrial appendage of a patient comprising a retention member and a material positioned within the retention member and unattached thereto. The retention member has a first elongated configuration for delivery and a second expanded configuration for placement within the left atrial appendage. The material is configured to float within the retention member. The retention member can have at least one appendage wall engagement member to secure the retention member to the appendage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: James F. McGuckin, JR., James Erich Bressler
  • Vascular hole closure delivery device
    Patent number: 9295458
    Abstract: A surgical delivery instrument for delivering a vascular hole closure device having first and second flexible members and a first and second engagement members extending from the respective flexible member. The delivery instrument includes a housing having first and second longitudinally extending openings and first and second projecting surfaces, the first projecting surface extending into the first opening for engagement by the first engagement member and the second projecting surface extending into the second opening for engagement by the second engagement member. The first engagement member is held by the first projecting surface until a predetermined force is applied to the first engagement member during placement of the closure device at a target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: James S. Tarmin, Thanu Anidharan
  • Cutting wire assembly with coating for use with a catheter
    Patent number: 9282991
    Abstract: A device for treating a lesion in a body lumen to enlarge a passageway in the body lumen having at least one cutting member and a tracking member. The at least one cutting member has a cutting surface and a separate material associated therewith. The cutting member and tracking member are connected at a distal portion and insertable into the body lumen as a unit, the cutting member configured for movement in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tracking member to widen a gap between the cutting member and tracking member at least at a distal region and to apply the separate material to an interior of the lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: Israel Schur, James F. McGuckin, Jr., James Erich Bressler
  • Rotational thrombectomy wire
    Patent number: 9282992
    Abstract: A rotational thrombectomy wire for breaking up vascular thrombus or other obstructive material having a core having a proximal region and a distal region and being rotatable by a motor. The distal region has a smaller diameter than the proximal region. A cable is coupled to the distal region of the core and extends distally thereof. A torque tube is positioned over the cable and a coil is positioned over a distal portion of the cable. A distal portion of the cable has a non-linear configuration. A first covering material is positioned over the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: Marc-Alan Levine, Michael Leedle
  • Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue
    Patent number: 9271727
    Abstract: A system for stapling tissue includes a stapling head and a control unit. The stapling head includes an endoscope receiving lumen extending therethrough and first and second jaws movable with respect to one another between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue stapling configuration. The first jaw includes a staple firing mechanism and the second jaw includes a staple forming surface. The stapling head further includes gross and fine movement mechanisms controlling gross and fine movements, respectively, of one of the first and second jaws relative to the other of the first and second jaws. The control unit includes a first actuator controlling the gross and fine movement mechanisms and a second actuator operating the stapling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: REX MEDICAL, L.P.
    Inventors: James F. McGuckin, Jr., Peter W. J. Hinchliffe
  • VASCULAR HOLE CLOSURE DELIVERY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160051249
    Abstract: A surgical delivery instrument for delivering a vascular hole closure device having first and second flexible members and a first and second engagement members extending from the respective flexible member. The delivery instrument includes a housing having first and second longitudinally extending openings and first and second projecting surfaces, the first projecting surface extending into the first opening for engagement by the first engagement member and the second projecting surface extending into the second opening for engagement by the second engagement member. The first engagement member is held by the first projecting surface until a predetermined force is applied to the first engagement member during placement of the closure device at a target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: James S. Tarmin, Thanu Anidharan
  • VEIN FILTER
    Publication number: 20160045298
    Abstract: A vessel filter comprising a first region and a second region wherein the filter is movable between a collapsed position for delivery to the vessel and an expanded position for placement within the vessel. A first region has a filter portion having a converging region to direct particles toward the center of the filter and the second region is flared in the expanded position to have a transverse dimension increasing toward a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The second region includes a vessel engaging portion at the second end portion. The first region includes a plurality of spaced apart elongated struts with adjacent struts being joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: John H. Thinnes, JR., James F. McGuckin, JR., Stephan A. DeFonzo, Lindsay L. Carter
  • Spinal implant and method of use
    Patent number: 9259324
    Abstract: A spinal implant having a series of sections or units hinged together and a balloon connected to at least some of the sections, the balloon having a curved configuration. The implant has a first delivery configuration and a second curved placement configuration, wherein it has a more linear configuration in the first delivery configuration than in the second curved configuration. The implant assumes the first delivery configuration during delivery to the disc space and maintains the curved configuration after placement within the disc space. The curved configuration can result from filling or expanding the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: James F. McGuckin, Jr.
  • DIALYSIS CATHETER
    Publication number: 20160038715
    Abstract: A dialysis catheter including a first portion having an outer wall having a first diameter, an elongated distal portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a transition region between the first portion and distal portion. A first longitudinally extending venous lumen is configured to deliver blood. First and second independent longitudinally extending arterial lumens are configured to withdraw blood from a patient. The venous lumen and arterial lumen have first and second regions each positioned a first distance from the outer wall of the catheter and a third region positioned a second shorter distance from the outer wall of the catheter to form an arch shaped wall portion progressively increasing in thickness from the third region toward the first region and from the third region to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: Stephan A. DeFonzo
  • VASCULAR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VALVE LEAFLET APPOSITION
    Publication number: 20160038146
    Abstract: A vascular device having a plurality of struts having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion of the struts are retained in a converged position. The struts diverge radially outwardly. A plurality of vessel penetrating members extend from the proximal portion of the struts for engaging the internal wall of the vessel, wherein release of the retention of the distal portions of the struts causes the distal portions to move outwardly away from the longitudinal axis and the proximal portions of the struts to move inwardly toward the longitudinal axis such that the vessel engaging members pull the internal wall of the vessel radially inwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: John D. Leedle
  • VASCULAR HOLE CLOSURE DELIVERY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160030024
    Abstract: A surgical delivery instrument for delivering a vascular hole closure device having first and second flexible members and a first and second engagement members extending from the respective flexible member. The delivery instrument includes a housing having first and second longitudinally extending openings and first and second projecting surfaces, the first projecting surface extending into the first opening for engagement by the first engagement member and the second projecting surface extending into the second opening for engagement by the second engagement member. The first engagement member is held by the first projecting surface until a predetermined force is applied to the first engagement member during placement of the closure device at a target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P
    Inventors: James S. Tarmin, Thanu Anidharan
  • Vascular hole closure delivery device
    Patent number: 9226738
    Abstract: A surgical delivery instrument for delivering a vascular hole closure device having a hole covering member. The delivery instrument comprises a housing, a plunger and an advancer movable within the housing, the advancer having a first portion and a distal portion hingedly connected to the first portion and forming a casing for supporting the hole covering member. Distal movement of the advancer pivots the casing from an angled position to a more linear position to change the orientation of the covering member from a transverse position to a more aligned position. The plunger is advanceable to advance the covering member into the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephan A. DeFonzo, James S. Tarmin, Thanu Anidharan
  • CUTTING WIRE ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A CATHETER
    Publication number: 20150374403
    Abstract: A method of treating a lesion in a body lumen to enlarge a passageway in the lumen including providing a cutting member, connecting a tracking member to the cutting member to form an assembly, inserting the connected cutting member and tracking member through a first lumen of a catheter, withdrawing the catheter from the cutting member and tracking member, inserting the catheter over the tracking member and leaving the cutting member outside the catheter, and expanding a portion of the catheter to move the cutting member into cutting contact with the lesion. A device for treating a lesion in a body lumen including a cutting member having a coupler to connect a tracking member is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: Israel Shur, James F. McGuckin, JR., James Erich Bressler
  • METHOD OF INSERTING A VEIN FILTER
    Publication number: 20150313702
    Abstract: A method of implanting a vessel filter by a femoral approach comprising the steps of providing a sheath with a pusher and the vessel filter positioned therein and providing a sheath centering structure movable within the sheath. The centering structure has a distal portion expandable from a collapsed position within the sheath to an expanded position outside the sheath. The steps further include inserting the sheath into the vessel, moving the centering structure with respect to the sheath to enable the centering structure to move from the collapsed position to the expanded position to move a distal tip of the sheath away from a vessel wall and to a more centered position, and subsequently exposing the vessel filter from the sheath to enable the filter to move from a collapsed position to an expanded position. An implantation system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Rex Medical. L.P.
    Inventors: James F. McGuckin, JR., James Erich Bressler, John D. Leedle, Colin Valentis
  • Vein filter
    Patent number: 9168121
    Abstract: A vessel filter comprising a first region and a second region wherein the filter is movable between a collapsed position for delivery to the vessel and an expanded position for placement within the vessel. A first region has a filter portion having a converging region to direct particles toward the center of the filter and the second region is flared in the expanded position to have a transverse dimension increasing toward a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The second region includes a vessel engaging portion at the second end portion. The first region includes a plurality of spaced apart elongated struts with adjacent struts being joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: John H. Thinnes, Jr., James F. McGuckin, Jr., Stephan A. DeFonzo, Lindsay L. Carter
  • Vascular device and method for valve leaflet apposition
    Patent number: 9168122
    Abstract: A vascular device having a plurality of struts having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion of the struts are retained in a converged position. The struts diverge radially outwardly. A plurality of vessel penetrating members extend from the proximal portion of the struts for engaging the internal wall of the vessel, wherein release of the retention of the distal portions of the struts causes the distal portions to move outwardly away from the longitudinal axis and the proximal portions of the struts to move inwardly toward the longitudinal axis such that the vessel engaging members pull the internal wall of the vessel radially inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: John D. Leedle
  • DIALYSIS CATHETER
    Publication number: 20150290383
    Abstract: A dialysis catheter including a first portion having a first diameter, an elongated distal portion having a second smaller diameter, and a transition portion The first portion includes first and second independent blood withdrawal lumens extending in the first portion, the first withdrawal lumen terminating in the transition portion in a first terminal opening and the second withdrawal lumen terminating in a second terminal opening, the first and second terminal openings being radially spaced and axially adjacent. A longitudinally extending blood delivery lumen extends in the first portion and terminates in a delivery opening in the distal portion of the catheter, the first and second terminal openings positioned proximally of the delivery opening and each of the first and second terminal openings having a curved wall surrounding a portion of the terminal opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen A. DeFonzo, John D. Leedle
  • DUODENUM SLEEVE FOR TREATING OBESITY
    Publication number: 20150282971
    Abstract: A device for treating obesity by limiting absorption of food through a wall of a duodenum of a patient including a sleeve inserted into the duodenum of a patient. The sleeve includes a plurality of first blocking areas and a plurality of first food absorption areas, the first blocking areas providing duodenum wall covers to prevent food absorption through the duodenum wall and the first blocking areas together defining a first total blocking area. The first food absorption areas providing access to the duodenum wall to enable food absorption through the duodenum wall and the first food absorption areas together defining a first total absorption area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Rex Medical, L.P.
    Inventor: James F. McGuckin, JR.