Patents Assigned to SciMed
  • STENT INCLUDING ANTI-MIGRATION CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20210121306
    Abstract: A medical device for treating a body lumen, such as a medical stent, includes an expandable scaffold configured to shift from a radially collapsed state to a radially expanded state. The stent includes a coating disposed along the outer surface of the expandable scaffold in which a portion of the coating includes a plurality of anti-migration members and one or more preferential separation regions. Each preferential separation region is configured to permit first and second regions of the coating to separate from one another along the preferential separation region therebetween as the expandable scaffold shifts from the radially collapsed state to the radially expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: TRAVIS HENCHIE, SHAWN RYAN
  • MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20210121190
    Abstract: A medical device including an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may further include an end-effector disposed at the distal end of the elongate member. The end-effector may include a plurality of arms pivotally connected to one another, wherein each arm includes a tissue-contacting surface, a first portion of the tissue-contacting surface including a plurality of ridges configured to grasp tissue. Further, the tissue-contacting surface may include a channel oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary KAPPEL, Sean FLEURY, Paul SMITH, Brandon ZALEWSKI, Laurie SODERBOM
  • GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210127072
    Abstract: Guidance systems and associated methods are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving macroscan data prior to an operation; defining a body information model from the macroscan data; positioning a navigation component in the body during the operation; generating microscan data with the navigation component; correlating a location in the macroscan data with a location in the microscan data in the body information model; and/or modifying the body information model by combining an image in the microscan data with an image in the macroscan data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niraj P. RAUNIYAR, Timothy P. HARRAH, Peter J. PEREIRA, William M. ASSELIN, Michael S.H. CHU, Brandon W. CRAFT, Adam P. NODIFF, Chad SCHNEIDER, William STANHOPE, Eric WONG, Kimberly DeGRAAF
  • Systems and methods for prostate treatment
    Patent number: 10987150
    Abstract: A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the vapor delivery needle can be advanced a predetermined distance into the prostate by an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism can comprise, for example, a spring, or at least one magnet. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hoey, Mark Schrom, Stephanos Paulos, Randall Beyreis, Mark Bilitz
  • Medical balloon
    Patent number: 10987496
    Abstract: A composite expandable medical balloon comprising a base balloon, the base balloon comprising a coextrusion, the coextrusion comprising an inner layer formed from an elastomeric polymer and an outer layer formed from a thermoplastic polymer a fiber braid disposed along the base balloon, the fiber braid comprising at least one polymeric fiber disposed over the base balloon, wherein the base balloon is designed to exhibit minimal delamination between the inner layer the outer layer of the base balloon, and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Allen McCleary, Daniel James Horn, Jeffrey S. Lindquist
  • Introducer with expandable capabilities
    Patent number: 10980569
    Abstract: An example introducer is disclosed. An example introducer includes an inner liner including a lumen, a proximal region, and at least one folded portion extending longitudinally along the proximal region. The introducer further includes an expandable support member. The support member includes a plurality of ribs extending along a length of the support member. The introducer further includes a sheath attached to at least a portion of the support member and the support member is designed to shift from a first position to an expanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mimi Trinh Fitterer, Takashi H. Ino, Floriza Q. Escalona, Michael P. Calomeni
  • Adhesive stent coating for anti-migration
    Patent number: 10980917
    Abstract: A stent, the stent including a first coating composition disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the stent, the first coating composition having at least one bioadhesive and a second coating composition disposed over the first coating composition, the second coating composition having at least one biodegradable polymer, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John Hingston, Gary Jordan, William Bertolino, Paul K. Norton, Jason Weiner
  • Inflatable penile prosthesis with pump bulb
    Patent number: 10980637
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis having an inflatable member; a reservoir configured to hold fluid; and a pump assembly configured to facilitate a transfer of the fluid from the reservoir to the inflatable member when the prosthesis is in an inflation mode, and facilitate a transfer of the fluid from the inflatable member to the reservoir when the prosthesis is in a deflation mode, the pump assembly including a valve housing and a reinforced pump bulb member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Elizabeth Felton, James Ryan Mujwid, Scott L. Sjoquist, Ryan Earl Fredrick, John Anders Bostrom
  • Retrieval system
    Patent number: 10980554
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns systems and methods for removal of material from the body of a patient, and particularly for percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Systems according to the various embodiments of the disclosure include one or more of nested first and second components, for instance a scope nested within a suction or irrigation catheter, guidewires with self-expanding distal tips, and wash-out elements to facilitate rapid removal of stones through an access sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Sperry, Ronald Ciulla, Aaron Kirkeom, Mark Hera, Sebastian Koerner
  • Penile implant
    Patent number: 10980638
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a penile implant includes a first member having a coupling portion and a locking portion and a second member having a coupling portion and a locking portion. The coupling portion of the first member is configured to engage the coupling portion of the second member to movably couple the first member to the second member such that the first member is configured to be placed in a first position with respect to the second member and a second position with respect to the second member. The locking portion of the first member is configured to engage the locking portion of the second member help retain the first member in its second position with respect to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward DiLoreto, Karl Alan Jagger, Thomas Skoog, Robert Berkenes, Alex Alden Peterson
  • SUTURE BASED CLOSURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210106323
    Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: SHAUN D. COMEE, DENNIS B. HUBBARD, JR., JASON R. LEBEAU, NORMAN C. MAY, PAUL SMITH, ROBERT B. DeVRIES, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR AN ABLATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210106374
    Abstract: Electrosurgical generators having improved functionality and user interface. In an example, the user may modify therapy output parameters without interrupting therapy delivery within a therapy regimen. In an example, the display shows both therapy amplitudes and encountered impedances for a plurality of therapy pulses in different portions of a display. In an example, the electrosurgical generator is operable in a triggered mode using a cardiac signal trigger and provides the operator with an estimate of remaining time that is calculated in light of a calculated cardiac rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: BRUCE R. FORSYTH, JONATHAN TYLER GORZYCKI, LARRY D. CANADY, JR., HONG CAO, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT
  • Articulating needles and related methods of use
    Patent number: 10973499
    Abstract: A medical device may include a needle, including a plurality of links and a distal tip, reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, and a conduit including a lumen extending through the needle, the conduit being coupled to the distal tip, wherein longitudinal movement of the conduit is configured to transition the needle between the first configuration and the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Peter L. Dayton, Ryan V. Wales, Sean P. Fleury, Paul Smith, Scott E. Brechbiel, Kevin Mcelwee
  • Systems, devices, and related methods for retracting tissue
    Patent number: 10973506
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a tissue retraction system may include a first anchor, a second anchor, and an elongate coupling member extending between the first anchor and the second anchor. The system also may include a holder for receiving the first anchor, the second anchor, and the elongate coupling element. The holder may include a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a smaller width than the proximal portion such that the distal portion exerts a force on a proximal end of the first anchor during deployment of the first anchor from the holder. The force may move the first anchor into an open configuration for receiving tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Smith, Ryan V. Wales, Kevin James McElwee, Naroun Suon, Samuel Raybin, Alexander Joseph Burnham, Ray Hewenson Tong, Mary Ann Cornell, Niklas Andersson, John B. Golden, Scott E. Brechbiel
  • Apparatus and method for treatment of in-stent restenosis
    Patent number: 10973570
    Abstract: A catheter and catheter system can use energy tailored for remodeling and/or removal of target material proximate to a body lumen, often of stenotic material or tissue in the luminal wall of a blood vessel of a patient. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expendable structure may have a plurality of electrodes or other electrosurgical energy delivery surfaces to radically engage the luminal wall when the structure expands. Feedback using one or parameters of voltage, current, power, temperature, impedance magnitude, impedance phase angle, and frequency may be used to selectively control the delivery of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabodh Mathur, Meital Mazor, Dolores Perez
  • Methods for fusing a fiber termination
    Patent number: 10976501
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are drawn to methods for producing a fused connector termination. An exemplary method may include setting a specification requirement to be met by the fused connector termination and applying an amount of heat to a proximal region of an unfused connector termination. The proximal region of the unfused connector termination may include an inner optical fiber coaxially positioned within an outer ferrule, and applying the amount of heat may at least partially fuse the optical fiber to the outer ferrule to form an at least partially fused connector termination. The method may also include imaging the proximal region of the at least partially fused connector termination and determining, based on the imaging, whether the proximal region of the at least partially fused connector termination meets the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Jui Ray Chia, Thomas Charles Hasenberg
  • STENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210100672
    Abstract: Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member having a stent receiving region, a stent disposed along the stent receiving region, a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member, the deployment sheath having a proximal end region, a handle coupled to the deployment sheath, a rod coupled to the handle, the rod having a distal end region, a proximal end region and a first threaded portion extending from the distal end region to the proximal end region and a coupling member configured to couple the rod to the deployment sheath, the coupling member having an engagement portion. Additionally, the first threaded portion of the rod is designed to engage the engagement portion of coupling member and rotation of the rod is designed to translate the coupling member along the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: BRADY SCOTT LOGAN, PAUL GOUDREAU, IAN FORTE, ANDREW SMITH, TYLER HEBIG, RYAN HENDRICKSON, DEREK KENNETH LARSON, JASON T. ANDERSON, ROWAN OLUND HETTEL
  • STENT AND SLEEVE DEPLOYMENT
    Publication number: 20210100647
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: DAMIEN VINCENT NOLAN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, THOMAS MARTIN KEATING, BRYAN FORDE, KATHLEEN CORCORAN, KEVIN M. REAVIS
  • Tissue retractor for minimally invasive surgery
    Patent number: 10966701
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery including a system for performing minimally invasive procedures including a flexible catheter having a working space expanding system positioned at a distal portion, the working space expanding system movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body lumen. A tissue retractor having an inner member positioned within an outer guide member has a plurality of closed loops at a distal portion forming a petal-like structure. The loops are positioned in a collapsed position within the outer guide member and are movable to an expanded position when exposed from the outer guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Piskun, Brian Tang, Jeffrey Peter Radziunas
  • Medical devices formed from polymer filaments
    Patent number: 10966848
    Abstract: Medical devices and method for manufacturing medical devices are discloses. An example medical device may include a medical device body formed from one or more multi-melting point polymeric filaments. Each of the filaments may include a polymeric blend comprising a first block polymer and a second polymer. The polymeric blend may have a first melting point and a second melting point less than the first melting point. The medical device body may be heat set at a temperature within 10° C. of the second melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Fredrickson, Mark W. Boden, Emma Boutcher