Patents Assigned to SciMed
  • FASTENING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20210022720
    Abstract: A fastening mechanism that comprises an actuator, a fastening device attached to a distal end of the actuator, and a device coupler, wherein the fastening device is pivotally attached to the device coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul SMITH, Jeffrey Bean, John GOLDEN, Kenneth Keene, Douglas Melanson
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR FASTENING TISSUE
    Publication number: 20210022733
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a fastening device may include a coupling body having (1) a portion configured to couple to a distal end of a medical device, (2) a cartridge holder, and (3) an anvil pivotably coupled to the cartridge holder. The cartridge holder and the anvil may extend distally from the portion and may be configured to extend distally of a distalmost face of the medical device when the portion is coupled to the distal end of the medical device. A flexible member may be configured to extend through a channel of the medical device. A fastener cartridge may be coupled to a distal end of the flexible member, including at least one fastener, and may be configured for releasable coupling to the cartridge holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul SMITH, Ryan V. WALES, Michael PEACHOCK, Nathan CUMMINGS
  • Surgical fluid management systems and methods
    Patent number: 10898225
    Abstract: A fluid management system for use with a fluid reservoir includes an inflow pump and an outflow pump. The inflow pump is connectable to a probe for delivering a distention fluid to a body cavity. The outflow pump removes the distention fluid through the same probe, thus establishing a re-circulating volume of distention fluid within the body cavity. The removed fluid is filtered and returned to a fluid reservoir for eventual recycling to the body cavity. A controller adjusts the flow rates of the inflow pump and the outflow pump to maintain a pre-selected fluid pressure or volume within the body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Csaba Truckai, Aaron Germain, Kyle Klein, John H. Shadduck, Michael D. Walker, Benedek Orczy-Timko, Balazs Lesko
  • Biopsy needle for accessing peripheral lung nodules
    Patent number: 10898171
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a pulmonary biopsy needle having a proximal end, a distal end, and an elongated body extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The needle may be configured to access a periphery of a patient's lungs and the elongated portion may have a first portion, a second portion, and a piercing tip. The first portion may have a first flexibility and the second portion may have a second flexibility that is more flexible than the first flexibility. The second portion may extend distally of the first portion and the second flexibility may be constant along a length of the second portion. The first portion of the needle may have a wall-thickness different than a wall-thickness of the second portion of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas W. Garrity
  • Tracheal stent
    Patent number: 10898354
    Abstract: Tracheal stents may include a plurality of wave form structures each extending radially about the support structure, a plurality of axial loop members extending axially between adjacent wave form structures and a polymeric covering disposed thereover. Tracheal stents may include an expandable metal structure and a plurality of spacer fins extending above an outer surface of the expandable metal structure. The plurality of spacer fins may be formed of a material different than that of the expandable metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary J. Leanna, Dane T. Seddon, Jason Weiner, Seamus F. O'Shaughnessy, Sean P. Fleury
  • Medical implant locking mechanism
    Patent number: 10898325
    Abstract: A medical device system may include a replacement heart valve implant including an expandable anchor member reversibly actuatable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the replacement heart valve implant includes at least one locking mechanism configured to lock the expandable anchor member in the deployed configuration, and at least one actuator element configured to releasably engage the at least one locking mechanism and actuate the expandable anchor member between the delivery configuration and the deployed configuration. The at least one actuator element may include external threads on a distal portion of each actuator element and a ramp disposed proximal of the external threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Calomeni, Takashi H. Ino, Randy S. Gamarra, Floriza Q. Escalona
  • Medical systems, devices, and related methods
    Patent number: 10898279
    Abstract: A method of controlling a laser source to deliver laser energy through a medical device includes adjusting a laser source parameter including at least one of a laser power, a laser energy, a frequency, and a pulse width of the laser source. The laser source parameters are adjustable through a first action or series of actions on a foot pedal assembly operably coupled to a laser control unit. The method also includes activating the laser source. The activation of the laser source includes a second action or series of actions on the foot pedal assembly, and the second series of actions is different from the first action or actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Jiandong Yang
  • MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING EXTENABLE MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20210015553
    Abstract: This disclosure provides design, material, manufacturing method, and use alternatives for medical devices. An example medical device includes a scaffold including a central member and a plurality of extension members extending away from the central member. The central member includes a plurality of discrete attachment locations corresponding to each of the plurality of extension members and each of the plurality of extension members is pivotably coupled to the central member at a corresponding discrete attachment location. The medical device also includes a covering substantially surrounding the scaffold and an electrode located at a distal end of each of the plurality of extension members. Each electrode extends through at least a portion of the covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Kerr, John A. Hingston, Tara A. Jarobski, Gene T. Storbeck, Allison M. Pearlman
  • ENDOSCOPIC TOOL STABILIZATION AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20210015348
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a device may include a shaft having a distal end and a lumen, the lumen terminating in a distally-facing opening. An instrument may be inserted through the shaft and may extend through the lumen and out of opening. The device may further include an elevator for engaging the instrument. The elevator may include an actuator extending through at least a portion of the shaft; and a body may be coupled to the actuator. A portion of the body may be configured to extend within the lumen and to apply a force to the instrument and move the instrument into contact with a surface of the lumen when the actuator is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan WILDER, Scott E. BRECHBIEL, James WELDON
  • LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE IMPLANT WITH CONTINUOUS COVERING
    Publication number: 20210015491
    Abstract: An implant for occluding a left atrial appendage may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable framework includes an attachment point configured to secure the expandable framework to a delivery device, and an occlusive element disposed on a proximal portion of the expandable framework, wherein the occlusive element covers the attachment point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JOSHUA MARK INOUYE, JAMES M. ANDERSON
  • MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210016060
    Abstract: A medical system includes an insertion device including a handle, an insertion portion with at least one lumen, a port fluidly coupled to the lumen, and a connection portion. The medical system also includes a medical device including a handle, an insertion portion, and a connection portion configured to be coupled to the connection portion of the insertion device. The connection portion of the medical device is configured to be coupled to the connection portion of the insertion device to form an electronic and physical connection between the insertion device and the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy LEVASSEUR, Louis J. BARBATO, William J. ABNER
  • Atherectomy motor control system with tactile feedback
    Patent number: 10893882
    Abstract: An atherectomy system includes a handle and a drive motor that is adapted to rotate a drive cable extending through the handle and operably coupled to an atherectomy burr. A control system is adapted to regulate operation of the drive motor, including providing the drive motor with a high frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) drive signal in order to operate the drive motor. The control system monitors a motor performance parameter such as motor speed or motor torque, and when the motor performance parameter approaches a limit of a performance range, the control system adds a low frequency PWM signal to the high frequency PWM drive signal, thereby causing the drive motor to produce a tactile signal that signals to the user that the motor performance parameter is approaching the limit of the performance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: David Gordon Spangler, Corydon Carlson, Laszlo Trent Farago, Daniel Frank Massimini, Mark A. Hilse
  • Tailored laser pulses for surgical applications
    Patent number: 10893906
    Abstract: A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Falkenstein, Michael Schubert, Stephan Dittmar, Anna Butsch, Thomas Kremser
  • TISSUE-ACQUISITION AND FASTENING DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210007739
    Abstract: Devices and methods for acquiring and fastening tissues folds within an internal organ, such as the stomach, and for applying the methods and devices to producing reductions in organ volume or repair of bariatric procedures, are disclosed. An exemplary method for forming a continuous laterally extending tissue fold involves forming a succession of laterally extending folds having adjacent overlapping fold portions. One exemplary tissue-acquisition device has an open-end roller-and-arm structure that allows individual tissue folds to be formed and fastened, then advanced to an adjacent region within the stomach, for capture of a new fold that will form an extension of the existing fold(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel BALBIERZ, David COLE, Bretton SWOPE, Pablo R. HAMBLY, Justen ENGLAND, Samuel T. CREWS, Craig Arthur PURDY
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR FASTENING TISSUE
    Publication number: 20210007737
    Abstract: A medical device may include a shaft extending from a proximal end toward a distal end, the shaft including a lumen extending from the proximal end toward the distal end; a first stapling head at the distal end, the first stapling head configured to contain one or more staples, and the first stapling head having a block disposed within, and movable relative to, the first stapling head; a second stapling head at the distal end; and a pushing element extending through the lumen, the pushing element being movable from a first position to a second position, wherein transition of the pushing element from the first position to the second position urges the block to move toward second stapling head to deploy the one or more staples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Nora BELKHAYAT, Ryan V. WALES, Paul SMITH, Conor REID, Jeff GRAY
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR FASTENING TISSUE
    Publication number: 20210007736
    Abstract: An endoscopic tissue fastening device may include a body having a first portion and a second portion arranged alongside the first portion. The second portion may extend distally of the first portion and may terminate in a distal end face of the body. The device may further include a tissue fastening assembly having a fastening head with a proximal end and a distal end. The fastening head may be deflectable at a location between the proximal end and the distal end of the fastening head. The tissue fastening assembly may be received within a lumen of the body. Further, the body may be moveable between an unarticulated configuration and an articulated configuration. In the articulated configuration, a central longitudinal axis of the second portion of the body may be substantially parallel with a central longitudinal axis of the tissue fastening assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Smith, Gary Jordan, Nathan Cummings, Ryan Wales, Douglas Melanson
  • ENDOSCOPIC MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20210008339
    Abstract: A medical device including a handle body having a proximal end and a distal end, a spool on the handle body and to move between the distal end and the proximal end of the handle body, a catheter extending from the distal end of the handle body, an actuator attached to the spool and extending through the catheter, such that the actuator is removably connected to one or more dispensable devices at a distal end of the catheter, a spool controller to prevent connection with another of the dispensable devices to the actuator after a predetermined number of dispensable devices have been dispensed by the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel CONGDON, Laurie A. LEHTINEN, Shawn RYAN, Joseph W. KING
  • SYSTEMS FOR LIMITING MOVEMENT OF CONTROL MECHANISMS
    Publication number: 20210007582
    Abstract: An assembly may have an axle. Rotation of the axle may cause deflection of a portion of a medical device. A collet may have an opening. The axle may extent through the longitudinal opening. An actuator may be configured to interact with the collet. A first configuration of the collet may permit rotation of the axle relative to the collet and a second configuration of the collet may inhibit rotation of the axle relative to the collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Brian GRAVELEY, Ana Marcela CORDERO MUNOZ, Leslie SHERWOOD, Gregory OSTRANDER
  • Reusable implant delivery devices
    Patent number: 10888313
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a medical device includes a needle member and a handle member. The handle member is coupled to the needle member. The handle member has a substantially flat portion. The handle member defines a groove. The groove is disposed on the substantially flat portion of the handle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Goddard, Kenneth W. Adams, Doreen Rao
  • Medical device handles and related methods
    Patent number: 10888349
    Abstract: A medical device may include a handle having a first portion and a second portion angled with respect to the first portion. The handle may further include a rail extending along the first portion of the handle. The rail may include a groove. The handle may also include a first actuator longitudinally moveable with respect to the handle along the rail and a second actuator rotatable about an axis collinear to a longitudinal axis of the first portion. Further, the handle may include a shaft longitudinally fixed relative to the first actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Pereira, David Johnston