Patents Assigned to SciMed
  • Esophageal stent including a valve member
    Patent number: 10888444
    Abstract: An example medical device is disclosed. An example medical device includes an expandable stent. The stent includes a tubular scaffold formed of one or more interwoven filament. The tubular scaffold includes an inner surface and a flexible valve extending radially inward from the inner surface of the scaffold. Further, the valve is configured to shift between a closed configuration and an open configuration and the one or more filaments of the scaffold bias the valve to the closed configuration while in a nominally deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Coyne, Niall Feeney, James Byrne, Harshad Holehonnur, Jonathan Dolan
  • Expandable access sheath
    Patent number: 10888353
    Abstract: Expandable access sheaths and methods for use thereof are disclosed. The access sheath may have an expandable element and flexible membrane. The access sheath may be configured to move between a non-expanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The access sheath may be biased towards the non-expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Clancy, Mark Hera
  • Capture devices
    Patent number: 10888345
    Abstract: Numerous devices are described. One device may comprise: a handle including a wire attachment portion; an actuator movably mounted to the handle, the actuator including a reaction chamber; a plunger movably mounted to the actuator, the plunger including a distal stop with a sheath attachment portion, and a proximal stop located in the reaction chamber; a resilient element including a distal end attached to the proximal stop, and a proximal end movable relative to plunger; and a force reduction element located in the reaction chamber between the resilient element and a reaction surface in the cavity. The resilient element may bias the plunger distally relative to the actuator, and be compressed when a proximally-directed force is applied to the plunger. The force reduction element may dissipate a portion of the proximally-directed force. Related devices and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Eads, Eric D. McLeish, Tyler Bylsma, Raymond G. Amos, III, Mark A. Voss
  • Active release of embolic coils
    Patent number: 10888331
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of embolic coils. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for actively releasing an embolic coil from a delivery device into a body lumen of a patient. Delivery systems of the present disclosure may allow an embolic coil to be advanced external to the distal end of a delivery catheter without being automatically released, thereby allowing the embolic coil to be repositioned prior to deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Pederson, Katherine Routh, Ken Zhang, Jeffry Johnson, Devon Arnholt, Joel Eggert, James Rohl, Douglas Pagoria, John-Allen O'Brien, Frank Ryan, Conor O'Sullivan
  • Stent and sleeve deployment
    Patent number: 10888410
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Vincent Nolan, Martyn G. Folan, Martin Hynes, Thomas Martin Keating, Bryan Forde, Kathleen Corcoran, Kevin M. Reavis
  • Operating room devices, methods, and systems
    Patent number: 10881482
    Abstract: Operation room devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving, at a processing unit, data associated with a patient; determining, with the processing unit, a treatment for the patient; identifying, with the processing unit, a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment; and generating, with the processing unit, a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data. Related devices and systems also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niraj Rauniyar, Timothy Harrah, Peter J. Pereira, Eric Wong, William Stanhope, Brian MacLean, Brandon Craft, Stuart Perry, William Gastrock
  • Endoscope with guide
    Patent number: 10881279
    Abstract: An instrument for use with an endoscope may include an elongate section configured to move exterior to the endoscope. The elongate section may include a distal end and a proximal end. The instrument may also include an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongate section, and an actuation device attached to the proximal end of the elongate section. The actuation device may be configured to operate the end effector. The instrument may also include a guiding member coupled to the elongate section. The guiding member may be configured to be coupled to an external surface of the endoscope to permit the guiding member to move longitudinally relative to the endoscope. The guiding member may be coupled to the elongate section such that the end effector may extend past a distal end of the endoscope and move in a transverse direction independent of the movement of the distal end of the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Weitzner
  • Compositions, devices and methods for multi-stage release of chemotherapeutics
    Patent number: 10881619
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides microparticles that are configured to release a first drug over a first time period and to release a second drug over a second time period, wherein a lag period of substantially no drug release occurs between the first and second time periods. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to the use of such microparticles in delivery systems and methods of treatment. In another aspect, the present disclosure pertains to drug delivery systems that comprising a folded inflatable drug delivery balloon that comprises folds and microparticles positioned within the folds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Palomar-Moreno, Michelle Hannon, Phillip Bannister
  • Attachment clamp
    Patent number: 10881274
    Abstract: Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, John O. McWeeney, Christopher A. Benning, Robert Castoldi, John F. Howard, Brian Intoccia, Gary Kappel, William L. Churchill
  • Implantable medical sensors and related methods of use
    Patent number: 10881320
    Abstract: According to one aspect, an implantable medical device may include an anchor assembly configured to anchor the medical device to a body lumen. The implantable medical device may also include a capsule. The capsule may include a pH sensor. The pH sensor may be configured to measure a pH of contents within the body lumen. The capsule may also include a power source, a controller, and an impedance sensor. The impedance sensor may be configured to measure an impedance within the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: George W. Duval, Paul J. Smith, Michael Y. Ko
  • Medical systems, devices, and related methods
    Patent number: 10881832
    Abstract: A medical device may include a handle having a first handle portion and a second handle portion. The first handle portion may be rotatable relative to the second handle portion. The medical device may also include a deflectable shaft coupled to and extending distally of the first handle portion. A port may be positioned on the first handle portion and a control knob may be coupled to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S. H. Chu
  • Stent delivery device
    Patent number: 10881542
    Abstract: A stent delivery device for deploying a low column strength stent may include an inner member having a distal region and a stent receiving area disposed therein. A low column strength stent convertible between a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration may be disposed on the stent receiving area. The stent receiving area may include a soft durometer polymer configured to permit the low column strength stent to sink into the soft durometer polymer when the low column strength stent is in the compressed configuration. An outer member may be moveable between an extended position in which the outer member extends over the stent and a retracted position in which the outer member is proximal of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Colby Harris
  • STEERING SYSTEM WITH LOCKING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20200405126
    Abstract: A steerable device, such as a steerable catheter, may include a control handle and an insertion shaft extending outwardly therefrom. In use, the insertion shaft is navigated to an area of interest for examination and/or treatment thereof. The steerable device may include a steering system that controls the deflection angle of the distal end of the insertion shaft in two or more non-planar directions for navigating the insertion shaft to the area of interest. The steering system may also include a locking mechanism for arresting or partially arresting the movement of the distal end of the insertion shaft in a first direction independent of arresting or partially arresting the movement of the distal end in a second non-planar direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. GOLDEN, Mark Monroe
  • TISSUE ABLATION USING A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200405386
    Abstract: An example medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes a catheter shaft including a distal end portion, wherein the distal end portion includes an ablation assembly. The ablation assembly includes an expandable frame including a base, an end region and a plurality of struts extending between the base and the end region, the struts defining a plurality of apertures along the frame. The ablation assembly also includes an electrical circuit coupled to an inner surface of the second end region of the frame, the electrical circuit including a plurality of ablation electrodes coupled thereto. Further, the expandable frame is designed to shift from a delivery configuration in which the ablation electrodes face inward from the inner surface of the expandable frame to an expanded configuration in which the ablation electrodes face away from the base of the expandable frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, JOHN A. ZANUSSI
  • ULTRASOUND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200405261
    Abstract: Example ultrasound medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes a support member having a proximal end region and a distal end region and a sensing member having a proximal end region and a distal end region, the distal end region of the sensing member coupled to the distal end region of the support member. The medical device also includes one or more ultrasound sensors disposed along the sensing member and a support shaft having a first end coupled to the sensing member and a second end coupled to the support member. Additionally, the sensing member is configured to shift from a first configuration in which the sensing member is adjacent to the support member to a second configuration in which at least a portion of the sensing member extends away from the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: KYLE HARISH SRIVASTAVA, PAUL F. CHOUINARD, CHRISTOPHER PIERE, JASON A. KILVINGTON, NIRAJ PRASAD RAUNIYAR, BRIAN P. WATSCHKE
  • DETECTION OF AN ENDOSCOPE TO A FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200405955
    Abstract: A fluid management and medical device system may include a fluid management system and a medical device. The fluid management system may include a pump configured to pump fluid to the medical device and a processing device configured to control the pump to maintain a target fluid flow range. The medical device may include an elongate shaft in fluid communication with the pump of the fluid management system, a pressure sensor, and a workstation in electronic communication with the pressure sensor and the processing device of the fluid management system. The processing device may be configured to adjust a fluid flow rate based on data received from the pressure sensor of the medical device and configured to verify the medical device is in a patient's body prior to adjusting the fluid flow rate based on the data received from the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: VIVEK SHAH, PETER J. PEREIRA, NIRAJ PRASAD RAUNIYAR
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE PROSTATE
    Publication number: 20200405370
    Abstract: A vapor delivery system and method is provided that is adapted for treating prostate tissue. The vapor delivery system includes a vapor delivery needle configured to deliver condensable vapor energy to tissue. In one method, the vapor delivery system is advanced transurethrally into the patient to access the prostate tissue. The vapor delivery system is properly positioned by measuring and advancing the system based on a field-of-view of an endoscope or camera disposed within the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael HOEY, Roger Noel HASTINGS
  • Implantable penile prostheses
    Patent number: 10874516
    Abstract: A penile prosthesis system including at least one cylinder that has an elongated inner opening, a cylinder spring positioned within the opening and adjacent to a distal end of the inner opening, an activation plunger positioned within a proximal end of the opening of the cylinder, and a plurality of discrete members within the inner opening between the cylinder spring and the plunger. The system further includes a pump comprising a spring and a tube connected to and extending from the cylinder and the pump, wherein the tube is configured for transferring fluid to the at least one cylinder upon activation of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Jagger, Brian Watschke, Steven Brncic, David Booth, William Furniss
  • Detachable polymer bond
    Patent number: 10874827
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns polymer catheter designs incorporating joints that break under tension. The joints are generally formed from two tubular elements comprising two different polymers with dissimilar thermal and/or mechanical characteristics, which are overlapped and exposed to heat and pressure. The disclosure also concerns methods of making and using such catheters, for instance to deliver medical implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Pauric John McGowan
  • Detachable RF energized occlusive device
    Patent number: 10874402
    Abstract: An occlusive medical device system may include a microcatheter, an elongate shaft, an occlusive medical device, wherein a release wire is configured to releasably attach the medical device to the distal end of the shaft at a release mechanism, and an RF generator. In a first electrical state current is not flowing and in a second electrical state current is flowing to the medical device. The shaft is slidable between a first position wherein the medical device is disposed within the microcatheter, a second position wherein at least a portion of the medical device is disposed outside of the microcatheter and the release mechanism is disposed within the microcatheter, and a third position wherein the release mechanism is disposed outside of the microcatheter. The medical device system is configured to be in the second electrical state when the elongate shaft is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Cao, Kent David Harrison, Timothy A. Ostroot, Matthew Ryan DeWitt