Patents Assigned to SciMed
  • Patent number: 12042208
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed, with the device including a first jaw including a plurality of first electrodes and a second jaw including a plurality of second electrodes. The first jaw and the second jaw may be substantially rigid, elongate, and collectively define a longitudinal axis. The first jaw and the second jaw may be configured to engage tissue therebetween during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Raju Viswanathan, Gary L. Long
  • Patent number: 12042577
    Abstract: Example medical devices and methods of making example medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes a frame configured to be secured to cardiac tissue, wherein the frame includes a fatigue resistant nickel-titanium alloy that is heat set at a temp in the range of 450-550 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Mark Inouye, Brian T. Berg, Graham Krumpelmann, Ted William Pelzer, Kelsey Rae Cooper
  • Patent number: 12042137
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue traction device, e.g., for endoscopic tissue dissection. For example, a tissue traction device may include a first clip comprising opposable jaws. The device may include a traction band having a first end, a second end, a length therebetween and extending along a longitudinal axis. The band may have a first aperture at the first end. A second aperture may be at the second end of the band. A first jaw of the opposable jaws of the first clip may be disposed through the first aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Lee, John Unger, Anne Sluti, Kathleen M. Laliberte, Talha Riaz, Tracy Andreotti, Routha Sim, Juan C. Rodriguez Salazar, Caroline Riedel, Jose L. Garcia-Cordero, Ryan V. Wales
  • Patent number: 12035934
    Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft, an end effector at a distal end of the shaft, the end effector having a first jaw that pivots relative to a second jaw about a pivot axis, a control mechanism engaging a surface of the first jaw, such that when the control mechanism translates relative to the pivot axis from a first state to a second state, the surface of the first jaw moves relative to the control mechanism and pivot about the pivot axis. The medical device further includes an actuator extending through the shaft and coupled to the control mechanism, where translation of the actuator translates the control mechanism from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher R. Deuel
  • Patent number: 12035709
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for thawing cells using magnetic particles, such as Curie-magnetic or Néel-magnetic particles. In an embodiment, a cell storage medium for cryopreservation is included. The cell storage medium can include a cryoprotective agent; and a plurality of particles comprising a magnetic material. In an embodiment, a method for thawing a frozen cell sample is included. The method can include obtaining a frozen cell sample comprising particles, the particles comprising a magnetic material and applying an alternating electromagnetic field to the frozen cell sample to induce heating of the magnetic material. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Megan Chrobak, Carolina Villarreal
  • Patent number: 12035904
    Abstract: A deployment system includes a sheath, a shaft having a handle positioned at its proximal end, a micro motor having a motor shaft at the shafts distal end, a detachable helical first suture anchor positioned at the motor shafts distal end and an elongate suture fixedly coupled to the suture anchor. The deployment system can be positioned at a first tissue, and the motor shaft rotated to advance the helical first suture anchor into engagement with the first tissue. The motor shaft is detached from the first suture anchor thereby deploying it at the first tissue location. The deployment system can be reloaded with multiple suture anchors to deploy at multiple tissue locations. The suture extending between the anchors can then be drawn together to reconfigure the coupled tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones, Brian Szymczak
  • Patent number: 12035917
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to ligators, actuation devices, and methods for deploying ligation bands around a portion of tissue, utilizing an endoscope for suction, visualization, and support. In some embodiments, a ligator may include an elongate member having a lumen, and a ligating band dispenser extending from a distal end of the elongate member. The ligating band dispenser may include a cap and at least one ligating band on the cap. The ligator may further include an actuation device extending around the elongate member, wherein the actuation device includes a body, and a bobbin coupled to the body by support arms. A suture may be coupled between the bobbin and the at least one ligating band, wherein rotation of the bobbin draws the suture towards a proximal end of the elongate member to deploy the at least one ligating band from the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Schaubhut, Jeff Gray, Nelly Nganga, Austin K. Schlensker, Jenny Dandin, Ryan Gleason
  • Publication number: 20240225873
    Abstract: Stents, auxiliary compressive structure for stents, and techniques to avoid migration of a deployed stent are provided. An auxiliary support structure can be provided to apply compressive force on the flanges of the stent further compressing the stent or to provide axial or radial support for the flanges. The auxiliary support structures can be integrated into the stent or provided as separate device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
    Inventors: Yeison Calvo, Gian Franco Loo Fuchs, John Thomas Favreau, Richard Kim, Lisa Margaret Sangree, Anthony Frank Tassoni, JR., Serena Scott, Andrew James Schaubhut, Robb Morse Gavalis
  • Publication number: 20240225624
    Abstract: A tissue collection system for collection a sample from the body. The system may include an outer tubular member having a proximal end region and a distal end region and defining a lumen extending from the proximal end region to the distal end region, an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member, the inner tubular member defining a lumen extending from a proximal end region to a distal end region of the inner tubular member and an expandable tissue collection device disposed adjacent to the distal end region of the inner tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James Schaubhut, Peter L. Dayton, James Weldon, Paul Smith, Madinah Shamsu
  • Publication number: 20240226454
    Abstract: A system includes a first cavity with an open upper proximal end and a distal end including a plurality of ports. A second cavity can be concentric with and advanceable through the open upper proximal end of the first cavity. The second cavity can include an open upper proximal end. A plunger can be on a distal end of the second cavity. The plunger can be configured to move a first constituent from the first cavity through at least one of the plurality of ports. A plunger rod can be advanceable through the open upper proximal end of the second cavity and configured to move a second constituent from the first cavity through at least one of the plurality of ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited, Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin CLEVELAND, Nitesh Ghananil BAVISKAR, Junaid Mohammed SHAIKH, Richard Earl GRAFFAM, Joseph HERNANDEZ, Christopher WATSON, Jennie CREEGAN, Kolbein KOLSTE
  • Publication number: 20240226459
    Abstract: A medical device includes a handle having a first end and a second end, a mixer positioned within the handle and an adapter coupled to the second end of the handle. A delivery needle includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end. The proximal end of the delivery needle is coupled to the first end of the handle. A sensor cable includes a distal end and a proximal end, and the proximal end of the sensor cable is positioned within the handle, and the distal end extends distally through the lumen of the delivery needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Brian Graveley, Benjamin Cleveland, Daniel J. Foster, Katie Knowles
  • Publication number: 20240225619
    Abstract: A tissue collection system for collecting a sample from the body. The system may comprise a tubular member having a proximal end region and a distal end region and defining a lumen extending from the proximal end region to the distal end region, an elongate shaft slidably disposed within the lumen of the tubular member, the elongate shaft extending from a proximal end region to a distal end region, a tissue collection device disposed adjacent to the distal end region of the elongate shaft, and a filter positioned proximal to a distal end region of the tissue collection device when the tissue collection device is in a use configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter L. Dayton, John B. Golden, James Weldon
  • Publication number: 20240225623
    Abstract: A tissue collection system for collecting a sample from the body. The tissue collection system may comprise a tubular member having a proximal end region and a distal end region and defining a lumen extending from the proximal end region to the distal end region, an elongate shaft slidably disposed within the lumen of the tubular member, the elongate shaft extending from a proximal end region to a distal end region, and a tissue collection member disposed adjacent to the distal end region. The tissue collection member may comprise a helically wound coil including a plurality of windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James Weldon, Paul Smith, Madinah Shamsu, Andrew James Schaubhut, Jeffrey V. Bean
  • Publication number: 20240225673
    Abstract: A medical device including an actuator and a basket at a distal end of the actuator. The basket includes a plurality of wires and a plurality of eyelets extending from at least one wire of the plurality of wires, where the basket is configured to be transitioned from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard CRAWFORD, Enda CONNAUGHTON, Paul E. TIERNEY, Peter BRADY, Molly PHILLIPS-HUNGERFORD, Naomi GANNON
  • Patent number: 12029476
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering energy to passageways in a patient, such as airways in the lung of a patient for treating asthma. One embodiment of a method for delivering energy to a passageway comprises positioning an access device in a lung airway of a patient and advancing an elongated body of a treatment device along the access device until an energy delivery unit at a distal portion of the elongated body projects from the access device. The method can further include expanding the energy delivery unit such that energy delivery elements contact a sidewall of the airway and activating an energy supply coupled to the treatment device such that energy is delivered to the sidewall of the airway. A single person physically operates both the access device and the treatment device while expanding the energy delivery unit and activating the energy supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Webster, Timothy Dalbec, Huy Phan, William Wizeman, William Evans, Matthew Presta
  • Patent number: 12029395
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a container and tube set and methods for fluid delivery, and particularly an integrated container and tube set suitable for use with an endoscope to supply liquids and/or gases to the endoscope. The integrated container and tubes may include a container (e.g., water reservoir) containing a fluid and a gas, and a plurality of tubes integrally formed with the container. The integrated container may include an irrigation supply tube having a first lumen in fluid communication with the fluid, a lens wash supply tube having a second lumen in fluid communication with the fluid, a gas supply tube having a third lumen in operative communication with the gas, and an optional alternative gas supply tube having a fourth lumen in fluid communication with the gas. The lens wash supply tube and the gas supply tube may be formed as a single, multi-lumen tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Pollock, Colby Harris, Ryan Wales
  • Patent number: 12029405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstructions for dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices that transition from a constrained to an unconstrained bowed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Danny S. Lee, Scott E. Brechbiel, Jialiang Wang, Sean P. Fleury
  • Patent number: 12029477
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a laser fiber may include an optical fiber. The optical fiber may include a proximal portion. The optical fiber also may include a distal portion having a distal end. The optical fiber may be configured to transmit laser energy from the proximal portion to the distal portion for emission of the laser energy from the distal end. The optical fiber also may include a distal tip surrounding the distal portion to protect the distal portion. The distal tip may include a sheet glass material having a laser energy emitting surface. The laser energy emitting surface may be defined by a chemically-strengthened surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Honggang Yu, Rongwei Jason Xuan, Jian Zhang, Charles Alexander Ikan Burdan
  • Patent number: 12029890
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a magnetic drive system of a blood pump. The magnetic drive system may include an impeller, a drive shaft, a driven magnet assembly, a driving magnet assembly, and a flux enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis J. Schauer, Joseph Alan Kronstedt, Benjamin Breidall, Megan Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240215998
    Abstract: A retrieval device may have a contracted state and an expanded state. The retrieval device may include a sheath and at least three support members. Each of the support members may have a first portion with a first cross-sectional shape and a second portion with a second cross-sectional shape different from the first cross-sectional shape. A proximal end fixed of each of the support members may be coupled to the sheath, and a distal end may be movable relative to the sheath. The retrieval device may further include at least three movable members movable relative to the support members. Each movable member may extend through a lumen of one support member of the at least three support members and through a lumen of a different support member of the at least three support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael S.H. CHU