Patents Assigned to SciMed
  • MODULAR MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230023094
    Abstract: A medical device that includes a first body including a first actuation member including a first connector and a second actuation member. The medical device includes a second body for attachment to, and detachment from, the first body. The second body including an actuation wire, a second connector at a proximal end of the actuation wire, and a valve having one or more channels for receiving a material. Attachment of the first body with the second body results in the first connector engaging the second connector, such that movement of the first actuation member causes a corresponding movement of the actuation wire. Moving the second actuation member into the second body to interact with the valve is configured to selectively direct the material through the one or more channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin DIXSON, John B. GOLDEN, Michael JACOBS, Richard KIM, Alyanna TENORIO
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FOR IN VIVO ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20230022412
    Abstract: A system for determining characteristics of tissue within a body of a patient may include a medical device. The medical device may include a distal end configured to be advanced within the body of the patient; at least one aperture at the distal end; a laser emitter operable to emit monochromatic light out from the distal end via the at least one aperture and onto target tissue; and at least one photodetector array. The at least one photodetector array may be configured to: receive light incident on the at least one aperture that is one or more of scattered by or reflected from the target tissue; and generate Raman spectroscopy image data based on monochromatic light incident on the at least one aperture, the Raman spectroscopy image data including an array of intensity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Jane GETTYS, Kirsten VIERING, George Wilfred DUVAL
  • Systems and methods for autonomous cardiac mapping
    Patent number: 11559362
    Abstract: Methods and systems for autonomous cardiac mapping are disclosed. An example system for autonomous cardiac mapping of a heart chamber includes a processor being configured to acquire a representative geometric shell of the heart chamber, control a robotic device to autonomously navigate a mapping probe to a plurality of locations within the heart chamber based at least in part on the representative geometric shell, and generate a three-dimensional electroanatomical map of the heart chamber based on electrical data collected by the probe at the plurality of locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Alireza Ghodrati, Leili Salehi
  • Prosthetic valves, valve leaflets and related methods
    Patent number: 11559394
    Abstract: Examples herein include prosthetic valves, valve leaflets and related methods. In an example, a prosthetic valve is included having a plurality of leaflets. The leaflets can each have a root portion and an edge portion substantially opposite the root portion and movable relative to the root portion. The leaflets can include a fibrous matrix including polymeric fibers having an average diameter of about 10 nanometers to about 10 micrometers. A coating can surround the polymeric fibers within the fibrous matrix. The coating can have a thickness of about 3 to about 30 nanometers. The coating can be formed of a material selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a nitride, a carbide, a sulfide, or fluoride. In an example, a method of making a valve is included. Other examples are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Haiying Zhou, Bruce R. Forsyth
  • Vapor ablation systems and methods
    Patent number: 11559345
    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 includes a generator unit and an inductive heating system to produce a high quality vapor for delivery to tissue. Methods of use are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Noel Hastings, Steven Carlson, Mark Schrom, Michael Hoey
  • Medical device with pressure sensor
    Patent number: 11559213
    Abstract: Pressure sensing guidewires and methods for making and using pressure sensing guidewires are disclosed. An example pressure sensing guidewire may include a tubular member having a proximal region and a housing region. An optical fiber may be disposed within the tubular member and extend to the housing region. The optical fiber may have a distal end region with a cavity formed therein. A polymeric member disposed within the cavity. A reflective surface disposed along the polymeric member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory P. Wright, Nathaniel Stark, Wenguang Li, Gaylin Mildred Yee, Neil Pollock, Mikhail E. Bashtanov, Fahad Hussain, Mette Funding La Cour
  • Atherectomy system with supply line fitment
    Patent number: 11559324
    Abstract: An atherectomy system includes a handle having a handle housing and a drive motor that is disposed within the handle housing and is adapted to rotate a drive cable extending through the handle and operably coupled to an atherectomy burr. A supply line extends from the handle housing. A supply line fitment may be disposed relative to the handle housing and may be configured to releasably secure the supply line relative to the handle housing such that the supply line is directed away from the handle housing in a direction that is selected from two or more directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristi Mae Flury, Sharath Badadamath, Laszlo Trent Farago
  • MEDICAL DEVICE WITH EXTENDABLE SHAFT
    Publication number: 20230017488
    Abstract: A medical device may comprise a handle, a first shaft extending from a distal end of the handle, and a second shaft extending a lumen of the first shaft. The handle may further include a first actuator and a second actuator. The first shaft may include (1) a plurality of lumens extending therethrough, (2) a distal face, and (3) a longitudinal axis. Actuation of the first actuator may articulate a distal portion of the first shaft. The second shaft may be axially movable relative to the first shaft such that the second shaft extends out of a distal opening of the first lumen and distally of the distal face. Actuation of the second actuator may articulate a distal portion of the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashanth SOMASUNDARAM, Jennifer WHELEHAN, Rahul PRABHU, Tess DAVIS, Tara Ann JAROBSKI, Gene Thomas STORBECK
  • MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING RELEASABLE COUPLING
    Publication number: 20230013838
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a medical device having a longitudinal axis, and including a handle and a catheter. The handle can include a body having a proximal end and a distal end, an actuator moveably coupled to the body, and a handle control member coupled to the actuator, wherein the actuator can be configured to move relative to the body to move the handle control member. The catheter can include a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the shaft and the distal end of the body can be configured for releasable coupling. The catheter can also include a steering section located along the shaft and a catheter control member coupled to the steering section, wherein the catheter control member can be configured to move relative to the shaft to move the steering section relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Kappel, Ra NAM, Naroun Suon, Dan Bacon, Paul Smith, John Golden, Barry Weitzner
  • Device and method for applying a cinch to a suture
    Patent number: 11553909
    Abstract: Medical devices for applying a cinch to a suture and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft including a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region may define a lumen having a lumen dimeter, and a distally facing end surface. The medical device may also include an outer cinch member defining a bore and having an outer surface defining a shoulder. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the lumen and the bore and including a distal end section. An inner cinch member may be engaged with the distal end section of the elongated inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Gilbert, Shaun D. Comee, Peter Shank, Christopher R. Deuel, Dennis B. Hubbard, Jr., Norman C. May
  • Medical device for septal crossing with trapping features
    Patent number: 11554255
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongate shaft having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A first lumen may be defined in the shaft. A second lumen may be defined in the shaft. The distal end region may include a common lumen region in fluid communication with the first lumen and the second lumen. A deflectable member may be disposed within the shaft. The deflectable member may be designed to shift between a first configuration where the deflectable member directs a first medical device disposed within the common lumen region into the first lumen and a second configuration where the deflectable member allows a second medical device to move between the common lumen region and the second lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Anderson, Jose A. Meregotte, Eric Michael Petersen, David John Onushko, Lloyd Radman, Joseph Edward Adriaens
  • Methods and devices for performing electrosurgery
    Patent number: 11553959
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a medical system may include an instrument including an end effector for acting as a monopolar electrode. The end effector may be configured to be positioned in a body of a subject and emit radiofrequency energy towards a target area in the body. The medical system may further include a return electrode. The return electrode may be deliverable within the body proximate the target area and separately from the instrument and the monopolar electrode. The return electrode may be configured to contact tissue in the body proximate the target area and receive radiofrequency energy emitted from the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingxiang Xu, Samuel Raybin, Paul J. Smith, Kevin James McElwee
  • Endoscopic patch applicator
    Patent number: 11554251
    Abstract: A medical dispensing device which includes a catheter, an applicator tip at a distal end of the catheter, the catheter and the applicator tip defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis and a distal opening, a plunger in the lumen and movable along the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of elements in the lumen proximal to the distal opening and distal to the plunger, the plurality of elements stacked along the longitudinal axis for dispersement of one element at a time through the distal opening via a force applied by the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. King, Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos, John T. Favreau, Lauren S. Lydecker
  • Accessory devices for use with catheters
    Patent number: 11553942
    Abstract: An accessory device may be used in combination with a thrombectomy catheter. The accessory device may be configured to deflect a distal portion of the thrombectomy catheter and/or disrupt a lesion in a vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Bonnette, Michael P. Schrom, Jason T. Anderson, David B. Morris, Debra M. Kozak, Jeffrey Alan Nylund, Kenneth R. Larson, Katherine Stryker Brodeen Routh
  • Minimally invasive implant and method
    Patent number: 11547542
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for treating urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and other pelvic defects or dysfunctions, in both males and females, using one or more lateral implants to reinforce the supportive tissue of the urethra. The implants can be configured as a sling device having at least one extension arm and a tissue support portion having an eyelet, wherein a portion of the at least one extension arm is adapted to slide through and adjustably attach with the eyelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica L. Roll, John Fritz Otte, Mona N. Dahdah, Brian G. Fischer
  • Control methods and devices for energy delivery
    Patent number: 11547474
    Abstract: Control systems and methods for delivery of energy that may include control algorithms that prevent energy delivery if a fault is detected and may provide energy delivery to produce a substantially constant temperature at a delivery site. In some embodiments, the control systems and methods may be used to control the delivery of energy, such as radiofrequency energy, to body tissue, such as lung tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Danek, William J. Wizeman, Tim R. Dalbec, Gary S. Kaplan
  • Inflatable penile prosthesis with guides in valve of pump assembly
    Patent number: 11547566
    Abstract: An inflatable penile prosthesis can comprise a reservoir, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly can include at least one valve comprising an entry tube interface configured to attach to the entry tube and defining an entry passageway, an entry portion adjacent to the entry tube interface, a middle portion adjacent to the entry portion, an exit portion adjacent to the middle portion, the exit portion being narrower than the middle portion, the exit portion defining an exit portion passageway and comprising multiple guides extending toward a longitudinal exit axis, the multiple guides being symmetrical about the longitudinal exit axis, the exit tube interface adjacent to the exit portion, and a poppet disposed inside the chamber, the poppet being biased to rest against the entry portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James Ryan Mujwid, John Anders Bostrom, Mark Edward DiLoreto, Ryan Earl Fredrick, Travis J. Schauer
  • Implant fixation devices and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 11547398
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a medical device includes an elongate member, a needle, and a suture. The needle is movably coupled to the elongate member. The suture is disposed within a lumen defined by the elongate member. The suture has a coupling member coupled to a first portion of the suture. The coupling member is configured to be coupled to a second portion of the suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Pereira, Joseph Gordon, Shane Siwinski, Faith David-Hegerich
  • Bi-directional valve pump
    Patent number: 11549598
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir configured to hold fluid, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly configured to transfer the fluid between the fluid reservoir and the inflatable member. The pump assembly includes a valve body, a pump bulb, and a deflation mode actuator. The valve body includes a bi-directional valve configured to move from an inflation position to a deflation position in response to an activation of the deflation mode actuator. The bi-directional valve in the inflation position is configured to open a fluid passageway in the valve body to transfer fluid from the pump bulb to the inflatable member. The bi-directional valve in the deflation position is configured to open a fluid passageway in the valve body to transfer fluid from the inflatable member to the fluid reservoir that bypasses the pump bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James Ryan Mujwid, Ryan Earl Fredrick, Mark Edward DiLoreto, John Anders Bostrom, Jessica Elizabeth Felton, Thomas Andrew Albrecht
  • Devices for manipulating tissue and related methods
    Patent number: 11547433
    Abstract: A medical device may include an insertion device having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough. The medical device may further include a snare device configured to transition between a contracted state within the lumen of the insertion device, and an expanded state extending distally of the insertion device. The snare device may include a loop including a pair of legs and a distal tip. The distal tip may include a plurality of stabilizers between the pair of legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Larsen, Brian Hanson, Elias Khoury, Ismail Guler, Paul Smith, Daniel Vancamp, Wade Strelow, Kevin McElwee