Patents Assigned to SciMed
  • Patent number: 11311382
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an inflatable penile prosthesis includes a fluid reservoir, an inflatable member, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a pump bulb, a valve body, a push valve movably coupled to the valve body, a first fluid port, and a second fluid port. The push valve includes a movable valve element configured to move between an inflation position and a deflation position within a bore of the valve body. The movable valve element in the inflation position defines a fluid passageway through the bore to transfer fluid from the pump bulb to the second fluid port. The movable valve element, when moved to the deflation position, is configured to change the fluid passageway through the bore to transfer fluid from the second fluid port to the first fluid port such that the pump bulb is bypassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James Ryan Mujwid, Ryan Earl Fredrick, Mark Edward DiLoreto, John Anders Bostrom
  • Patent number: 11311196
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for evaluating a vessel of a patient, and in particular the hemodynamic impact of a stenosis within the vessel of a patient. Proximal and distal pressure measurements are made using first and second instrument while the first instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel from a first position to a second position and the second instrument remains in a fixed longitudinal position within the vessel. A series of pressure ratio values are calculated, and a pressure ratio curve is generated. One or more stepped change in the pressure ratio curve are then identified and/or located using an Automatic Step Detection (ASD) process and/or algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenguang Li, Qian Li, Justin Michael Lerman, David Burgess
  • Publication number: 20220120799
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a shaft insertable into a target area, and an electronic component configured to generate a signal. The electronic component may be on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include at least one antenna on or within the shaft. The electronic device may also include a receiver operatively coupled to the antenna. The receiver may monitor an electrical characteristic of the antenna to identify an effect of an electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna. The electronic device may also include a processor communicatively coupled to the receiver. At least one of the receiver and the processor may predict an effect of the electromagnetic field on the signal generated by the electronic component, based at least in part on the effect of the electromagnetic field on the electrical characteristic of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell P. DRESHER
  • Publication number: 20220117648
    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 with a solenoid actuation mechanism. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Noel Hastings, Mark SCHROM, Steven CARLSON, Michael Hoey, Timothy D. BYLAND, Karliam C. WOO, Brian A. BACHMEIER
  • Publication number: 20220117618
    Abstract: A medical device may include a plurality of links reciprocally movable between a loose configuration having a first rigidity and a compact configuration having a second rigidity greater than the first rigidity, wherein application of a force to a distalmost link of the plurality of links when the plurality of links are in the loose configuration causes the plurality of links to change orientation relative to one another, and application of the force to the distalmost link when the plurality of links are in the compact configuration does not cause the plurality of links to change orientation relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Mark KRINGLE, Devon N. ARNHOLT, Mark W. BODEN, David SHREEVE, Joel T. EGGERT, Christopher MACOMBER, Danilo DECIO
  • Publication number: 20220117469
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a medical device assembly. The medical device assembly described herein may include a medical device and a control unit. The medical device may include an imaging apparatus, an electrical wire coupled to the imaging apparatus, an illumination device, an illumination connector coupled to the illumination device, and a connector coupled to the electrical wire and the illumination connector. The control unit may include an electrical interface, a light source, and a port, wherein the port is configured to receive the connector to operatively couple the electrical wire to the electrical interface, and to operatively couple the illumination connector to the light source, the connector being removably attachable to the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirsten VIERING, Russell DRESHER, Paul AQUILINO, Ryan FOSS
  • Patent number: 11304633
    Abstract: A system may include an implantable structure with a plurality of electrodes attached thereto, where the implantable structure is configured to be implanted proximate to a nerve that innervates and is proximate to an organ involved with glucose control. The system may further include a controller configured for use to control which of the plurality of electrodes are modulation electrodes and which of the plurality of electrodes are sense electrodes, a modulation energy generator configured to deliver modulation energy using one or more of the modulation electrodes, and a nerve traffic sensor configured to sense nerve traffic in the nerve using one or more of the sense electrodes. The controller may be configured to determine if the delivered modulation energy captures the nerves based on the sensed neural activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Koya, Bryan Allen Clark, Kyle Harish Srivastava, Michael X. Govea, Elizabeth Mary Annoni
  • Patent number: 11304755
    Abstract: An introducer set for a microwave ablation probe is disclosed. The introducer set includes a cannula that is at least partially transparent to microwave energy, and a stylet sized to be received by the lumen of the cannula. Other examples provide a microwave ablation system including a microwave ablation probe having a radiating portion and a cannula that is at least partially transparent to microwave energy. The radiating portion of the probe aligns with the transparent portion of the cannula when the probe is inserted into the cannula lumen. The technology provides a method including introducing a microwave ablation probe into the lumen of a cannula having a cannula body that is at least partially transparent to microwave energy, aligning the transparent portion of the cannula with the radiating portion of the probe, and causing microwave energy to be emitted from the radiating portion of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Cao, Kent David Harrison, Timothy A. Ostroot
  • Patent number: 11304798
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve leaflet includes a plurality of electrospun fibers at least partially embedded in a polymer matrix. The plurality of fibers includes a first polyisobutylene urethane copolymer having a first predetermined weight average percentage of hard segment portions and the polymer matrix includes a second polyisobutylene urethane copolymer having a second predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions, wherein the first predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions is greater than the second predetermined weight average percentage of the hard segment portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: David Robert Wulfman, Thomas A. Wrobel, Crystal Marie Anderson-Cunanan, Joseph Thomas Delaney, Jr., Patrick Willoughby, Mark W. Boden, Peter G. Edelman, Michael Eppihimer
  • Publication number: 20220114730
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract may include characterizing one or more disease parameters using objective measures obtained from imaging data of a gastrointestinal tract. The one or more disease parameters reflect a measure of at least one of lesions, ulcers, bleeding, stenosis, and vasculature. The method may also include using the one or more characterized disease parameters to classify a disease state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: George W. DUVAL, John Allen HINGSTON
  • Patent number: 11300216
    Abstract: A medical cleaning valve (or cleaning valve) may be configured to provide cleaning functionality to fluid (e.g., air and water) channels of an endoscope. Many embodiments described herein may include a cleaning valve (or valve) that is appropriate for single-use and therefore may be disposable. Accordingly, the valve may be made from a limited number of parts and materials, e.g., to limit its cost and/or manufacturing complexity. For example, multiple seals may be integrally formed with a valve stem. In another example, the valve may have an interface member, which may combine and simplify the functionality of a number of components, such as by connecting the valve stem to a valve well, sealing an opening to a lumen in the valve stem, and/or biasing the valve stem into a position relative to the valve well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Colby Harris, Larry E. Stanton
  • Patent number: 11302435
    Abstract: Computer systems and computer-implemented analysis methods may be used for assistance in planning and/or performing a medical procedure, such as percutaneous nephrolithotomy or percutaneous nephrolithotripsy. The method may include receiving one or more radiographic images of an anatomical structure of a patient, generating a display of the radiographic image(s), generating at least one request for user input to identify features of the anatomical structure, receiving user input identifying the features of the anatomical structure, identifying at least one access plan based on the received user input, and generating a display of the identified access plan(s) associated with the radiographic image(s). The method may include generating a patient template that indicates an insertion site according to the identified access plan(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry T. Long, Timothy P. Harrah, Brandon W. Craft, Elizabeth A. Stokley, Sebastian Koerner, Erik Sperry, Chad Schneider, Mark Hera
  • Patent number: 11291727
    Abstract: Various embodiments of bulking or cushioning agents or material and related medical devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of performing a medical procedure in a tract of a body may include injecting a material in a liquid phase proximate a target site between a first tissue layer and a second tissue layer, allowing the material to transition from the liquid phase to the gel phase in response to a raise in temperature of the material to approximately at or above the predetermined temperature, and performing a surgical procedure on the target site. The material may have the liquid phase at temperatures below a predetermined temperature and a gel phase at temperature approximately at or above the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Scopton, Samuel Zhong, Yem Chin
  • Patent number: 11293914
    Abstract: Embodiments include chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a medical device is provided. The medical device can include a graphene varactor, including a graphene layer and a self-assembled monolayer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer through electrostatic interactions between a partial positive charge on hydrogen atoms of one or more hydrocarbons of the self-assembled monolayer and a it-electron system of graphene. The self-assembled monolayer can include one or more substituted porphyrins or substituted metalloporphyrins, or derivatives thereof. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Xue Zhen, Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Steven J. Koester, Justin Theodore Nelson
  • Patent number: 11291574
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using the same. An example medical device may include an elongate tubular member, an endosurgery stent disposed on the outer surface of the tubular member, a push tube slidably disposed along the outer surface of the tubular member, and a push member slidably disposed in a lumen formed in the tubular member. The push member may be coupled to the push tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Griego, David C. Giusti, Stephen Derosier
  • Publication number: 20220095887
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a shaft defining a first channel having a distal opening, a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to a distal end of the shaft to expose the distal opening to an external environment, wherein the PCB includes an imager and at least one light, the imager and the at least one light mounted on a distal facing surface of the PCB, and an optically clear covering, wherein the covering covers the imager and the at least one light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric LENT, Niraj RAUNIYAR
  • Publication number: 20220101501
    Abstract: A medical device includes a sensor, a processor, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing imaging instructions. The sensor captures a first raw image into a first frame of raw pixel values including a plurality of first pixel values that represent pixels of a first color and a plurality of second pixel values that represent pixels of a second color. The sensor captures a second raw image into a second frame of raw pixel values including a plurality of third pixel values that represent pixels of the second color and a plurality of fourth pixel values that represent pixels of a third color. The processor convolves the first frame of raw pixel values with the second frame of raw pixel values to generate a first extrapolated frame of pixel values in a YCrCb format and creates a processed image from the first extrapolated frame of pixel values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirsten VIERING, Louis J. BARBATO, George Wilfred DUVAL
  • Publication number: 20220096154
    Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft including a lumen configured to direct a flow of fluid through the shaft and an electrode. A proximal end of the electrode and a distal end of the shaft form a coupling configured to releasably couple the proximal end of the electrode with the distal end of the shaft. When the proximal end of the electrode is coupled to the distal end of the shaft, fluid delivered through the lumen is emitted from the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul SMITH, Aidan McGLINCHEY, Allyn JENSRUD, Ramon ESTEVEZ, Mingxiang XU, Niklas ANDERSSON, Gary JORDAN
  • Publication number: 20220096141
    Abstract: A method of forming an energy delivery portion of a medical device includes contacting a distal portion of an electrode shaft with an insulating material, and heating the insulating material to couple the insulating material to the distal portion of the electrode shaft to form an insulation tip. The distal portion of the electrode shaft includes one or more surface contours to entrain the insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John KUMMAILIL, Matthew P. JONES, Sverre GROPEN
  • Publication number: 20220095893
    Abstract: A medical device may include: a shaft configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a subject; a handle at a proximal end of the shaft, the handle including an adjustment mechanism configured to be transitioned from a first configuration, in which the shaft has a first stiffness, to a second configuration, in which the shaft has a second stiffness. The first stiffness may be different from the second stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James WELDON, Scott E. BRECHBIEL