Patents Assigned to Versago Vascular Access, Inc.
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Publication number: 20240082510Abstract: The present disclosure provides medical devices, particularly medical grade needles with removable tips, as well as methods of needle tip installation and removal, and devices therefor. Needle tip installation and removal devices may include needle tip installation and removal tools and kits, including hand held and manipulated tools that facilitate the installation and removal of needle tips, particularly on vascular access port needles. Such installation and removal devices may provide more expedient hook up of the access port for the therapy. Also, the installation and removal of the needle tips may be conducted in a more sterile manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Richard P. Rodgers, John M. Butziger
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Patent number: 11918755Abstract: A patency system for maintaining a patency of an indwelling medical device including an elongated shaft configured to be at least partially received within a portion of the indwelling medical device, and at least one cleaner configured to at least partially dislodge debris formed within the indwelling medical device.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
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Patent number: 11724081Abstract: A medical device is provided which comprises an implantable vascular access port including a fluid passage operable to introduce fluid to a host and/or remove fluid from the host, the fluid passage accessible through a fluid passage access opening and at least a portion of the fluid passage defined by a needle configured to penetrate cutaneous tissue of the host; and an implantable vascular access catheter connectable with the vascular access port; wherein the vascular access catheter and the vascular access port are connectable to each other within the vascular access port.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
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Publication number: 20220280750Abstract: A patency system for maintaining a patency of an indwelling medical device including an elongated shaft configured to be at least partially received within a portion of the indwelling medical device, and at least one cleaner configured to at least partially dislodge debris formed within the indwelling medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
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Publication number: 20220072222Abstract: An access port system, comprising an implantable access port, the access port including an access port body, an access port needle and a fluid flow passage provided within the body and the needle; wherein the needle is fully containable within the body, and the needle is exposable outside the body; wherein the needle is arranged within the body to penetrate outwardly of the subject from within the subject when the access port is implanted in the subject; wherein, when the needle is exposed outside the body, the fluid flow passage is open to a flow of a fluid within the access port in at least a direction entering the access port through the needle and thereafter exiting the access port from the body; and wherein the assess port includes at least one sensor configured to detect the fluid within the fluid flow passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Ronald P. Murphy
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Patent number: 11229781Abstract: A medical system, comprising an implantable access port including an implantable access port body and at least one implantable access port needle; wherein the at least one needle is concealable inside the access port body in a concealed position and is exposable outside the access port body in an exposed position; wherein the at least one needle is arranged within the access port body to penetrate outwardly through skin of a subject from within the subject when the access port is implanted in the subject; a transfer device coupled to the at least one needle of the access port, the transfer device configured to transfer a fluid to and/or from the access port; and wherein the transfer device is configured to form a closed system with the access port, wherein the transfer device includes a fluid flow passage configured to transfer the fluid to and/or from the access port.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: John M. Butziger, Steven J. Tallarida, Ronald P. Murphy
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Patent number: 11154687Abstract: A patency system for maintaining a patency of an indwelling medical device including an elongated shaft configured to be at least partially received within a portion of the indwelling medical device, and at least one cleaner configured to at least partially dislodge debris formed within the indwelling medical device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
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Patent number: 11058815Abstract: An access port system, comprising an implantable access port, the access port including an access port body, an access port needle and a fluid flow passage provided within the body and the needle; wherein the needle is fully containable within the body, and the needle is exposable outside the body; wherein the needle is arranged within the body to penetrate outwardly of the subject from within the subject when the access port is implanted in the subject; wherein, when the needle is exposed outside the body, the fluid flow passage is open to a flow of a fluid within the access port in at least a direction entering the access port through the needle and thereafter exiting the access port from the body; and wherein the assess port includes at least one sensor configured to detect the fluid within the fluid flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Ronald P. Murphy
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Patent number: 10905866Abstract: A medical device is provided which comprises an implantable vascular access port including a fluid passage operable to introduce fluid to a host and/or remove fluid from the host, the fluid passage accessible through a fluid passage access opening and at least a portion of the fluid passage defined by a needle configured to penetrate cutaneous tissue of the host; and an implantable vascular access catheter connectable with the vascular access port; wherein the vascular access catheter and the vascular access port are connectable to each other within the vascular access port.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
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Patent number: 10835728Abstract: An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Kenneth Arden Eliasen
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Patent number: 10512734Abstract: The present disclosure provides medical devices, particularly medical grade needles with removable tips, as well as methods of needle tip installation and removal, and devices therefor. Needle tip installation and removal devices may include needle tip installation and removal tools and kits, including hand held and manipulated tools that facilitate the installation and removal of needle tips, particularly on vascular access port needles. Such installation and removal devices may provide more expedient hook up of the access port for the therapy. Also, the installation and removal of the needle tips may be conducted in a more sterile manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Richard P. Rodgers, John M. Butziger
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Patent number: 10369345Abstract: A medical device comprising a subcutaneous access port having an access port body and at least one needle having a removable needle tip and a needle shaft defining a needle lumen; the at least one needle housed within the access port body, the at least one needle extendable and retractable relative to the access port body; and a needle shift mechanism operable such that the at least one needle is extendable from and retractable into the access port body at a plurality of positions of the access port body.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Richard P. Rodgers, John M. Butziger
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Patent number: 10300262Abstract: An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Kenneth Arden Eliasen
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Patent number: 10238851Abstract: A medical system, comprising an implantable access port including an implantable access port body and at least one implantable access port needle; wherein the at least one needle is concealable inside the access port body in a concealed position and is exposable outside the access port body in an exposed position; wherein the at least one needle is arranged within the access port body to penetrate outwardly through skin of a subject from within the subject when the access port is implanted in the subject; a transfer device coupled to the at least one needle of the access port, the transfer device configured to transfer a fluid to and/or from the access port; and wherein the transfer device is configured to form a closed system with the access port, wherein the transfer device includes a fluid flow passage configured to transfer the fluid to and/or from the access port.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: John M. Butziger, Steven J. Tallarida, Ronald P. Murphy
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Patent number: 9764124Abstract: An implantable vascular access port for providing repeated therapy to a patient in need of such therapy, the access port, upon repeated use, presents each time an access needle at a new location so as to minimize scarring injury to the skin of the patient. The vascular access port may include a body, a cover comprising a plurality of openings, at least one needle comprising a tip and a shaft, the shaft defining a lumen, a needle elevator mechanism to operate the position of the at least one needle in at least a retracted position in which the at least one needle is disposed in the body and the needle tip below the cover and an extended position in which the at least one needle is engaged through at least a first one of the openings, and a needle shift mechanism to move the at least one needle from a first position in which the needle can engage the at least a first one of the openings, to a second position in which the needle can engage at least a second one of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Richard P. Rodgers, John M. Butziger
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Patent number: 9480831Abstract: An access port, wherein the access port may include a body having an exterior surface and a chamber defined therein, a bore defined in the body providing fluid communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a needle in fluid communication with the chamber, a passage defined in the body providing communication between the chamber and the exterior surface, a seal secured within the passage, and an actuator in communication with the needle, configured to move the needle relative to the passage or move the passage relative to the needle.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, Kenneth Arden Eliasen