Patents Assigned to Vivasure Medical Limited
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Patent number: 11957328Abstract: A device for sealing an aperture in a tissue includes: a foot including a distal portion configured to be disposed distal to the tissue when the device is implanted in a position to seal the aperture; and a flexible wing positionable against a distal surface of the tissue adjacent the aperture such that the flexible wing is disposed between the distal portion of the foot and the distal surface adjacent the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, Michael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
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Patent number: 11478235Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
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Patent number: 11357486Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a closure system for use in surgical procedures.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: VIVASURE MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Peter Grant, Michael Dunning, Gerard Brett, Kevin Walsh, Desmond John Regan
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Patent number: 11311280Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue. A cage or shoe engaged with the support member on the exterior surface of the tissue can provide additional support and assist sealing the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Mark McGoldrick, Noelle Barrett, Christopher Martin, Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Gerard Brett
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Patent number: 11278269Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for closing a perforation in any hollow vessel associated with a mammalian surgical procedure, for example a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue, the device comprising an implant and a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant, the delivery shaft comprising (i) a retaining sleeve, (ii) a release sleeve, and (iii) a handle coupled to the delivery shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Mark McGoldrick, Gerard Brett
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Patent number: 11141142Abstract: The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Peter Grant, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
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Patent number: 10966698Abstract: A device for sealing an aperture in a tissue includes: a foot including a distal portion configured to be disposed distal to the tissue when the device is implanted in a position to seal the aperture; and a flexible wing positionable against a distal surface of the tissue adjacent the aperture such that the flexible wing is disposed between the distal portion of the foot and the distal surface adjacent the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, MIchael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
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Patent number: 10433826Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
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Patent number: 10206668Abstract: The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue”.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Peter Grant, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
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Patent number: 9850013Abstract: A device for folding an implant having a wing into a an overlapped configuration includes a funnel body comprising: a first portion configured to receive and protect the implant when the wing of the implant is in a flat or relaxed state, a second portion proximal to the first portion and configured to engage and fold opposite first and second side portions of the wing of the implant in a predetermined direction when the implant is retracted proximally from the first portion of the funnel body and into the second portion of the funnel body, and an overlap guide configured to direct the path of a first one of the side portions of the wing such that the first and second side portions of the wing are overlapped in a predetermined manner and to prevent respective edges of the first and second side portions of the wing from butting into each other as the first and second side portions of the wing are guided into the overlapping configuration during proximal retraction of the implant relative to the funnel body.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Daniel Slattery, Matthew Murphy, Chris Martin
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Patent number: 9737286Abstract: A device for sealing an aperture in a tissue includes: a foot including a distal portion configured to be disposed distal to the tissue when the device is implanted in a position to seal the aperture; and a flexible wing positionable against a distal surface of the tissue adjacent the aperture such that the flexible wing is disposed between the distal portion of the foot and the distal surface adjacent the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, Michael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
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Patent number: 9662099Abstract: A device for sealing an aperture in a tissue includes: an implant configured to seal the aperture when positioned adjacent to the aperture; and a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant to allow the implant to be maneuvered into sealing engagement with a distal surface of the tissue, the delivery shaft comprising a retaining sleeve comprising a locking projection engagable with the locking recess of the implant to secure the implant to the delivery shaft, and a release sleeve axially slideable relative to the retaining sleeve between a first axial position in which the release sleeve is configured to maintain locking engagement between the locking recess and the locking projection, and a second axial position in which the release sleeve permits the locking projection to disengage the locking recess.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, Michael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
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Patent number: 9610070Abstract: An interventional medical closure device comprises a first engagement element for engagement with an external surface of a vessel on a first side of an opening through the vessel wall and a second engagement element for engagement with an external surface on a second side of the opening. A closure element extends from the first engagement element, into the vessel, and to the second engagement element to assist in closure of the opening. The device may include a foot element to engage the internal surface of the vessel on both sides of the opening. The foot element may provide a guide with a pathway for the closure element.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventor: Christopher Martin
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Patent number: 9572558Abstract: A device for delivering an implant configured to seal an aperture in a tissue includes: a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant to allow the implant to be maneuvered into sealing engagement with a distal surface of the tissue, the delivery shaft comprising a retaining sleeve comprising a locking projection engagable with a locking recess of the implant to secure the implant to the delivery shaft, and a release sleeve axially slideable relative to the retaining sleeve between a first axial position in which the release sleeve is configured to maintain locking engagement between the locking recess and the locking projection, and a second axial position in which the release sleeve permits the locking projection to disengage the locking recess.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, Michael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
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Patent number: 9060751Abstract: A device for closing an opening in a tissue includes a closure body, a fastening element, and a capture strip coupleable to the closure body such that the capture strip is moveable from a first position to a second position relative to the closure body, the capture strip including a receptacle configured to receive the fastening element when the capture strip is in the first position such that movement of the capture strip from the first position to the second position causes the fastening element to urge the closure body toward the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Christopher Martin, Gerard Brett, Peter Grant, Damien Ryan, Michael Dunning, Desmond John Regan
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Patent number: 8906050Abstract: A medical device for creating and closing an opening through a vessel wall is described. The device includes a guiding engagement element positioned in a vessel wall; an incising member positionable over the engagement element; and a cutting element, with a recessed notch, at a distal end of the incising member. The cutting element forms a flap on a first portion of a vessel wall, the flap having a first portion attached to the wall and second portion having a first diameter cut and a second diameter cut larger than the first diameter cut. The engagement element includes a retaining element engaging a portion of the flap; and an anchoring element engaging an external surface of the vessel, wherein the retaining element and the anchoring element exert a compressive force on the vessel wall for assisting closure of the cut.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Gerard Brett, David Ronan, Liam Mulloy, Steven Horan
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Publication number: 20120296275Abstract: A medical device includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, the sheath having an opening at both the proximal end and the distal end, and a removable dilator having a distal end and a proximal end, the dilator having at least one blood detector disposed on a tapered portion of the distal end of the dilator, the dilator positionable within the sheath such that the tapered portion of the distal end of the dilator extends through the opening in the distal end of the sheath, the proximal end of the dilator extends through the opening in the proximal end of the sheath, and at least a portion of the at least one blood detector is adjacent to the distal end of the sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: VIVASURE MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Gerard Brett
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Publication number: 20120226308Abstract: A device for closing an opening in a tissue includes a closure body, a fastening element, and a capture strip coupleable to the closure body such that the capture strip is moveable from a first position to a second position relative to the closure body, the capture strip including a receptacle configured to receive the fastening element when the capture strip is in the first position such that movement of the capture strip from the first position to the second position causes the fastening element to urge the closure body toward the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: VIVASURE MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Martin, Gerard Brett, Peter Grant, Damien Ryan, Michael Dunning, Desmond John Regan
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Patent number: 7753935Abstract: An interventional medical closure device is suitable for assisting closure of an opening through a blood vessel wall after completion of an interventional procedure within the internal lumen of the blood vessel. The device comprises a closure element, a grasping element for grasping the closure element, and a delivery element for delivering the closure element into the internal lumen of the blood vessel. The closure element comprises a suture, and an engagement foot at a distal end of the suture. The grasping element is inter-engageable with the closure element to grasp the closure element. The delivery element comprises a main body portion, and a distal nose. The distal nose defines a reception space for carrying the engagement foot of the closure element. The delivery element also comprises an engagement foot which is movable relative to the main body portion between a low-profile delivery configuration and a protruding engagement configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Vivasure Medical LimitedInventors: Gerard Brett, David Ronan, Liam Mulloy, Steven Horan