Patents Assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11564693
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward systems, methods, and apparatuses that include an occlusion device having a barrier member. The barrier member may include an enlargeable portion and a tail portion extending from the enlargeable portion. The enlargeable portion and the tail portion are releasably coupled to the delivery catheter such that the tail portion is radially unsupported and collapsible upon deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Brinkmann, Paul D. Goodman
  • Patent number: 11564672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery system. The sealing device would have improved conformity to heart anatomy and be easily deployed, repositioned, and retrieved at the opening site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Brad W. Van Orden
  • Patent number: 11559417
    Abstract: A catheter assembly for delivery of an expandable implant having at least one branch portal, which utilizes a secondary sleeve for releasably constraining a middle portion of the expandable implant after releasing a primary constraining sleeve used for constraining the expandable implant toward a delivery configuration for endoluminal delivery; and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin C. Burkart, Mark Fillinger, Larry L. Gibbs, Brandon C. Hedberg, Jason D. Hemmer, Timothy E. Johnston, Levon M. Majure, Steven W. Nelson, Jonathan W. Thom, Daniel J. Westphal, William Wilkie
  • Patent number: 11559387
    Abstract: A medical device comprises a substrate (10) defining a major surface (9) defining a plane, including a plurality of first struts (14) along a first direction interconnected with a plurality of second struts (12) extending along a second direction not parallel with the first direction, wherein widths (11) of the second struts as measured along the major surface are larger than thicknesses of the second struts as measured perpendicular to the major surface such that when the substrate is stretched in the first direction, intermediate sections (15) of the second struts (12) rotate relative to the first struts (14) and the intermediate sections of the second struts bend out of the plane of the major surface. The medical device is operable to extend and/or retract elements suitable for a particular purpose. The elements are extended and/or retracted in response to a stress applied by way of stretching and/or retracting the device, among other methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: W. L Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Gassler, Nathan L. Friedman, Bruce M. Steinhaus, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan
  • Patent number: 11547396
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a plurality of securing devices. For example, the present disclosure includes securing devices comprising sutures, everting anchors, and inverting anchors. The sutures and anchors disclosed herein may be capable of deployment to a depth within a body lumen, such that body tissue external to the body lumen is not damaged by the devices. Moreover, in various embodiments, the securing devices described herein may couple one or more medical devices (e.g., stents, grafts, and/or stent-grafts) to body tissue such as a body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. O'Hara, Sherif A. Eskaros, Clifford P. Warner
  • Patent number: 11547548
    Abstract: A vascular graft incorporating a stent into a portion of its length. While various materials may be used for the vascular graft, the graft is preferably an ePTFE graft. The stent is preferably a self-expanding stent, although it may alternatively be a balloon expandable stent. The vascular graft preferably has a continuous inner tubular liner that extends between the opposing ends of the graft and provides a continuous luminal surface for blood contact that is uninterrupted by seams or joints. The length portion of the graft that does not include the stent has a greater wall thickness than does the portion including the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Deenu Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Larry J. Kovach, Timothy T. Stringer
  • Patent number: 11540731
    Abstract: A medical treatment system for determining administration of medications to a patient is disclosed. The system uses a plurality of sensors to perform a first set of physiologic measurements in a right side of the heart and a second set of physiologic measurements in a left side of the heart. The system also includes a receiver configured to receive measurement data regarding the first and second sets of physiologic measurements and output to a display device the received measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Minor, Benjamin M. Trapp, Christopher J. Vecchio
  • Patent number: 11540933
    Abstract: An implantable device delivery system is disclosed. The delivery system includes a constraining member situated between an interior layer and an exterior layer of a cover. The interior layer of the cover is disposed about an implantable medical device, and the exterior layer of the cover extends over a portion of the interior layer. The cover is generally tapered to minimize deployment forces. The constraining member is disposed about a portion of the interior layer and operates to constrain the implantable device to a delivery configuration. The cover and the constraining member are generally configured to be removed concurrently during deployment of the implantable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Honeyfield, Craig W. Irwin, Jacob B. Munger, Tyson J. Skelton
  • Patent number: 11541204
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to treatment programs utilizing expansion elements, such as those associated with occlusion and therapeutic agent delivery devices, systems, and methods. In some more specific examples, treatment programs include expansion-contraction cycles at a pre-selected frequency profile configured to treat a particular condition, such as calcification of an arterial conduit, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrill J. Birdno, Mike A. Schmieder, Edward E. Shaw, Brandon C. Short, Alireza Mashal, Matthew B. DeNardo, Franck J. Rubiconi, Linda M. Donoghue, Serge C. Roux
  • Patent number: 11534576
    Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable device releasably attached to the catheter near the distal end; a generally tubular constraining sleeve extending around and compressing the device to an outer peripheral dimension suitable for endoluminal delivery; a tip fixedly secured to the distal end of the catheter; and a bridge member disposed between the tip and the expandable device so as to fill a gap therebetween as the catheter assembly is bent during endoluminal delivery of the expandable device to a treatment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin W. Sokel, Stanislaw L. Zukowski
  • Patent number: 11529145
    Abstract: Disclosed are implantable medical devices for the occlusion of a bodily lumen, cavity, vessel, or organ, as well as methods for manufacturing such occlusion devices, and methods for treating a subject using the occlusion devices. The devices generally include a wire having shape memory properties and a flexible membranous material disposed about the wire. Some embodiments include a lateral fringe on the membranous material. Some embodiments include a fluid capture cup affixed to the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey B. Duncan
  • Patent number: 11529441
    Abstract: According to the invention there is provided inter alia a medical device for delivering a paclitaxel to a tissue, the device the device having a coating layer applied to a surface of the device, the coating layer comprising components i), ii) and iii), wherein component i) is a therapeutic agent which is paclitaxel; and component ii) is urea or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a urea derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and component iii) is succinic acid, glutaric acid or caffeine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any one thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Per Antoni, Karin Leontein, Mei Li, Robert L. Cleek, Paul D. Drumheller
  • Patent number: 11523940
    Abstract: Glaucoma treatment systems are disclosed. In various example, the glaucoma treatment systems include a body and a fluid conduit configured to facilitate an evacuation of fluid, such as aqueous humor, from a fluid-filled body cavity, such as an anterior chamber of an eye. In some examples, the fluid conduit is soft and compliant, and the glaucoma treatment system includes one or more stiffening members coupled with the fluid conduit to temporarily stiffen the fluid conduit and help aid in the delivery of the glaucoma treatment device. In some examples, the stiffening members are removable from the fluid conduit after the glaucoma treatment system has been implanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Roeber, Jeffrey C. Towler
  • Patent number: 11523919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device and a method of using it. The device is a stent which can be percutaneously deliverable with (or on) an endovascular catheter or via other surgical or other techniques and then expanded. The stent is configured to have a central portion defined by “open” cells and at least two end portions, defined by “closed” cells, spaced apart and directly connected to the distal and proximal ends of the central portion of the stent. The stent may also optionally have a covering or a lattice with openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. Armstrong, Edward H. Cully, Michael W. Franklin, Mark Y. Hansen, Brandon A. Lurie, Craig R. McMurray, William D. Montgomery, Wendy J. Terry, Eric M. Tittelbaugh
  • Patent number: 11517504
    Abstract: A method of making a storage bag comprising the following steps performed in any order: (a) forming a composite tube having an inner surface comprising a higher melting polymer, an outer surface comprising a lower melting polymer, two ends, and a diameter; (b) flattening the tube in a direction perpendicular to the diameter; (c) forming a joint at one of the ends at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer; (d) providing a composite sheet having a first side comprising a higher melting polymer and a second side comprising a lower melting polymer; and (e) disposing the composite sheet over the joint such that the first side comprising a lower melting polymer engages the joint and forming a lap seam over the joint at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer, and a storage bag made by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret A. Snyder, Basak Irem Nase, John E. Bacino, William Shamrock
  • Patent number: 11518139
    Abstract: The present invention provides stretchable laminates with a flat appearance on the visible surface. The laminates comprise a textile layer, a functional layer, and a plurality of elastic fibers. The plurality of elastic fibers are in a substantially parallel arrangement and the internal distance between adjacent fibers does not exceed the maximum fiber spacing, which depends on laminate thickness in a stretched state. Also provided are garments and footwear comprising the stretchable laminates and methods of producing the stretchable laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: William Kelsey
  • Patent number: 11510679
    Abstract: A medical device may include a catheter, an expandable member, a cover, and an actuator. The catheter may include a longitudinal axis, proximal and distal ends, and a cover lumen extending from the proximal to the distal end. The expandable member may include proximal and distal ends and may be disposed on a distal section of the catheter. The cover may include a first region that may be disposed along the expandable member, and a second region that may extend along a length of the catheter beyond the proximal end of the expandable member towards the proximal end of the catheter. A first end of the cover may invert into the cover lumen. The actuator may be coupled to the first end of the cover and configured to move the first end of the cover towards the proximal end of the catheter along the longitudinal axis of the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Broyles, Bret J. Kilgrow
  • Patent number: 11512179
    Abstract: A supported elastomeric foam (100) includes an elastomeric matrix (102) formed of an elastomer and including a reinforcement region (104) and a foamed region (106). The foamed region includes gas filled cells (108) in the elastomer, and the reinforcement region includes a porous layer (204) having an interconnected network of pores at least partially imbibed with the elastomer. The foam can include an adhesive at a surface of the foam. A compressible seal (802) including a compressible body, which can be elastomeric foam, can also include a pattern of discontinuous adhesive regions about which the compressible body can deform to form a sea. The supported elastomeric foam can form a gas tight seal in an interface when placed under minimal compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., W. L. Gore & Associates, GmbH
    Inventors: John Gardner, Amadeus Wiesemann
  • Patent number: 11504461
    Abstract: An arteriovenous dialysis access graft configured to be implanted in a subject includes: at least one flexible conduit having first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion is configured to connect to an artery of the subject and the second end portion is configured to connect to a vein of the subject such that blood flows through the at least one conduit; and at least one cannulation chamber positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion of the at least one conduit. The chamber includes: an elongated housing having an inlet and an outlet, a posterior wall, a pair of sidewalls, and an open anterior portion defining a cannulation port; and a self-sealing material extending across the cannulation port. The posterior wall and the sidewalls of the housing are formed of a substantially rigid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn M. Gage, Jeffrey H. Lawson
  • Patent number: 11504454
    Abstract: The invention is an improved biocompatible surface for a variety of medical purposes. The biocompatible surface employs a unique tight microstructure that demonstrates enhanced cellular response in the body, particularly when placed in contact with blood. As a blood contact surface, the present invention can be beneficially employed in a wide variety of implantable devices and in many other devices and equipment that come in contact with blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Knisley, Vishnu T. Marla, Rachel Radspinner, Paul A. Silvagni, Jason J. Strid, Michael J. Vonesh