Patents Examined by Chima U Igboko
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Patent number: 11571239Abstract: An intravascular catheter device includes an expandable portion with a plurality of struts operable between a closed position where the expandable portion has a first diameter, and an opened position where the expandable portion has a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter. An incising element is provided on and extends from the outward facing surface of a particular one of the struts. A medication delivery tube is associated with the particular one of the struts and the incising element.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: VentureMed Group, Inc.Inventor: John P. Pigott
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Patent number: 11571317Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for controlled delivery of a stent, such as a self-expanding stent, and more particularly for controlling the full deployment of a stent in incremental steps from a sheath and for controlling the reconstrainment of a stent in incremental steps within a sheath.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Geraldine A. Toner, Louis McNern, Martyn Folan, Matthew Montague, Carmel Ralph, Maire Bhreathnach, Enda Connaughton, Martin Hynes
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Patent number: 11559325Abstract: An intravascular device is provided having an expandable portion including a plurality of struts capable of being moved between an open and a closed position. A grating tool is provided on at least one of the struts. The grating tool is configured to remove atherosclerotic material or other substances located within the blood vessel when the expandable portion is in the opened position and moved axially through the blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: VentureMed Group, Inc.Inventor: John P. Pigott
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Patent number: 11554018Abstract: Dislodgment of a constricting cord from an annulus can be prevented by delivering the distal loop portion of the constricting cord to the annulus using a percutaneous delivery tool, and launching anchors into the annulus so as to affix the distal loop portion of the constricting cord to the annulus. The percutaneous delivery tool is withdrawn in a proximal direction after the anchors have been launched. A pushing member is pressed in a distal direction so that the pushing member holds a portion of the constricting cord against the annulus with enough pressure to prevent dislodgment of any of the anchors during the withdrawal of the percutaneous delivery tool.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Cardiac Implants LLCInventor: David Alon
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Patent number: 11554017Abstract: Dislodgment of a constricting cord from an annulus can be prevented by delivering the distal loop portion of the constricting cord to the annulus using a percutaneous delivery tool, and launching anchors into the annulus so as to affix the distal loop portion of the constricting cord to the annulus. The percutaneous delivery tool is withdrawn in a proximal direction after the anchors have been launched. A pushing member is pressed in a distal direction so that the pushing member holds a portion of the constricting cord against the annulus with enough pressure to prevent dislodgment of any of the anchors during the withdrawal of the percutaneous delivery tool.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Cardiac Implants LLCInventor: David Alon
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Patent number: 11547556Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) into an eye may be provided. An example haptic optic management system may comprise a first cam assembly comprising a first cam body portion, an opening in the first cam body portion, and haptic folder arms disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a second cam assembly positioned on one side of the first cam assembly, wherein the second cam assembly comprises a second cam body portion, an opening in the second cam body portion, and optic folders disposed in the opening. The haptic optic management system may further comprise a central plate for holding an intraocular lens in the opening of the second cam body portion, wherein the central plate is disposed between the first cam assembly and the second cam assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Jack Robert Auld, Matthew Braden Flowers, Matthew Douglas McCawley, Andrew Thomas Schieber, Sudarshan B. Singh, Marcus Antonio Souza
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Patent number: 11534575Abstract: A system of devices for treating an artery includes an arterial access sheath adapted to introduce an interventional catheter into an artery and an elongated dilator positionable within the internal lumen of the sheath body. The system also includes a catheter formed of an elongated catheter body sized and shaped to be introduced via a carotid artery access site into a common carotid artery through the internal lumen of the arterial access sheath. The catheter has an overall length and a distal most section length such that the distal most section can be positioned in an intracranial artery and at least a portion of the proximal most section is positioned in the common carotid artery during use.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Route 92 Medical, Inc.Inventors: Michi E. Garrison, Tony M. Chou
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Patent number: 11534288Abstract: A device having an implantable body associated with at least two filaments or sutures and configured for use in soft tissue reconstructions is provided. One exemplary embodiment includes an implantable body, an adjustable filament loop for holding ligament grafts that is coupled to the body, and a shuttle suture removably coupled to the implantable body and configured for shuttling the body through at least a portion of a bone tunnel. The loop can be defined by a self-locking knot, and one or more loop-adjusting limbs can extend from the knot, with a portion of the limb(s) also extending into a hollow portion of the shuttle suture. In some embodiments having two adjustable limbs, an intermediate portion of each limb can be the portions disposed in respective hollow portions of the shuttle suture. Other configurations of devices and systems, as well as methods for performing ACL repairs, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Medos International SarlInventors: Adam C. Gustafson, Meghan A. Pasquali, David B. Spenciner, Mehmet Z. Sengun, Stephen J. Orphanos
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Patent number: 11534292Abstract: Intraocular lens (IOL) folding devices and methods of folding an IOL or components thereof are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventor: Yinghui Wu
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Patent number: 11504192Abstract: A method for adjusting the operation of a surgical suturing instrument using machine learning in a surgical suite is disclosed. The method comprises gathering data during surgical procedures, wherein the surgical procedures include the use of a surgical suturing instrument comprising a suturing needle configured to be mechanically advanced through a suturing stroke, analyzing the gathered data to determine an appropriate operational adjustment of the surgical suturing instrument, and adjusting the operation of the surgical suturing instrument to improve the operation of the surgical suturing instrument.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, David C. Yates, Jason L. Harris, Jerome R. Morgan, Chester O. Baxter, III, Gregory J. Bakos, Christopher J. Hess
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Patent number: 11504151Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for removing material (e.g., clot) from within a body, including inverting thrombectomy apparatuses. These methods and apparatuses may include methods and apparatuses for reusing portion of the devices, method and apparatuses for loading and reloading the inverting thrombectomy apparatuses, and methods and apparatuses for improving and enhancing the ability of the inverting thrombectomy apparatuses to remove clot. In particular, described herein are expandable scraper devices that may be used in conjunction with the inverting thrombectomy apparatuses descried herein, or on their own.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: David Deaton, Christopher K. Huynh, Michael Dotsey, Michael P. Wallace, Jayson Delos Santos, Gavin P. Wallace, Michael Hogendijk
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Patent number: 11478369Abstract: A medical device, having a body that is tubular at least in some sections. The body can be transferred from a compressed state into an expanded state and has a circumferential wall having at least one first lattice structure and one second lattice structure. The first lattice structure and the second lattice structure form separate layers of the circumferential wall, which are arranged coaxially one inside the other and connected to each other at least at points in such a way that the first lattice structure and the second lattice structure can be moved relative to each other at least in some sections. A system having such a device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: ACANDIS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, Otto Baidinger
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Patent number: 11471182Abstract: Thrombectomy systems and devices and methods of using the same. In an exemplary embodiment of a thrombectomy system of the present disclosure, the thrombectomy system comprises a thrombectomy sheath, comprising a circumferential outer wall reinforced with a reinforcement, configured as an elongated tube having a lumen therethrough; and a sonovisible element positioned at or near a distal end of the circumferential outer wall; wherein the thrombectomy sheath is sized and shaped to be at least partially positioned within a vein proximal to a thrombus or other item within the vein and further configured to expand to contact the vein to secure the thrombectomy sheath within the vein; and wherein the lumen is sized and shaped to receive a device selected from the group consisting of a balloon catheter and a snare having a loop.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: CVDevices, LLCInventors: Ghassan S. Kassab, Seshadri Raju
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Patent number: 11439499Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) injectors and associated methods are described. The IOL injectors may include a collapsible portion configured to reduce the length of the IOL injector when the collapsible portion is altered from an uncollapsed configuration to a collapsed configuration. In some instances, an IOL may be advanced from a storage location to a dwell location when the collapsible portion is altered from the uncollapsed configuration to the collapsed configuration. The IOL injectors may also include a combination push and screw drive.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Douglas Brent Wensrich, Todd Taber, Len Takudzwa Magara, Jian Liu
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Patent number: 11439500Abstract: An IOL injector having an automatic plunger advancement driver is described. In addition, an IOL injector having a spring-assisted driving mechanism and a spring damping mechanism is described.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventor: Yinghui Wu
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Patent number: 11432960Abstract: An ophthalmic surgical instrument for severing a lens of an eye has an elongated shaft and a snare formed by a wire extending along the elongated shaft and having a looped segment that moves between contracted and dilated configurations. When the shaft is inserted through the pupil and the looped segment is placed around the lens, the bottom portion of the looped segment engages and severs a bottom portion of the lens upon moving toward the contracted configuration. A light-conducting element extends along at least a portion of a length of the looped segment, and a light source is in communication with the light-conducting element, such that light from the light source travels through the element and illuminates at least a portion of the length of the looped segment. The light-conducting element can be a tube surrounding the wire, or can be a solid filament extending adjacent the wire.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Accuvision Designs, LLCInventors: Richard James Mackool, Christopher Dean Smith, Evan Rittenhouse Jones, Richard Jonathan Mackool
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Patent number: 11419598Abstract: A soft anchor construct, having a cross-member suture of braided suture material and a cinching suture that has a first end and a second end. The cinching suture, starting at its first end, extends to the cross-member suture, and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at a first central point and then extends from the first central point to a first lateral point, and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at the first lateral point. The cinching suture then extends from the first lateral point to a second lateral point, opposed to the first lateral point, and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at the second lateral point and then extends from the second lateral point to a second central point and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at the second central point and extends from the second central point to the second end.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: Patrick Edward Ferguson
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Patent number: 11413063Abstract: An atherectomy system includes a drive mechanism adapted to rotatably actuate an atherectomy burr and a controller that is adapted to regulate operation of the drive mechanism. A guidewire motion detector is adapted to detect movement of the guidewire. The controller is further adapted to take action when the guidewire motion detector detects movement of the guidewire relative to the drive mechanism while the drive mechanism is operating.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: David Gordon Spangler, Corydon Carlson, Laszlo Trent Farago, Daniel Frank Massimini
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Patent number: 11413049Abstract: Devices used to deliver a substance within a patient's body are disclosed. The devices may include a microcatheter configured to deliver the substance to a targeted site. The microcatheter may include an expandable member to temporarily restrict blood flow in a vessel, a flow restriction member to restrict flow of material out a distal end of the microcatheter, and a port disposed proximal of the expandable member.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hallisey, Tony Vincent Jacques, Jeffrey P. Radziunas
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Patent number: 11413062Abstract: An intravascular device is provided having a catheter tube and an expandable portion including a plurality of struts capable of being moved between an open and a closed position. An incising element is provided on at least one of the struts and has a sharpened edge for creating an incision in atherosclerotic material located within a blood vessel when the expandable portion is in the opened position. An embolic protection device may be integrated with some or all of the expandable portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: VentureMed Group, Inc.Inventor: John P. Pigott