Patents Examined by Jocelin C Tanner
  • Thrombosis macerating and aspiration devices for blood vessels
    Patent number: 11304713
    Abstract: A thrombosis macerating and aspiration device for macerating and aspirating blood clots and blockages in a blood vessel is disclosed. In some embodiments, the macerating element of the device rotates and creates a partial vacuum to assist in the aspiration of the blood clot of blockage. The macerating element may have a variety of different designs and shapes and in some embodiments, the macerating element is expandable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Hansen, Alex Singleton, John Hall, Christopher Cindrich, Richard P. Jenkins, Jeremy Snow, Jim Mottola, Clark Ragsdale
  • Delivery device and method of delivery
    Patent number: 11304836
    Abstract: A delivery device can provide sequential delivery of a plurality of intraluminal devices or tacks held in a compressed state on the delivery device. Delivery platforms on the delivery device can hold a tack in a compressed position and be positioned between annular pusher bands that may also be radiopaque markers. The annular pusher bands can be made of wire or sections of material to increase flexibility while remaining radiopacity. A post deployment dilation device can be included. The post deployment dilation device can be a plurality of expansion filaments, a bellows, or a balloon. A tack deployment method can include allowing a self-expanding tack to expand, aligning the post deployment dilation device under the tack, and causing the post deployment dilation device to expand radial to push outward on the tack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTACT VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Longo
  • Catheter with integrated embolic protection device
    Patent number: 11304792
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve delivery catheter includes an embolic filter to provide integrated embolic protection to inhibit the release of emboli into the aorta, the aortic arch or branch vessels, and other vasculature during transvascular heart valve replacement procedures. The embolic filter will usually be fixedly or movably attached to a shaft of the delivery catheter proximal of the prosthetic heart valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Emboline, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Russell, Amir Belson, Stephen J. Kleshinski, Masao Drexel
  • Whale concept-folding mesh for TIPP procedure for inguinal hernia
    Patent number: 11291536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for introducing a flexible prosthesis into a surgical incision, comprising a globally tubular body (2) having a proximal end (2a) and a distal end (2b), said tubular body being designed for receiving the prosthesis in a folded configuration in a sliding way, wherein the tubular body is provided with an open longitudinal slit (3) extending from said proximal end (2a) to said distal end (2b), and wherein said distal end is provided with a distal semi-tubular rounded extension (2c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Pierre Bailly, Mylene Desorme, Genevieve Doucet
  • Devices, systems, and methods for knotless suture anchors
    Patent number: 11284882
    Abstract: Various devices, systems, and methods for knotless suture anchors are provided. In general, a guide device can be cannulated and can be configured to slidably receive therein an inserter tool configured to deliver a suture anchor into a hole formed in bone, such as with a drill advanced through the guide device. The guide device with the inserter tool therein can be configured to be held as a unit by one hand of a person, e.g., a surgeon or other medical personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Medos International Sarl
    Inventors: Jacob A. Marks, Ami Shyam Joshi
  • Catheter system for introducing an expandable heart valve stent into the body of a patient, insertion system with a catheter system and medical device for treatment of a heart valve defect
    Patent number: 11278406
    Abstract: The invention relates to catheter system for introducing an expandable heart valve stent (150) into the body of a patient, the catheter system comprising: a catheter tip (10) having a seat portion for accommodating the stent (150) in its collapsed state and a stent holder (15) for releasably fixing the stent (150), wherein the seat portion is constituted by a first sleeve-shaped member (11) and a second sleeve-shaped member (21), said sleeve-shaped members (11, 21) being moveable relative to each other and relative to the stent holder (15), and a catheter shaft (30) for connecting the catheter tip (10) to a handle (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Helmut Straubinger, Arnulf Mayer, Johannes Jung
  • Intravascular treatment catheters
    Patent number: 11272982
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices and methods for decalcifying an aortic valve. The methods and devices of the present invention break up or obliterate calcific deposits in and around the aortic valve through application or removal of heat energy from the calcific deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Twelve, Inc.
    Inventors: Hanson Gifford, III, Mark E. Deem, Stephen Boyd
  • Aortic occlusion device
    Patent number: 11266416
    Abstract: A vessel occlusion device is provided for use during a coronary artery bypass procedure. The vessel occlusion device may include a clamp including at least one rigid portion sized to be disposed around an outer surface of a vessel such as the aorta. The clamp defines a clamp lumen sized to receive the vessel. The clamp has a sidewall with an opening extending therethrough, and an inflatable balloon disposed within the clamp lumen and positioned proximal of the opening in the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Tina Marie Lenneman, Dennis A. Boismier, Kyle Harish Srivastava, Kevin J. Goodwin, Felix Landaeta, Paige V. Tracy
  • Self-expanding intravascular medical device
    Patent number: 11266427
    Abstract: A self-expanding intravascular medical device including a multi-component assembly with a self-expanding outer cage component comprising a plurality of struts; and a single cell wave-shape component disposed within the self-expanding outer cage component forming a channel therein. The proximal end of the single cell wave-shape component is connected to the self-expanding outer cage component at a proximal joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NEURAVI LIMITED
    Inventor: Aidan Duffy
  • Systems and tools for use with surgical robotic manipulators
    Patent number: 11253330
    Abstract: A tool for use with a surgical robotic manipulator that comprises an energy applicator including a shaft extending along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft has a retention surface and an ejection surface. A tool assembly comprises a support structure to support the energy applicator and an axial connector assembly arranged to engage and releasably lock the energy applicator to the support structure in a locked state via the retention surface. The tool assembly is also configured to apply an ejection force to the energy applicator to provide a tactile indication to the user that the energy applicator is not fully engaged by the axial connector assembly if a suitable force is not provided by the user to overcome the ejection force and place the energy applicator in the locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventor: James E. Flatt
  • Apparatus, system, and method for vasculature obstruction removal
    Patent number: 11253279
    Abstract: In embodiments of an obstruction removal device, system, and/or method, an expandable member is configured to be slidably coupled to a guide wire. The expandable member is configured to surround at least a portion of an obstruction captured by a stentriever as the expandable member transitions from the expanded state to the contracted state, i.e., when the guide wire is removed from a vasculature to remove the stentriever and the obstruction from the vasculature. A first locking member is located at a base of the expandable member. The first locking member is configured to engage a second locking member that is located on the guide wire, the stentriever, or an inner surface of a guide catheter, thereby coupling the expandable member to the guide wire, the stentriever, or the inner surface of the guide catheter when the expandable member is deployed within the vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Brett Allen Follmer
  • Intraluminal tissue modifying systems and associated devices and methods
    Patent number: 11234727
    Abstract: The present technology is directed generally to devices, systems, and methods for capturing and cutting fibrous and trabeculated structures (such as synechiae) in vessel lumens. In one embodiment, the present technology includes an intraluminal tissue modifying system configured to capture the fibrous structures, put the fibrous structures in tension, and controllably cut through the fibrous structures without applying appreciable additional force to the vessel wall. The system may include an expandable capture device and a cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: InterVene, Inc.
    Inventors: Fletcher T. Wilson, David Batten, Benjamin J. Clark, Michi E. Garrison
  • Self-locking tissue cinching suture system
    Patent number: 11229428
    Abstract: A suture implant can include one or more suture cords having: a splice; a first free end extending from a first end of the at least one splice; an adjustable first loop extending from a second end of the at least one splice; a second free end extending from a first end of the at least one splice; a needled second loop having a cord portion extending from the first end of the at least one splice; a needle on the needled second loop; and an adjustable third loop extending from a second end of the at least one splice that has the second free end extending from the first end, wherein the second free end is connected to the adjustable third loop, wherein the adjustable first loop and adjustable third loop are interconnected and looped around each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Jackson
  • Thromboresistant coatings for aneurysm treatment devices
    Patent number: 11224434
    Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions, processes, and designs for endowing vascular devices with thromboresistant and endothelializing properties. Also disclosed are designs of vascular devices used as aneurysm treating devices for assisting in the delivery, packing, and maintenance of embolization coils within an aneurysm, particularly a neurovascular aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Incept, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Tiffany C. Suekama, Syed Hossainy, Viet Ton, Farhad Khosravi, Alex Jared Rowson, Benjamin Robert Palone, Henry Lao
  • Ear cleaning device
    Patent number: 11219554
    Abstract: An ear cleaning device (100) including a rod (102) configured to be held by a user and a plurality of fiber hooks (110) is disclosed. The rod includes a first end (104) and a second end (106) opposing the first end. The plurality of fiber hooks are disposed at the first end of the rod for insertion into the ear such that the fiber hooks are configured to grasp ear wax in the ear, and to hold the ear wax when the rod is removed out of the ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: Hamlet Siljkovic
  • Implant, medical implant, and method for delivery of a medical implant
    Patent number: 11213282
    Abstract: An intravascular delivery device is disclosed comprising a delivery wire having a proximal and a distal end and an interior lumen extending there between and wherein said distal end comprises a connection interface adapted to matingly interlock with a proximal end portion of a medical implantable device, wherein said delivery device comprises a locking unit arranged to secure said connection interface in a locking position in which said medical implant is pivotably locked before a controlled release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Occlutech Holding AG, Maslanka Patentverwaltung GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Maslanka, Stevan Nielsen
  • Apparatus for applying a knot to a suture
    Patent number: 11202624
    Abstract: Knot placement devices and methods can improve the ease for a user and/or success of ejecting a knot having a knot body and a plug, cutting suture and/or releasing the cut suture. The knot placement device can have an incremental rotational feature to cut the suture. The knot placement device can include first and second actuators configured for forming and ejecting a knot. The second actuator can be reversed in its position to release suture(s) caught within the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Nobles Medical Technologies II, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony A. Nobles
  • Apparatus and a method for clot and plaque retracting
    Patent number: 11202647
    Abstract: An apparatus, device and method are provided for executing a clot or plaque removal procedure. In one embodiment, a clot removal device may include a clot holding element for penetrating a target clot and stabilizing the clot in its position; a controllable distal filter that can be extended to cover the target clot; a distal filter, openable downstream from the clot, designed to substantially prevent flow through of clot elements, and further designed to drag the clot out of a vessel, for retrieving by the clot removal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: INRETIO LTD
    Inventor: Eli Bar
  • Medical device and treatment method
    Patent number: 11191562
    Abstract: A medical device to effectively remove an object, like an intravascular thrombus, in a body lumen includes: a rotatable tubular driving shaft; a cutting part that is provided on a distal side of the driving shaft, rotates together with the driving shaft, and cuts the thrombus; and a second cutting part that is disposed near the distal side of the driving shaft, inward of the cutting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Tada, Mizuho Hirao
  • Suture clip deployment devices
    Patent number: 11185321
    Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony P. Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith