Patents Examined by Katherine M Rodjom
  • Patent number: 11937892
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a drive housing, a spline, a carriage, an elongate shaft assembly, an end effector, and an activating mechanism. The at least one spline includes a drive gear rotatable with the spline. The elongate shaft assembly extends from the carriage. The activating mechanism includes a barrel cam extending along a rotational axis and having a first cam profile radially extending about the rotational axis. The barrel cam is operatively coupled to the drive gear such that rotation of the drive gear is configured to actuate the activating mechanism to move at least a portion of the end effector. The first cam profile defines a plurality of slopes relative to the rotational axis such that the first cam profile is configured to drive movement of the end effector or the elongate shaft assembly at different rates according to the plurality of slopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Brian D. Black, Charles J. Scheib, Matthew T. Stone, Mark D. Overmyer, Christopher A. Denzinger, Andrew T. Beckman, Neil T. Markwardt
  • Patent number: 11931277
    Abstract: Implant engagement mechanisms are disclosed for maintaining engagement with a stent until it has been fully deployed and expanded from a catheter or sheath. The apparatus, method and system involving these engagement mechanisms allow a physician to withdraw or retract a sheath prior to full deployment, thereby allowing for redeployment of the stent at a more desirable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Ponaka Pung, Tai D. Tieu, Ross Soltanian, Helen Nguyen, Oanh Nguyen, Britney Ngo
  • Patent number: 11925357
    Abstract: A system for connecting a medical implant to an insertion aid, comprising: a medical implant made of a helically wound wire, wherein the wire is formed into a first loop at the proximal end of the medical implant; a cylindrical, hollow insertion aid with a second loop at the distal end of the insertion aid; and a locking wire, which extends through the hollow insertion aid and is relatively movable to the insertion aid; wherein in a first operating state, in which the medical implant is connected to the insertion aid, the second loop of the insertion aid extends through the first loop of the medical implant and the locking wire extends through the second loop of the insertion aid, so that the first loop of the medical implant is arranged between the second loop of the insertion aid and the locking wire; and wherein in a second operating state the locking wire is retracted into the hollow insertion aid and out of the second loop, so that the first loop of the medical implant is no longer connected to the secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PFM MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Rodrigo Terrazas, Pierre Weitzig
  • Patent number: 11911021
    Abstract: A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread introduced into the tubular organ, includes: inflating the tubular organ by supplying gas into the tubular organ; resecting a lesion while the tubular organ is inflated, so that the wound is formed; deflating the tubular organ by discharging gas from the tubular organ; passing the suture thread through a tissue around the wound; and gathering the tissue around the wound by pulling the suture thread passing through the tissue while the tubular organ is deflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Keita Ozawa, Kunihide Kaji, Hiroyuki Morishita
  • Patent number: 11896509
    Abstract: A tissue anchoring device including an expandable frame and at least one anchor having a tissue penetrating portion. The anchor is attached to the expandable frame through a plurality of beams forming a frame or a tab that enable the anchor to elastically bend with respect to a longitudinal axis of the expandable frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Endoron Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Teichman, Ron Karmeli, Tanhum Feld
  • Patent number: 11857415
    Abstract: A first catheter has a first lumen therealong, a first-catheter proximal portion, and a steerable first-catheter distal portion that is transluminally advanceable to the heart. A second catheter has second lumen therealong, a second-catheter proximal portion, and a steerable second-catheter distal portion. The second catheter extends through the first lumen, such that the second-catheter proximal portion extends proximally out from the first-catheter proximal portion, the second-catheter distal portion extends distally out from the first-catheter distal portion, and within at least the first-catheter proximal portion, the first lumen and the second lumen are coaxial on a longitudinal axis. A first handle is coupled to the first-catheter proximal portion, and extends obliquely away from the first-catheter proximal portion at a nonzero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. A second handle is coupled to the second-catheter proximal portion, and is disposed proximally from the first handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Tal Sheps, Tal Hammer, Ehud Aviv, Tal Reich, Yaron Herman, Amir Gross
  • Patent number: 11832827
    Abstract: An arrangement for implementing kissing balloons simulating a bifurcated vessel, including a first catheter having a first inflatable balloon, a second catheter having a second inflatable balloon, wherein the first balloon includes a holding element that is adapted to receive and hold a distal end of the second balloon and upon inflation of the first balloon and the second balloon to allow formation of a kissing surface between respective facing surfaces of the first balloon and the second balloon inside the holding element, wherein the holding element is designed and connected to the first balloon to prevent the distal end of the second balloon from passing through the holding element. A kit including the arrangement for implementing kissing balloons and a method of manufacturing the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CAR HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Henri Lorenzo Frederik Brom, Tjeerd Homsma
  • Patent number: 11806195
    Abstract: A form stable expandable stent and tissue expander assembly having a scaled outer shell body forming an internal chamber. A form stability member may be provided within the internal chamber of the shell body. Drainage/irrigation tubing extend through the chamber of the shell body and a fill tube is provided in communication with the internal chamber of the outer shell and extends outwardly therefrom. Manipulation structures with handles and other cooperating fastening and removing elements may be provided for use with the expandable stent and tissue expander assemblies of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PMT Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred A Iversen, Matthew W Cree
  • Patent number: 11806489
    Abstract: An inflation device includes a syringe body containing a bore. The bore holds a fluid that is used to inflate a separate device such as a dilation balloon. A plunger assembly slides within the syringe bore and contains a sealing member that forms a fluid tight seal with the syringe body. A shut-off valve is disposed within the distal end of the syringe body. The distal end of the syringe body has a fluid bypass channel fluidically coupled to the aperture of a connector. The shut-off valve has a spring-biased moveable piston with a bypass lumen contained therein, wherein the bypass lumen forms a fluid path between the bore and the fluid bypass channel when the pressure of the fluid is below a threshold value. The fluid path between the bore and the fluid bypass channel is interrupted when the pressure of the fluid is above the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Lesch, Jr., Paul A. Vajgrt, Timothy B. Petrick
  • Patent number: 11801137
    Abstract: Methods of deploying and securing a heart valve prosthesis are disclosed. A heart valve prosthesis having a plurality of anchor guides is loaded within a catheter-based delivery device, wherein each of the anchor guides is releasably engaged by a respective elongate member and wherein tensioning of the elongate members aids in collapsing the prosthesis during loading. The delivery device is advanced via a transcatheter procedure to position the heart valve prosthesis at an implantation site. The heart valve prosthesis undergoes controlled deployment by controlling the release of tension on the elongate members. After deployment of the heart valve prosthesis, an anchor tool is advanced along at least one elongate guide member to the anchor guide associated therewith and positioned at a securement site. When the securement site is reached, an anchor clip is released from the anchor tool to secure the prosthesis to the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Niall Duffy, Joshua Dwork
  • Patent number: 11793532
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for removing a blood clot (10) from a blood vessel (12). Various uses of suction pressure and positive pressure, proximal and/or distal to the blood clot (10) assist with clot dislodgement and removal. The pressure(s) may be constant and/or cycled/pulsed to assist with clot dislodgement and/or removal. Various further devices assist with separating the clot (10) from the vessel (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ischemicure Ltd.
    Inventor: Paul A. Spence
  • Patent number: 11786386
    Abstract: A braided stent having an integral retrieval and/or repositioning loop includes a plurality of wires having first and second ends interbraided in a braided pattern to form a tubular stent having opposed atraumatic first and second open ends with each open end having a circumference; wherein said first and second wires ends are disposed at said second stent open end and said wires are looped at said second stent open end so that none of the first or second wires ends are exposed at the circumference of second stent open end; wherein at least of two of said wires are formed into a repositioning and/or retrieval loop having an elongated portion circumferentially disposed at said first opposed open end; and wherein said reposition and/or retrieval loop comprises two sections which run adjacent to each other prior to crossing to permit grabbing of both sections simultaneously by a practitioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Brady, Richard Crawford, Kathryn Portale, Paul K. Norton, John J. Damarati, Tim Lysaght
  • Patent number: 11779367
    Abstract: Polypectomy devices and methods for making and using polypectomy devices are disclosed. An example polypectomy device may include an elongate sheath having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A shaft may be slidably disposed within the sheath. A handle may be coupled to the proximal end region of the sheath. The handle may be designed to axially shift the shaft relative to the sheath. A snare may be coupled to the shaft. The snare may include a first region, a traction region, and a distal tip region. The first region may have a non-circular cross-sectional shape. The traction region may include a plurality of traction members. At a position between two adjacent traction members the snare may have a reduced cross-sectional area relative to the first region. The distal tip region may have a circular cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Smith, Samuel Raybin, Kevin J. McElwee, Brian Gaffney, Naroun Soun, Ismail Guler, Brian J. Hanson, Elias A. Khoury, Steven R. Larsen, Daniel H. VanCamp, Wade R. Strelow, Ryan Wales, Robert B. DeVries, Peter J. Shank
  • Patent number: 11766327
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses herein include a longitudinal member having opposite first and second end portions, a tension of the longitudinal member being adjustable to repair an atrioventricular valve of the patient. A delivery tool can be configured to couple the first end portion of the longitudinal member to a first portion of heart tissue, couple the second end portion of the longitudinal member to the leaflet, adjust tension of the longitudinal member, assume a first diameter at a portion of the delivery tool that passes between the leaflets of the atrioventricular valve, during coupling of the first end portion of the longitudinal member to the first portion of heart tissue, and assume a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter, at the portion of the delivery tool that passes between the leaflets of the atrioventricular valve, during adjusting of the tension of the longitudinal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Miller, Oz Cabiri, Yosef Gross, Amir Gross, Tal Reich
  • Patent number: 11717428
    Abstract: A system for treating a bifurcation includes first and second delivery catheters. The first catheter has a first shaft, a first expandable member adjacent the distal end of the first shaft, an auxiliary expandable member disposed under the first expandable member, and a first radially expandable stent disposed over both the first expandable member and the auxiliary expandable member. The second delivery catheter has a second shaft, and a second expandable member adjacent the distal end of the second shaft. A portion of the second catheter is disposed under a portion of the first stent, and a portion of the second delivery catheter passes through a side hole in the first stent. The first stent is crimped over the first and second catheters such that the first stent remains attached to the first and the second catheters during advancement of the catheters through a blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Henry Bourang
  • Patent number: 11707281
    Abstract: The present invention provides for implant device delivery apparatuses and related methods of use. The delivery systems of the present invention incorporate a stretch resistant tube that advantageously makes the implant device, such as an embolic coil, stretch resistant while a delivery system is being used to position the implant device at a desired target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Fitz, Joseph Gulachenski
  • Patent number: 11627968
    Abstract: An assembly for restoring a gastroesophageal flap valve includes a restoration device substantially free for rotation. The assembly comprises an elongated member configured to be fed through a throat, down an adjoining esophagus and into an associated stomach. The elongated member has a distal end. The assembly further comprises a gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device carried on the distal end of the elongated member for placement in the stomach, and an invaginator carried by the elongated member. The invaginator is configured to grip the esophagus and the elongated member and invaginator are coupled for restricted relative axial movement and substantially free relative rotational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve G. Baker
  • Patent number: 11612407
    Abstract: A surgical tool arrangement for performing endoscopic surgical procedures which includes a powered handpiece and a surgical cutting accessory which detachably connects to the handpiece. The cutting accessory incorporates a cutting head for resecting tissue and a suction arrangement at the distal end of the cutting accessory closely adjacent the cutting head which suction arrangement serves to evacuate tissue from the surgical site and additionally serves as a cleaning mechanism for the surgical cutting accessory. The accessory additionally incorporates a bearing arrangement for supporting the cutting element as same rotates within the housing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan G. Deeny, James M. Hayes, Brian Fouts
  • Patent number: 11607302
    Abstract: A retrieval catheter operable by a single clinician that will neither displace a deployed stent nor cause undue trauma to the vascular lumen or lesion. The retrieval catheter may be sized to accommodate both a guidewire and a balloon wire. The retrieval catheter is easy to navigate through tortuous passageways and will cross a previously deployed stent or stent-graft easily with minimal risk of snagging on the deployed stent or stent graft. The sheath and dilator are adapted to allow a guidewire or balloon wire to pass through the walls of both and to allow the sheath and dilator to move axially with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan C. Parodi, John Cheer, Edward H. Cully, Michael J. Vonesh, Jeremy P. Young
  • Patent number: 11596538
    Abstract: A gastrointestinal device for treating obesity includes a three-dimensional porous structure configurable between a compressed pre-deployment configuration to facilitate delivery and an expanded post-deployment configuration. The porous structure includes a first opening at its proximal end and a larger second opening at its distal end. The porous structure also includes a sleeve coupled to its distal end. Optionally, the device further includes a suture at the proximal end of the wire mesh structure to facilitate retrieval and an anti-migration component positioned at the junction of the porous structure with the sleeve. The porous structure is deployed in a patient's stomach such that the anti-migration component sits proximal to the patient's pylorus and prevents migration of the entirety of the device into and through the pylorus. The sleeve extends through the pylorus, into the duodenum and ends in the duodenum or jejunum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SynerZ Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Virender K. Sharma, Raghuveer Basude