Patents Examined by Lindsey Bachman
  • Patent number: 12207821
    Abstract: A medical device assembly includes a hinge rod having a first portion and a second portion, and a pedestal is coupled to the second portion of the hinge rod, the pedestal having a top surface, and portions of the pedestal cooperate to define a trough that is configured to hold a first portion of a vessel on the top surface of the pedestal. A retainer is movably coupled to the pedestal, and the retainer has a planar member having a lower surface configured to oppose the top surface of the pedestal. A joint member is coupled to the hinge rod, and a clamp assembly is releasably coupled to the joint member such that when the clamp assembly is in a locked configuration, the hinge rod is not repositionable, and when the clamp assembly is in an unlocked configuration, the hinge rod is repositionable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude S. Sauer
  • Patent number: 12161574
    Abstract: A system for bypassing a portion of a small intestine. The system includes an occlusion device and a bypass device. The occlusion device includes a tubular body, an occlusion member at a distal end portion of the tubular body, and an anchor member at a proximal end portion of the tubular body. The bypass device includes a liner, and an anchor member at a proximal end portion of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Barham K. Abu Dayyeh
  • Patent number: 12144725
    Abstract: A system for delivering an intraocular lens (IOL) is disclosed, including: a handpiece including a barrel defining an elongate passage, a pushrod disposed inside the elongate passage, and a plunger coupled to the pushrod; and a delivery unit coupled to a first end of the barrel, the delivery unit including a delivery tube and a lens holder coupled to the delivery tube, the lens holder including a lead haptic shelf arranged to receive a lead haptic of an IOL that is contained inside the lens holder, wherein the lead haptic shelf is configured to fold the lead haptic of the IOL over a body of the IOL while permitting the IOL to travel under the lead haptic shelf when the IOL is displaced from the lens holder to the delivery tube by the pushrod during delivery of the IOL into a patient's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Springer, David A. Ruddocks, Mark S. Cole, Steven Anderson
  • Patent number: 12137926
    Abstract: A surgical end effector includes a clevis and two jaws rotatably coupled to the clevis. A rocking pin in the form of a solid of revolution is pivotally supported by the clevis. The rocking pin may be pivotally supported by the clevis at the midpoint between the first and second ends. The opposite ends of the rocking pin engage the jaws to constrain the jaws to have opposite motions around the axes of rotation of the jaws. The clevis may be coupled to an elongate shaft to provide an endoscopic instrument. The first and second jaws may be electrically isolated from one another for electrocautery and the rocking pin may be formed from a non-conductive material or electrically isolated from the first and second jaws by electrically non-conductive liners. The jaws may be opened and closed by pushing and pulling on wires coupled to the jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Cooper
  • Patent number: 12137900
    Abstract: Generally, a suturing system including apparatus and methods for reinforcing a substrate through which a thread passes. Specifically, embodiments of a thread carrier which passes through a substrate reinforcement element adjoining a substrate to reinforce the substrate at a first location and at a second location through which the thread passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cypris Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Holton
  • Patent number: 12121226
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a surgical instrument. In some embodiments, the flexible surgical instrument, comprising: a distal structural body comprising first distal structural segment and second distal structural segment, the first distal structural segment comprising a first distal fixing disk and first distal segment structural backbones, the second distal structural segment comprising a second distal fixing disk and second distal segment structural backbones; and a proximal structural body comprising a proximal structural segment, the proximal structural segment comprising a proximal fixing disk, first proximal segment structural backbones, and second proximal segment structural backbones, the first proximal segment structural backbones being connected to the first distal segment structural backbones in a crossed arrangement; or the second proximal segment structural backbones being connected to the second distal segment structural backbones in a crossed arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING SURGERII ROBOTICS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Zhengchen Dai, TianLai Dong, Jiangran Zhao, Huan Liu, Bo Liang, Zhixiong Yang, Zhijun Zhu
  • Patent number: 12097114
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including placing a valve frame within a subject's heart. The valve frame includes a valve frame body that is configured to support the prosthetic valve within the native atrio-ventricular valve, and at least one arm that is configured to extend from a ventricular portion of the valve frame. The at least one arm is deployed among chords of the native atrio-ventricular valve. Subsequently, at least a portion of the valve frame is rotated in a direction in which an interior of the arm faces, such as to modify shapes of the native valve leaflets and the ventricular structures, by recruiting and deflecting at least a portion of the chords. The frame body of the valve frame is then radially expanded, such as to hold the native valve leaflets and the ventricular structures at least partially in the modified shapes. Other applications are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TEL HASHOMER MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES LTD.
    Inventors: Ehud Raanani, Boris Orlov, Boaz Harari, Oded Meiri, Lichen Rozitsky
  • Patent number: 12096944
    Abstract: A hemostatic device is worn on a hand having a site where bleeding is to be stopped and includes a pressing member that applies a compression force to the site. The hemostatic device further includes a cover configured to be worn on a thumb and a dorsal side of the hand, and a linear member having a first end connected to the cover and configured to secure the cover to the hand when a second end thereof is attached to the cover. The cover has a hole which surrounds a portion of the linear member and the pressing member is disposed on a distal side of the cover relative to a virtual line passing through the hole and the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomomi Yamada, Yo Higashi
  • Patent number: 12089893
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for applying a bioadhesive substance to an internal surface of the eye, such as the retina, can include an outer sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, a passageway extending along a length of the elongate body and an opening at the distal end of the elongate body, an applicator tip including an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, an applicator portion coupled with the distal end of the elongate body, and a substance supply lumen extending along a length of the device through which a bioadhesive substance can pass so that the bioadhesive substance can be applied to at least the applicator portion of the applicator tip. Some embodiments of the device can also have a source of the bioadhesive substance in fluid communication with at least the substance supply lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sanulus Medical, LLC
    Inventors: John S. Pollack, William R. Voss
  • Patent number: 12070229
    Abstract: A networking-capable emergency tourniquet including an adjustable and inflatable cuff configured to encircle a limb of a patient, and a controller unit removably coupled to the inflatable cuff. The controller unit includes a microcontroller configured to control the introduction, removal, and maintenance of air within the inflatable cuff and process collected patient data, a communicator unit configured to communicate with the user, a transmitter configured to transmit the collected patient data to a centralized server over a communication network, and a receiver configured to receive information from at least one of the centralized server and other sources over the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Golden Hour Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hannah Herbst, Devin Willis
  • Patent number: 12064332
    Abstract: Vascular filters and deflectors and methods for filtering bodily fluids. A blood filtering assembly can capture embolic material dislodged or generated during an endovascular procedure to inhibit or prevent the material from entering the cerebral vasculature. A blood deflecting assembly can deflect embolic material dislodged or generated during an endovascular procedure to inhibit or prevent the material from entering the cerebral vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Claret Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Paul Purcell, Antony J. Fields, Whittaker Ian Hamill, Daniel Wayne Fifer, Philip Jon Haarstad, David John Blaeser
  • Patent number: 12059173
    Abstract: An atherectomy system includes a multiple use assembly and a single use assembly that is adapted to releasably engage with the multiple use assembly. The multiple use assembly includes a drive motor having an output shaft, a first magnetic coupling segment that is rotatably coupled to the output shaft and a circuit that is adapted to control operation of the drive motor. The single use assembly, intended to be disposable, includes a second magnetic coupling segment that is adapted to rotatably engage the first magnetic coupling segment, a spline shaft that is rotatably coupled with the second magnetic coupling segment, a drive gear assembly that is translatable along the spline shaft, and a drive shaft that is operably coupled with the drive gear assembly and is adapted to rotatably engage an atherectomy burr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Jarrod Kenneth Neuharth
  • Patent number: 12004950
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a medical device delivery system includes a catheter and a retainer. The retainer can be engaged with the medical device to restrain relative movement of the medical device in one or more axial and/or radial directions. A variety of retainers and retainer systems are disclosed, many of which can reliably disengage the medical device from the retainer. Methods for using the medical device delivery system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC CV LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: John Gallagher, Niall Duffy, Declan Costello, Oisin Cooney
  • Patent number: 11998483
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microsurgical instruments having variable stiffness such as microsurgical instruments having variable stiffness for ophthalmic surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument includes a probe and a stiffener assembly. The stiffener assembly further includes a stiffener formed of a hollow tubular member substantially surrounding at least a portion of a length of the probe. Actuation of the stiffener along the length of the probe adjusts the stiffness of the probe, thus providing a user better control of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Chen, James Y. Chon, John R. Underwood
  • Patent number: 11992399
    Abstract: There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as greater than 100 microns) from entering either the right or left common carotid arteries, and/or the right or left vertebral arteries by deflecting emboli downstream of these vessels. The device can be placed prior to any manipulation of the heart or aorta allowing maximal protection of the brain during the index procedure. The deflector has a low profile within the aorta which allows sheaths, catheters, or wires used in the index procedure to pass. Also disclosed are methods for insertion and removal of the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AG
    Inventors: Judith T. Carpenter, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, David A. Rezac, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Richard C. Fortier, Timothy W. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11980354
    Abstract: A device for joining two layers of tissue, comprises a substantially flat and flexible scaffold having an upper surface, a lower surface and sidewalls; a plurality of first passages penetrating said scaffold from said upper surface to said lower surface; a plurality of second passages penetrating said scaffold from said upper surface to said lower surface; a substantially flat and flexible top cover releasably attached to said upper surface and covering all of said upper surface; said top cover having a plurality of top cover passages aligned with said first plurality of passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Quintero, Leo B. Kriksunov, Robert J. Tannhauser
  • Patent number: 11969348
    Abstract: A heart valve annulus repair device having a tissue engaging member and a plurality of anchors. The tissue engaging member includes a loop of wire. Each of the anchors has a pointy front end and a back end and a slot that runs in a front-to-back direction. The anchors are distributed about the loop of wire with the front ends of the plurality of anchors facing the heart valve annulus and with the loop of wire passing through the slots. The device further includes means for implanting the anchors into the heart valve annulus tissue so that the tissue engaging member becomes affixed to the heart valve annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Alon
  • Patent number: 11931280
    Abstract: The present application provides a connecting and releasing structure for a balloon system, a balloon system comprising the connecting and releasing structure, and a method for fabricating the same. The connecting and releasing structure is used for connection and release of a catheter and a balloon. The connecting and releasing structure comprises a self-sealing valve positioned on the balloon. The self-sealing valve comprises a catheter connecting port. The catheter passes through the catheter connecting port and is sealedly connected to the self-sealing valve. The self-sealing valve is completely or partially bonded to the inner wall of the balloon. When the catheter is removed after delivery of a filler, the self-sealing valve is not pulled out of the balloon, and thus leakage of the filler can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Changzhou Panda Medical Co., Ltd., Shanghai Panda Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiufeng Shi, Qiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11918247
    Abstract: A catheter for actively scoring or slicing a lesion. A catheter body includes first and second lateral openings. A selectively deployable cutter is connected to the catheter body. The cutter has a retracted configuration in which it does not perform a slicing or scoring function, such as while tracking through the vasculature, and a deployed configuration for slicing or scoring an obstruction. The cutter may include a plurality of retractable blades, such that when deployed, each blade projects in a different direction, such as from one of the lateral openings. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Casiraro, Katherine Huffer, Chad Van Liere
  • Patent number: 11896245
    Abstract: The invention describes catheter systems and methods for accessing the brain during endovascular/neurointervention procedures in the treatment of ischemic stroke. More specifically, a multi-axial catheter system and kit is described that improves the process of accessing a carotid artery particularly in patients having a tortuous aortic arch and thereafter improves the process of gaining access to the brain to enable the insertion of aspiration and/or the deployment clot retrieval devices. In addition, methods of utilizing these systems are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MG Stroke Analytics Inc.
    Inventor: Mayank Goyal