Patents Examined by Majid Jamialahmadi
  • Patent number: 12220142
    Abstract: A forceps having a first jaw and a second jaw, where at least one of the first and second jaws is capable of moving between an open position and a closed position. The forceps including an inner shaft located within an outer shaft and extending along the longitudinal axis, and a drive bar coupled to and extending distally from the inner shaft. The drive bar including a pair of drive bar struts extending from a distal portion of the inner shaft and positioned laterally inward of at least one of first and second set of flanges of the first and second jaws. A drive pin is securable to the pair of drive bar struts and the drive bar is translatable within the outer shaft to translate the drive pin to move the first jaw and/or the second jaw between open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Holton, Theodore C. Blus, Mark J. Kroll, John Mensch
  • Patent number: 12220340
    Abstract: This invention relates to a nasal dilator. An object of this invention is to provide a nasal dilator wherein adhesive substance layer is prevented from adhering to a top region of a nose bridge, and which does not need a dedicated member for preventing the adhesion of the substance layer to the top region of the nose bridge. The object is achieved by a nasal dilator comprising a flexible strip, an adhesive substance layer formed on one surface of the flexible strip and a release liner covering the adhesive substance layer, wherein the adhesive substance layer is formed on entire surface of said one surface of the flexible strip, the release liner is divided into three pieces, a first of which covers one longitudinal end region of the adhesive substance layer, a second of which covers longitudinal middle region of the adhesive substance layer and a third of which covers another longitudinal end region of the adhesive substance layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Teruko Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 12213678
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of beads each defining a first opening and a second opening, a linking assembly, and a 3D printed magnetic element housed within a first bead of the plurality of beads. The linking assembly extends through the first opening and the second opening of each bead such that the beads and the linking assembly may be arranged in an annular arrangement to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. The loop moves between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration and is magnetically biased toward the contracted configuration. The 3D printed magnetic element is housed within a first bead of the plurality of beads. The 3D printed magnetic element include a composite of magnetic granules combined to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated by the 3D printed element and is configured to contribute toward the magnetic bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin M. Fiebig
  • Patent number: 12214206
    Abstract: A tool has an outer assembly, which includes a deployment tube, extending around, and moveable with respect to an inner assembly of the tool; the inner assembly includes a single pull wire and a distal member configured to engage an end of an implantable medical device. The deployment tube includes an articulating segment located just proximal to an enlarged distal-most portion, which contains the device and the distal member. Relatively soft and stiff sections of a composite sidewall define the articulating segment and extend alongside one another, such that, when the pull wire is actuated, the composite sidewall causes bending of the segment in two directions. A handle assembly of the tool includes a control member for the pull wire, and may further include a flushing subassembly that has a connector port located at an end of the handle assembly that is opposite a proximal port of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Ward, Rónán P. Wood, Paula McDonnell, Gwenda Francis, Aram Jamous
  • Patent number: 12193694
    Abstract: Medical devices for operating an end effector including a housing, a drive shaft, a drive body and a drive link. The drive shaft is moveable relative to the housing to actuate the end effector. The drive body is operably coupled to the drive shaft. The drive body includes a proximal collar and a distal collar. The drive link includes a proximal cam surface and distal cam surface, and the drive link is operatively coupled to the housing and actuatable to translate the drive shaft with respect to the housing. The proximal cam surface is configured to interface with the proximal collar when the drive link displaces proximally to translate the drive body in a proximal direction, and the distal cam surface is configured to interface with the distal collar when the drive link displaces distally to translate the drive shaft in a distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Butler, Jeffrey J. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12186215
    Abstract: A locking assembly for releasably coupling a first elongate member to a second elongate member is provided. The locking assembly can include a first lumen for anchoring the locking assembly to a catheter and a second lumen for releasably retaining a guidewire to the locking assembly. A release member can interface with the locking assembly and apply a force that decouples the guidewire from the locking assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Endologix LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Chu, Rolando Lee, Craig Welk, Bryant Tran
  • Patent number: 12186155
    Abstract: An ear cleaning device is provided for removing debris from an ear. In one form, the ear cleaning device includes a shaft, a head connected to the shaft, and a contiguous pocket structure of the head. The contiguous pocket structure includes a plurality of pockets that may be configured to receive debris. In another form, the ear cleaning device has a handle, a bulbous cleaner connected to the handle, and a solid inner core of the bulbous cleaner. The bulbous cleaner has two or more spaced, longitudinal walls disposed outward of the inner core that are configured to remove debris with turning of the ear cleaning device about a longitudinal axis of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Quest Products, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Carl Olson
  • Patent number: 12178428
    Abstract: A surgical suturing device is disclosed. The surgical suturing device may include a first or a second tissue gap, a first pair of needles configured to be movable across the first tissue gap, a second pair of needles configured to be movable across the second tissue gap, and a first suture having first and second ends. The surgical suturing device also includes a second suture having first and second ends and a needle actuator which selectively engages either: the first pair of needles to drive them through the first tissue gap and into communication with the first end of the first suture and the first end of the second suture, respectively; or the second pair of needles to drive them through the second tissue gap and into communication with the second end of the first suture and the second end of the second suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LSI Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude S. Sauer
  • Patent number: 12178460
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a retrieval device may include a sheath having a distal end. The retrieval device may also include an end effector movable relative to the distal end of the sheath. The end effector may include first and second arms. The first arm may include a first opening at a distal portion of the first arm. The second arm may include a second opening at a distal portion of the second arm. The end effector may also include a third arm. The third arm may be slidably received in the first and second openings. A distal portion of the third arm may form at least part of a loop. The loop may extend through the first and second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Prasopporn K. Rohan
  • Patent number: 12178425
    Abstract: Systems, assemblies, and methods are provided herein for fastening of one bone to another bone using one or more sutures. The features herein enable such fastening with a more accurate strength, and which can be more easily fastened in-situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Responsive Arthroscopy, LLC
    Inventor: Jacob Hustedt
  • Patent number: 12167845
    Abstract: A readily implantable knotless suture anchor that de-couples the angle of insertion of the anchor from the tissue passage step and other steps of conventional procedures. An anchor provides an internal locking mechanism configured such that: suture knots do not have to be tied; suture and tissue tension can be easily adjusted intraoperatively; and suture passage and tensioning can be done at a variety of positions and angles. A method includes: passing a first suture through a patient's tissue and then through a loop of a shuttle suture; pulling the free end of the shuttle suture until the first suture passes through an internal suture locking mechanism; applying tension in the first suture until adequate tension is achieved with respect to the tissue; automatically engaging an internal locking member; and securing the first suture against further relative movement with respect to the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventor: S. Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12161332
    Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In some embodiments, the head is comprised of a bioabsorbable polymer. In one embodiment, the coil body may be comprised of a shell and a core and one of the shell and the core may be comprised of one of a magnesium alloy or a bioabsorbable polymer, and the other of the shell and core is formed of the other of the magnesium alloy and the bioabsorbable polymer. The coil body may also include an internal channel which may have a support coil disposed within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Ziniti, John Conidi, Matthew Rothberg
  • Patent number: 12156676
    Abstract: A device, including an insertion tool including an insertion guide that is flexible in a direction lying in at least a plane lying on a longitudinal axis thereof, the insertion guide having a slit and/or a gap extending in the longitudinal direction, the plane extending through the slit and/or gap, wherein the guide configured to maintain a pre-curved electrode assembly in a substantially straight configuration while preventing the electrode assembly from twisting in response to stresses induced by bias forces which urge the assembly to return to its pre-curved configuration, when the insertion guide is flexed in the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Peter Raymond Sibary, Nicholas Charles Pawsey
  • Patent number: 12151100
    Abstract: In some examples, a tether head assembly of a delivery system includes an inner retainer and an outer retainer that defines an aperture comprising a receptacle configured to receive an attachment member of a medical device, a passageway, and a groove. The inner retainer is movable within the groove between a second position in which the passageway is dimensioned to receive the attachment member and a first position in which the passageway is dimensioned to prevent passage of the attachment member. In some examples, a tether handle assembly defines a channel, a force transmitter within the channel, a slidable member partially received within a first end of the channel and a button partially received within a second end of the channel. Distally-directed force applied to the button may cause the force transmitter to apply proximally-directed force to the slidable member, moving the slidable member and an attached pull wire proximally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Drake, Lester O. Stener, Brian P. Colin
  • Patent number: 12150650
    Abstract: A method for constructing a braided implant delivery system and treating an aneurysm can include attaching a braided implant having a band attached thereto to a delivery tube, positioning the braided implant within the aneurysm, and releasing the band from the delivery tube, thereby releasing the braided implant. The band can include movable extensions that can press into an outer surface of the delivery tube to secure the band to the delivery tube then move away from the outer surface of the delivery tube to release the band. A pull wire can be engaged to the band to secure the band to the delivery tube then be pulled proximally to release the band from the delivery tube. At least a portion of the braid of the braided implant can be positioned within a lumen of the delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Lacey Gorochow
  • Patent number: 12150728
    Abstract: A translatable end effector for a surgical robot includes a pair of linkage arms, an anchor adapted to be mounted to an arm of the surgical robot and a tool holder connected to the anchor through the pair of arms. The hinges at the anchor are pivotally and slidably coupled to the pair of arms to allow the arms to pivot and slide relative to the anchor hinges. The tool holder is configured to hold a surgical tool and has a pair of hinges that pivotally couple to the ends of the linkage arms. The hinges and the linkage arms are configured such that a longitudinal trajectory defined by the surgical tool is maintained as the tool holder translates upwardly and downwardly relative to the surgical robot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Neil R. Crawford
  • Patent number: 12144521
    Abstract: A nasal implant delivery tool includes an inner handle, an outer handle, a needle, and a push rod. The inner handle includes a loading chamber configured to receive a nasal implant. The outer handle is configured to move axially relative to the inner handle. The needle extends distally from the inner handle and has a central lumen and a distal opening. The push rod is configured to move the nasal implant from the loading chamber, through the central lumen, and out the distal opening of the needle. The push rod is coupled to the outer handle such that the push rod moves axially relative to the inner handle when the outer handle is moved axially relative to the inner handle. Also described herein are nasal implant guides and methods of using nasal implant delivery tools and nasal implant guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Rosenthal, Scott J. Baron, Brian J. Domecus, Michael S. Mirizzi, Sergio Salinas
  • Patent number: 12144754
    Abstract: An elongate delivery shaft assembly (30) includes an outer covering shaft (38) and an inner support shaft (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ENDOSPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Yaniv Marmur, Or Zigelboim, Alon Shalev
  • Patent number: 12127941
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments directed to a device for minimally invasive medical treatment. The device being a hollow tube with a first end, a second end, and one or more anchors configured to extend outward from the exterior of the hollow tube. The hollow tube having a plurality of cutouts on the exterior, wherein the cutouts allow the hollow tube to be flexible. Additionally, the hollow tube may have at least one snap mechanism configured to connect the first end and the second end together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Valcare Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadav Yellin, Samuel M. Shaolian, Matan Gedulter, Boaz Schwarz, Daniel Rapoport, Avraham Eftel
  • Patent number: 12109141
    Abstract: A nasal shaper configured to be introduced into a nose of a subject, the nasal shaper including two tubes suitable for each being introduced into a nostril of the nose, connected together at their lower ends by a connecting bridge and a plate attached to the connecting bridge and extending opposite the connecting bridge relative to the tubes, the plate being configured to exert a pressure on the philtrum of the subject when the tubes are each introduced into a nostril of the nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: DOLIUM INVEST, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE—HOPITAUX DE PARIS
    Inventors: Jeremy Adam, Benoit Perrin, Roman Hossein Khonsari