Patents Examined by Mohamed G Gabr
  • Patent number: 11033720
    Abstract: There is provided a cervical canal dilator device having a hollow shaft having proximal and distal ends. The shaft is covered on an end portion of the distal end by a slidable protective sleeve. There is at least one inflatable dilating balloon formed on the distal end of the shaft. There is at least one tube extending internally along the shaft and connected to the at least one balloon for inflation thereof, the tube having a connection port on the proximal end of the shaft. A camera is situated at the tip of the distal end of the shaft and a plurality of ejection orifices are formed on the shaft, adjacent to the camera, and anywhere else along it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Aqueduct Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Omer Harpaz, Amnon Weichselbaum
  • Patent number: 11007074
    Abstract: A pusher assembly for a stent delivery device includes a distal end of an elongate member and a stent-engaging member having proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the stent-engaging member is mechanically coupled to the distal end of the inner member by a connector, or the proximal end of the stent-engaging member is at least partially inside the distal end of the elongate inner member. The stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member, or the stent-engaging member includes a portion that radially outwardly extends towards the distal end of the stent-engaging member. The stent-engaging member is configured to move a stent when distally advanced and configured to not move a stent when proximally retracted. A stent delivery device includes an elongate outer member, an elongate inner member coaxially positioned within the outer member, and the pusher assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: IDev Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Bueche, Michael P. Igoe, Derek Blakeney, Ronald G. Earles
  • Patent number: 10987119
    Abstract: Surgical instruments and, particularly, ophthalmic surgical instruments are disclosed. Example surgical instruments include forceps for removal of an internal limiting membrane (ILM). The example forceps may include a textured surface formed at a distal end of the forceps jaws. The textured surface may have a plurality of microposts that operate to increase a coefficient of friction between the ILM and the forceps in order to reduce a normal force, applied by the forceps, needed to engage the ILM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Reto Grueebler, Markus Hupp, Pooria Sharif Kashani
  • Patent number: 10987134
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus may include a needle configured to define a path through tissue of a patient, tubing configured to slidably receive the needle via a proximal opening, an anchor configured to slidably receive at least a portion of the tubing, and an anchor deployment member comprising a body and an anchor engagement member. Such an apparatus may be used to introduce and anchor an implantable medical device within a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Kern, Bruce A. Behymer, Bruce R. Mehdizadeh
  • Patent number: 10980529
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and methods for assessing the surface of a target cardiac tissue and for delivering a tissue anchor to cardiac tissue at a preselected depth within the myocardium in a beating heart procedure. In one variation, an anchor delivery device comprises an elongate body, a tissue anchor disposed within a first longitudinal lumen of the elongate body, and a tissue depth indicator slidable within a second longitudinal lumen of the elongate body. The tissue depth indicator has a first configuration that indicates the boundary of the surface of the target tissue and a second configuration that indicates when the distal tip of the elongate body has been advanced to a preselected depth into the target tissue. In some variations, a tissue depth indicator may also be configured to resist or limit the penetration of the delivery device into tissue after a preselected depth has been reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ancora Heart, Inc.
    Inventors: Russel Sampson, Charles Adam, Son Nguyen, David Scott Baron
  • Patent number: 10980552
    Abstract: A reentry apparatus has an outer catheter configured to accommodate a first reentry device and an inner catheter configured to fit within the outer catheter. The inner catheter has a series of expanding anchors extending from the outer surface of the inner catheter and a reentry channel configured to accommodate a second reentry device. A retaining wire extends along the upper surface of the expanding anchors. A reentry channel is located in the configured to accommodate a second reentry device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Jihad Mustapha
  • Patent number: 10980652
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for flaring a stent deployed within a branch vessel including an ostium communicating with a main vessel, a first end of the stent extending at least partially from the branch. A catheter is provided that includes a first balloon carried on its distal end, and a second balloon that includes a distal section overlying at least a portion of the first balloon and a proximal section. The catheter distal end is introduced into the main vessel and positioned through the ostium and stent into the branch until the first balloon is disposed within the stent. The first balloon is expanded to anchor the stent, and the second balloon is expanded to flare the first end of the stent. Optionally, the first balloon is expanded further, e.g., to expand the stent within the branch body lumen and/or dilate the lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: OSTIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Archimedes Sanati, Farhad Khosravi
  • Patent number: 10981008
    Abstract: Delivery devices, systems, and methods for delivering implantable leadless pacing devices are disclosed. An example delivery device may include a proximal section including a deflection mechanism for deflecting the proximal section, and a distal holding section extending distally of a distal end of the proximal section and defining a cavity therein for receiving an implantable leadless pacing device. The delivery device may include more than one deflection mechanism for deflecting the proximal section at multiple deflection regions. The delivery device may include more than one tubular member that are translatable relative to one another, and the one or more tubular members may include fixed curve portions. The delivery device may include an atraumatic or bumper tip at the distal end of the holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Schmidt, Benjamin J. Haasl, Keith R. Maile, Eric Bielefeld, Dana Sachs, Adwait Kumar, Indaka Gunasekara
  • Patent number: 10980987
    Abstract: A balloon catheter is disclosed, which is capable of improving accuracy of an inspection result of a tube wall of an elongated member constituting a catheter shaft and achieving further improved product quality through the inspection, and a method of manufacturing an elongated member for a balloon catheter, which is used for the balloon catheter. In an outer tube of a balloon catheter, distal from a proximal end of a guide wire lumen is formed of a transparent material. From a distal end toward a proximal end, an inner tube of the balloon catheter has at least a first region and a second region, the second region being a transparent region that is more transparent than the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Tarunaga, Kenta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10973543
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to extraction bags for use in removing tissue from the body of a patient, in embodiments, as part of a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The extraction bag includes at least an inner, permeable cut resistant layer and an outer impermeable layer. In embodiments, the extraction bag may include additional layers, such as a low friction layer on an inner surface of the inner, permeable cut resistant layer, and/or a metal cut resistant layer located between the inner, permeable cut resistant layer and the outer impermeable layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Joe Don Sartor
  • Patent number: 10966707
    Abstract: A wound closure device includes a shaft, a needle, and a housing. The needle includes a first leg portion coupled to a distal end of the shaft, a curved portion, and a second leg portion including a needled end portion terminating at a needle tip. The housing includes a first channel slidingly engaged with the elongated body of the shaft and a second channel slidingly engageable with the second leg portion of the needle. The second channel terminates at an opening defined within a notched section defined in a proximal portion of the housing. The needle is movable to a covered position in which the needle tip is disposed within the second channel of the housing, an advanced position in which the needle tip is disposed distal to the housing, and a retracted position in which the needle tip is disposed within the notched section of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Neeraj Kumar, Inderjeet Singh Bhalla
  • Patent number: 10952878
    Abstract: A vascular device is provided that includes a mesh structure formed of a plurality of spaced members. The structure has (i) a first, collapsed configuration, (ii) a second, expanded configuration, and (iii) a density of the plurality of members. The vascular device further includes an elastic member disposed along a region of the structure, the region having a proximal end and a distal end. The elastic member is configured to increase the density within the region by drawing at least one of the proximal and distal ends of the region toward the other of the proximal and distal ends when the structure is in the second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Rich Kusleika
  • Patent number: 10952759
    Abstract: Various ultrasonic instruments are disclosed. The ultrasonic instruments include structures configured to indicate the cutting length of the instruments, detect when grasped tissue has extended beyond the cutting length of the instrument, and prevent tissue from extending beyond the cutting length. Several techniques for each types of structures are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Messerly, William E. Clem, John A. Weed, III, Eric Stout, Craig T. Davis, John E. Brady, Joseph D. Dennis, Phillip H. Clauda, Monica L. Z. Rivard
  • Patent number: 10952766
    Abstract: A circumcision device is provided by the present invention and includes a body and a glans penis locating and protecting member permanently or releasably associated with the body. The body and glans penis locating member between them support a foreskin crushing assembly that includes a crushing surface that includes an axis extending in the general direction of a penis being circumcised in use, a cooperating crushing member, and a mechanism for operating the foreskin crushing assembly. A cutting assembly is also provided that is rotatable about said axis relative to the crushing surface so as to be capable of severing a foreskin adjacent the foreskin crushing assembly. The cutting assembly includes a cutting blade movable between a withdrawn position and an operative extended condition in which the blade may be rotated about said axis to cooperate with the crushing surface or a foreskin located thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Cyril Norman Parker, Elisabeth Regina Parker, Jared Mark Vorster, David Christopher Wiseman
  • Patent number: 10932815
    Abstract: Methods for performing certain medical procedures wherein a steerable endoluminal punch is used to not only gain access but to create a channel or punch through tissue, thus facilitating follow-up therapeutic procedures. The distal end of the steerable endoluminal punch is controllably articulated by the operator using a control device at the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Indian Wells Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay A. Lenker, Peter van der Sluis
  • Patent number: 10932812
    Abstract: Devices for removing implanted objects from body vessels are provided. A device includes a sheath assembly having a cutting tip. The cutting tip includes a cutting surface that is adapted to cut tissue coupled to an implanted object as the cutting tip rotates. The sheath assembly further includes an outer shield carried outside of the cutting tip. The outer shield includes a distal opening, and the outer shield is translatable relative to the cutting tip from a first position to a second position and vice versa. In the first position the cutting surface of the cutting tip is disposed within the outer shield, and in the second position the cutting tip extends through the distal opening and the cutting surface is at least partially disposed outside of the outer shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SPECTRANETICS LLC
    Inventors: Weston H. Lee, Ryan M. Sotak
  • Patent number: 10932771
    Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Shaun D. Comee, Dennis B. Hubbard, Jr., Jason R. Lebeau, Norman C. May, Paul Smith, Robert B. DeVries, Christopher R. Deuel, Stan Robert Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10932799
    Abstract: In some examples, an embolic protection system includes an elongated member, a first filter body mechanically connected to the elongated member and defining a first filter mouth and a first filter end, the first filter mouth being one of proximal or distal to the first filter end, and a second filter body mechanically connected to the elongated member and distal to the first filter body, the second filter body defining a second filter mouth and a second filter end, the second filter mouth being the one of proximal or distal to the second filter end. In some instances, at least a section of the elongated member between the first and second filter bodies may be flexible, and may be configured to conform to a shape of an arch between two vessels of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Sengkham Sirivong
  • Patent number: 10932800
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a percutaneous retrograde endovascular filter and embolectomy/thrombectomy device (RET-D) according to various aspects of the present technology include a constraining sleeve housing a deployable filter and a set of closure struts positioned at the end of a flexible tube. The RET-D is deployed into a target vessel in retrograde fashion through a conventional hemostasis sheath such that the open end of the filter engages the antegrade flow of blood. The closure struts are configured to prevent loss of filtered debris when the filter is closed according to where the closure struts are positioned relative to an end of the constraining sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: High Desert Radiology, P.C.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Porter, IV
  • Patent number: 10932931
    Abstract: In some examples, a catheter defines a longitudinal axis and includes an inner member, a retaining member, and a support member. The inner member has an outer wall, and a portion of the inner member has a first stiffness. The retaining member defines a pocket configured to receive a connecting member of an expandable medical device. The retaining member has a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness. The support member extends distally from the retaining member. In some examples, the support member is configured to be received radially within the expandable medical device when the connecting member is received within the pocket. The support member is configured to provide a gradual transition between the first stiffness of the inner member and the second stiffness of the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Phillips