Patents Examined by Rachel S Highland
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Patent number: 10743878Abstract: An apparatus and its method of use in delivering surgical tissue connectors into an area of the body and removing the surgical tissue connectors from the body area. The tissue connectors are connected to a base which allows for easy adjustment of the tissue connectors along a cord. The base includes a locking mechanism which impinges a sliding knot in the cord, and, in alternate configurations of the locking mechanism and knot, impinges on the sliding knot to prevent sliding in a loosening direction but allow sliding in a tightening direction, or allows sliding in a loosening direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Freehold Surgical, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Smith, Darren R. Sherman
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Patent number: 10695178Abstract: A method of repairing a heart valve provides intravascular access for repair of a heart valve through a ventricular trans-septal approach. An external guide catheter can be inserted through a vein of a patient into the right ventricle via the right atrium. An internal guide catheter can be inserted through the external guide and can provide access to the septum for a puncture tool to create an opening through the septum to the left ventricle. The internal guide can then be advanced into the left ventricle and used to guide a deployment catheter that deploys a repair device onto the heart valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: NeoChord, Inc.Inventors: John Zentgraf, David J. Parins, Arun Saini
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Patent number: 10617508Abstract: An intravascular filter assembly has an expanded state for capturing thrombi in a patient's blood vessel, a first a collapsed state for removal from the patient's blood vessel in a first direction and a second collapsed state for removal from the patient's blood vessel in a second direction. A plurality of first struts extends from a first axial side of a fixed hub, and a plurality of second struts extends from the opposite axial side of the fixed hub. An axially movable hub has a first position radially surrounding the tubular body, a second position axially spaced apart from the fixed hub along the first struts, and a third position axially spaced apart from the fixed hub along the second struts. The first struts are collapsed when the movable hub is in the second position, and the second struts are collapsed when the movable hub is in the third position.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventor: Frank J. Fischer, Jr.
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Patent number: 10595877Abstract: A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Dmitri Menn, Russell F. Durgin, Brian Keith Wells, Lance Alan Wolf, Gregory R. Furnish, Vasiliy P. Abramov, William C. Mers Kelly
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Patent number: 10561430Abstract: Basket type grasping forceps include a sheath, a main body section, and a manipulation section, the main body section includes a basket section and a manipulation wire, the basket section includes a plurality of basket wires and a distal fixing member fixed to the plurality of basket wires, and the distal fixing member has a wire-fixing section to which a first wire serving which is at least one of the plurality of basket wires is fixed, and a high-strength fixing section to which a second wire which is at least another one of the plurality of basket wires is fixed more strongly than a fixing strength of the first wire in the wire-fixing section.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Tsutomu Okada
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Patent number: 10517758Abstract: An exemplary surgical device includes a shaft with a lumen defined therethrough and an element movable from a stored position to a deployed position in which a larger portion of the element extends out of the distal end of the lumen; wherein motion from the stored position to the deployed position causes a first leg of the element to advance distally relative to the distal end of the shaft, and causes a second leg of the element to move proximally relative to the distal end of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Maria Tsontcheva Guguchkova
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Patent number: 10507037Abstract: A catheter for performing a procedure at a treatment site in the lumen of a blood vessel. The catheter includes an elongate tubular shaft having a proximal bend, a distal bend and a hinge element. A distal portion of the shaft includes a window extending through the sidewall of the shaft between the hinge element and the distal end of the elongate tubular shaft. A working element is disposed within the lumen of the elongate tubular shaft and is configured for performing the procedure through the window at the treatment site. The bends and hinge element are configured to urge the window against a wall of the vessel at the treatment site.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Darren Doud, Tomislav Huljev, Ralph McNall, Brandon Fell, Priyanshu Gupta, Ryan Olivera, Thomas C. Pham
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Patent number: 10492814Abstract: A surgical device is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Josh Snow, Philip Irka, Ethan Collins, Joseph Costanzo, Anthony Calderoni, Michael Ingmanson, Timothy Wells, Thomas Wingardner, III, Ramiro Cabrera
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Patent number: 10485524Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Nispel, Mike Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Patent number: 10478334Abstract: An exemplary surgical device includes an element positionable within a shaft having a lumen defined therethrough with the element movable from a stored position to a deployed position in which a larger portion of the element extends out of the distal end of the lumen. The element forming a closed loop which is positioned around the lens while the lens is within a capsular bag. The closed loop is reduced in size to form a cut in the lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Maria Tsontcheva Guguchkova
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Patent number: 10463535Abstract: An exemplary surgical device includes a shaft with a lumen defined therethrough and an element movable from a stored position to a deployed position in which a larger portion of the element extends out of the distal end of the lumen; wherein motion from the stored position to the deployed position causes a first leg of the element to advance distally relative to the distal end of the shaft, and causes a second leg of the element to move proximally relative to the distal end of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Maria Tsontcheva Guguchkova
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Patent number: 10463536Abstract: An exemplary surgical device includes a shaft with a lumen defined therethrough and an element movable from a stored position to a deployed position in which a larger portion of the element extends out of the distal end of the lumen; wherein motion from the stored position to the deployed position causes a first leg of the element to advance distally relative to the distal end of the shaft, and causes a second leg of the element to move proximally relative to the distal end of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec Cataract Technology Inc.Inventors: Luke W. Clauson, Maria Tsontcheva Guguchkova
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Patent number: 10456069Abstract: A lancing device having a housing with a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis. The lancing device also has a lancet carrier translationally supported with respect to the housing. The lancet carrier has a proximal end and a distal end. The lancing device additionally has a charging mechanism and/or an ejection mechanism adapted to pivot into the lancing device for engaging portions of the lancet carrier to perform the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2013Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: FACET TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: John A. Trissel
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Patent number: 10448940Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
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Patent number: 10383611Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Patent number: 10368945Abstract: A forceps includes a drive assembly and an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. The drive assembly includes a drive housing and a drive bar. The proximal end of the drive bar is coupled to the drive housing, while the distal end of the drive bar is coupled to at least one of the jaw members. The drive housing and the drive bar are selectively movable in conjunction with one another between a first position and a second position to move the jaw members between the spaced-apart position and the first approximated position. The drive assembly is selectively activatable to move the drive bar independent of the drive housing from the second position to a third position to move the jaw members from the first approximated position to the second approximated position.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: William H. Nau, Jr., Arlen J. Reschke, Robert M. Sharp, Duane E. Kerr, James D. Allen, IV
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Patent number: 10342548Abstract: Disclosed are implantable medical devices for the occlusion of a bodily lumen, cavity, vessel, or organ, as well as methods for manufacturing such occlusion devices, and methods for treating a subject using the occlusion devices. The devices generally include a wire having shape memory properties and a flexible membranous material disposed about the wire. Some embodiments include a lateral fringe on the membranous material. Some embodiments include a fluid capture cup affixed to the wire.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey B Duncan
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Patent number: 10307293Abstract: Intraocular pressure can be reduced by insertion of an intraocular shunt in the eye such that it forms a drainage pathway between the anterior chamber and a region of lower pressure. A hollow shaft that holds an intraocular shunt can be advanced through the anterior chamber. The sclera can be penetrated with the hollow shaft. A beveled tip of the shaft can be oriented such that a beveled surface thereof faces toward the Tenon's capsule when the beveled tip passes out of the sclera. After the beveled tip passes out of the sclera, at least a portion of the shunt can be advanced from the hollow shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda, Richard A. Lewis
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Patent number: 10307038Abstract: A surgical system is provided including a reusable handle assembly having a controller and a reusable cannula assembly configured to be operatively connected to and steerable by the reusable handle assembly. Additionally, the surgical system includes a plurality of surgical instruments configured to be inserted through the reusable handle assembly and configured to advance a length of the reusable cannula assembly, such that the plurality of surgical instruments are engaged with at least one trigger mechanism of the reusable handle assembly. The handle assembly, the cannula assembly, and the plurality of surgical instruments are modular components configured to be releasably or removably coupled or interconnected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Kevin Sniffin, Eric Taylor, Peter Hathaway, Emily Davis
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Patent number: 10206698Abstract: Described herein are low-profile electrodes for use with an angioplasty shockwave catheter. A low-profile electrode assembly may have an inner electrode, an insulating layer disposed over the inner electrode such that an opening in the insulating layer is aligned with the inner electrode, and an outer electrode sheath disposed over the insulating layer such that an opening in the outer electrode sheath is coaxially aligned with the opening in the insulating layer. This layered configuration allows for the generation of shockwaves that propagate outward from the side of the catheter. In some variations, the electrode assembly has a second inner electrode, and the insulating layer and outer electrode may each have a second opening that are coaxially aligned with the second inner electrode. An angioplasty shockwave catheter may have a plurality of such low-profile electrode assemblies along its length to break up calcified plaques along a length of a vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL, INC.Inventors: Doug Hakala, John M. Adams, Khoi T. Le, Show-Mean Steve Wu