Patents Examined by Tan-Uyen T. Ho
  • Patent number: 12226096
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use with a tissue anchor and an anchor driver. The apparatus includes a housing, shaped to define a channel. The channel includes (i) an anchor-storage zone, and (ii) a proximal opening configured to provide access for the anchor driver to the anchor-storage zone. The channel is configured to enable sliding of the tissue anchor therewithin to be stored in the anchor-storage zone. The apparatus also includes a retaining member, shaped to define a cradle for cradling and holding the tissue anchor in the anchor-storage zone. The retaining member includes a pillar pivotable with respect to the cradle, and configured to support the tissue anchor at the cradle. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Haim Brauon, Ehud Aviv, Brian Patrick Murphy, Praveen De Silva, Kevin K. Dang, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Tomer Golan, Aaron Anan Ness, Tal Reich, Luis Molina, Sam Shafigh
  • Patent number: 12220119
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue engagement device includes a first actuation member including a body coupled to a first jaw and a second jaw at a pivot point, wherein the body is designed to shift between a first configuration and a first compressed configuration and a second actuation member coupled to the first actuation member at the pivot point and at a fixation point, wherein the second actuation member is designed to shift between a second configuration and a second compressed configuration. Further, shifting the first actuation member from the first configuration to the first compressed configuration, shifting the second actuation member from the second configuration to the second compressed configuration, or both, shifts the first jaw and the second jaw between a closed configuration and an open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Deuel, Danny Shu-Huan Lee, Paul Smith, Routha Sim
  • Patent number: 12213752
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a robotic assisted system for ophthalmic surgery, comprising a first driving unit, a second driving unit and a third driving unit, wherein the three driving units can respectively complete the movement in three dimensions, the first driving unit is connected with the second driving unit, the second driving unit is connected with the third driving unit, and an instrument is arranged on the third driving unit; during operating, the third driving unit can drive the instrument assembly to move, the second driving unit can drive the third driving unit and instruments thereon to move, and the first driving unit can drive the second driving unit, the third driving unit on the second driving unit and the instruments on the third driving unit to move; the accurate control on the instruments can be completed by controlling the three different driving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: HANGZHOU DESSIGHT BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Di Cui
  • Patent number: 12213680
    Abstract: A medical device, comprising a tube including at least one lumen, an absorbent located at a distal portion of the tube, the absorbent being configured to transition from a compressed state to an expanded state, and a structure fixed to the absorbent, wherein the structure is configured to flex into a compressed state and an expanded state simultaneously with the compressed state and the expanded state of the absorbent, and the structure exposes at least a portion of the absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
    Inventors: Hitendra Purohit, Agrim Mishra, Deepak Kumar Sharma
  • Patent number: 12213871
    Abstract: An adjustable fixation device includes a cleat portion and a suture portion, where the suture portion has a loop portion and a suture tail. Pulling on the suture tail places in tension a graft coupled to the loop portion. The suture is arranged to convey a mechanical advantage so that substantial force can be readily and controllably applied to the graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Parcus Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Armington, Mark D. Brunsvold
  • Patent number: 12213656
    Abstract: A puncture sealing system for sealing a vascular puncture comprises an inner member and an outer member comprising a lumen sized and shaped to allow the inner member to slide therein, an occlusion balloon at an outer member distal end, and an inflation lumen that extends from an outer member proximal end to the interior of the occlusion balloon. The occlusion balloon can be inflated by fluid flowing through the outer member inflation lumen so that the occlusion balloon can enable the occlusion of a vascular puncture and contact and apply pressure to a puncture tract extending from the vascular puncture. In one version, the inner member further comprises a vessel locator system. In one version, the puncture sealing system further comprises an obturator slidably receivable within the outer member and having a distal end adapted to at least partially cover the puncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventor: Steven Jay Blumenthal
  • Patent number: 12207824
    Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Burkart, Danielle E. Cafasso, Robert Henry Hayford, Huckelberry Finne, Jose Ramirez Vargas, Michael P Abbott
  • Patent number: 12201298
    Abstract: An anastomotic coupler is provided. A ring can include a receiving portion. A fixation device includes a cartridge. The cartridge includes a plurality of fasteners. Upon actuation of the fixation device, the fasteners puncture the tubular structure. The fasteners are received by the receiving portions such that the tubular structure is coupled with the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Buck Surgical LLC
    Inventor: Donald W. Buck
  • Patent number: 12193695
    Abstract: A laparoscopic surgical instrument is provided with a manual gripping portion provided with three gripping members, one of them being fixed (non-movable) and the other two gripping members being movable and hinged such that each can perform an angular movement, facilitating the use of the tool during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SERVOCAD MICROTRONICS, S.L.
    Inventor: Jesus Hernandez Juanpera
  • Patent number: 12193659
    Abstract: A laparoscopic suture passer comprises an elongated shaft, and a jaw assembly coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft. The jaw assembly comprises first and second jaw members hingedly associated with each other. The jaw members are configured for being alternately displaced relative to each other between an open position and a closed position. The laparoscopic suture passer further comprises a hollow needle comprising a slotted bore extending along the entire length thereof. The hollow needle has a blunt end and a sharp end opposite the blunt end. The blunt end of the hollow needle is hingedly coupled to the first jaw member for being alternately hinged between a retracted position, wherein the hollow needle is stowed in the first jaw member, and a deployed position, wherein the hollow needle extends away from the first jaw member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Bedoya, Catherine Withers
  • Patent number: 12193770
    Abstract: An instrument cart configured to position an instrument controller at a desired location and attitude pitch with respect to an incision location of a patient includes a base, a lift member moveable with respect to the base, a first planar translation member connected to the lift member and arcuately moveable with respect thereto, a second planar translation member connected to the first planar translation member and arcuately moveable with respect thereto, a third planar translation member connected to the second planar translation member and arcuately moveable with respect thereto, an arcuate slide base connected to the third planar translation member and moveable with respect thereto and an arcuate slide coupled to the arcuate slide base, and moveable with respect thereto; and an instrument controller coupling connected to the arcuate slide member, the instrument controller connected thereto and movable with respect thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System, ColubrisMX, Inc
    Inventors: Daniel H. Kim, Dong Suk Shin, Taeho Jang, Yongman Park, Jeihan Lee, Kihoon Nam, Yongchul Shin
  • Patent number: 12185944
    Abstract: An adhesion device incorporates element block assemblies partially disposed within an element support body having an engagement surface. Each element block assembly may include an element activation sheet, an element deployment sheet, a plurality of engagement elements, and an element transition mechanism operatively coupled to the engagement elements. The element transition mechanism is reversible to transition from a neutral configuration wherein the element activation sheet is substantially adjacent to the element deployment sheet, and an expanded configuration wherein the element activation sheet and the element deployment sheet are separated by a transition gap. The element support body, while each element transition mechanism is disposed in the neutral configuration, constrains each engagement element in a deployment state with a substantially straightened configuration perpendicular to the engagement surface and suitable for insertion into (or removal from) a target material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: M1CROKOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Craig Anderson
  • Patent number: 12185972
    Abstract: An example cutting apparatus includes a scalpel and a housing defining a scalpel guide. A handle is coupled to a proximal end of the scalpel. A blade holder at a distal end of the scalpel. The scalpel has a length longer than a length of the housing. The scalpel guide constrains the movement path of the scalpel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Nuvasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Sujit Sivadas, Wei-Hsiang Chang, John C. Love
  • Patent number: 12185934
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for inserting an adapter including a docking station and an adapter inserter. The docking station can include a handle block, a push assembly, and a linkage connecting knob push handle to an engagement tube pull block. The engagement tube pull block can extend from the linkage through a portion of the handle block. The adapter inserter can include a handle body, an engagement assembly, and a clamp. The handle body can be sized to fit in a first recess defined by the handle block body. The engagement assembly can extend from a second end of the handle body and can be configured to engage the adapter at a tip of the engagement assembly. The clamp can be located within and proximate a second end of the handle body so as to engage a portion of the engagement assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Spilka, Kevin N. Baird
  • Patent number: 12178502
    Abstract: A device for expanding tissue comprises at least one fluid delivery tube and at least one fluid delivery element in fluid communication with the at least one fluid delivery tube. The at least one fluid delivery tube comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The device is constructed and arranged to perform a near full circumferential expansion of luminal wall tissue. Systems and methods are also provided, including a system for expanding tissue layers and treating tissue proximate to the expanded tissue layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Caplan, Harith Rajagopalan, Mark A. Manasas, Christopher James Kadamus, Andrew Coats, Philip S. Levin, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12178703
    Abstract: A method for improving leaflet prolapse and/or valve regurgitation associated with a heart valve involves introducing a chordae tendineae capturing device into a ventricle of a heart, the chordae tendineae capturing device comprising a central hub component and a plurality of spokes, extending the plurality of spokes outward from the central hub component, rotating the chordae tendineae capturing device in a first direction to bring at least one of the plurality of spokes into physical contact with one or more cords of chordae tendineae disposed in the ventricle, further rotating the chordae tendineae capturing device in the first direction to bring the one or more cords inward towards the central hub component, and closing the plurality of spokes at least partially over the one or more cords to secure the one or more cords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Oliver Brown
  • Patent number: 12161544
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of beads and a linking assembly joining the beads together. The beads include a housing defining a first opening, a second opening, and a chamber extending between the first opening and the second opening. A magnet is contained within the housing. The beads and the linking assembly are arranged in an annular arrangement and sized to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. The loop may move between a contracted and expanded configuration. The loop is magnetically biased toward the contracted configuration by a magnetic bias of the beads. The linking assembly includes a first link element having an elongate body extending in the chamber of the first bead and a sealing element attached to the elongate body housed within the first opening of the first bead to thereby form a hermetic seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin M. Fiebig
  • Patent number: 12161333
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a wound closure device and a connecting unit, which belongs to the field of medical products, aiming at solving the problems of high cost, long period and difficult mass production of existing wound closure devices manufactured according to the shape and size of a wound. The connecting unit of the present invention is structured as an independent connecting unit which can be mass produced, when a wound with a specific shape and size is to be treated, a wound closure device structure suitable for the wound can be formed simply by selecting corresponding size and number of connecting units, and assembling the same correspondingly, therefore, the present invention can effectively reduce the production cost by means of mass production not depending on specific shape and size of a wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Jinchen Medical & Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huijin Tong
  • Patent number: 12144509
    Abstract: A pneumatic tourniquet has a constricting device that comprises a rocker, such that when the rocker is angularly displaced by contact with a wounded limb, a clamping force is applied by a rocker surface and a clamping edge onto a sealing element to prevent flow of the pressurized gas from an interposed inflated strap to a free end, causing the strap free end to be considerably thinner than the main strap section. In one embodiment, a gas flow control assembly comprises a casing containing a force transmitting element and a gas cartridge; and a pivotable activation handle, wherein, upon pivoted displacement of the activation handle, pressurized gas is caused to be discharged from the gas cartridge and flow to an interior of the strap. In other embodiments, the pneumatic tourniquet comprises one or more of a flow control unit, a manual pressure release initiator, and a puncture mitigating connection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAS Med Global Ltd
    Inventors: Tzach-Yitzhak Brikman, Menashe Shaked, Derek Ryden
  • Patent number: 12138000
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a driven portion, a cord-shaped element, and a rotor. To the driven portion, a driving force is transmitted from an external portion. The cord-shaped element transmits a movement of the driven portion. The rotor has a circumferential surface around which the cord-shaped element extending from the driven portion is wound. The circumferential surface includes two or more grooves arranged side by side in a direction of a central axis of the rotor so that the cord-shaped element is windable therearound, and at least one cut-out portion connecting adjacent grooves among the two or more grooves so that the cord-shaped element is placeable through the adjacent grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: RIVERFIELD INC.
    Inventor: Koki Shindo