Patents by Inventor Alexander Joseph BURNHAM

Alexander Joseph BURNHAM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240156336
    Abstract: An endoscopic device has a handle including an adapter, a shaft connected to the handle, and one or more wires within the handle. The adapter defines one or more openings in a side or proximal end of the adapter. The shaft has a plurality of lumens extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft. A first lumen of the plurality of lumens is a working channel for receiving a medical instrument. Each of the one or more wires enter through the one or more openings in the adapter for guiding the one or more wires to a corresponding lumen other than the first lumen and to the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan CAHILL, Earl McALLISTER, Alexander Joseph BURNHAM
  • Publication number: 20240122599
    Abstract: An assembly for a closure device includes a cap with a distal portion having a recess to receive tissue and a proximal portion fitting over a face of an endoscope. The proximal portion includes fold(s) between a first region and a first end of a second region. The cap expands from a collapsed state in which an angle of the first region relative to a longitudinal axis of the endoscope is at a minimum to an expanded state in which the angle is increased. Based on the angle and reflectivity of the first region, an endoscopic camera on the face is provided an increased field of view in the expanded state relative to the collapsed state. The device captures tissue when the cap is in the expanded state via an actuation mechanism extending through a channel of the endoscope into the distal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Paul SMITH, Richard Paul MANSFIELD, Alexander Joseph BURNHAM, Matthew Bradley ADAMS
  • Patent number: 11918187
    Abstract: An endoscopic device has a handle including an adapter, a shaft connected to the handle, and one or more wires within the handle. The adapter defines one or more openings in a side or proximal end of the adapter. The shaft has a plurality of lumens extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft. A first lumen of the plurality of lumens is a working channel for receiving a medical instrument. Each of the one or more wires enter through the one or more openings in the adapter for guiding the one or more wires to a corresponding lumen other than the first lumen and to the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Cahill, Earl McAllister, Alexander Joseph Burnham
  • Publication number: 20220330968
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include an elongate body having a cavity at a distal end and a tissue retractor extendable distally from the distal end of the elongate body. The tissue retractor may include an expansion mechanism. The expansion mechanism may include a plurality of arms each having a first end coupled around a distal cap and expandable radially outward from the distal cap such that an anchoring mechanism on a second end of the arms is engageable with selected tissue for resection of the body lumen. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, Chris Jicka, Austin Grant Johnson, Caleb A. Valdes, Serena Scott, Michael Killion Ford, Kyle P. Moore, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram, Christopher A. Olmeda, Katie Olmeda, Michael Matthew Borek, Micah Flock, Julianne Grainger, Rachel Marie Williams, Morgan Zhu, Ryan V. Wales, Kevin L. Bagley, Scott E. Brechbiel, Alexander Joseph Burnham, Shaun Dennis Comee, Tara Ann Jarobski, Nicholas J. Mazzola, Christopher Kiyonao Oto, Rachael Campion, Danny Shu-Huan Lee
  • Publication number: 20210186482
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a tissue retraction system may include a first anchor, a second anchor, and an elongate coupling member extending between the first anchor and the second anchor. The system also may include a holder for receiving the first anchor, the second anchor, and the elongate coupling element. The holder may include a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a smaller width than the proximal portion such that the distal portion exerts a force on a proximal end of the first anchor during deployment of the first anchor from the holder. The force may move the first anchor into an open configuration for receiving tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Paul SMITH, Ryan V. WALES, Kevin James McELWEE, Naroun SUON, Samuel RAYBIN, Alexander Joseph BURNHAM, Ray Hewenson TONG, Mary Ann CORNELL, Niklas ANDERSSON, John B. GOLDEN, Scott E. BRECHBIEL
  • Publication number: 20210178120
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first tissue engagement member coupled to an elastic member by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly including a first coupler body having a first end region and a first compression member. Further, the first end region of the first coupler body is configured to extend into a portion of a lumen of the elastic member and the compression member is designed to compress the elastic member onto the first coupler body such that the elastic member is fixedly engaged with the coupler body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: JOHN UNGER, CHRISTOPHER K. OTO, DANNY SHU-HUAN LEE, RYAN WALES, ALEXANDER JOSEPH BURNHAM, TRACY ANDREOTTI
  • Patent number: 10973506
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a tissue retraction system may include a first anchor, a second anchor, and an elongate coupling member extending between the first anchor and the second anchor. The system also may include a holder for receiving the first anchor, the second anchor, and the elongate coupling element. The holder may include a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a smaller width than the proximal portion such that the distal portion exerts a force on a proximal end of the first anchor during deployment of the first anchor from the holder. The force may move the first anchor into an open configuration for receiving tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Smith, Ryan V. Wales, Kevin James McElwee, Naroun Suon, Samuel Raybin, Alexander Joseph Burnham, Ray Hewenson Tong, Mary Ann Cornell, Niklas Andersson, John B. Golden, Scott E. Brechbiel
  • Patent number: 10933219
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first tissue engagement member coupled to an elastic member by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly including a first coupler body having a first end region and a first compression member. Further, the first end region of the first coupler body is configured to extend into a portion of a lumen of the elastic member and the compression member is designed to compress the elastic member onto the first coupler body such that the elastic member is fixedly engaged with the coupler body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John Unger, Christopher K. Oto, Danny Shu-Huan Lee, Ryan Wales, Alexander Joseph Burnham, Tracy Andreotti
  • Publication number: 20200359879
    Abstract: An endoscopic device has a handle including an adapter, a shaft connected to the handle, and one or more wires within the handle. The adapter defines one or more openings in a side or proximal end of the adapter. The shaft has a plurality of lumens extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft. A first lumen of the plurality of lumens is a working channel for receiving a medical instrument. Each of the one or more wires enter through the one or more openings in the adapter for guiding the one or more wires to a corresponding lumen other than the first lumen and to the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan CAHILL, Earl McALLISTER, Alexander Joseph BURNHAM
  • Publication number: 20190336728
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first tissue engagement member coupled to an elastic member by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly including a first coupler body having a first end region and a first compression member. Further, the first end region of the first coupler body is configured to extend into a portion of a lumen of the elastic member and the compression member is designed to compress the elastic member onto the first coupler body such that the elastic member is fixedly engaged with the coupler body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JOHN UNGER, CHRISTOPHER K. OTO, DANNY SHU-HUAN LEE, RYAN WALES, ALEXANDER JOSEPH BURNHAM, TRACY ANDREOTTI
  • Publication number: 20180035997
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a tissue retraction system may include a first anchor, a second anchor, and an elongate coupling member extending between the first anchor and the second anchor. The system also may include a holder for receiving the first anchor, the second anchor, and the elongate coupling element. The holder may include a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a smaller width than the proximal portion such that the distal portion exerts a force on a proximal end of the first anchor during deployment of the first anchor from the holder. The force may move the first anchor into an open configuration for receiving tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul SMITH, Ryan V. WALES, Kevin James McELWEE, Naroun SUON, Samuel RAYBIN, Alexander Joseph BURNHAM, Ray Hewenson TONG, Mary Ann CORNELL, Niklas ANDERSSON, John B. GOLDEN, Scott E. BRECHBIEL