Patents by Inventor Amir Pansky

Amir Pansky 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).

  • Patent number: 12207809
    Abstract: An articulating working channel system for use with a plurality of flexible tools which are adapted to be interleaved in a single surgical procedure, comprising: a working channel subassembly including a hollow flexible shaft; and a surgical tool subassembly including the flexible tool, wherein the flexible tool includes a flexible tube which is adapted to be inserted into the flexible shaft and wherein the flexible shaft is adapted to be articulated and the flexible tube is adapted to be passively articulated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Pansky, Ben Zion Spector
  • Patent number: 12082839
    Abstract: An arthroscopic surgical device including: a body with a proximal end, a distal end, and a body longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end; the body including: an elongated sheath arranged along a sheath longitudinal axis, the sheath including: a sheath flexible portion; and a lumen running longitudinally through the sheath; an elongated spine arranged along a spine longitudinal axis, the spine connected to the sheath, the spine including a spine joint; wherein the spine is rigid in a direction of elongation of the spine; wherein the sheath longitudinal axis and the spine longitudinal axis are aligned, for at least a portion of a sheath longitudinal length, wherein the flexible portion axially overlaps with the spine joint, bending the spine joint thereby bending the flexible portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Pansky, Ben Zion Spector
  • Patent number: 11844537
    Abstract: A bone drill guiding device including a drill entry part comprising a cannula having a distal end portion and sized to receive a bone drill, a drill exit part comprising a fixation tip portion and a coupling that rigidly couples the drill entry part and the drill exit part so that longitudinal axes of the cannula distal portion and the fixation tip portion are arranged on a single mutual axis. In some embodiments, the coupling is a linear sliding coupling that parallels the single mutual axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Roy Zilberman, Hagay Botansky, Ben Zion Spector, Amir Pansky
  • Patent number: 11478234
    Abstract: An articulating working channel system for use with a plurality of flexible tools which are adapted to be interleaved in a single surgical procedure, comprising: a working channel subassembly including a hollow flexible shaft; and a surgical tool subassembly including the flexible tool, wherein the flexible tool includes a flexible tube which is adapted to be inserted into the flexible shaft and wherein the flexible shaft is adapted to be articulated and the flexible tube is adapted to be passively articulated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Pansky, Ben Zion Spector
  • Patent number: 11020132
    Abstract: A bone drill guiding device including a drill entry part comprising a cannula having a distal end portion and sized to receive a bone drill, a drill exit part comprising a fixation tip portion and a coupling that rigidly couples the drill entry part and the drill exit part so that longitudinal axes of the cannula distal portion and the fixation tip portion are arranged on a single mutual axis. In some embodiments, the coupling is a linear sliding coupling that parallels the single mutual axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: T.A.G. Medical Devices—Agriculture Cooperative Ltd.
    Inventors: Roy Zilberman, Hagay Botansky, Ben Zion Spector, Amir Pansky
  • Patent number: 10251658
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism and method for attaching or coupling a guide wire to a catheter for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is provided. The attachment mechanism generates friction forces against the guide wire to couple the guide wire to a catheter, which design permits a greater force to be used on the guide wire during a re-canalization procedure. The invention also encompasses use of the attachment mechanism in conjunction with active catheters, which have vibration-generating means to oscillate the distal end of the catheter or a component in the distal end of the catheter, to add vibration motion, preferably axial vibration motion, to the increased force that may be applied to the guide wire for purposes of penetrating an occlusion. The methods of the invention relate to methods of attaching the guide wire to the catheter and methods of treating a vessel having a partial or total occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Medinol Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacob Richter, Amir Pansky, Gal Demer
  • Patent number: 9775632
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is disclosed. The apparatus and method, which are appropriate for both cardiovascular as well as peripheral vessels, use hydraulic pressure to drive a vibratable member, and the system includes a control unit to permit the frequency or amplitude of oscillation of the vibratable member to be adjusted to suit the morphology or hardness of the target occlusion. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting the force of vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Medinol Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Pansky, Oleg Weizman, Alexander Melamud
  • Patent number: 9765865
    Abstract: Device and method for enabling independent tuning of frequency and amplitude of a reverse crankshaft motor. The reverse crankshaft motor provides periodic reciprocating motion based on periodic rotational motion from a rotational motor. The reverse crankshaft motor includes a crankshaft structure having first and second frames with a third axle arranged between them and connected to them by hinges. An amplituder is affixed to the third axle and may communicate with an external device. As the first and second frames move toward or apart from each other, the third axle moves radially toward or away from a central axis of the crankshaft structure. The position of the third axle determines the amplitude of the periodic reciprocating motion of the amplituder. By adjusting the position of the first and second frames, the operator may adjust the amplitude independently from the frequency of the periodic rotational motion supplied by the rotational motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Medinol Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Pansky, Eyal Ben-Moshe, Ben Zion Spector
  • Patent number: 9615843
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism and method for attaching or coupling a guide wire to a catheter for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is provided. The attachment mechanism generates friction forces against the guide wire to couple the guide wire to a catheter, which design permits a greater force to be used on the guide wire during a re-canalization procedure. The invention also encompasses use of the attachment mechanism in conjunction with active catheters, which have vibration-generating means to oscillate the distal end of the catheter or a component in the distal end of the catheter, to add vibration motion, preferably axial vibration motion, to the increased force that may be applied to the guide wire for purposes of penetrating an occlusion. The methods of the invention relate to methods of attaching the guide wire to the catheter and methods of treating a vessel having a partial or total occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MEDINOL LTD.
    Inventors: Jacob Richter, Amir Pansky, Gal Demer
  • Patent number: 9585679
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism and method for attaching or coupling a guide wire to a catheter for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is provided. The attachment mechanism generates friction forces against the guide wire to couple the guide wire to a catheter, which design permits a greater force to be used on the guide wire during a re-canalization procedure. The invention also encompasses use of the attachment mechanism in conjunction with active catheters, which have vibration-generating means to oscillate the distal end of the catheter or a component in the distal end of the catheter, to add vibration motion, preferably axial vibration motion, to the increased force that may be applied to the guide wire for purposes of penetrating an occlusion. The methods of the invention relate to methods of attaching the guide wire to the catheter and methods of treating a vessel having a partial or total occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MEDINOL LTD.
    Inventors: Jacob Richter, Amir Pansky, Gal Demer
  • Patent number: 9034004
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is provided. The apparatus and method, which are appropriate for both cardiovascular as well as peripheral vessels, use a pulling member and a spring element, for example a compression spring, to oscillate a vibratable member, and the system of the invention includes the apparatus and a control unit to permit the frequency or amplitude of oscillation of the vibratable member to be adjusted. Also provided is a method for oscillating a vibratable member using a pulling member and a spring element. The apparatus and system are useful not only for penetrating a total or partial occlusion, but also to improve deliverability of a catheter through a partially occluded vessel or a tortuous vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Medinol Ltd.
    Inventor: Amir Pansky
  • Publication number: 20100168567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for protecting walls of a body cavity during thermal ablation of tissues near that body cavity, while enabling ultrasound monitoring of the ablation process. Heating protective devices and cooling protective devices are provided. Heatable/coolable ultrasound probes and heatable/coolable independent protective devices compatible with ultrasound imaging by moving ultrasound probes are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Kochavi, Amir Pansky, Yaron Hefetz
  • Publication number: 20100019918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a probe-insertion guiding apparatus for guiding a user towards correct insertion of therapeutic probes into a patient. The apparatus comprises a template which comprises a plurality of apertures sized to accommodate therapeutic probes and to guide insertion of such probes into a body, a probe command receiver for receiving probe insertion commands specifying template apertures through which probes are to be inserted, and at least one of a) a sensory output device operable to indicate to a user which aperture is to receive a next inserted probe, and b) a probe detection device operable to detect insertion of a probe into an aperture. Preferred embodiments include feedback modules providing feedback to a user indicating whether the user's probe did or did not correspond to a probe insertion specified by a received probe insertion command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Ofer Avital, Eyal Kochavi, Amir Pansky, Yaron Hefetz, Pazit Pianka
  • Publication number: 20090318804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for planning and supervising minimally invasive surgery. Included are enhancements to systems for planning, monitoring, and controlling cryosurgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Ofer Avital, Eyal Kochivi, Amir Pansky, Yaron Hefetz, Pazit Pianka
  • Publication number: 20090292204
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system comprising an imaging tool for imaging an interventional device and its target organ using Doppler ultrasound are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an imaging tool and an interventional medical device; in some embodiments the imaging tool itself may be an interventional device or may comprise components of the interventional device. The imaging tool comprises a vibratory transducer and a vibratable element. The vibratory transducer is energized to generate a vibration motion in the vibratable element at first imaging frequency, which in turn is capable of oscillating a target organ at a second imaging frequency, the imaging frequencies being detectable by an ultrasound imaging system with Doppler mode. In certain applications the vibratory transducer may be energized to vibrate at a therapeutic frequency to effect treatment of the target organ, for example to clear a lumenal or vascular stenosis or to penetrate a vascular occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: OSCILLON LTD.
    Inventor: Amir Pansky
  • Publication number: 20090292296
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is disclosed. The apparatus and method, which are appropriate for both cardiovascular as well as peripheral vessels, use hydraulic pressure to drive a vibratable member, and the system includes a control unit to permit the frequency or amplitude of oscillation of the vibratable member to be adjusted to suit the morphology or hardness of the target occlusion. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting the force of vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: OSCILLON LTD.
    Inventors: Amir Pansky, Oleg Weizman, Alexander Melamud
  • Publication number: 20090171203
    Abstract: Methods and systems for inserting therapeutic probes into a patient are present. Embodiments include an automated probe insertion system and a probe insertion guide comprising a moveable probe guide sleeve; a positioner for positioning said probe guide sleeve; and a controller operable to receive a definition of a locus within a body of a patient and to direct positioning and orienting of said probe guide sleeve so that a probe advanced through said sleeve will advance in direction of said locus. Cryosurgery applications are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Ofer Avital, Eyal Kochavi, Amir Pansky, Yaron Hefetz, Pazit Pianka
  • Patent number: 7495225
    Abstract: A method of detecting ionizing radiation is provided. The method includes pixelating a semiconductor substrate such that each pixel comprises a central region and a region of variable response, substantially blocking the ionizing radiation from reaching the region of variable response, and receiving the ionizing radiation with the central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yaron Hefetz, Joshua Liss, Amir Pansky, Ira Blevis
  • Publication number: 20070167775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for protecting walls of a body cavity during thermal ablation of tissues near that body cavity, while enabling ultrasound monitoring of the ablation process. Heating protective devices and cooling protective devices are provided. Heatable/coolable ultrasound probes and heatable/coolable independent protective devices compatible with ultrasound imaging by moving ultrasound probes are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Kochavi, Amir Pansky, Yaron Hefetz
  • Publication number: 20070167776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for protecting walls of a body cavity during thermal ablation of tissues near that body cavity, while enabling ultrasound monitoring of the ablation process. Heating protective devices and cooling protective devices are provided. Heatable/coolable ultrasound probes and heatable/coolable independent protective devices compatible with ultrasound imaging by moving ultrasound probes are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Galil Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Eyal Kochavi, Amir Pansky, Yaron Hefetz