Patents by Inventor Andrew R. Conway

Andrew R. Conway 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: 20230190277
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of links and a plurality of beads. The plurality of beads is joined using the plurality of links and is configured to be arranged in an annular arrangement. The annular arrangement is sized and configured to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. Each bead includes a housing, a passageway extending through the housing, and at least one annular magnet disposed around the passageway of the bead. The at least one annular magnet includes an aperture defining a magnet axis. The at least one annular magnet of each of the beads is configured to magnetically bias the loop toward the contracted configuration. For at least one of the plurality of beads, the at least one annular magnet includes a feature configured to concentrate or diffuse a magnetic field interaction of adjacent beads of the plurality of beads toward the magnet axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin M. Fiebig, Andrew R. Conway
  • Publication number: 20210068839
    Abstract: An implantable restriction device includes a plurality of beads and a plurality of links that join the beads together. The beads include a housing including a contact surface, a passageway extending through the hosing along an axis, and at least one magnet disposed around the passageway. Portions of the links are slidably disposed in corresponding passageways of the beads such that the beads are operable to transition between a constricted configuration and an expanded configuration. The contact surfaces of adjacent beads abut against each other in the constricted configuration. Adjacent magnets within adjacent beads generate an interactive magnetic field foxed on the abutting contact surfaces of adjacent beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael D. Cronin, Kevin M. Fiebig, Andrew R. Conway
  • Patent number: 10842496
    Abstract: An implantable restriction device includes a plurality of beads and a plurality of links that join the beads together. The beads include a housing including a contact surface, a passageway extending through the hosing along an axis, and at least one magnet disposed around the passageway. Portions of the links are slidably disposed in corresponding passageways of the beads such that the beads are operable to transition between a constricted configuration and an expanded configuration. The contact surfaces of adjacent beads abut against each other in the constricted configuration. Adjacent magnets within adjacent beads generate an interactive magnetic field foxed on the abutting contact surfaces of adjacent beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael D. Cronin, Kevin M. Fiebig, Andrew R. Conway
  • Publication number: 20200187949
    Abstract: An implantable restriction device includes a plurality of beads and a plurality of links that join the beads together. The beads include a housing including a contact surface, a passageway extending through the hosing along an axis, and at least one magnet disposed around the passageway. Portions of the links are slidably disposed in corresponding passageways of the beads such that the beads are operable to transition between a constricted configuration and an expanded configuration. The contact surfaces of adjacent beads abut against each other in the constricted configuration. Adjacent magnets within adjacent beads generate an interactive magnetic field foxed on the abutting contact surfaces of adjacent beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael D. Cronin, Kevin M. Fiebig, Andrew R. Conway