Patents by Inventor Anthony Peter Carcia
Anthony Peter Carcia 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).
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Patent number: 9549730Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony Peter Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith
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Patent number: 9414837Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Inventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony Peter Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith
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Publication number: 20160166248Abstract: A multiple-fire securing device includes a hollow outer shaft, a reloader, a reloader movement assembly, a rail, and securing structures each defining an inner securing orifice. The reloader longitudinally moves within the outer shaft and has a distal end shaped to temporarily contact one of the securing structures. The rail is disposed within the reloader and has an installing location. The securing structures are disposed on the rail. The reloader movement assembly moves the reloader longitudinally in a distal direction to deliver a first securing structure to the installing location from a first proximal position and moves the reloader proximally away from the installing location without the first securing structure to a position in which the distal end of the reloader temporarily contacts a second one of the securing structures. The second and successive securing structures are moved one at a time to the installing location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Kevin W. Smith, Michael Walter Kirk, Carlos Rivera, George Nunez, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Korey Kline, Matthew A. Palmer, M. Sean McBrayer, Richard Cartledge, Max Pierre Mendez, Hengchu Cao, Anthony Peter Carcia, Kevin Dang, Carey Hendsbee, Brent K. Hoffman, Brian R. Jacobs, Mohammad Jafari, Brian Janish, Jeffrey L. Mahoney, Raffaele Mazzei, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Ryan Moehle, Jeremiah Morgan, Michael C. Murad, Travis Zenyo Oba, Ralph Schneider, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Tyler Douglas Smith, Ming H. Wu
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Publication number: 20150182217Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATIONInventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony Peter Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith
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Patent number: 9017347Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony Peter Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith
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Publication number: 20140303652Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony Peter Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith