Patents by Inventor Bob Bencini

Bob Bencini 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).

  • Balloon catheter with flexible electrode assemblies
    Patent number: 9060756
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method of ablating body tissue includes (a) locating an inflatable balloon portion of a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site internal to a patient's body, and inflating the inflatable balloon portion; (b) employing electrodes that are disposed on an expandable surface of the inflatable balloon portion to electrically characterize body tissue at the treatment site; (c) ablating the body tissue by supplying a cryotherapy agent to the inflatable balloon portion to cool the body tissue to a therapeutic temperature; (d) employing the electrodes to determine whether the ablating caused desired electrical changes in the body tissue; and (e) repeating (c) and (d) when it is determined that the ablating did not cause the desired electrical changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Bob Bencini, Frank Ingle, Joe Koblish, Rebecca Tin, Jim Mazzone, Byron Chun, David Lawrence
  • ELECTRICAL MAPPING AND CRYO ABLATING WITH A BALLOON CATHETER
    Publication number: 20120165803
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method of ablating body tissue includes (a) locating an inflatable balloon portion of a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site internal to a patient's body, and inflating the inflatable balloon portion; (b) employing electrodes that are disposed on an expandable surface of the inflatable balloon portion to electrically characterize body tissue at the treatment site; (c) ablating the body tissue by supplying a cryotherapy agent to the inflatable balloon portion to cool the body tissue to a therapeutic temperature; (d) employing the electrodes to determine whether the ablating caused desired electrical changes in the body tissue; and (e) repeating (c) and (d) when it is determined that the ablating did not cause the desired electrical changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: BOB BENCINI, FRANK INGLE, JOE KOBLISH, REBECCA TIN, JIM MAZZONE, BYRON CHUN, DAVID LAWRENCE
  • Electrical mapping and cryo ablating with a balloon catheter
    Patent number: 8128617
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method of ablating body tissue includes (a) locating an inflatable balloon portion of a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site internal to a patient's body, and inflating the inflatable balloon portion; (b) employing electrodes that are disposed on an expandable surface of the inflatable balloon portion to electrically characterize body tissue at the treatment site; (c) ablating the body tissue by supplying a cryotherapy agent to the inflatable balloon portion to cool the body tissue to a therapeutic temperature; (d) employing the electrodes to determine whether the ablating caused desired electrical changes in the body tissue; and (e) repeating (c) and (d) when it is determined that the ablating did not cause the desired electrical changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Bencini, Frank Ingle, Joe Koblish, Rebecca Tin, Jim Mazzone, Byron Chun, David Lawrence
  • Electrical mapping and cryo ablating with a balloon catheter
    Publication number: 20090299355
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method of ablating body tissue includes (a) locating an inflatable balloon portion of a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site internal to a patient's body, and inflating the inflatable balloon portion; (b) employing electrodes that are disposed on an expandable surface of the inflatable balloon portion to electrically characterize body tissue at the treatment site; (c) ablating the body tissue by supplying a cryotherapy agent to the inflatable balloon portion to cool the body tissue to a therapeutic temperature; (d) employing the electrodes to determine whether the ablating caused desired electrical changes in the body tissue; and (e) repeating (c) and (d) when it is determined that the ablating did not cause the desired electrical changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Bencini, Frank Ingle, Joe Koblish, Rebecca Tin, Jim Mazzone, Byron Chun, David Lawrence
  • Steerable device for introducing diagnostic and therapeutic apparatus into the body
    Patent number: 6544215
    Abstract: An apparatus including an elongate body having a lumen extending therethrough and a steering wire, having a distal portion defining a non-circular cross-section, associated with the distal portion of the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Bencini, Bernard J. Durman, Peter Franklin Campbell, Brandon Shuman