Patents by Inventor Brendan Patrick Geraghty

Brendan Patrick Geraghty 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).

  • Delivery systems for implantable medical devices, and associated tethering assemblies and methods
    Patent number: 10300287
    Abstract: A delivery system for an implantable medical device includes a tool and a tethering member extending side-by-side within an inner shaft thereof; the tool extends within a first lumen, being in sliding engagement therein, and includes a distal end coupling feature that protrudes from a distal end of the inner shaft; and the tethering member has a first segment extending within a second lumen, and a second segment extending from the first segment and distally from the distal end of the inner shaft to an end of the tethering member, which is configured to engage with a holding member of the device, and with which the coupling feature of the tool is configured to couple. A retainer may be joined to another end of the tethering member that protrudes from a proximal port of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Madden, Tomas K Kelly, John Gallagher, Gwenda Francis, Brendan Patrick Geraghty, Francis Denis McEvoy, Barry O'Connell, Rónán Wood
  • DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED TETHERING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170368338
    Abstract: A delivery system for an implantable medical device includes a tool and a tethering member extending side-by-side within an inner shaft thereof; the tool extends within a first lumen, being in sliding engagement therein, and includes a distal end coupling feature that protrudes from a distal end of the inner shaft; and the tethering member has a first segment extending within a second lumen, and a second segment extending from the first segment and distally from the distal end of the inner shaft to an end of the tethering member, which is configured to engage with a holding member of the device, and with which the coupling feature of the tool is configured to couple. A retainer may be joined to another end of the tethering member that protrudes from a proximal port of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey Madden, Tomas K. Kelly, John Gallagher, Gwenda Francis, Brendan Patrick Geraghty, Francis Denis McEvoy, Barry O'Connell, Rónán Wood