Patents by Inventor Bruce Modesitt
Bruce Modesitt 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: 11058409Abstract: A cord that has been previously affixed around an annulus can be fastened with a fastener that is movable from a first state in which the cord is free to slide to a second state in which the cord is locked in place. After the fastener is moved to the second state, a cutting element with a slit shaped distal portion oriented in the distal-to-proximal direction with sharp edges slides with respect to a shelf and cuts off portions of the cord that are proximal with respect to the two locked parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Cardiac Implants LLCInventor: Bruce Modesitt
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Patent number: 10881390Abstract: A cord that has been previously affixed around an annulus can be fastened using a sliding member that locks into a housing. Before those two parts are locked together, the cord is free to slide through a channel in the sliding member, and a shear pin prevents the sliding member from moving. After those two parts are locked together, portions of the cord are squeezed between the upper surface of the sliding member and one wall of the housing, and other portions of the cord are squeezed between the lower surface of the sliding member and another wall of the housing, so that the cord can no longer slide. After locking, a sliding cutting element can be actuated to cut off portions of the cord that are proximal with respect to the two locked parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Cardiac Implants LLCInventors: Bruce Modesitt, David Neumark
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Patent number: 10675447Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising utilizing a dilator adaptor to assist with forming a substantially atraumatic geometric outer junction between a dilator member/introducer member assembly and a guidewire which may be somewhat undersized relative to a lumen formed through the dilator member, thereby creating a geometric fit gap which may be suboptimal from a tissue interfacing perspective. The dilator adaptor may be interposed between the guidewire and dilator member to assist in remedying this fit mismatch, and in generally providing a preferred outer instrument interface for insertion through a small defect in a vessel to gain access to a lumen defined through the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: ARSTASIS, INC.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Patent number: 10595991Abstract: A heart valve assembly comprises a first prosthesis configured to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state at which the first annular prosthesis contacts native tissue of a body lumen. The heart valve assembly also comprises a second prosthesis comprising a valve, and a connection adapter that secures the second prosthesis to the first prosthesis, the connection adapter having a multi-lobed circumference.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Thomas J. Fogarty, Michael J. Drews, Neil Holmgren, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Publication number: 20190388650Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Publication number: 20190336277Abstract: A heart valve assembly comprises a first prosthesis configured to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state at which the first annular prosthesis contacts native tissue of a body lumen. The heart valve assembly also comprises a second prosthesis comprising a valve, and a connection adapter that secures the second prosthesis to the first prosthesis, the connection adapter having a multi-lobed circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Thomas J. Fogarty, Michael J. Drews, Neil Holmgren, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Patent number: 10441753Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Publication number: 20190201199Abstract: A cord that has been previously affixed around an annulus can be fastened with a fastener that is movable from a first state in which the cord is free to slide to a second state in which the cord is locked in place. After the fastener is moved to the second state, a cutting element with a slit shaped distal portion oriented in the distal-to-proximal direction with sharp edges slides with respect to a shelf and cuts off portions of the cord that are proximal with respect to the two locked parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Cardiac Implants LLCInventor: Bruce MODESITT
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Publication number: 20190201198Abstract: A cord that has been previously affixed around an annulus can be fastened using a sliding member that locks into a housing. Before those two parts are locked together, the cord is free to slide through a channel in the sliding member, and a shear pin prevents the sliding member from moving. After those two parts are locked together, portions of the cord are squeezed between the upper surface of the sliding member and one wall of the housing, and other portions of the cord are squeezed between the lower surface of the sliding member and another wall of the housing, so that the cord can no longer slide. After locking, a sliding cutting element can be actuated to cut off portions of the cord that are proximal with respect to the two locked parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Cardiac Implants LLCInventor: Bruce MODESITT
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Publication number: 20190069924Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a device for forming a tract, comprising an anchor assembly wherein at least a distal tip of the flexible distal portion is configured to be placed within a lumen of a blood vessel through a first passage created across the wall with a sharpened member at a first angle relative to a lumen longitudinal axis defined by the lumen of the blood vessel in the region adjacent the first passage; and wherein upon applying a force to the anchor assembly to position an adjacent portion of the blood vessel wall into a desired contact configuration relative to the anchor assembly, the needle is operatively coupled to the anchor assembly such that it may be advanced across the wall of the blood vessel and into contact with a saddle-shaped needle receiving structure, thereby creating an expandable tract between overlapping tissue portions of the vessel wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: D. Bruce Modesitt, Joseph F. Paraschac, Brian A. Ellingwood
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Publication number: 20180311508Abstract: One embodment is directed to a probe for illuminating a target tissue of a patient, comprising: a plurality of optical fibers; a probe body portion having proximal and distal ends, the probe body portion being moveably coupled to the plurality of fibers and configured to at least partially encapsulate the plurality of fibers; a distal end portion coupled to the distal end of the probe body portion, the distal end portion comprising at least one guiding feature configured to redirect a path of at least one of the optical fibers comprising the plurality of optical fibers as such at least portion of one of the optical fibers is extended through and past the distal end portion by moving the plurality of fibers relative to the probe body portion. The probe further may comprise an ejector portion configured to move the plurality of fibers relative to the probe body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Circuit Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, Brian Beckey, Ethan Berry, Bruce Modesitt, Dan Andersen, David Angeley, Michael Drews, T.D. Barbara Nguyen-Vu, Laura Leung, Andrei T. Popescu
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Publication number: 20180243001Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising utilizing a dilator adaptor to assist with forming a substantially atraumatic geometric outer junction between a dilator member/introducer member assembly and a guidewire which may be somewhat undersized relative to a lumen formed through the dilator member, thereby creating a geometric fit gap which may be suboptimal from a tissue interfacing perspective. The dilator adaptor may be interposed between the guidewire and dilator member to assist in remedying this fit mismatch, and in generally providing a preferred outer instrument interface for insertion through a small defect in a vessel to gain access to a lumen defined through the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew ELLINGWOOD, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Publication number: 20180235587Abstract: A method may comprise creating a first passage across a wall with a sharpened member at a first angle relative to a lumen; advancing an anchor assembly through the first passage such that a distal portion of the anchor assembly is placed within the blood vessel; applying a force to the anchor assembly to position an adjacent portion of the blood vessel wall into a desired contact configuration relative to the anchor assembly; and while maintaining the desired contact configuration, advancing a needle through a portion of the anchor assembly and through a portion of the wall of the blood vessel to form an expandable tract between overlapping tissue portions of the vessel wall, wherein a portion of the anchor assembly comprises a saddle-shaped needle receiving structure configured to receive and support the needle after it has been advanced across the portion of the wall to create the expandable tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: D. Bruce Modesitt, Joseph F. Paraschac, Brian A. Ellingwood
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Patent number: 9913651Abstract: Non-expandable space-occupying devices for treating voids within the body are disclosed. The devices can have multiple non-expandable space-occupying elements connected to a flexible leader. Methods of making and using the devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Inventors: Thomas J. Fogarty, Michael J. Drews, D. Bruce Modesitt, Neil D. Holmgren, David B. Willis
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Publication number: 20180008308Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a geometric adaptor apparatus for assisting with translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Publication number: 20170281908Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Patent number: 9615912Abstract: An intravascular implant and methods of using the implant within the vasculature of the body, for example near a vascular aneurysm, are disclosed. The method of attaching a second implant, such as a vascular graft, to the intravascular implant is also disclosed. The implant can be made from an anchor, a connector and a seal.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Inventors: Thomas J. Fogarty, Michael J. Drews, Neil B. Holmgren, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Publication number: 20170056063Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a method for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising utilizing a dilator adaptor to assist with forming a substantially atraumatic geometric outer junction between a dilator member/introducer member assembly and a guidewire which may be somewhat undersized relative to a lumen formed through the dilator member, thereby creating a geometric fit gap which may be suboptimal from a tissue interfacing perspective. The dilator adaptor may be interposed between the guidewire and dilator member to assist in remedying this fit mismatch, and in generally providing a preferred outer instrument interface for insertion through a small defect in a vessel to gain access to a lumen defined through the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew ELLINGWOOD, D. Bruce Modesitt
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Patent number: 9561037Abstract: Space-occupying devices for treating voids within the body are disclosed. The devices can have multiple elements connected to a flexible leader. The devices can be coated by a binding agent. The devices can also be fillable. Methods of making and using the devices are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Inventors: Thomas J. Fogarty, Michael J. Drews, D. Bruce Modesitt, Neil Bruce Holmgren, David B. Willis
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Publication number: 20160354583Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Arstasis, Inc.Inventors: Brian Andrew Ellingwood, D. Bruce Modesitt