Patents by Inventor Bryan D. Knodel
Bryan D. Knodel 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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Publication number: 20240000530Abstract: An aspiration catheter can include an elongate shaft and an instrument base coupled to the shaft and configured to control actuation of at least a distal portion of the shaft. The shaft can include a lumen configured to couple to an aspiration system to provide aspiration to a target site, such as to remove an object from a patient. The instrument base can be controlled robotically and/or manually to articulate at least the distal portion of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Russell W. PONG, Thomas R. JENKINS, Luis Andrade BAEZ, JR., Bryan D. KNODEL, Ka Chun WONG, Ken VIEN
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Patent number: 11771821Abstract: Multi-medicament infusion systems prevent cross-channeling of medicaments. A system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament reservoirs, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. Medicament reservoirs and/or collars may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the system under selected configurations.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: Trustees of Boston University, Beta Bionics, Inc.Inventors: Edward R. Damiano, Rajendranath Selagamsetty, Firas H. El-Khatib, Bryan D. Knodel, Raymond A. Carr
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Publication number: 20210298753Abstract: An Anastomosis Device is intended to create an end-to-side anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel. The anastomosis is created by the delivery of staples that connect the graft vessel to the target vessel and the creation of an incision to open a flow path between the graft vessel and the target vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SS INNOVATIONS CHINA CO., LTD.Inventors: Bryan D. Knodel, Sudhir Prem Srivastava, Daniel T. Wallace
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Patent number: 11116567Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to cauterize tissue. For example, certain aspects herein relate to a cautery device. The cautery device includes a voltage source comprising a voltage pump and a battery. The cautery device further includes a probe for applying current from the voltage source to tissue. The probe includes a first electrically conductive element electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage source. The probe further includes a second electrically conductive element coupled to a second pole of the voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Single Pass, LLCInventors: Peter J. Suneshine, Kevin Hirsch, Bryan D. Knodel
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Patent number: 11096685Abstract: A surgical apparatus comprises a surgical staple for treating tissues of a patient in a surgical procedure. The surgical staple is deformable from a first configuration (e.g., an un-deployed configuration) to a second configuration (e.g., a deployed configuration) in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg, wherein said surgical staple substantially resembles a V-shape or a suture needle in the first configuration and substantially forms a D-shape in the second configuration in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: AESCULAP AGInventors: Nathan H. White, Michael P. Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux, Bryan D. Knodel, Benjamin J. Matthias, John E. Rivera
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Publication number: 20210106750Abstract: Multi-medicament infusion systems prevent cross-channeling of medicaments. A system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament reservoirs, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. Medicament reservoirs and/or collars may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the system under selected configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Edward R. Damiano, Rajendranath Selagamsetty, Firas H. El-Khatib, Bryan D. Knodel, Raymond A. Carr
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Patent number: 10857287Abstract: Certain embodiments provide multi-medicament infusion systems for preventing the cross-channeling of medicaments. The system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament reservoirs, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. The medicament reservoirs and/or collars may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the system under selected configurations.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignees: Trustees of Boston University, Beta Bionics, Inc.Inventors: Edward R. Damiano, Rajendranath Selagamsetty, Firas H. El-Khatib, Bryan D. Knodel, Raymond A. Carr
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Patent number: 10610412Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically forming an incision in a tympanic membrane of an ear and placing a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube into the incision. The systems include a housing with a shaft extending therefrom. A mechanism is disposed within the housing. A distal end of the shaft is placed against a tympanic membrane, and the mechanism is triggered to causes the tympanic membrane to be automatically incised and dilated and a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube to be placed in the dilated incision.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Tusker Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Liu, Rohit Girotra, John H. Morriss, Julia D. Vrany, Hung V. Ha, Bryan D. Knodel, Jeffrey A. Walker, Thomas D. Gross, Mathew D. Clopp, Bernard H. Andreas
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Publication number: 20190344009Abstract: Certain embodiments provide multi-medicament infusion systems for preventing the cross-channeling of medicaments. The system may include one or more of an infusion pump, medicament reservoirs, a multi-channel fluid conduit, and an infusion set. The medicament reservoirs and/or collars may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the system under selected configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Edward R. Damiano, Rajendranath Selagamsetty, Firas H. El-Khatib, Bryan D. Knodel, Ray Carr
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Patent number: 10470785Abstract: One example of a surgical apparatus may include an end effector; a shaft extending proximally from the end effector, the shaft including an articulation region; a handle including at least one button; an articulation gear held by the handle, where at least one cam path is defined in the articulation gear; and at least one holder post extending into each cam path; where actuation of one button causes the end effector to articulate through a discrete angular increment relative to the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Aesculap AGInventors: Bryan D. Knodel, Jinhoon Park, Radulf B. R. Bosuego
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Patent number: 10405856Abstract: An exemplary surgical method of treating tissue within the body of a patient, may include providing an endocutter having a knife, a staple holder along which the knife is slidable, feeder belts located on each side of the knife, staples having a first size, those staples integral with and breakable from at least one feeder belt, and staples having a second size different from the first size, those staples integral with and breakable from at least one feeder belt; engaging tissue of the patient with the staple holder; deploying at least two staples having a first size; disengaging tissue of the patient from the staple holder; once again engaging tissue of the patient with the same staple holder; and deploying at least two staples having a second size.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Aesculap AGInventor: Bryan D. Knodel
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Patent number: 10226247Abstract: An exemplary surgical staple may include a base including a first end and a second end; a single tine extending from the second end of the base; and a barb extending from the base at a location between the first end of the base and the second end of the base. An end of such a staple may be frangibly affixed to a feeder belt. Another exemplary surgical apparatus may include at least one staple including a base including a first end and a second end, a first tine extending from the second end of the base, and a second tine extending from the base at a location between the first end of the base and the second end of the base.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Aesculap AGInventors: Philipe R. Manoux, Bryan D. Knodel
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Publication number: 20190053802Abstract: A surgical apparatus comprises a surgical staple for treating tissues of a patient in a surgical procedure. The surgical staple is deformable from a first configuration (e.g., an un-deployed configuration) to a second configuration (e.g., a deployed configuration) in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg, wherein said surgical staple substantially resembles a V-shape or a suture needle in the first configuration and substantially forms a D-shape in the second configuration in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: NATHAN H. WHITE, MICHAEL P. SCHALLER, MICHAEL MURILLO, JARED L. VAN CLEAVE, PHILIPE R. MANOUX, BRYAN D. KNODEL, BENJAMIN J. MATTHIAS, JOHN E. RIVERA
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Patent number: 10130362Abstract: A surgical apparatus comprises a surgical staple for treating tissues of a patient in a surgical procedure. The surgical staple is deformable from a first configuration (e.g., an undeployed configuration) to a second configuration (e.g., a deployed configuration) in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg, wherein said surgical staple substantially resembles a V-shape or a suture needle in the first configuration and substantially forms a D-shape in the second configuration in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Aesculap AGInventors: Nathan H. White, Michael P. Schaller, Michael Murillo, Jared L. Van Cleave, Philipe R. Manoux, Bryan D. Knodel, Benjamin J. Matthias, John E. Rivera
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Publication number: 20180132929Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to cauterize tissue. For example, certain aspects herein relate to a cautery device. The cautery device includes a voltage source comprising a voltage pump and a battery. The cautery device further includes a probe for applying current from the voltage source to tissue. The probe includes a first electrically conductive element electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage source. The probe further includes a second electrically conductive element coupled to a second pole of the voltage source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Peter J. SUNENSHINE, Kevin HIRSCH, Bryan D. KNODEL
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Publication number: 20180055693Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically forming an incision in a tympanic membrane of an ear and placing a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube into the incision. The systems include a housing with a shaft extending therefrom. A mechanism is disposed within the housing. A distal end of the shaft is placed against a tympanic membrane, and the mechanism is triggered to causes the tympanic membrane to be automatically incised and dilated and a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube to be placed in the dilated incision.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Tusker Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg LIU, Rohit GIROTRA, John H. MORRISS, Julia D. VRANY, Hung V. HA, Bryan D. KNODEL, Jeffrey A. WALKER, Thomas D. GROSS, Mathew D. CLOPP, Bernard H. ANDREAS
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Patent number: 9901393Abstract: Techniques are disclosed to cauterize tissue. For example, certain aspects herein relate to a cautery device. The cautery device includes a voltage source comprising a voltage pump and a battery. The cautery device further includes a probe for applying current from the voltage source to tissue. The probe includes a first electrically conductive element electrically coupled to a first pole of the voltage source. The probe further includes a second electrically conductive element coupled to a second pole of the voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: First Pass, LLCInventors: Peter J. Sunenshine, Kevin Hirsch, Bryan D. Knodel
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Patent number: 9770366Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically forming an incision in a tympanic membrane of an ear and placing a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube into the incision. The systems include a housing with a shaft extending therefrom. A mechanism is disposed within the housing. A distal end of the shaft is placed against a tympanic membrane, and the mechanism is triggered to causes the tympanic membrane to be automatically incised and dilated and a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube to be placed in the dilated incision.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Tusker Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg Liu, Rohit Girotra, John H. Morriss, Julia D. Vrany, Hung V. Ha, Bryan D. Knodel, Jeffrey A. Walker, Thomas D. Gross, Matthew D. Clopp, Bernard H. Andreas
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Patent number: 9700319Abstract: A surgical stapling device is configured for use in open and/or laparoscopic surgical procedures. The device includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly coupled to the handle assembly, and an end-effector coupled to the shaft assembly. The end-effector comprises of a jaw assembly configured to clamp, staple, and/or cut a target tissue. The handle assembly comprises of a trigger element that can activate a drive assembly to advance a clamp drive assembly to clamp the aforementioned target tissue. The clamp drive assembly comprises of a clamp slide member to either advance the clamp drive assembly in a first direction or retreat the clamp drive assembly in a second direction. The clamp drive assembly is movably coupled to a clamp driver member. Movement of the clamp driver member operates clamping operations of a jaw assembly of the surgical stapling device.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Dextera Surgical Inc.Inventors: Cara C. H. Motooka, Brendan M. Donohoe, Bryan D. Knodel
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Patent number: 9687233Abstract: A surgical stapling device is configured for use in open and/or laparoscopic surgical procedures. The device includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly coupled to the handle assembly, and an end-effector coupled to the shaft assembly. The end-effector comprises of a jaw assembly configured to clamp, staple, and/or cut a target tissue. The handle assembly comprises of a trigger element that can activate a drive assembly to advance a deployment assembly to staple and/or cut the aforementioned target tissue. The deployment assembly comprises of a deployment slide member to either advance the deployment assembly in a first direction or retreat the deployment assembly in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Dextera Surgical Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. Fernandez, Bryan D. Knodel