Patents by Inventor BRYAN FORDE

BRYAN FORDE 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).

  • STENT AND SLEEVE DEPLOYMENT
    Publication number: 20210100647
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: DAMIEN VINCENT NOLAN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, THOMAS MARTIN KEATING, BRYAN FORDE, KATHLEEN CORCORAN, KEVIN M. REAVIS
  • Stent and sleeve deployment
    Patent number: 10888410
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Damien Vincent Nolan, Martyn G. Folan, Martin Hynes, Thomas Martin Keating, Bryan Forde, Kathleen Corcoran, Kevin M. Reavis
  • STENT AND SLEEVE DEPLOYMENT
    Publication number: 20180360589
    Abstract: A delivery system for delivering an implant having both a rigid portion and a flexible portion to a body lumen. The delivery system includes an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes at least one opening positioned in a side wall adjacent to a distal end region. An expandable implant, including a rigid portion and a flexible portion, is disposed about the outer surface of the inner tubular member. A distal portion of a thread is wrapped around the flexible portion of the implant and configured to maintain the flexible portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant. A distal end region of the outer tubular member is disposed around the rigid portion of the implant to maintain the rigid portion in a radially collapsed configuration during delivery of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: DAMIEN VINCENT NOLAN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, THOMAS MARTIN KEATING, BRYAN FORDE, KATHLEEN CORCORAN, KEVIN M. REAVIS