Patents by Inventor C. Travis Rappleye

C. Travis Rappleye 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).

  • Compositions and methods for joining non-conjoined lumens
    Patent number: 8608760
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Gerald G. Fuller, Michael T. Longaker, Jayakumar Rajadas, Gordon Saul, C. Travis Rappleye, Evgenia Mandrusov
  • Compositions and methods for joining non-conjoined lumens
    Patent number: 8563037
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: TauTona Group, L.P.
    Inventors: C. Travis Rappleye, Joseph Rimsa, Drew A. Hoffmann
  • Compositions and methods for joining non-conjoined lumens
    Patent number: 8197499
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Gerald G. Fuller, Michael T. Longaker, Jayakumar Rajadas, Gordon Saul, C. Travis Rappleye, Evgenia Mandrusov
  • Bone treatment systems and methods
    Patent number: 8192442
    Abstract: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. A method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone. A system for treating bone using this method includes an introducer for delivering fill material into the bone and an energy source selectively coupleable to the fill material to alter the viscosity of the fill material via an energy emitter in the introducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: DFINE, Inc.
    Inventors: Csaba Truckai, John H. Shadduck, Robert Luzzi, Grace A. Carlson, C. Travis Rappleye
  • Compositions and methods for joining non-conjoined lumens
    Patent number: 8172861
    Abstract: Sol-gel compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides thermoreversible sol-gel compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: TauTona Group, L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald G. Fuller, C. Travis Rappleye, Evgenia Mandrusov
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NON-CONJOINED LUMENS
    Publication number: 20100204718
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: C. Travis Rappleye, Joseph Rimsa, Drew A. Hoffmann
  • Bone treatment systems and methods
    Patent number: 7678116
    Abstract: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone fill material for polymerizing the surface of the inflow plume to control the geometry of the fill material and the application of force caused by inflows of fill material. In another embodiment, method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of a selected portion of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Dfine, Inc.
    Inventors: Csaba Truckai, John H. Shadduck, Robert Luzzi, Grace A. Carlson, C. Travis Rappleye
  • BONE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20090275995
    Abstract: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. A method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone. A system for treating bone using this method includes an introducer for delivering fill material into the bone and an energy source selectively coupleable to the fill material to alter the viscosity of the fill material via an energy emitter in the introducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: DFINE, INC.
    Inventors: Csaba Truckai, John H. Shadduck, Robert Luzzi, Grace A. Carlson, C. Travis Rappleye
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NON-CONJOINED LUMENS
    Publication number: 20090187199
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, including small lumens typically requiring microsurgical technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, Gerald G. Fuller, Michael T. Longaker, Jayakumar Rajadas, Gordon Saul, C. Travis Rappleye, Evgenia Mandrusov
  • Bone treatment systems and methods
    Patent number: 7559932
    Abstract: The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the geometry of fill material introduced into cancellous bone. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone fill material for polymerizing the surface of the inflow plume to control the geometry of the fill material and the application of force caused by inflows of fill material. In another embodiment, method of treating bone includes injecting a volume of fill material into a bone and selectively modifying a viscosity of a selected portion of the bone filler to control the direction of flow of the fill material within the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Dfine, Inc.
    Inventors: Csaba Truckai, John H. Shadduck, Robert Luzzi, Grace A. Carlson, C. Travis Rappleye
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NON-CONJOINED LUMENS
    Publication number: 20090162438
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Gerald G. Fuller, C. Travis Rappleye, Evgenia Mandrusov
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NON-CONJOINED LUMENS
    Publication number: 20080262519
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Geoffrey C. GURTNER, Gerald G. Fuller, Michael T. Longaker, Jayakumar Rajadas, Gordon M. Saul, C. Travis Rappleye, Evgenia Mandrusov