Patents by Inventor CALEB A. VALDES

CALEB A. VALDES 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).

  • Publication number: 20220346823
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include an elongate body having a cavity at a distal end and a tissue retractor extendable distally from the distal end of the elongate body. The tissue retractor may include an expansion mechanism. The expansion mechanism may include a plurality of arms each having a first end coupled around a distal cap and expandable radially outward from the distal cap such that an anchoring mechanism on a second end of the arms is engageable with selected tissue for resection of the body lumen. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, Austin Grant Johnson, Caleb A. Valdes, Serena Scott, Kyle P. Moore, Chris Jicka, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram, Michael Killion Ford
  • Publication number: 20220330968
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include an elongate body having a cavity at a distal end and a tissue retractor extendable distally from the distal end of the elongate body. The tissue retractor may include an expansion mechanism. The expansion mechanism may include a plurality of arms each having a first end coupled around a distal cap and expandable radially outward from the distal cap such that an anchoring mechanism on a second end of the arms is engageable with selected tissue for resection of the body lumen. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, Chris Jicka, Austin Grant Johnson, Caleb A. Valdes, Serena Scott, Michael Killion Ford, Kyle P. Moore, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram, Christopher A. Olmeda, Katie Olmeda, Michael Matthew Borek, Micah Flock, Julianne Grainger, Rachel Marie Williams, Morgan Zhu, Ryan V. Wales, Kevin L. Bagley, Scott E. Brechbiel, Alexander Joseph Burnham, Shaun Dennis Comee, Tara Ann Jarobski, Nicholas J. Mazzola, Christopher Kiyonao Oto, Rachael Campion, Danny Shu-Huan Lee
  • Patent number: 11419624
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include a body extending along an axis and a distal cap positioned distally of the body and coupled to a shaft extending along the axis. The body and the distal cap may be movable relative to each other. An anchoring mechanism may be capable of engaging the body and the distal cap proximate a selected tissue for resection in the body lumen. A tissue capture device may be deployable from the tissue resection device such that a selected tissue for resection is securable by the tissue capture device. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device for resecting the selected tissue for resection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Michael M. Borek, Micah Flock, Julianne Grainger, Christopher A. Olmeda, Katie Olmeda, Rachel M. Williams, Morgan Zhu, John B. Golden, Chris Jicka, Austin G. Johnson, Caleb A. Valdes, Serena Scott, Michael K. Ford, Kyle P. Moore, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram, Ryan V. Wales, Scott E. Brechbiel, Rachael Campion, Tara A. Jarobski, Danny S. Lee, Alexander J. Burnham, Christopher K. Oto, Nicholas J. Mazzola, Kevin L. Bagley, Shaun D. Comee
  • Patent number: 11389185
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include an elongate body having a cavity at a distal end and a tissue retractor extendable distally from the distal end of the elongate body. The tissue retractor may include an expansion mechanism. The expansion mechanism may include a plurality of arms each having a first end coupled around a distal cap and expandable radially outward from the distal cap such that an anchoring mechanism on a second end of the arms is engageable with selected tissue for resection of the body lumen. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, Caleb A. Valdes, Austin G. Johnson, Chris Jicka, Serena Scott, Michael K. Ford, Kyle P. Moore, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram
  • Patent number: 10568754
    Abstract: An apparatus may be used after a surgical procedure to protect against leaks and to separate healing tissue from foreign materials such as nutritional contents. In some cases the apparatus may be easily delivered to a surgical site before, during or after a surgical procedure such as gastric bypass surgery, but this is only an example. The apparatus may include expandable anchors at either end and a collapsible central portion extending between the two expandable anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Caleb A. Valdes, Nigel Slater, John Modlish, Thomas G. Hirte, Cristina Tessier, Sweta Pherwani, Paul Mannion
  • Publication number: 20190357933
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include an elongate body having a cavity at a distal end and a tissue retractor extendable distally from the distal end of the elongate body. The tissue retractor may include an expansion mechanism. The expansion mechanism may include a plurality of arms each having a first end coupled around a distal cap and expandable radially outward from the distal cap such that an anchoring mechanism on a second end of the arms is engageable with selected tissue for resection of the body lumen. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: John B. Golden, Caleb A. Valdes, Austin G. Johnson, Chris Jicka, Serena Scott, Michael K. Ford, Kyle P. Moore, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram
  • Publication number: 20190357934
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include a body extending along an axis and a distal cap positioned distally of the body and coupled to a shaft extending along the axis. The body and the distal cap may be movable relative to each other. An anchoring mechanism may be capable of engaging the body and the distal cap proximate a selected tissue for resection in the body lumen. A tissue capture device may be deployable from the tissue resection device such that a selected tissue for resection is securable by the tissue capture device. The tissue resection device may further include a tissue resecting device for resecting the selected tissue for resection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael M. Borek, Micah Flock, Julianne Grainger, Christopher A. Olmeda, Katie Olmeda, Rachel M. Williams, Morgan Zhu, John B. Golden, Chris Jicka, Austin G. Johnson, Caleb A. Valdes, Serena Scott, Michael K. Ford, Kyle P. Moore, Janice Courtois, Prashanth Somasundaram, Ryan V. Wales, Scott E. Brechbiel, Rachael Campion, Tara A. Jarobski, Danny S. Lee, Alexander J. Burnham, Christopher K. Oto, Nicholas J. Mazzola, Kevin L. Bagley, Shaun D. Comee
  • Publication number: 20170325983
    Abstract: An apparatus may be used after a surgical procedure to protect against leaks and to separate healing tissue from foreign materials such as nutritional contents. In some cases the apparatus may be easily delivered to a surgical site before, during or after a surgical procedure such as gastric bypass surgery, but this is only an example. The apparatus may include expandable anchors at either end and a collapsible central portion extending between the two expandable anchors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: CALEB A. VALDES, NIGEL SLATER, JOHN MODLISH, THOMAS G. HIRTE, CRISTINA TESSIER, SWETA PHERWANI, PAUL MANNION