Patents by Inventor Carey Hendsbee

Carey Hendsbee 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).

  • Knotless suture fastener installation system
    Patent number: 9592048
    Abstract: A knotless suture fastener installation system for securing medical devices such as cardiac implants. The knotless suture fasteners may be spring-biased so as to grip onto sutures passed therethrough. The system includes a fastener deployment tool with a proximal handle and a distal shaft to which a fastener cartridge attaches. A plurality of disposable cartridges are sequentially attached to the end of the deployment tool and used to secure the medical implant one fastener at a time. The deployment tool may also cut the sutures being fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Moehle, Jeremiah Morgan, Carey Hendsbee, Kevin Dang, Brian R. Jacobs, Brent K. Hoffman, Jeffrey L. Mahoney, Manouchehr A. Miraki
  • MULTIPLE-FIRING SECURING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING AND MANUFACTURING SAME
    Publication number: 20160166248
    Abstract: A multiple-fire securing device includes a hollow outer shaft, a reloader, a reloader movement assembly, a rail, and securing structures each defining an inner securing orifice. The reloader longitudinally moves within the outer shaft and has a distal end shaped to temporarily contact one of the securing structures. The rail is disposed within the reloader and has an installing location. The securing structures are disposed on the rail. The reloader movement assembly moves the reloader longitudinally in a distal direction to deliver a first securing structure to the installing location from a first proximal position and moves the reloader proximally away from the installing location without the first securing structure to a position in which the distal end of the reloader temporarily contacts a second one of the securing structures. The second and successive securing structures are moved one at a time to the installing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Kevin W. Smith, Michael Walter Kirk, Carlos Rivera, George Nunez, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Korey Kline, Matthew A. Palmer, M. Sean McBrayer, Richard Cartledge, Max Pierre Mendez, Hengchu Cao, Anthony Peter Carcia, Kevin Dang, Carey Hendsbee, Brent K. Hoffman, Brian R. Jacobs, Mohammad Jafari, Brian Janish, Jeffrey L. Mahoney, Raffaele Mazzei, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Ryan Moehle, Jeremiah Morgan, Michael C. Murad, Travis Zenyo Oba, Ralph Schneider, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Tyler Douglas Smith, Ming H. Wu
  • KNOTLESS SUTURE FASTENER INSTALLATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150018879
    Abstract: A knotless suture fastener installation system for securing medical devices such as cardiac implants. The knotless suture fasteners may be spring-biased so as to grip onto sutures passed therethrough. The system includes a fastener deployment tool with a proximal handle and a distal shaft to which a fastener cartridge attaches. A plurality of disposable cartridges are sequentially attached to the end of the deployment tool and used to secure the medical implant one fastener at a time. The deployment tool may also cut the sutures being fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Moehle, Jeremiah Morgan, Carey Hendsbee, Kevin Dang, Brian R. Jacobs, Brent K. Hoffman, Jeffrey L. Mahoney, Manouchehr A. Miraki