Patents by Inventor Chad John Kugler

Chad John Kugler 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: 20230050257
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: PETER ALAN JACOBS, CHAD JOHN KUGLER, MATTHEW JONATHAN OLSON, ROSS ARLEN OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON
  • Patent number: 11510663
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20210353322
    Abstract: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: CHAD JOHN KUGLER, MATTHEW JONATHAN OLSON, ROSS ARLEN OLSON, DAVID B. ROBINSON, ROBERT EMMET ATKINSON
  • Patent number: 11109883
    Abstract: Devices and methods for exploiting intramural (e.g., subintimal) space of a vascular wall to facilitate the treatment of vascular disease, particularly total occlusions. For example, the devices and methods disclosed herein may be used to visually define the vessel wall boundary, protect the vessel wall boundary from perforation, bypass an occlusion, and/or remove an occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson, Robert Emmet Atkinson
  • Publication number: 20200008790
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Patent number: 10448940
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Patent number: 9872685
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 9060802
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a device. The device may include a distal shaft defining a central lumen and an orienting element comprising at least one inflatable member. Wherein a first portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a first direction and a second portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a second direction. Further, wherein the second direction is substantially opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Patent number: 9005225
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20140171989
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20140128900
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Patent number: 8709028
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8632556
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting the intravascular device into the vascular lumen. The method may further include positioning the distal portion in the vascular wall, rotating the intravascular device about the longitudinal axis, and advancing the intravascular device within the vascular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Alan Jacobs, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20130296907
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8496679
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8337425
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for treating diseases and disorders effecting the cardiovascular system of the human body are disclosed. An exemplary blood vessel in accordance with this disclosure comprises a shaft, tip member fixed to the shaft, and a probe extending beyond a distal surface of the tip member. In some useful embodiments, the tip member is relatively atraumatic and the probe is shaped so as to be more likely to produce trauma than the tip member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Jonathan Olson, Chad John Kugler, Ross Arlen Olson, David Bryan Robinson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20120323251
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20120283759
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Further rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8202246
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing a first intravascular device having a distal portion and at least one aperture and positioning the distal portion of the first intravascular device in the vascular wall. The method may further include providing a reentry device having a body and a distal tip, the distal tip having a natural state and a compressed state and inserting the distal tip, in the compressed state, in the distal portion of the first intravascular device. The method may further include advancing the distal tip, in the natural state, through the at least one aperture of the first intravascular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: BridgePoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, David B. Robinson, Peter Alan Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8172863
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a device for facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The device includes an intravascular device including a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end. The device further includes a handle assembly fixed about the proximal end of the shaft, the handle assembly including a first portion. Further rotation of the first portion in a first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft causes rotation of the shaft in the first direction when a torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is below a first maximum torque. Still further, rotation of the first portion in the first direction about a longitudinal axis of the shaft does not cause rotation of the shaft in the first direction when the torque applied by the first portion to the shaft is equal to or above the first maximum torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bridgepoint Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bryan Robinson, Chad John Kugler, Matthew Jonathan Olson, Ross Arlen Olson, Peter Alan Jacobs