Patents by Inventor Christopher Flaherty

Christopher Flaherty 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).

  • Patent number: 12364385
    Abstract: An imaging system for a patient comprises an imaging probe. The imaging probe comprises: an elongate shaft for insertion into the patient and comprising a proximal end, a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal portion; a rotatable optical core comprising a proximal end and a distal end, and at least a portion of the rotatable optical core is positioned within the lumen of the elongate shaft; an optical assembly positioned proximate the distal end of the rotatable optical core, the optical assembly configured to direct light to tissue and collect reflected light from the tissue; a damping fluid positioned between the elongate shaft and the rotatable optical core and configured to reduce non-uniform rotation of the optical assembly; and a fluid pressurization element configured to increase the pressure of the damping fluid to reduce the presence of bubbles proximate the optical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Gentuity, LLC
    Inventors: Nareak Douk, Giovanni J. Ughi, Christopher C. Petroff, Christopher L. Petersen, Christopher A. Battles, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12364554
    Abstract: Provided are systems for performing a medical procedure in the intestine of a patient. The system comprises an elongate device and a console. The elongate device comprises a proximal portion, a middle portion, and a distal portion. The elongate device further comprises a functional assembly positioned on the distal portion, the functional assembly being configured to treat and/or diagnose target tissue. The console comprises a human interface device and a controller. The console is configured to robotically manipulate one or more portions of the elongate device, and/or the functional assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Caplan, Harith Rajagopalan, Andrew Hollett, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty, Jeffrey Lesica
  • Patent number: 12364790
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for treating a nerve injury in a patient are provided. The system includes an extracellular matrix, a neutralizing element, and a reconstituting element. The extracellular matrix is configured to promote and/or sustain the growth of tissue and/or associated tissue properties proximate the nerve injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Renerva, LLC
    Inventors: Lorenzo Soletti, Josh Bowman, Nicole Cwalina, Brandon Burger, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250228608
    Abstract: A device for expanding tissue comprises at least one fluid delivery tube and at least one fluid delivery element in fluid communication with the at least one fluid delivery tube. The at least one fluid delivery tube comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The device is constructed and arranged to perform a near full circumferential expansion of luminal wall tissue. Systems and methods are also provided, including a system for expanding tissue layers and treating tissue proximate to the expanded tissue layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Caplan, Harith Rajagopalan, Mark A. Manasas, Christopher J. Kadamus, Andrew Coats, Philip S. Levin, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250228600
    Abstract: A system for treatment target tissue comprises an ablation device and an energy delivery unit. The ablation device comprises an elongate tube with an expandable treatment element. The system delivers a thermal dose of energy to treat the target tissue. Methods of treating target tissue are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip S. Levin, Jay Caplan, Harith Rajagopalan, Mark A. Manasas, Andrew Coats, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12353531
    Abstract: A user classification system is provided. The system includes a sensor for producing a sensor signal and a user device. The system classifies a user of the system based on the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Orchid Sound Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Gerard Touma, Arif Sanli Ergun, George Quintin Stedman, Morten F. Rasmussen, Chunfu Lin, Paul Khuri-Yakub, Priscilla Marie Babb, Andre T. Khoury-Yacoub, John N. Irwin, III, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12340167
    Abstract: A system for creating an output comprises a processing unit, a user input module operably connected to the processing unit, and a display operably connected to the processing unit. The processing unit provides on the display: a grid image comprising multiple cells, each cell representing a duration of time; and a selection area comprising multiple select icons, each select icon representing a source data file. The processing unit is configured such that a user can create a grid layout representing the correlation between individual selected source data files and one, two, or more of the multiple cells. The processing unit produces the output based on the correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: CSER Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Carmine Silano, Edward Roberts, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250185917
    Abstract: An imaging system for a patient comprises an imaging probe. The imaging probe comprises: an elongate shaft for insertion into the patient and comprising a proximal end, a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal portion; a rotatable optical core comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the rotatable optical core configured to optically and mechanically connect with an interface unit; a probe connector positioned on the elongate shaft proximal end and surrounding at least a portion of the rotatable optical core and an optical assembly positioned in the elongate shaft distal portion and proximate the rotatable optical core distal end, the optical assembly configured to direct light to tissue and collect reflected light from the tissue. A shear-thinning fluid can be provided between the elongate shaft and the rotatable optical core, such as to reduce undesired rotational variations of the rotatable optical core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher C. Petroff, Michael Atlas, David W. Kolstad, Christopher L. Petersen, Nareak Douk, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250177031
    Abstract: A device for ablating target tissue of a patient with electrical energy is provided. An elongate shaft includes a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a radially expandable element is attached to the distal portion. An ablation element for delivering electrical energy to target tissue is mounted to the radially expandable element. The device can be constructed and arranged to ablate the duodenal mucosa of a patient while avoiding damage to the duodenal adventitial tissue. Systems and methods of treating target tissue are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Caplan, Harith Rajagopalan, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12318225
    Abstract: The present invention includes systems, devices and methods for treating and/or diagnosing a heart arrhythmia, such as atrial fibrillation. Specifically, the present invention provides a system including a diagnostic catheter and an ablation catheter. The diagnostic catheter includes a shaft, multiple dipole mapping electrodes and multiple ultrasound transducers. The ablation catheter is slidingly received by the diagnostic catheter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: ACUTUS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Randell L. Werneth, Graydon E. Beatty, Timothy J. Corvi, J. Christopher Flaherty, Marcus Frederick Julian
  • Patent number: 12310752
    Abstract: A method of forming an oral device to measure biological variables includes providing a mold configured to impart a contour of an oral retainer sized to extend about a plurality of teeth. The method includes removing the first layer of the retainer from the mold. The method includes attaching at least one sensor to the retainer, the sensor having a profile and defining a boundary edge. The method includes trimming to form a lip of the first layer of material extending beyond the boundary edge of the at least one sensor component. The method includes attaching the first layer of the retainer and at least one sensor component to the mold, forming a second layer of the retainer with the mold, wherein the first layer of retainer retains the mold contour, and wherein the at least one sensor component is disposed between the first and second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: UCHU Biosensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Weinstein, Noah William Hill, William Gorman, Saam Bozorg, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250160646
    Abstract: Provided are a localization system and method useful in the acquisition and analysis of cardiac information. The localization system and method can be used with systems that perform cardiac mapping, diagnosis and treatment of cardiac abnormalities, as examples, and in the retrieval, processing, and interpretation of such types of information. The localization system and method use high impedance inputs, improved isolation, and relatively high drive currents for pairs of electrodes used to establish a multi-axis coordinate system. The axes can be rotated and scaled to improve localization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel J. Welsh, Marcus F. Julian, Graydon E. Beatty, Xinwei Shi, Derrick R. Chou, Randell L. Werneth, J. Christopher Flaherty, Mark MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20250143781
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods for treating tissue of a patient. The system includes a first energy delivery device having a first energy delivery element to be positioned proximate target tissue of the patient, a second energy delivery element, an energy delivery console to provide energy between the first energy delivery element and the second energy delivery element, and a user interface having a display for providing information to a user. The energy provided by the energy delivery console creates one or more electric fields within an energy delivery volume proximate the first energy delivery element, and at least one electric field within the energy delivery volume is sufficient to irreversibly electroporate target tissue within the energy delivery volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Ahmad FALAHATPISHEH, Xinwei Shi, Shibaji Shome, Derrick Chou, Timothy Corvi, Alex Asconeguy, Steven Richard Mickelsen, Ting Yang, Wilson William Good, Eric Douglas Sauter, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250127551
    Abstract: A device for ablating target tissue of a patient with an ablative fluid is provided. An elongate shaft includes a proximal portion and a distal portion, and at least one fluid delivery element is attached to the distal portion. The device can be configured to ablate the duodenal mucosa of a patient while avoiding damage to the duodenal adventitial tissue. Systems and methods of treating target tissue are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Caplan, Philip D. Levin, Andrew Coats, Harith Rajagopalan, Mark A. Manasas, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12262872
    Abstract: An imaging system for a patient is provided. The system includes an imaging probe having an elongate shaft with a proximal end, a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal portion. A rotatable optical core is positioned within the lumen of the elongate shaft. An optical assembly is positioned proximate the distal end of the rotatable optical core and is configured to direct light to tissue and collect reflected light from the tissue. An imaging assembly is constructed and arranged to optically couple to the imaging probe and the imaging assembly is configured to emit light into the imaging probe and receive the reflected light collected by the optical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GENTUITY, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Petersen, Christopher C. Petroff, Giovanni J. Ughi, Nareak Douk, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250090224
    Abstract: A system for treating a patient comprises an elongate shaft, an expandable reservoir and a fluid delivery assembly. The elongate shaft comprises a distal portion and is constructed and arranged to be introduced into a gastrointestinal lumen. The expandable reservoir is positioned on the elongate shaft distal portion and is constructed and arranged to receive a first fixed amount of ablative fluid and to deliver a first thermal dose of energy to a first portion of target tissue. The fluid delivery assembly is in fluid communication with the expandable reservoir and is constructed and arranged to deliver the first fixed amount of ablative fluid to the expandable reservoir. Devices and methods for treating tissue of a patient are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Fractyl Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Caplan, Philip S. Levin, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12248555
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software products provide increased trust in authentication of a user to an authentication server when a trusted witness client device witnesses the authentication of the user on the user's root client device. Both the root and the witness client devices cooperate to present the user with an interactive task during the authentications and each client device independently captures movement of the user performing the interactive task, during which, the user is authenticated to the root client device. An increased level of trust in the authentication of the user is achieved by the authentication server when the captured movements match expected movements of the user performing the interactive task and the authentication server has proof that the witness client devices witnessed a successful authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ORCHID AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: John N. Irwin, III, Priscilla Babb, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Publication number: 20250073057
    Abstract: A medical appliance for the treatment of one or more sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea in a patient, the appliance comprising: a biasing member for inserting behind and exerting a force upon the patient's soft palate or tongue, wherein the biasing member is inserted in a reduced or minimized form and then expanded or firms once in place to exert the force. The appliance may be nasally inserted or be placed through the mouth. In a particular configuration, both the soft palate and tongue are biased to prevent obstruction of the flow of air in the nasopharyngeal airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Friedman, John N. Irwin, III, William J. Gorman, John T. Garibotto, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12239412
    Abstract: Provided herein are imaging systems for a patient comprising an imaging probe and an imaging assembly. The imaging probe comprises: an elongate shaft comprising a proximal end, a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal portion; a rotatable optical core comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein at least a portion of the rotatable optical core is positioned within the lumen of the elongate shaft; and an optical assembly positioned proximate the distal end of the rotatable optical core, the optical assembly configured to direct light to tissue and collect reflected light from the tissue. The imaging assembly is constructed and arranged to optically couple to the imaging probe. The imaging assembly is configured to emit light into the imaging probe and receive the reflected light collected by the optical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Spryte Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Petroff, Christopher L. Petersen, David W. Kolstad, Giovanni J. Ughi, Lindsy M. Peterson, Benjamin Duncan, R. Maxwell Flaherty, J. Christopher Flaherty
  • Patent number: 12201829
    Abstract: A medical apparatus for a patient comprises an external system and an implantable system. The external system is configured to transmit one or more transmission signals, each transmission signal comprising at least power or data. The implantable system is configured to receive the one or more transmission signals from the external system, and to deliver stimulation energy to the patient. Methods of delivering stimulation energy are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Nalu Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Linden, Andre Castillo, Logan Palmer, Ji-Jon Sit, Daniel M. Pivonka, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra, James C. Makous, Lee Fason Hartley, James C. Lee, J. Christopher Flaherty