Patents by Inventor Christopher Thierfelder
Christopher Thierfelder 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: 8398659Abstract: A method of intracorporeally suturing a patient includes engaging tissue with a suturing head retaining a needle, forming an opening in the tissue with the needle, and pushing the needle into a through-bore formed in a capsule that is attached to a leading end of a suture and pulling the capsule and the leading end of a suture through the opening. The method additionally includes securing a clasp attached to a trailing end of the suture to an implantable support, and pulling on the suture and implanting the support inside the patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Sarah J. Deitch, Daniel J. Dravis, Christopher A. Thierfelder
-
Publication number: 20120238902Abstract: Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide safeguarding against tissue injury during surgical procedures and/or identify nerve damage occurring prior to surgery and/or verify range of motion or attributes of muscle contraction during reconstructive surgery. A stimulation control device may incorporate a range of low and high intensity stimulation to provide a stimulation and evaluation of both nerves and muscles. A stimulation control device is removably coupled to a surgical device or is imbedded within the medical device to provide a stimulation and treatment medical device. A disposable hand held stimulation system includes an operative element extending from the housing, the housing includes a visual indication to provide feedback or status to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: CHECKPOINT SURGICAL, LLCInventors: ROBERT B. STROTHER, Geoffrey B. Thrope, Joseph J. Mrva, Steven M. Galecki, Danny R. Pack, Christopher A. Thierfelder, James Coburn
-
Patent number: 8226686Abstract: An attachment assembly configured to secure an implantable support within a patient includes a length of suture, an anchor, a capsule, and a clasp. The suture has a leading end half terminating in a leading end and a trailing end half terminating in a trailing end. The anchor is coupled to the trailing end half of the length of the suture. The capsule is attached to the leading end of the suture and has a through-bore extending longitudinally through the capsule. The clasp is attached to the trailing end of the suture, the clasp attachable to the implantable support.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Sarah J. Deitch, Daniel J. Dravis, Christopher A. Thierfelder
-
Patent number: 8172768Abstract: Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide safeguarding against tissue injury during surgical procedures and/or identify nerve damage occurring prior to surgery and/or verify range of motion or attributes of muscle contraction during reconstructive surgery. A stimulation control device may incorporate a range of low and high intensity stimulation to provide a stimulation and evaluation of both nerves and muscles. A stimulation control device is removably coupled to a surgical device or is imbedded within the medical device to provide a stimulation and treatment medical device. A disposable hand held stimulation system includes an operative element extending from the housing, the housing includes a visual indication to provide feedback or status to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Checkpoint Surgical, LLCInventors: Robert B Strother, Geoffrey B Thrope, Joseph J Mrva, Steven M Galecki, Danny R Pack, Christopher A Thierfelder, James Coburn
-
Publication number: 20120022318Abstract: An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolapse. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: AMS Research CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum, JR.
-
Patent number: 8057382Abstract: An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: AMS Research CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum, Jr.
-
Publication number: 20110224697Abstract: A method of intracorporcally suturing a patient includes engaging tissue with a suturing head retaining a needle, forming an opening in the tissue with the needle, and pushing the needle into a through-bore formed in a capsule that is attached to a leading end of a suture and pulling the capsule and the leading end of a suture through the opening. The method additionally includes securing a clasp attached to a trailing end of the suture to an implantable support, and pulling on the suture and implanting the support inside the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Coloplast A/SInventors: Sarah J. Deitch, Daniel J. Dravis, Christopher A. Thierfelder
-
Publication number: 20110224698Abstract: An attachment assembly configured to secure an implantable support within a patient includes a length of suture, an anchor, a capsule, and a clasp. The suture has a leading end half terminating in a leading end and a trailing end half terminating in a trailing end. The anchor is coupled to the trailing end half of the length of the suture. The capsule is attached to the leading end of the suture and has a through-bore extending longitudinally through the capsule. The clasp is attached to the trailing end of the suture, the clasp attachable to the implantable support.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: COLOPLAST A/SInventors: Sarah J. Deitch, Daniel J. Dravis, Christopher A. Thierfelder
-
Publication number: 20110125051Abstract: Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide safeguarding against tissue injury during surgical procedures and/or identify nerve damage occurring prior to surgery and/or verify range of motion or attributes of muscle contraction during reconstructive surgery. A stimulation control device may incorporate a range of low and high intensity stimulation to provide a stimulation and evaluation of both nerves and muscles. A stimulation control device is removably coupled to a surgical device or is imbedded within the medical device to provide a stimulation and treatment medical device. A disposable hand held stimulation system includes an operative element extending from the housing, the housing includes a visual indication to provide feedback or status to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: CHECKPOINT SURGICAL, LLCInventors: ROBERT B. STROTHER, Geoffrey B. Thrope, Joseph J. Mrva, Steven M. Galecki, Danny R. Pack, Christopher A. Thierfelder, James Coburn
-
Publication number: 20110054249Abstract: A system for repair of a prolapsed organ in a patient includes a support and a deployment instrument having a handle extending from a barrel and a trigger offset from the handle, the trigger is operable to advance the support out of the barrel of the deployment instrument and into the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: COLOPLAST A/SInventors: Pornpimon Narthasilpa, Mark A. Moschel, Christopher A. Thierfelder, Julie M. Woessner, Steve Knop, Randy L. Morningstar, Steven B. McClurg, Don Wolf
-
Patent number: 7878981Abstract: Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide safeguarding against tissue injury during surgical procedures and/or identify nerve damage occurring prior to surgery and/or verify range of motion or attributes of muscle contraction during reconstructive surgery. A stimulation control device may incorporate a range of low and high intensity stimulation to provide a stimulation and evaluation of both nerves and muscles. A stimulation control device is removably coupled to a surgical device or is imbedded within the medical device to provide a stimulation and treatment medical device. A disposable hand held stimulation system includes an operative element extending from the housing, the housing includes an operative element adjustment portion and a visual indication to provide feedback or status to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Checkpoint Surgical, LLCInventors: Robert B. Strother, Geoffrey B. Thrope, Joseph J. Mrva, Steven M. Galecki, Danny R. Pack, Christopher A. Thierfelder, James Coburn
-
Publication number: 20100198004Abstract: An implantable anatomical support includes a non-rectangular support body with a plurality of arms extending from the support body; an interconnecting member that is coupled to each of the arms; and an adjustable anchor slidably coupled to at least one of the interconnecting members to permit bi-directional movement along the interconnecting member and so configured to exert a compressive force generating frictional interference between the adjustable anchor and the interconnecting member to inhibit the bi-directional movement of the adjustable anchor along the interconnecting member unless sufficient force is applied to overcome the frictional interference.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: COLOPLAST A/SInventors: Mark A. Moschel, Pornpimon Narthasilpa, Christopher A. Thierfelder
-
Patent number: 7517313Abstract: An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: AMS Research CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum, Jr.
-
Publication number: 20080132754Abstract: An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum
-
Publication number: 20070270921Abstract: Provided is a portable controller and associated method that provides a patient or caregiver the ability to recharge and alter the parameters of an implanted medical device, while allowing the patient substantially unobstructed mobility. To enable mobility, the controller may be worn on a belt or clothing. The controller also allows the patient to turn device stimulation on and off, check battery status, and to vary stimulation parameters within ranges that may be predefined and programmed by a clinician. The controller communicates with the medical device to retrieve information and make parameter adjustments using wireless telemetry, and it can send and receive information from several feet away from the implanted medical device. Charging of a battery contained in the implanted medical device is achieved via an inductive radio frequency link using a charge coil placed in close proximity to the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Robert B. Strother, James E. Barber, Joseph J. Mrva, Christopher A. Thierfelder, Maria E. Bennett, Geoffrey B. Thrope, Danny R. Pack, Stuart F. Rubin
-
Publication number: 20070191915Abstract: Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide safeguarding against tissue injury during surgical procedures and/or identify nerve damage occurring prior to surgery and/or verify range of motion or attributes of muscle contraction during reconstructive surgery. A stimulation control device may incorporate a range of low and high intensity stimulation to provide a stimulation and evaluation of both nerves and muscles. A stimulation control device is removably coupled to a surgical device or is imbedded within the medical device to provide a stimulation and treatment medical device. A disposable hand held stimulation system includes an operative element extending from the housing, the housing includes an operative element adjustment portion and a visual indication to provide feedback or status to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Robert Strother, Geoffrey Thrope, Joseph Mrva, Steven Galecki, Danny Pack, Christopher Thierfelder, James Coburn
-
Patent number: 6884212Abstract: An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: AMS Research CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum, Jr.
-
Publication number: 20040230092Abstract: An implantable article and method are disclosed for treating pelvic floor disorders such as vaginal vault prolase. A surgical kit useful for performing a surgical procedure such as a sacral colpopexy is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, John W. Westrum
-
Publication number: 20040034338Abstract: Implantable drug delivery devices and components are disclosed. The devices may be implanted in a wide variety of locations in a patient's anatomy. Novel methods for treating a variety of disorders are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2003Publication date: February 19, 2004Applicant: AMS Research CorporationInventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, Robert C. Grant
-
Patent number: D581530Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: NDI Medical, LLC.Inventors: Christopher A. Thierfelder, James Coburn