Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Storment
Christopher W. Storment 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).
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Patent number: 11707289Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter comprising a flexible elongated member including a distal portion that includes a tubular body defining an inner lumen and a plurality of body apertures that extend through a sidewall of the tubular body into the inner lumen, and a plurality of primary electrodes positioned along the tubular body. The catheter assembly includes a wire defining at least one secondary electrode, the wire being configured to be slidably moved through the inner lumen of the tubular body, where the wire and the plurality of primary electrodes are configured to electrically couple to an energy source that delivers an electrical pulse to a fluid in contact with the plurality of primary electrodes and the at least one secondary electrode to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation to generate a pressure pulse wave within the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Gerry Oliver McCaffrey, Grainne Teresa Carroll, Risa Tom Egerter, Aran Murray, Jonathan Ashley Cope, Peter Glynn, Christopher W. Storment, Jack Wallis
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Publication number: 20220296891Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Rudy A. Beasley, Susan Thornton Edwards, Lori Garcia, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan, Joseph A. Traina, Stefan Stoyanov Tunev
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Publication number: 20220265295Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter comprising a flexible elongated member including a distal portion that includes a tubular body defining an inner lumen and a plurality of body apertures that extend through a sidewall of the tubular body into the inner lumen, and a plurality of primary electrodes positioned along the tubular body. The catheter assembly includes a wire defining at least one secondary electrode, the wire being configured to be slidably moved through the inner lumen of the tubular body, where the wire and the plurality of primary electrodes are configured to electrically couple to an energy source that delivers an electrical pulse to a fluid in contact with the plurality of primary electrodes and the at least one secondary electrode to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation to generate a pressure pulse wave within the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Gerry Oliver McCaffrey, Grainne Teresa Carroll, Risa Tom Egerter, Aran Murray, Jonathan Ashley Cope, Peter Glynn, Christopher W. Storment, Jack Wallis
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Patent number: 11338140Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers. One aspect includes a comparison of baseline and post-modulation levels of one or more biomarkers in bodily fluid that have each been collected from a human subject at a relevant time, and that may be used to assess the neuromodulation efficacy. The post-neuromodulation levels for the one or more biomarkers may be collected from the human subject within about 5 minutes to about 14 days post-neuromodulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.Inventors: Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Rudy Beasley, Susan Edwards, Lori Garcia, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan, Joseph A. Traina, Stefan Stoyanov Tunev
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Patent number: 11266425Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter comprising a flexible elongated member including a distal portion that includes a tubular body defining an inner lumen and a plurality of body apertures that extend through a sidewall of the tubular body into the inner lumen, and a plurality of primary electrodes positioned along the tubular body. The catheter assembly includes a wire defining at least one secondary electrode, the wire being configured to be slidably moved through the inner lumen of the tubular body, where the wire and the plurality of primary electrodes are configured to electrically couple to an energy source that delivers an electrical pulse to a fluid in contact with the plurality of primary electrodes and the at least one secondary electrode to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation to generate a pressure pulse wave within the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Gerry Oliver McCaffrey, Grainne Teresa Carroll, Risa Tom Egerter, Aran Murray, Jonathan Ashley Cope, Peter Glynn, Christopher W. Storment, Jack Wallis
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Patent number: 11083889Abstract: An implantable medical lead having an elongated lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end, at least one conductor extending within the lead body from the proximal end to the distal end, and a fixation member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the electrode configured to be electrically coupled to the distal end of the lead body.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Zhongping Yang, Andrea Asleson, Gonzalo Martinez, Rick D. McVenes, Christopher W. Storment
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Publication number: 20200405207Abstract: Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods. Some embodiments, for example, are directed to catheters, catheter systems, and methods for sampling biomarkers that change in response to neuromodulation. A system can include, for example, an elongated shaft and a neuromodulation and sampling assembly having a neuromodulation and a sampling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Rudy Beasley, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment
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Patent number: 10729365Abstract: Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods. Some embodiments, for example, are directed to catheters, catheter systems, and methods for sampling biomarkers that change in response to neuromodulation. A system can include, for example, an elongated shaft and a neuromodulation and sampling assembly having a neuromodulation and a sampling element.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.Inventors: Rudy Beasley, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment
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Publication number: 20200129196Abstract: A catheter assembly includes a catheter comprising a flexible elongated member including a distal portion that includes a tubular body defining an inner lumen and a plurality of body apertures that extend through a sidewall of the tubular body into the inner lumen, and a plurality of primary electrodes positioned along the tubular body. The catheter assembly includes a wire defining at least one secondary electrode, the wire being configured to be slidably moved through the inner lumen of the tubular body, where the wire and the plurality of primary electrodes are configured to electrically couple to an energy source that delivers an electrical pulse to a fluid in contact with the plurality of primary electrodes and the at least one secondary electrode to cause the fluid to undergo cavitation to generate a pressure pulse wave within the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Gerry Oliver McCaffrey, Grainne Teresa Carroll, Risa Tom Egerter, Aran Murray, Jonathan Ashley Cope, Peter Glynn, Christopher W. Storment, Jack Wallis
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Patent number: 10368791Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Medtronic Adrian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.Inventors: Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Rudy Beasley, Susan Thornton Edwards, Lori Garcia, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan, Joseph A. Traina, Stefan Stoyanov Tunev
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Publication number: 20190232053Abstract: An implantable medical lead having an elongated lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end, at least one conductor extending within the lead body from the proximal end to the distal end, and a fixation member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the electrode configured to be electrically coupled to the distal end of the lead body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Zhongping Yang, Andrea Asleson, Gonzalo Martinez, Rick D. McVenes, Christopher W. Storment
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Publication number: 20180042535Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Rudy Beasley, Susan Edwards, Lori Garcia, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan, Joseph A. Traina, Stefan Stoyanov Tunev
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Publication number: 20170202500Abstract: Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods. Some embodiments, for example, are directed to catheters, catheter systems, and methods for sampling biomarkers that change in response to neuromodulation. A system can include, for example, an elongated shaft and a neuromodulation and sampling assembly having a neuromodulation and a sampling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Rudy Beasley, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment
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Publication number: 20170127987Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Rudy Beasley, Susan Thornton Edwards, Lori Garcia, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan, Joseph A. Traina, Stefan Stoyanov Tunev
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Patent number: 9597018Abstract: Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods. Some embodiments, for example, are directed to catheters, catheter systems, and methods for sampling biomarkers that change in response to neuromodulation. A system can include, for example, an elongated shaft and a neuromodulation and sampling assembly having a neuromodulation and a sampling element.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.Inventors: Rudy Beasley, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment
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Patent number: 9510777Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices, compositions, and kits for monitoring neuromodulation efficacy based on detecting changes in the level or activity of one or more target biomarkers associated with neuromodulation, as well as methods and processes of performing neuromodulation that incorporate monitoring of neuromodulation efficacy based on changes in level or activity of one or more target biomarkers.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.Inventors: Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Rudy Beasley, Susan Thornton Edwards, Lori Garcia, Michele Lee Silver, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan, Joseph A. Traina, Stefan Stoyanov Tunev
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Patent number: 9486340Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stent includes forming a stent blank from a first material, the stent blank comprising a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns, each crown connecting at least two struts, and a plurality of slots in at least some of the plurality of struts and/or the plurality of crowns, depositing a second material over outer surfaces of the struts and the crowns and in the slots to encase the stent blank in the second material, creating at least one opening through the second material, and removing the first material to form a stent comprising the second material, the stent having a continuous lumen from one end of the stent to the other end of the stent, the continuous lumen being partitioned in portions corresponding to the locations of the slots in the stent blank. The lumen may then be filled with a therapeutic substance.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Mark Dolan, Stuart Kari, Christopher W. Storment
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Patent number: 9155637Abstract: A stent includes a bioabsorbable metal, a hydrothermal conversion film covering the bioabsorbable metal, and a coating covering the hydrothermal conversion film. A method for manufacturing a stent includes forming a stent body comprising a bioabsorbable metal, forming a hydrothermal conversion film over surfaces of the stent body, and coating the hydrothermal conversion film with an overcoat.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Jill P. Mendelson, Ya Guo, Christopher W. Storment
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Publication number: 20150133904Abstract: Devices and methods for therapeutic photodynamic modulation of neural function in a human. One embodiment of a method in accordance with the technology includes administering a photosensitizer to a human, wherein the photosensitizer preferentially accumulates at nerves proximate a blood vessel compared to non-neural tissue of the blood vessel. The method can further include irradiating the photosensitizer using a radiation emitter positioned within the human, wherein the radiation has a wavelength that causes the photosensitizer to react and alter at least a portion of the nerves thereby providing a therapeutic reduction in sympathetic neural activity. Several embodiments of the technology are useful for disrupting renal nerves, such as renal denervation, for treating hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, and other indications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Robert J. Melder, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan
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Patent number: 8951296Abstract: Devices and methods for therapeutic photodynamic modulation of neural function in a human. One embodiment of a method in accordance with the technology includes administering a photosensitizer to a human, wherein the photosensitizer preferentially accumulates at nerves proximate a blood vessel compared to non-neural tissue of the blood vessel. The method can further include irradiating the photosensitizer using a radiation emitter positioned within the human, wherein the radiation has a wavelength that causes the photosensitizer to react and alter at least a portion of the nerves thereby providing a therapeutic reduction in sympathetic neural activity. Several embodiments of the technology are useful for disrupting renal nerves, such as renal denervation, for treating hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, and other indications.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.Inventors: Robert J. Melder, Ayala Hezi-Yamit, Christopher W. Storment, Carol M. Sullivan