Patents by Inventor Collin Murray
Collin Murray 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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Publication number: 20240415502Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of luminal surgery. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that expand within a body lumen for accessing a target tissue. In an aspect, an expandable device for a body lumen may include a filament comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a length. The device may include a plurality of segments. Each segment may comprise a middle portion comprising a longitudinal axis extending axially therethrough, a projection portion extending from an end of the middle portion along the longitudinal axis, and a receptive portion extending from an opposing end of the middle portion away from the longitudinal axis, the receptive portion configured to receive the projection portion of an adjacent one of the plurality of segments. An aperture may be disposed through the projection portion, the middle portion, and the receptive portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Collin Murray, Kathryn Gildersleeve, Paul Smith, Amanda Lynn Smith, James J. Scutti
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Publication number: 20240415519Abstract: A system for treating tissue includes a clip assembly including a pair of clip arms. Proximal ends of the clip arms are slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clipping configuration. The system also includes a catheter assembly including a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the receiving and clipping configurations. The system further includes a coupler releasably coupled to a proximal end of the capsule and configured to be coupled to the distal end of the catheter assembly. The coupler fractures when a proximal force exerted on the coupler via the control member exceeds a first predetermined threshold value to disengage the capsule and deploy the clip assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Collin MURRAY, Joseph KING, Irina PYATAEVA
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Publication number: 20240415521Abstract: A clipping system includes a clip having a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A proximal end of the capsule including connecting tabs extending proximally therefrom. An applicator includes an elongated flexible member and a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the open and closed configurations. A distal end of the elongated flexible member includes a bushing including a first ramped surface, along which the connecting tabs slide along to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the bushing, and a second ramped surface proximal of the first ramped surface, the connecting tabs slidable along the second ramped surface to plastically deform toward a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Collin MURRAY, Henry STOCK, Laurie A. LEHTINEN, Caitlyn Bintz ASHTON
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Publication number: 20240374274Abstract: A device for treating hemorrhoids includes a first ligating member which moves between a first position in which the first member is tightened to a degree required to maintain a desired position of the first member around the first portion without significantly cutting off blood flow and a second configuration in which the first member is cinched down around the first portion to substantially cut off blood flow to the encircled first portion. Also, the device includes a first applicator having a proximal lumen and first and second opposed distal lumens open to the proximal lumen. The first member is extending from a proximal end distally through the proximal lumen into the first lumen to exit a distal end of the first lumen, loop around and enter the distal end of the second lumen. The first member is passing through the second lumen into the proximal lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Hannah REBAR, Nathan Thomas CUMMINGS, Nora BELKHAYAT, Jan WEBER, Jessica POWERS, Collin MURRAY
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Patent number: 12127746Abstract: A device for treating tissue includes a clip including clip arms and a coupler. Each of the clip arms extends from a proximal end to a distal end. Proximal ends of the clip arms are slidably received within a channel of a capsule. A proximal end of the capsule includes openings extending through a wall. The coupler is mounted over the proximal end of the capsule via deployment arms including engaging features extending laterally inward from an interior surface thereof to engage the openings of the capsule. The coupler includes retention arms configured to engage a corresponding portion of an applicator. When a pre-determined compressive force is applied to the coupler, the deployment arms are proximally slidable along the corresponding portion of the applicator to deflect the deployment arms out of engagement with the capsule so that the coupler is separable from the capsule.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Rausa, Collin Murray, Joseph W. King
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Publication number: 20240350127Abstract: A device for delivering an agent may comprise a source of agent; a mixing chamber for receiving fluid and the agent; an outlet in fluid communication with the mixing chamber to deliver the fluid and the agent; and an actuator configured to (1) deliver a first flow of the fluid substantially free from the agent through the outlet; (2) after delivering the first flow, deliver a second flow of the fluid and the agent through the outlet; and (3) after delivering the second flow, deliver a third flow of the fluid substantially free from the agent through the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Andrew PIC, Daniel CONGDON, Collin MURRAY, Matthew Robert JAGELSKI, Joseph W. KING
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Patent number: 12114867Abstract: A system for treating tissue includes a clip assembly including a pair of clip arms. Proximal ends of the clip arms are slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clipping configuration. The system also includes a catheter assembly including a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the receiving and clipping configurations. The system further includes a coupler releasably coupled to a proximal end of the capsule and configured to be coupled to the distal end of the catheter assembly. The coupler fractures when a proximal force exerted on the coupler via the control member exceeds a first predetermined threshold value to disengage the capsule and deploy the clip assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Collin Murray, Joseph King, Irina Pyataeva
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Patent number: 12102312Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of luminal surgery. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that expand within a body lumen for accessing a target tissue. In an aspect, an expandable device for a body lumen may include a filament comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a length. The device may include a plurality of segments. Each segment may comprise a middle portion comprising a longitudinal axis extending axially therethrough, a projection portion extending from an end of the middle portion along the longitudinal axis, and a receptive portion extending from an opposing end of the middle portion away from the longitudinal axis, the receptive portion configured to receive the projection portion of an adjacent one of the plurality of segments. An aperture may be disposed through the projection portion, the middle portion, and the receptive portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Collin Murray, Kathryn Gildersleeve, Paul Smith, Amanda Lynn Smith, James J. Scutti
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Patent number: 12102335Abstract: A clipping system includes a clip having a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A proximal end of the capsule including connecting tabs extending proximally therefrom. An applicator includes an elongated flexible member and a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the open and closed configurations. A distal end of the elongated flexible member includes a bushing including a first ramped surface, along which the connecting tabs slide along to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the bushing, and a second ramped surface proximal of the first ramped surface, the connecting tabs slidable along the second ramped surface to plastically deform toward a deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Collin Murray, Henry Stock, Laurie A. Lehtinen, Caitlyn Bintz Ashton
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Patent number: 12070237Abstract: A device for treating hemorrhoids includes a first ligating member which moves between a first position in which the first member is tightened to a degree required to maintain a desired position of the first member around the first portion without significantly cutting off blood flow and a second configuration in which the first member is cinched down around the first portion to substantially cut off blood flow to the encircled first portion. Also, the device includes a first applicator having a proximal lumen and first and second opposed distal lumens open to the proximal lumen. The first member is extending from a proximal end distally through the proximal lumen into the first lumen to exit a distal end of the first lumen, loop around and enter the distal end of the second lumen. The first member is passing through the second lumen into the proximal lumen.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Hannah Rebar, Nathan Thomas Cummings, Nora Belkhayat, Jan Weber, Jessica Powers, Collin Murray
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Patent number: 12053169Abstract: A device for delivering an agent may comprise a source of agent; a mixing chamber for receiving fluid and the agent; an outlet in fluid communication with the mixing chamber to deliver the fluid and the agent; and an actuator configured to (1) deliver a first flow of the fluid substantially free from the agent through the outlet; (2) after delivering the first flow, deliver a second flow of the fluid and the agent through the outlet; and (3) after delivering the second flow, deliver a third flow of the fluid substantially free from the agent through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Pic, Daniel Congdon, Collin Murray, Matthew Robert Jagelski, Joseph W. King
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Patent number: 11944741Abstract: A medical system including a compressible device, and a covering over the compressible device, wherein the covering includes a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein, in the delivery configuration, the covering at least partially covers the compressible device to maintain the compressible device in a compressed state, and wherein, in the deployed configuration, the covering is releasable from the device to transition the compressible device from the compressed state to an expanded state.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Ryan, John Thomas Favreau, Kira Sullivan, Collin Murray, Ashrita Raghuram, Alexandra Haugen
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Publication number: 20240100310Abstract: A valve assembly for a medical device including a container including a first region and a second region, a first fluid inlet fluidly coupled to the first region, a second fluid inlet fluidly coupled to the second region, and a piston assembly disposed within the container. The container is configured to house an agent within the second region, the first fluid inlet is configured to deliver a first portion of pressurized fluid to the first region at a first pressure level, and the second fluid inlet is configured to deliver a second portion of pressurized fluid to the second region at a second pressure level that is less than the first pressure level. The piston assembly includes a valve configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to the piston assembly moving relative to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Andrew PIC, Christopher R. DEUEL, Aaron ROSENTHAL, Ryan EVERS, Collin MURRAY, John B. GOLDEN, Pauline Rosemary LIMBERG, Adam Gregory McDERMOTT
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Publication number: 20230301662Abstract: A device for treating tissue includes a clip including clip arms and a coupler. Each of the clip arms extends from a proximal end to a distal end. Proximal ends of the clip arms are slidably received within a channel of a capsule. A proximal end of the capsule includes openings extending through a wall. The coupler is mounted over the proximal end of the capsule via deployment arms including engaging features extending laterally inward from an interior surface thereof to engage the openings of the capsule. The coupler includes retention arms configured to engage a corresponding portion of an applicator. When a pre-determined compressive force is applied to the coupler, the deployment arms are proximally slidable along the corresponding portion of the applicator to deflect the deployment arms out of engagement with the capsule so that the coupler is separable from the capsule.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Joseph RAUSA, Collin MURRAY, Joseph W. KING
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Patent number: 11766162Abstract: Endoscope cover with cavity that accommodates a hand piece of an endoscope and a hollow cannula extending distally from the cavity that accommodates a probe of the endoscope when the hand piece is inserted into the cavity of the cover. A reusable endoscope with a hand piece and a probe is provided with a retractable shield covering at least a portion of the probe. A system includes a cover with a cavity and a hollow cannula extending distally from the cavity, a reusable endoscope with a hand piece and a probe extending distally from the hand piece, and a retractable shield covering at least a portion of the probe, where the cannula is configured to accommodate therein the probe when the hand piece is inserted into the cavity of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: BEAVER-VISITEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Collin Murray
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Patent number: 11690634Abstract: A device for treating tissue includes a clip including clip arms and a coupler. Each of the clip arms extends from a proximal end to a distal end. Proximal ends of the clip arms are slidably received within a channel of a capsule. A proximal end of the capsule includes openings extending through a wall. The coupler is mounted over the proximal end of the capsule via deployment arms including engaging features extending laterally inward from an interior surface thereof to engage the openings of the capsule. The coupler includes retention arms configured to engage a corresponding portion of an applicator. When a pre-determined compressive force is applied to the coupler, the deployment arms are proximally slidable along the corresponding portion of the applicator to deflect the deployment arms out of engagement with the capsule so that the coupler is separable from the capsule.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Joseph Rausa, Collin Murray, Joseph W. King
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Publication number: 20230149621Abstract: A medical system comprising a compressible device, and a covering over the compressible device, wherein the covering includes a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein, in the delivery configuration, the covering at least partially covers the compressible device to maintain the compressible device in a compressed state, and wherein, in the deployed configuration, the covering is releasable from the device to transition the compressible device from the compressed state to an expanded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Shawn RYAN, John Thomas FAVREAU, Kira SULLIVAN, Collin MURRAY, Ashrita RAGHURAM, Alexandra HAUGEN
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Publication number: 20230112714Abstract: A clipping system includes a clip having a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A proximal end of the capsule including connecting tabs extending proximally therefrom. An applicator includes an elongated flexible member and a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the open and closed configurations. A distal end of the elongated flexible member includes a bushing including a first ramped surface, along which the connecting tabs slide along to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the bushing, and a second ramped surface proximal of the first ramped surface, the connecting tabs slidable along the second ramped surface to plastically deform toward a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Collin MURRAY, Henry STOCK, Laurie A. LEHTINEN, Caitlyn Bintz ASHTON
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Patent number: 11583624Abstract: A medical system including a compressible device, and a covering over the compressible device, wherein the covering includes a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein, in the delivery configuration, the covering at least partially covers the compressible device to maintain the compressible device in a compressed state, and wherein, in the deployed configuration, the covering is releasable from the device to transition the compressible device from the compressed state to an expanded state.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Ryan, John Thomas Favreau, Kira Sullivan, Collin Murray, Ashrita Raghuram, Alexandra Haugen
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Publication number: 20230040939Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of luminal surgery. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that expand within a body lumen for accessing a target tissue. In an aspect, an expandable device for a body lumen may include a filament comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a length. The device may include a plurality of segments. Each segment may comprise a middle portion comprising a longitudinal axis extending axially therethrough, a projection portion extending from an end of the middle portion along the longitudinal axis, and a receptive portion extending from an opposing end of the middle portion away from the longitudinal axis, the receptive portion configured to receive the projection portion of an adjacent one of the plurality of segments. An aperture may be disposed through the projection portion, the middle portion, and the receptive portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Collin Murray, Kathryn Gildersleeve, Paul Smith, Amanda Lynn Smith, James J. Scutti