Patents by Inventor Damien V. Nolan
Damien V. Nolan 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: 20240122731Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongated tubular member having a stent and a retrieval suture interwoven with the stent. The retrieval suture including a first suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and adjacent to a suture retrieval loop and a second suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and longitudinally spaced from the first suture loop. The first and second suture loops coupled via one or more interconnecting segments. At least one of the first or second suture loops has an arc length of less than 270° of the circumference of the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien V. Nolan, Martyn G. Folan
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Patent number: 11896474Abstract: An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martin Hynes, Martyn G. Folan, David R. Wulfman, Thomas M. Keating, Matthew Montague, Damien V. Nolan
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Patent number: 11883310Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongated tubular member having a stent and a retrieval suture interwoven with the stent. The retrieval suture including a first suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and adjacent to a suture retrieval loop and a second suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and longitudinally spaced from the first suture loop. The first and second suture loops coupled via one or more interconnecting segments. At least one of the first or second suture loops has an arc length of less than 270° of the circumference of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien V. Nolan, Martyn G. Folan
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Publication number: 20220409413Abstract: A medical device may include a tubular sleeve configured for implantation in a body lumen, the sleeve having a first configuration with a first rigidity and a second configuration with a second rigidity greater than the first rigidity, the sleeve including: a flexible membrane defining an interior lumen; and a channel extending along the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Martyn G. FOLAN, David R. WULFMAN, Damien V. NOLAN, Martin HYNES, Matthew MONTAGUE, Thomas M. KEATING, Adeniyi O. AREMU
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Publication number: 20220346989Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongated tubular member having a stent and a retrieval suture interwoven with the stent. The retrieval suture including a first suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and adjacent to a suture retrieval loop and a second suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and longitudinally spaced from the first suture loop. The first and second suture loops coupled via one or more interconnecting segments. At least one of the first or second suture loops has an arc length of less than 270° of the circumference of the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien V. Nolan, Martyn G. Folan
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Publication number: 20220273471Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one barb attached thereto. The barb may be configured to be tucked under a filament of the stent during delivery of the stent and protrude radially from the stent, when the stent is deployed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, DAMIEN V. NOLAN, ENDA CONNAUGHTON, MATTHEW MONTAGUE, THOMAS M. KEATING, MICHAEL WALSH
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Patent number: 11406522Abstract: A medical device may include a tubular sleeve configured for implantation in a body lumen, the sleeve having a first configuration with a first rigidity and a second configuration with a second rigidity greater than the first rigidity, the sleeve including: a flexible membrane defining an interior lumen; and a channel extending along the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, David R. Wulfman, Damien V. Nolan, Martin Hynes, Matthew Montague, Thomas M. Keating, Adeniyi O. Aremu
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Patent number: 11399970Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongated tubular member having a stent and a retrieval suture interwoven with the stent. The retrieval suture including a first suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and adjacent to a suture retrieval loop and a second suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and longitudinally spaced from the first suture loop. The first and second suture loops coupled via one or more interconnecting segments. At least one of the first or second suture loops has an arc length of less than 270° of the circumference of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien V. Nolan, Martyn G. Folan
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Patent number: 11351045Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one barb attached thereto. The barb may be configured to be tucked under a filament of the stent during delivery of the stent and protrude radially from the stent, when the stent is deployed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Martin Hynes, Damien V. Nolan, Enda Connaughton, Matthew Montague, Thomas M. Keating, Michael Walsh
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Publication number: 20220133461Abstract: An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MARTIN HYNES, MARTYN G. FOLAN, DAVID R. WULFMAN, THOMAS M. KEATING, MATTHEW MONTAGUE, DAMIEN V. NOLAN
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Publication number: 20220096094Abstract: The present disclosure, in its various aspects, is directed to expandable guide devices, implementation methods, and related delivery systems. Embodiments according to the present disclosure, including as described herein, may increase the effectiveness and efficiency of endoscopy procedures. In one example, an embodiment includes an expandable guide device, the device configured to slidingly receive an instrument through an instrument lumen of the device. An internal expandable member is disposed within the body and expandable radially from the inward-facing surface of the body, and an external expandable member is disposed about the body and expandable radially from the outward-facing surface. In some embodiments, the external and internal expandable members are balloons and comprise a compliant and a non-compliant material, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Louis McNern, Gary Gilmartin, Damien V. Nolan
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Patent number: 11234804Abstract: An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Martin Hynes, Martyn G. Folan, David R. Wulfman, Thomas M. Keating, Matthew Montague, Damien V. Nolan
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Patent number: 10857016Abstract: Stent delivery device includes an inner member having a distal tip, a stent disposed over a stent receiving region of the inner member, an outer sheath slidable over the inner member, a stent sheath removably coupled to both the distal tip and a distal end of the outer sheath, and a stent expanding element attached to the distal tip and/or the distal end of the outer sheath. The stent expanding element is biased in an elevated position and aids expansion of the stent when the stent sheath is removed. The stent delivery device includes a proximal junction removably coupling the distal end of the outer sheath to the stent sheath, and a proximal junction removably coupling the stent sheath to the distal tip. Each of the proximal and distal junctions are separately actuatable to decouple the stent sheath from either the distal tip or the outer sheath.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien V. Nolan, Geraldine A. Toner, Matthew Montague, Enda Connaughton
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Publication number: 20200197197Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one barb attached thereto. The barb may be configured to be tucked under a filament of the stent during delivery of the stent and protrude radially from the stent, when the stent is deployed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MARTYN G. FOLAN, MARTIN HYNES, DAMIEN V. NOLAN, ENDA CONNAUGHTON, MATTHEW MONTAGUE, THOMAS M. KEATING, MICHAEL WALSH
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Patent number: 10660776Abstract: A stent delivery device including an elongate shaft having a proximal region, a distal region and at least one lumen extending therein. The stent delivery device also includes a collapsible frame attached to the distal region of the elongate shaft. The collapsible frame includes a plurality of arms configured to surround a stent such that the plurality of arms define a stent containment region. The stent delivery device also includes an inner member extending within a least a portion of the stent containment region and an actuation member configured to actuate the plurality of arms of the collapsible frame from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Geraldine A. Toner, Martyn G. Folan, Enda Connaughton, Damien V. Nolan, Matthew Montague
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Publication number: 20200121439Abstract: An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MARTIN HYNES, MARTYN G. FOLAN, DAVID R. WULFMAN, THOMAS M. KEATING, MATTHEW MONTAGUE, DAMIEN V. NOLAN
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Patent number: 10603193Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one barb attached thereto. The barb may be configured to be tucked under a filament of the stent during delivery of the stent and protrude radially from the stent, when the stent is deployed.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Martin Hynes, Damien V. Nolan, Enda Connaughton, Matthew Montague, Thomas M. Keating, Michael Walsh
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Publication number: 20200093622Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongated tubular member having a stent and a retrieval suture interwoven with the stent. The retrieval suture including a first suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and adjacent to a suture retrieval loop and a second suture loop extending about a circumference of the stent and longitudinally spaced from the first suture loop. The first and second suture loops coupled via one or more interconnecting segments. At least one of the first or second suture loops has an arc length of less than 270° of the circumference of the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: DAMIEN V. NOLAN, MARTYN G. FOLAN
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Patent number: 10531941Abstract: An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martin Hynes, Martyn G. Folan, David R. Wulfman, Thomas M. Keating, Matthew Montague, Damien V. Nolan
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Publication number: 20180311061Abstract: Stent delivery device includes an inner member having a distal tip, a stent disposed over a stent receiving region of the inner member, an outer sheath slidable over the inner member, a stent sheath removably coupled to both the distal tip and a distal end of the outer sheath, and a stent expanding element attached to the distal tip and/or the distal end of the outer sheath. The stent expanding element is biased in an elevated position and aids expansion of the stent when the stent sheath is removed. The stent delivery device includes a proximal junction removably coupling the distal end of the outer sheath to the stent sheath, and a proximal junction removably coupling the stent sheath to the distal tip. Each of the proximal and distal junctions are separately actuatable to decouple the stent sheath from either the distal tip or the outer sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Damien V. Nolan, Geraldine A. Toner, Matthew Montague, Enda Connaughton