Patents by Inventor Daniel Tuck
Daniel Tuck 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: 11944557Abstract: An endoprosthesis may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, and a covering including a plurality of polymeric cover segments disposed about at least a portion of the expandable framework. A portion of each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments may be fixedly attached to the expandable framework. The plurality of polymeric cover segments is longitudinally spaced apart from each other in the delivery configuration. The plurality of polymeric cover segments longitudinally overlaps each other in the deployed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Daniel Tuck, Gary Gilmartin, Michael Rodgers
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Publication number: 20230338174Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to stents, systems, and methods for anchoring devices within a body lumen by cooperation between the device and the body musculature. A device comprising an elongate tubular member may be deployed within a body lumen, where the body lumen includes a sphincter that regulates flow through the body lumen. The elongate tubular member includes a sleeve formed from a flexible membrane and one or more stents disposed at either or both ends of the sleeve. In some embodiments, the stents may be treatment stents configured to treat a portion of the body lumen. The elongate tubular member may be deployed within the body lumen such that the flexible membrane aligns with and moves in coordination with the sphincter, thereby increasing retention forces acting upon the elongate tubular member when the sphincter is closed to minimize treatment stent migration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Daniel Tuck, Martyn G. Folan, Thomas M. Keating, Martin Burke
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Publication number: 20230310139Abstract: An implantable medical device includes an elongate body extending from a distal region to a proximal region, at least one of the distal region and the proximal region including a flared region defining an inner flared surface. One or more visual indicators are positioned relative to the inner flared surface such that the one or more visual indicators are visible endoscopically from a position within or proximate the implantable stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: John O’Driscoll, Daniel Tuck, Darren Gerard Curran, Fionn Stapleton
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Patent number: 11730614Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to stents, systems, and methods for anchoring devices within a body lumen by cooperation between the device and the body musculature. A device comprising an elongate tubular member may be deployed within a body lumen, where the body lumen includes a sphincter that regulates flow through the body lumen. The elongate tubular member includes a sleeve formed from a flexible membrane and one or more stents disposed at either or both ends of the sleeve. In some embodiments, the stents may be treatment stents configured to treat a portion of the body lumen. The elongate tubular member may be deployed within the body lumen such that the flexible membrane aligns with and moves in coordination with the sphincter, thereby increasing retention forces acting upon the elongate tubular member when the sphincter is closed to minimize treatment stent migration.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Daniel Tuck, Martyn G. Folan, Thomas M. Keating, Martin Burke
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Publication number: 20230255808Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongate tubular member having a proximal stent, a distal stent and an interconnecting sleeve. The proximal stent tapers from a first outer diameter adjacent the proximal end region to a second smaller outer diameter adjacent the distal end region. The distal stent has an outer diameter less than the first outer diameter of the proximal stent. The interconnecting sleeve is collapsible in response to an applied radial force such that the sleeve is positionable across a natural valve or sphincter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, DANIEL TUCK
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Publication number: 20230255742Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to stents, systems, and methods for gastrointestinal treatment. In some embodiments, a stent may include a tubular scaffold having a first end opposite a second end, wherein a lumen extends between the first and second ends. The tubular scaffold may include a flared section and a medial section extending from the flared section, wherein a first diameter of the flared section is greater than a second diameter of the medial section. The stent may further include a liner extending partially along a surface of the tubular scaffold, wherein the liner is spaced from an anchoring region of the flared section to promote tissue ingrowth with the flared section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Universite Libre De Bruxelles, Brussels Medical Device CenterInventors: Martyn G. Folan, Jacques Deviere, Nicolas Cauche, Thomas M. Keating, Martin Burke, Daniel Tuck, Cecilia Delattre
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Patent number: 11666429Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to stents, systems, and methods for gastrointestinal treatment. In some embodiments, a stent may include a tubular scaffold having a first end opposite a second end, wherein a lumen extends between the first and second ends. The tubular scaffold may include a flared section and a medial section extending from the flared section, wherein a first diameter of the flared section is greater than a second diameter of the medial section. The stent may further include a liner extending partially along a surface of the tubular scaffold, wherein the liner is spaced from an anchoring region of the flared section to promote tissue ingrowth with the flared section.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignees: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, BRUSSELS MEDICAL DEVICE CENTERInventors: Martyn G. Folan, Jacques Deviere, Nicolas Cauche, Thomas M. Keating, Martin Burke, Daniel Tuck, Cecilia Delattre
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Publication number: 20230165589Abstract: An occlusion device having a support structure and an expandable occlusion element associated with the support structure. The expandable occlusion element is formed of a self-expanding material, such as a hydrogel. A retainer may be provided to hold the expandable occlusion element with respect to the support structure of the occlusion device, within or outside the support structure, and positioned such that expansion of the expandable occlusion element occludes a lumen through the support structure and the occlusion device. Expansion of the expandable occlusion element may be reversible, or the expandable occlusion element may be releasable from the support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Michael Walsh, Gary Gilmartin, Daniel Tuck, Martin Murray
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Patent number: 11660216Abstract: An illustrative endoluminal implant having an elongated tubular member. The elongate tubular member having a proximal stent, a distal stent and an interconnecting sleeve. The proximal stent tapers from a first outer diameter adjacent the proximal end region to a second smaller outer diameter adjacent the distal end region. The distal stent has an outer diameter less than the first outer diameter of the proximal stent. The interconnecting sleeve is collapsible in response to an applied radial force such that the sleeve is positionable across a natural valve or sphincter.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Geraldine Toner, Daniel Tuck
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Publication number: 20230063969Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing fluid communication between body lumens. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for establishing a controlled flow or access passage between body lumens.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael Walsh, Darren Curran, Otto Van Der Kooij, Daniel Tuck, Javier Palomar-Moreno, Jeff Gray, Martyn Folan, Emma J. Mooney, Enda Hannon
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Patent number: 11559384Abstract: A stent with a selectively curved region. The stent includes a radially expandable tubular framework and a covering surrounding the tubular framework. A stent also includes a drawstring having a first end attached to the tubular framework at a first attachment location proximate the distal end of the tubular framework. The second end of the first drawstring is manipulatable proximate the proximal end of the tubular framework to deflect the tubular framework into a curved configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martin Burke, Gerard Duignan, Daniel Tuck, Martyn G. Folan
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Patent number: 11529143Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing fluid communication between body lumens. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for establishing a controlled flow or access passage between body lumens.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael Walsh, Darren Curran, Otto Van Der Kooij, Daniel Tuck, Javier Palomar-Moreno, Jeff Gray, Martyn Folan, Emma J. Mooney, Enda Hannon
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Publication number: 20220304795Abstract: An endoprosthesis configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration may include a tubular scaffold formed from a single filament knitted about a central longitudinal axis and defining a length from a proximal end to a distal end, the tubular scaffold including a plurality of rows of loops and a plurality of rows of rungs arranged around the central longitudinal axis in an alternating fashion; and a polymeric covering extending along the tubular scaffold. Each row of loops and each row of rungs extends longitudinally along the tubular scaffold between the proximal end and the distal end. The tubular scaffold includes a first cutout region extending along a majority of the length of the tubular scaffold and a second cutout region extending along a majority of the length of the tubular scaffold. The polymeric covering is uninterrupted along the first cutout region and the second cutout region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Martin Burke, Daniel Tuck, Molly Solomon, Robert Sears
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Publication number: 20220096253Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to medical devices for facilitating the flow of fluids and materials in and/or between adjacent body lumens, for example, a stent which maintains an open flow passage between body lumens. In one example, a stent may have a constrained configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the stent may have first and second retention members and saddle region extending therebetween. The saddle region may comprise a coil configured to apply a restoring force to tissue surfaces respectively apposed to the first and second retention members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Daniel Tuck, Martyn G. Folan, Michael Rodgers, Martin Burke
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Publication number: 20220062016Abstract: An endoprosthesis may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, and a covering including a plurality of polymeric cover segments disposed about at least a portion of the expandable framework. A portion of each of the plurality of polymeric cover segments may be fixedly attached to the expandable framework. The plurality of polymeric cover segments is longitudinally spaced apart from each other in the delivery configuration. The plurality of polymeric cover segments longitudinally overlaps each other in the deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MARTYN G. FOLAN, DANIEL TUCK, GARY GILMARTIN, MICHAEL RODGERS
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Publication number: 20210268155Abstract: A medical system including a tube defining a lumen, a porous body connected to a distal end of the tube to be advanced to a target site within a subject. The porous body defines a plurality of openings, the plurality of openings are in fluid connection with the lumen, the porous body includes a first material and a second material, and the second material elutes from the porous body in the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Martin BURKE, Daniel TUCK, John T. FAVREAU, Lauren LYDECKER
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Publication number: 20210260335Abstract: A medical device that includes a shaft defining a lumen and a distal portion, the distal portion defining a side opening in fluid communication with the lumen. The medical device includes a device coupled to the distal portion of the shaft and overlying the side opening. The device includes an expandable member configured to expand laterally outward from a collapsed state to an expanded state, and configured to permit fluid to flow through the expandable member and into the side opening. The device includes a constricting device positioned in contact with the expandable member and configured to move relative to the expandable member from a first position to a second position. The expandable member is in the collapsed state when the constricting device is in the first position and the expandable member is in the expanded state when the constricting device is in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Martin BURKE, Daniel TUCK
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Publication number: 20210106443Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to stents, systems, and methods for anchoring devices within a body lumen by cooperation between the device and the body musculature. A device comprising an elongate tubular member may be deployed within a body lumen, where the body lumen includes a sphincter that regulates flow through the body lumen. The elongate tubular member includes a sleeve formed from a flexible membrane and one or more stents disposed at either or both ends of the sleeve. In some embodiments, the stents may be treatment stents configured to treat a portion of the body lumen. The elongate tubular member may be deployed within the body lumen such that the flexible membrane aligns with and moves in coordination with the sphincter, thereby increasing retention forces acting upon the elongate tubular member when the sphincter is closed to minimize treatment stent migration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Daniel Tuck, Martyn G. Folan, Thomas M. Keating, Martin Burke
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Publication number: 20210015598Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to stents, systems, and methods for gastrointestinal treatment. In some embodiments, a stent may include a tubular scaffold having a first end opposite a second end, wherein a lumen extends between the first and second ends. The tubular scaffold may include a flared section and a medial section extending from the flared section, wherein a first diameter of the flared section is greater than a second diameter of the medial section. The stent may further include a liner extending partially along a surface of the tubular scaffold, wherein the liner is spaced from an anchoring region of the flared section to promote tissue ingrowth with the flared section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Jacques Deviere, Nicolas Cauche, Thomas M. Keating, Martin Burke, Daniel Tuck, Cecilia Delattre
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Publication number: 20200324093Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and medical device delivery. In particular, the present disclosure relates to medical devices and delivery systems for positioning and delivering medical devices with an unsupported structure, for example, within a distant and/or tortuous portion of body lumen. For example, a delivery system may position a supported structure of a medical device within a proximal portion of a body lumen and an unsupported structure of the medical device within a distal portion of the body lumen. Examples include delivery systems within an unsupported structure of a medical device to be delivered, wherein a number of balloons are arranged un-inflated within the unsupported, with a distal balloon removably attached to a distal portion of the unsupported structure, and the balloons are inflatable in series to deploy the unsupported structure linearly from the distal end of the delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Geraldine A. Toner, Martyn G. Folan, Daniel Tuck, Thomas M. Keating