Patents by Inventor Derek Dee Deville
Derek Dee Deville 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: 12364596Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve can comprise a stent frame radially movable between a contracted configuration and a maximum expanded configuration. The stent assembly can comprise a plurality of longitudinally extending jack strut assemblies, wherein each jack strut assembly comprises a proximal jack strut comprising a distal surface, a distal jack strut comprising a proximal surface, and a jack screw connecting the proximal jack strut and the distal jack strut. The proximal surface of each distal jack strut does not contact the distal surface of each respective proximal jack strut when the stent assembly is in the contracted configuration. The proximal surface of each distal jack strut contacts the distal surface of each respective proximal jack strut when the stent assembly is in the maximum expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLCInventors: Richard George Cartledge, Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Derek Dee Deville, Korey Kline, Max Pierre Mendez, Matthew A. Palmer, Michael Walter Kirk, Carlos Rivera, Eric Petersen, M. Sean McBrayer
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Publication number: 20250221715Abstract: A recapturable external LAA exclusion clip system includes a clip including first and second clip struts, at least one of the struts having a connector interface including a first portion of a lock, and a delivery device including a handle and an end effector. The handle includes jaw and lock controls. The end effector is connected to the handle and includes a clevis and first and second jaws connected to the clevis and operatively connected to the jaw control to actively articulate at least one of the jaws with respect to the other. At least one of the jaws has a connector including a second portion of the lock operatively connected to the lock control to removably lock with the first portion of the lock. The first and second portions of the lock have a locked state that is unlockable upon actuation of the lock control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, JR., M. Sean McBrayer, William T. Bales, Michael Walter Kirk, William Ragheb, Eric Petersen, Carlos Rivera, Vincent Turturro
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Publication number: 20250143726Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Publication number: 20250143724Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Carlos Rivera
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Publication number: 20250143725Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Publication number: 20250099117Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Carlos Rivera
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Patent number: 12251097Abstract: A multiple-firing clip device includes a hollow shaft defining a lateral opening communicating with an environment and a distal shaft portion between the lateral opening and a distal end opening. A shuttle longitudinally moves on the shaft and comprises a shuttle body defining a lumen surrounding the shaft, a snare, and a snare-extender slide defining a snare track to form a snare travel path in which the snare is disposed from the body and through the track and a portion of the body. The slide moves along a given extent defining a slide distance and a distal end and movement of the slide to the distal end shortens the snare travel path to extend the snare portion through the lateral opening, through the distal shaft portion, and distally out from a distal side of the body longer than the given extent to secure a suture with the snare.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AGInventors: Derek Dee Deville, Kevin W. Smith, Michael Walter Kirk, Carlos Rivera, George Nunez, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Korey Kline, Matthew A. Palmer, M. Sean McBrayer, Richard George Cartledge, Max Pierre Mendez, Kevin K. Dang, Bryan A. Janish, Manouchehr A. Miraki
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Patent number: 12185959Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: RapidPulse, Inc.Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Patent number: 12171438Abstract: A recapturable external LAA exclusion clip system includes a clip comprising first and second clip struts, at least one of the struts having a connector interface comprising a first portion of a lock, and a delivery device comprising a handle and an end effector. The handle comprises jaw and lock controls. The end effector is connected to the handle and comprises a clevis and first and second jaws. The jaws are connected to the clevis and operatively connected to the jaw control to actively articulate at least one of the jaws with respect to the other. At least one of the jaws has a connector comprising a second portion of the lock operatively connected to the lock control to removably lock with the first portion of the lock. The first and second portions of the lock have a locked state and are configured to unlock the locked state upon actuation of the lock control.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., M. Sean McBrayer, William T. Bales, Michael Walter Kirk, William Ragheb, Eric Petersen, Carlos Rivera, Vincent Turturro
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Patent number: 12096933Abstract: A surgical instrument comprised of an end effector having two opposing tissue-compression surfaces, wherein at least one of the tissue-compressing surfaces is movable with respect to the other of the tissue-compressing surfaces, and a handle connected to the end effector. The handle comprises a power source, an electric motor supplied with power from the power source, and a closure assembly comprising a drive part that is selectively moved by the motor along a drive-part axis and is operatively connected to the end effector such that, when the motor is supplied with power, the drive part advances the movable tissue-compressing surface towards the opposing tissue-compressing surface at a differential rate of speed dependent upon a position of the drive part along the drive-part axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Cllag GmbH InternationalInventors: Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Derek Dee Deville, Carlos Rivera, Matthew A. Palmer
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Patent number: 12082830Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: RapidPulse, Inc.Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Patent number: 12059161Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: RapidPulse, Inc.Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Patent number: 12059150Abstract: A method for operating a medical device, comprising: (1) providing a surgical end effector at a distal end of an instrument shaft and a rotating actuator at a proximal end of the instrument shaft, and (2) operating the rotating actuator to perform at least one of actuating the surgical end effector by sliding the rotating actuator in a proximal direction and rotating the surgical end effector with respect to the instrument shaft and about a shaft axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Kevin W. Smith, Matthew A. Palmer, Korey Kline, Derek Dee Deville
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Publication number: 20240245414Abstract: An aspiration thrombectomy system includes a thrombectomy catheter assembly that maintains pulsatile energy of cyclic aspiration while the catheter is occluded. A system configuration includes a catheter, vacuum and vent fluid sources respectively connected to vacuum and vent valves, a vent catheter valve connecting a catheter lumen to the vent fluid source, a manifold connected to the catheter and vacuum and vent valves, a pressure sensor upstream of the vacuum valve, and a controller configured to operate the vacuum, vent, and vent catheter valves, receive sensor pressure data, control the vent catheter valve dependent upon the data. Determination can be upon decrease of pressure waveform amplitude. An operable lumen of the system includes a volume of the catheter lumen and an interior of the manifold up to an input of the vacuum valve input and an output of the vent valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Alejandro N. Calderon, Matthew A. Palmer, Derek Dee Deville, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Carlos Rivera, Carlos Rivera, III
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Patent number: 12004757Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: RapidPulse, Inc.Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Patent number: 11974745Abstract: A surgical instrument that comprises a surgical end effector, a handle that is connected to the surgical end effector and has a controller, and an interchangeable part removably connected to the surgical end effector and having an encryption device in electrical communication with the controller. The encryption device is programmed to authenticate the interchangeable part when the interchangeable part is at the surgical end effector.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: CILAG GmbH InternationalInventors: Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Derek Dee Deville, Carlos Rivera, Matthew A. Palmer
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Patent number: 11918240Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: RapidPulse, Inc.Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Carlos Rivera
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Publication number: 20240041470Abstract: A recapturable external LAA exclusion clip system includes a clip comprising first and second clip struts, at least one of the struts having a connector interface comprising a first portion of a lock, and a delivery device comprising a handle and an end effector. The handle comprises jaw and lock controls. The end effector is connected to the handle and comprises a clevis and first and second jaws. The jaws are connected to the clevis and operatively connected to the jaw control to actively articulate at least one of the jaws with respect to the other. At least one of the jaws has a connector comprising a second portion of the lock operatively connected to the lock control to removably lock with the first portion of the lock. The first and second portions of the lock have a locked state and are configured to unlock the locked state upon actuation of the lock control.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, JR., M. Sean McBrayer, William T. Bales, Michael Walter Kirk, William Ragheb, Eric Petersen, Carlos Rivera, Vincent Turturro
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Patent number: 11877742Abstract: A compression-self-adjusting staple that comprises a substantially U-shaped staple having a bridge, two legs extending from the bridge at an angle thereto, and a compression device. The compression device is at least partly disposed between the legs and has a bias portion with a compression surface that is movably disposed between the legs and a compression resistor. The compression resistor is connected to the bridge and to the compression surface and is formed into a plurality of bends that resist movement of the compression surface towards the bridge with a pre-set compressive force.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Kevin W. Smith, Matthew A. Palmer, Korey Kline, Derek Dee Deville
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Publication number: 20240000468Abstract: A clot removal system comprises a catheter, a vacuum source, and a controller. The catheter comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and controller operating parameters and defines a lumen configured to be filled with a liquid column having a proximal portion. The vacuum source is configured to supply vacuum. The controller is configured to carry out a control pattern of turning on and off the vacuum based upon the controller operating parameters and is configured to receive the controller operating parameters in an automatic response to the catheter being operatively connected to at least one of the vacuum source and the controller and, responsive to the connection, to carry out the control pattern to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Derek Dee Deville, Matthew A. Palmer, William T. Bales, M. Sean McBrayer, Eric Petersen, Richard Cartledge, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Carlos Rivera