Patents by Inventor Edward Biehle

Edward Biehle 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).

  • Publication number: 20230083697
    Abstract: Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exclusion device for an anatomical structure may include a first beam, a second beam, and/or at least one spring operatively coupled to the first beam and the second beam to exert a closing force on the first beam and the second beam and bias the first beam and the second beam in a closing direction. The spring may be operatively coupled to the first beam by a crimp connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynn Ann Recker, Edward Biehle, Frank Fago, Carol Ann Mata
  • Publication number: 20230083170
    Abstract: Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An application instrument for an exclusion device may include an end effector including a head configured to be disposed distally on a shaft, a stationary jaw fixedly disposed on the head and configured to releasably couple to a first clamping portion of an exclusion device, the exclusion device being biased in a closing direction, and a movable jaw movably disposed on the head and configured to releasably couple to a second clamping portion of the exclusion device. The movable jaw may be movable relative to the stationary jaw to reconfigure the exclusion device from a closed configuration to an open configuration. The movable jaw may be oriented generally parallel to the stationary jaw when the exclusion device is in the open configuration and the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Biehle, Frank Fago, Carol Ann Mata, Lynn Ann Recker
  • Publication number: 20220361886
    Abstract: Medical devices and instruments, particularly appliers that may be used to apply occlusion devices such as occlusion clips on anatomical structures, are disclosed. Some example clip appliers may include an activation lever configured to open and close an occlusion clip releasably mounted in an end effector. Some example clip appliers may include a deployment trigger configured to release the occlusion clip from the end effector. Some example clip appliers may include a shaft extending between a handle and the end effector that is rotatable and/or bendable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc
    Inventors: Christopher Widenhouse, Frank Fago, Jonathan McHale, Edward Biehle, Heidi Koett, Erica Schwab
  • Patent number: 11439406
    Abstract: Medical devices and instruments, particularly appliers that may be used to apply occlusion devices such as occlusion clips on anatomical structures, are disclosed. Some example clip appliers may include an activation lever configured to open and close an occlusion clip releasably mounted in an end effector. Some example clip appliers may include a deployment trigger configured to release the occlusion clip from the end effector. Some example clip appliers may include a shaft extending between a handle and the end effector that is rotatable and/or bendable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Widenhouse, Frank Fago, Jonathan McHale, Edward Biehle, Heidi Koett, Erica Schwab
  • Publication number: 20190142428
    Abstract: Medical devices and instruments, particularly appliers that may be used to apply occlusion devices such as occlusion clips on anatomical structures, are disclosed. Some example clip appliers may include an activation lever configured to open and close an occlusion clip releasably mounted in an end effector. Some example clip appliers may include a deployment trigger configured to release the occlusion clip from the end effector. Some example clip appliers may include a shaft extending between a handle and the end effector that is rotatable and/or bendable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc
    Inventors: Christopher Widenhouse, Frank Fago, Jonathan McHale, Edward Biehle, Heidi Koett, Erica Schwab