Patents by Inventor Edward E. Shaw

Edward E. Shaw 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).

  • Patent number: 11298218
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward an embolic filter system. The embolic filter system generally includes a filter and an elongated element. In some examples, the elongate element extends to a position distal to a proximal end of the filter and operates to protect against medical devices entangling with the filter. In some examples, the elongate element is soft and compliant and operates with a hemostatic seal to provide for a hemostatic seal within a lumen of the elongate element while maintaining the lumen as a working lumen through which medical devices can be passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Montgomery, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20220088362
    Abstract: Various concepts relate to treatment systems for medical devices delivered into patients in medical procedures. The treatment system may include a proximal valve configured to receive the endoluminal device, an optional distal valve configured to receive the endoluminal device, and a treatment chamber configured to receive a portion of the endoluminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: James L. Goepfrich, Thomas E. Kariniemi, William D. Montgomery, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20220071786
    Abstract: A medical fixation device having a device attachment portion, a compression bearing portion and a barb portion. The barb portion is separated from a device constraining means by the incorporation of the compression bearing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20220054143
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems as relating to occlusion. In certain instances, the apparatuses, methods, and systems may include a device for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body. The device may include a unitary frame having a face portion that includes a center frame portion a plurality of elongate members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Charles J. Center, Aaron D. Fox, Nathan C. Korey, Edward E. Shaw, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
  • Publication number: 20220000600
    Abstract: Described embodiments are directed toward an embolic filter system. The embolic filter system generally includes a filter and an elongated element that can be articulated relative to one another. In some examples, the filter includes an articulation element that facilitates articulation between a proximal and distal end of the filter. In some examples, an articulation element is positioned between the filter and the elongate element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: William D. Montgomery, Edward E. Shaw
  • Patent number: 11202717
    Abstract: A medical fixation device having a device attachment portion, a compression bearing portion and a barb portion. The barb portion is separated from a device constraining means by the incorporation of the compression bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward E. Shaw
  • Patent number: 11129622
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems as relating to occlusion. In certain instances, the apparatuses, methods, and systems may include a device for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body. The device may include a unitary frame having a face portion that includes a center frame portion a plurality of elongate members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Center, Aaron D. Fox, Nathan C. Korey, Edward E. Shaw, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
  • Publication number: 20210290356
    Abstract: An implantable medical device for altering blood flow in a vessel of a patient, the device including a stent element and a graft component attached to at least a portion of the stent element. The stent element and the graft component include a restricting portion configured to direct flow into one or more side branches off the vessel, and an anchor portion to arrange an inlet of the restricting portion approximately centrally within the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: John M. Brinkmann, Kevin K. Coffman, Edward H. Cully, Joel Dugdale, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Paul D. Goodman, Dorthyann I. Johnson, Tom R. McDaniel, Eric A. Mokelke, Edward E. Shaw, Mark E. Trokanski, Michael J. Vonesh
  • Publication number: 20210290214
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel S. Cole, Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw, Benjamin A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20210186555
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a device comprising a balloon assembly including a balloon, a film template, and a rigid element. The film template may have a fixed upper distension limit and may include at least one aperture. The rigid element may lay substantially flush with an outer surface of the balloon at a first inflated state of the balloon. The first upper distension limit of the balloon may be greater than the fixed upper distension limit of the film template and the balloon may outwardly protrude through the at least one aperture at a second inflated state. The rigid element may be extended in a radial direction away from the outer surface of the balloon as the balloon outwardly protrudes through the at least one aperture relative to the outer surface of the film template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: John E. Bacino, Carey V. Campbell, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Douglas S. Paget, John M. Squeri, Benjamin M. Trapp, Michael J. Vonesh, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20210170146
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise occlusion and drug delivery devices and methods. One aspect of the disclosure comprises a drug delivery device comprising an inner expansion member and an outer drug delivery component. Another aspect of the disclosure comprises bioabsorbable, lumen-occluding implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Douglas S. Paget, Rachel Radspinner, Edward E. Shaw, Michael J. Vonesh
  • Patent number: 10926064
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise occlusion and drug delivery devices and methods. One aspect of the disclosure comprises a drug delivery device comprising an inner expansion member and an outer drug delivery component. Another aspect of the disclosure comprises bioabsorbable, lumen-occluding implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Douglas S. Paget, Rachel Radspinner, Edward E. Shaw, Michael J. Vonesh
  • Publication number: 20210038230
    Abstract: An occlusive device includes a frame element having a distal end and a proximal end, and a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. The occlusive device also includes an occlusive face having a peripheral edge, where the occlusive face positioned toward the proximal end of the frame element. The occlusive device also includes at least one anchor positioned at the peripheral edge of the occlusive face, where the at least one anchor extends at an acute angle to the peripheral edge of the occlusive face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Coby C. Larsen, Steven J. Masters, Edward E. Shaw
  • Patent number: 10881426
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a device comprising a balloon assembly including a balloon, a film template, and a rigid element. The film template may have a fixed upper distension limit and may include at least one aperture. The rigid element may lay substantially flush with an outer surface of the balloon at a first inflated state of the balloon. The first upper distension limit of the balloon may be greater than the fixed upper distension limit of the film template and the balloon may outwardly protrude through the at least one aperture at a second inflated state. The rigid element may be extended in a radial direction away from the outer surface of the balloon as the balloon outwardly protrudes through the at least one aperture relative to the outer surface of the film template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Bacino, Carey V. Campbell, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Douglas S. Paget, John M. Squeri, Benjamin M. Trapp, Michael J. Vonesh, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200237542
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery profile for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant may be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate configuration having a diameter larger than the delivery profile and smaller than the deployment diameter. The sleeves may be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant may comprise a number of side branch fenestrations or fenestratable portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200229924
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a plurality of absorbable filaments arranged in a support structure and configured degrade within a defined time period and a membrane arranged about the plurality of absorbable filaments and configured to contain fragments of the plurality of absorbable filaments in response to a fracture or degradation of a filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Michael C. Chan, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Byron K. Hayes, Samuel Joynson, Tom R. McDaniel, David J. Messick, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200188145
    Abstract: A medical fixation device having a device attachment portion, a compression bearing portion and a barb portion. The barb portion is separated from a device constraining means by the incorporation of the compression bearing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200179663
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame portion, a second frame portion arranged within the first frame portion and a plurality of diverging elements connecting the first frame portion to the second frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200163751
    Abstract: A device for treating disease along a main vessel and at least one branch vessel extending from the main vessel includes a branch member for deployment in the branch vessel, the branch member having a branch lumen; and a main body for deployment in the main vessel. The main body has a generally tubular wall extending generally longitudinally between opposite first and second ends. The wall has an internal surface defining a main lumen and an opposite outer surface. The wall has a recessed portion that is recessed relative to the outer surface of the wall and positioned between the first and second ends of the main body. The main body has an opening formed in the recessed portion of the wall for receiving the branch member therethrough such that the branch lumen is in fluid communication with the main lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Dake, Joshua J. Lovekamp, Michael C. Nilson, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200139032
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward implantable medical devices, systems, and methods for cardiac assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Scott M. Bryson, Dustin C. Burkart, Zachary A. Crannell, Joshua D. Cross, Robert M. Depue, James L. Goepfrich, Paul D. Goodman, Brandon C. Hedberg, Jason D. Hemmer, Jeffrey Kennington, Elton R. Migliati, Bryan Reep, Edward E. Shaw, James D. Silverman, Richard D. Strones