Patents by Inventor Eileen M. Heneberry

Eileen M. Heneberry 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).

  • Devices, systems and methods for closure of cardiac openings
    Patent number: 8361111
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices, systems, and methods for percutaneous closure of cardiac openings and obliteration of the cardiac cul-de-sacs. In one embodiment, a closure device includes a patch with an adhesive and/or a removable frame. The patch may be placed across a cardiac opening, such as a patent foramen ovale, or across a cardiac cul-de-sac, such as a left atrial appendage. In another embodiment, a closure device includes a balloon together with adhesives and/or substances for stimulating tissue growth coated on, or contained within, the balloon. The balloon may be inserted into a cardiac opening, such as the patent foramen ovale, or into a cardiac cul-de-sac, such as a left atrial appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Widomski, Carol A. Devellian, Eileen M. Heneberry, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Robert M. Carr
  • Devices, Systems and Methods for Closure of Cardiac Openings
    Publication number: 20130018414
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices, systems, and methods for percutaneous closure of cardiac openings and obliteration of the cardiac cul-de-sacs. In one embodiment, a closure device includes a patch with an adhesive and/or a removable frame. The patch may be placed across a cardiac opening, such as a patent foramen ovale, or across a cardiac cul-de-sac, such as a left atrial appendage. In another embodiment, a closure device includes a balloon together with adhesives and/or substances for stimulating tissue growth coated on, or contained within, the balloon. The balloon may be inserted into a cardiac opening, such as the patent foramen ovale, or into a cardiac cul-de-sac, such as a left atrial appendage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: David R. Widomski, Carol A. Devellian, Eileen M. Heneberry, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Robert M. Carr
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20120303006
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft, cable control means disposed between the movable members, an actuation member at the handle for controlling the distal tool through the movable members, and a coupler for selectively engaging or disengaging separable cable segments of the actuation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Woojin Lee, Andres Chamorro, Richard Ross, Marvin A. Guiles, Eileen M. Heneberry, James C. Hollenbeck
  • Devices, systems, and methods for closure of cardiac openings
    Patent number: 8262694
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices, systems, and methods for percutaneous closure of cardiac openings and obliteration of the cardiac cul-de-sacs. In one embodiment, a closure device includes a patch with an adhesive and/or a removable frame. The patch may be placed across a cardiac opening, such as a patent foramen ovale, or across a cardiac cul-de-sac, such as a left atrial appendage. In another embodiment, a closure device includes a balloon together with adhesives and/or substances for stimulating tissue growth coated on, or contained within, the balloon. The balloon may be inserted into a cardiac opening, such as the patent foramen ovale, or into a cardiac cul-de-sac, such as a left atrial appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Widomski, Carol A. Devellian, Eileen M. Heneberry, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Robert M. Carr
  • Surgical instrument
    Patent number: 8257386
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft, cable control means disposed between the movable members, an actuation member at the handle for controlling the distal tool through the movable members, and a coupler for selectively engaging or disengaging separable cable segments of the actuation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Cambridge Endoscopic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Woojin Lee, Andres Chamorro, Richard Ross, Marvin A. Guiles, Eileen M. Heneberry, James C. Hollenbeck
  • Surgical instrument
    Publication number: 20090069842
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft, cable control means disposed between the movable members, an actuation member at the handle for controlling the distal tool through the movable members, and a coupler for selectively engaging or disengaging separable cable segments of the actuation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Woojin Lee, Andres Chamorro, Richard Ross, Marvin A. Guiles, Eileen M. Heneberry, James C. Hollenbeck