Patents by Inventor ERIC DOUGLAS NYGAARD
ERIC DOUGLAS NYGAARD 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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Publication number: 20260000868Abstract: A medical device system may include a sheath, a pusher wire, and a locking element. The pusher wire may be slidably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The locking element may have a proximal end, a distal end, an intermediate region disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The locking element may have a first inner diameter adjacent to the distal end and a second inner diameter adjacent to the proximal end, the second inner diameter smaller than the first outer diameter. The distal end region of the locking element may be configured to freely slide over the sheath and when a proximal end region of the locking element is disposed over the sheath, the locking element may be configured to depress the sheath radially inwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2025Publication date: January 1, 2026Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: KEVIN MCCONNELL, JOHN MCSWEENEY, ERIC DOUGLAS NYGAARD, DANIEL PATRICK SEXTON, NICHOLAS LEE TASSONI
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Patent number: 12409301Abstract: A medical device system may include a sheath, a pusher wire, and a locking element. The pusher wire may be slidably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The locking element may have a proximal end, a distal end, an intermediate region disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The locking element may have a first inner diameter adjacent to the distal end and a second inner diameter adjacent to the proximal end, the second inner diameter smaller than the first outer diameter. The distal end region of the locking element may be configured to freely slide over the sheath and when a proximal end region of the locking element is disposed over the sheath, the locking element may be configured to depress the sheath radially inwards.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Kevin McConnell, John McSweeney, Eric Douglas Nygaard, Daniel Patrick Sexton, Nicholas Lee Tassoni
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Patent number: 11969189Abstract: A medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a proximal release wire, and a distal release wire. The proximal release wire may extend distally from a proximal end configured to remain outside the body to a distal end and may be slidably disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft. The proximal release wire may include a distal stopper coupled to the distal end thereof. The distal release wire may extend distally from a proximal end to a distal end and may be slidably disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft. The proximal end of the distal release wire may be slidably coupled to the distal end of the proximal release wire. The distal release wire may be configured to releasably attach a medical device to the distal end of the elongate shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ramon Libarnes, Timothy A. Ostroot, Nicholas Lee Tassoni, Eric Douglas Nygaard
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Publication number: 20230338704Abstract: A medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a lumen extending from a proximal end of the elongate shaft to a distal end of the elongate shaft, a medical device disposed proximate the distal end of the elongate shaft, a release wire disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft, wherein the release wire releasably secures the medical device to the distal end of the elongate shaft, a securement member fixedly attached to the proximal end of the elongate shaft and to a proximal end of the release wire, and a microcatheter configured to deliver the medical device to a treatment site, the elongate shaft and the medical device being slidably disposed within a lumen of the microcatheter. A proximal portion of the securement member may be configured to disengage from a distal portion of the securement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Ryan P Foote, Eric Douglas Nygaard, Nicholas Lee Tassoni
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Publication number: 20210220013Abstract: A medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a proximal release wire, and a distal release wire. The proximal release wire may extend distally from a proximal end configured to remain outside the body to a distal end and may be slidably disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft. The proximal release wire may include a distal stopper coupled to the distal end thereof. The distal release wire may extend distally from a proximal end to a distal end and may be slidably disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft. The proximal end of the distal release wire may be slidably coupled to the distal end of the proximal release wire. The distal release wire may be configured to releasably attach a medical device to the distal end of the elongate shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Ramon Libarnes, Timothy A. Ostroot, Nicholas Lee Tassoni, Eric Douglas Nygaard
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Publication number: 20210085924Abstract: A medical device system may include a sheath, a pusher wire, and a locking element. The pusher wire may be slidably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The locking element may have a proximal end, a distal end, an intermediate region disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The locking element may have a first inner diameter adjacent to the distal end and a second inner diameter adjacent to the proximal end, the second inner diameter smaller than the first outer diameter. The distal end region of the locking element may be configured to freely slide over the sheath and when a proximal end region of the locking element is disposed over the sheath, the locking element may be configured to depress the sheath radially inwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: KEVIN MCCONNELL, JOHN MCSWEENEY, ERIC DOUGLAS NYGAARD, DANIEL PATRICK SEXTON, NICHOLAS LEE TASSONI