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).

  • Patent number: 11969189
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon Libarnes, Timothy A. Ostroot, Nicholas Lee Tassoni, Eric Douglas Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20230338704
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan P Foote, Eric Douglas Nygaard, Nicholas Lee Tassoni
  • Publication number: 20210220013
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Ramon Libarnes, Timothy A. Ostroot, Nicholas Lee Tassoni, Eric Douglas Nygaard
  • Publication number: 20210085924
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: KEVIN MCCONNELL, JOHN MCSWEENEY, ERIC DOUGLAS NYGAARD, DANIEL PATRICK SEXTON, NICHOLAS LEE TASSONI