Patents by Inventor Frederick L. Coe
Frederick L. Coe 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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Patent number: 9125726Abstract: A mechanism for removing a fluid-filled object from a patient. The apparatus includes a deflation tube with a puncture member at one end of the tube for piercing a hole in the object wall. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism slidable within the deflation tube lumen. The retrieval mechanism includes an expansion element that is expandable when positioned within the object from a first configuration with a dimension less than that of the deflation tube lumen to a second or deployed configuration with a dimension that is greater than an outer dimension of the puncture member. The expansion element contacts an inner surface of the inflatable object as the deflation tube and retrieval mechanism are withdrawn from the body cavity. The expansion element may be a T-bar, a foldable anchor, an inflatable member, or another expandable form.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140350563Abstract: A mechanism for removing a fluid-filled object from a patient. The apparatus includes a deflation tube with a puncture member at one end of the tube for piercing a hole in the object wall. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism slidable within the deflation tube lumen. The retrieval mechanism includes an expansion element that is expandable when positioned within the object from a first configuration with a dimension less than that of the deflation tube lumen to a second or deployed configuration with a dimension that is greater than an outer dimension of the puncture member. The expansion element contacts an inner surface of the inflatable object as the deflation tube and retrieval mechanism are withdrawn from the body cavity. The expansion element may be a T-bar, a foldable anchor, an inflatable member, or another expandable form.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, JR.
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Patent number: 8845513Abstract: A remotely controllable gastric banding device (10) for placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity. The device (10) comprises a gastric band (10) having an inflatable chamber (16) for adjusting the inner circumference of the band (10), a pressurized reservoir (20) with a valve (31) for providing fluid to inflate the inflation chamber (16), a valve (32) for releasing fluid from the inflatable chamber (16), and a controller (41) for controlling the valves (31, 32). The controller (41) is remotely controllable from outside the patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Inventor: Frederick L. Coe
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Patent number: 8753369Abstract: A mechanism for removing a fluid-filled object from a patient. The apparatus includes a deflation tube with a puncture member at one end of the tube for piercing a hole in the object wall. The apparatus includes a retrieval mechanism slidable within the deflation tube lumen. The retrieval mechanism includes an expansion element that is expandable when positioned within the object from a first configuration with a dimension less than that of the deflation tube lumen to a second or deployed configuration with a dimension that is greater than an outer dimension of the puncture member. The expansion element contacts an inner surface of the inflatable object as the deflation tube and retrieval mechanism are withdrawn from the body cavity. The expansion element may be a T-bar, a foldable anchor, an inflatable member, or another expandable form.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Inventors: Diego Murature, Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, Jr.
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Patent number: 8496614Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, Jr.
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Patent number: 8409203Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices such as injection port systems. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 8317761Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around fit which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Publication number: 20120215062Abstract: A remotely controllable gastric banding device (10) for placement around the stomach of a patient for the treatment of obesity. The device (10) comprises a gastric band (10) having an inflatable chamber (16) for adjusting the inner circumference of the band (10), a pressurized reservoir (20) with a valve (31) for providing fluid to inflate the inflation chamber (16), a valve (32) for releasing fluid from the inflatable chamber (16), and a controller (41) for controlling the valves (31, 32). The controller (41) is remotely controllable from outside the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.Inventor: Frederick L. Coe
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Patent number: 8236023Abstract: A gastric balloon and method of adding and removing fluid therefrom are disclosed. The gastric balloon includes a shell, a receiver, and a retractable tubing housed in the receiver and extendable from the stomach of a patient to the mouth of the patient. The shell is inflated and deflated from outside the body of the patient. The method of adding or removing fluid from the implanted gastric balloon includes steps of inserting a gastroscopic tool into the stomach of a patient and grasping an end of a retractable tubing housed in a receiver of the gastric balloon. Further steps of the method include withdrawing at least a portion of the retractable tubing from the stomach and out of a patient's mouth and adding or removing fluid from the gastric balloon via the retractable tubing withdrawn from the patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2004Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel Birk, Frederick L. Coe
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Patent number: 8079989Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices such as injection port systems. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Publication number: 20110245595Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around fit which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 8007465Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 8007479Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 7972315Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around fit which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 7947011Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 7901381Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, Jr.
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Patent number: 7892200Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Publication number: 20100286649Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.Inventors: Janel Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, JR.
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Patent number: 7811275Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt
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Patent number: 7762998Abstract: A surgical fastening system for implantable devices is disclosed. The implantable device may contain a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, may have a housing fitted over or around it which contains a plurality of fasteners in pre-deployment position, or may be a part of a two-part system into which it fits. Accordingly, the present invention also encompasses a deployment system or tool that optionally positions the implantable device, and which causes the fasteners to move into post-deployment position. The fasteners may be staples, metal loops, coils, springs or hooks formed of biocompatible materials, including shape memory alloys such as NiTi.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Allergan, Inc.Inventors: Janel Birk, Frederick L. Coe, Robert E. Hoyt, Jr.