Patents by Inventor Gary B. McAlister
Gary B. McAlister 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: 20210093312Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Patent number: 10835231Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SÀRLInventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20180042600Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Patent number: 9833229Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SÀRLInventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20150297214Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Patent number: 9095331Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SÀRLInventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Patent number: 8646674Abstract: A surgical stapler includes first and second tissue clamping members and a knife member. The first tissue clamping member is configured to receive a plurality of staples. The second tissue clamping member comprises an anvil configured to form the staples. A tissue treatment member is positionable between the first and second tissue clamping members. The tissue treatment member comprises a rupturable pouch or baffle that is configured to receive a medical fluid including at least one tissue cell. The tissue treatment member may have a spiral shape, an annular disc shape, or an elongate sleeve shape. The tissue treatment member may also include outwardly extending tabs. The tissue treatment member may also include an injection port. In use, the staples and/or the knife pierce the tissue treatment member to release at least a portion of the medical fluid held by the tissue treatment member.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: John B. Schulte, Rebecca J. Mollere, Patrick D. Dugan, Michael D. Cronin, Jerome R. Morgan, Stuart K. Morgan, Gary B. McAlister, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Stephen J. Balek, Joseph P. Schowalter, David A. Witt, Prasanna Malaviya, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 8486155Abstract: A surgical device is operable to coextrude a multilayered biocompatible tissue repair plug in situ within a lumen in a patient. The device comprises a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, a plurality of conduits extending through the shaft, a plurality of media chambers, and an actuator. At least one of the media chambers contains a suspension of at least one tissue fragment having at least one viable cell in a biocompatible carrier. The actuator is operable to cause media in each of the chambers to be urged through, and expelled from the orifice of, the conduit in communication therewith. The orifices are located at the distal end of the shaft such that media from the media chambers may be ejected into a lumen in a patient in order to form a multilayered biocompatible tissue repair plug in situ. The conduits and their orifices are all coaxially aligned.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Gary B. McAlister, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Stephen J. Balek, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 8221434Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit, a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20120179199Abstract: An adjustable anchor system provides for securing tissue to bone and includes an anchor with a collapsible suture loop affixed thereto and a tissue suture connected to the collapsible suture loop. After the tissue suture is loaded into the tissue and the anchor implanted into the bone the collapsible loop is collapsed to tension the tissue suture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: DePuy Mitek, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Hernandez, Mehmet Ziya Sengun, Gerome Miller, Gregory R. Whittaker, Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20120083840Abstract: A suture anchor comprises an anchor body having a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis and bone engaging external threads oriented for rotation about the longitudinal axis. A longitudinal axial bore extends into the body from its proximal end and at least one lateral passage passes from the axial bore outwardly through the body. A suture attachment element disposed within the axial bore has at least one protruding member having a first position disposed within the axial bore and a second position protruding outwardly from the anchor body through the at least one lateral passage. The protruding member inhibits rotation of the suture anchor body within the bone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: DEPUY MITEK, INC.Inventors: Kristian DiMatteo, Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20110282382Abstract: A surgical device is operable to coextrude a multilayered biocompatible tissue repair plug in situ within a lumen in a patient. The device comprises a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, a plurality of conduits extending through the shaft, a plurality of media chambers, and an actuator. At least one of the media chambers contains a suspension of at least one tissue fragment having at least one viable cell in a biocompatible carrier. The actuator is operable to cause media in each of the chambers to be urged through, and expelled from the orifice of, the conduit in communication therewith. The orifices are located at the distal end of the shaft such that media from the media chambers may be ejected into a lumen in a patient in order to form a multilayered biocompatible tissue repair plug in situ. The conduits and their orifices are all coaxially aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Gary B. McAlister, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Stephen J. Balek, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20110282446Abstract: A surgical stapler includes first and second tissue clamping members and a knife member. The first tissue clamping member is configured to receive a plurality of staples. The second tissue clamping member comprises an anvil configured to form the staples. A tissue treatment member is positionable between the first and second tissue clamping members. The tissue treatment member comprises a rupturable pouch or baffle that is configured to receive a medical fluid including at least one tissue cell. The tissue treatment member may have a spiral shape, an annular disc shape, or an elongate sleeve shape. The tissue treatment member may also include outwardly extending tabs. The tissue treatment member may also include an injection port. In use, the staples and/or the knife pierce the tissue treatment member to release at least a portion of the medical fluid held by the tissue treatment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: John B. Schulte, Rebecca J. Mollere, Patrick D. Dugan, Michael D. Cronin, Jerome R. Morgan, Stuart K. Morgan, Gary B. McAlister, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Stephen J. Balek, Joseph P. Schowalter, David A. Witt, Prasanna Malaviya, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Publication number: 20110202066Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit, a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Patent number: 7972343Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2004Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20110009876Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit, a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Patent number: 6814740Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20040068271Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit, a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20030105472Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2003Publication date: June 5, 2003Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister
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Publication number: 20020165557Abstract: A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy to a superelastic material to improve durability of the device. Because precursor alloys exhibit a linear stress-strain relationship and a yield point associated with a relatively high stress level, the device transfers greater stresses before experiencing deformation. Thus, greater crushing forces can be achieved using a device of this type. These crushing forces may be needed when the foreign object is too large to remove intact. This property also facilitates the device in dilating ducts to retrieve foreign objects. Using the precursor alloy additionally eliminates the need for heat treatment of the cables used in constructing the device. A retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable also is less susceptible to permanent deformation and unwinding during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Applicant: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: Gary B. McAlister