Patents by Inventor Gilbert Clarke

Gilbert Clarke 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: 11633189
    Abstract: Implantable therapeutic devices and methods for endovascular placement of devices at a target site, such an opening at a neck of an aneurysm, are disclosed. Selected embodiments of the present technology have closures that at least partially occlude the neck of an aneurysm to stabilize embolic or coagulative treatment of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Gilbert Clarke, Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Masoud Molaei
  • Publication number: 20220079601
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Brent GERBERDING, Robert M. ABRAMS, Gilbert CLARKE
  • Patent number: 11185333
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Gilbert Clarke
  • Publication number: 20200046361
    Abstract: An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Pulsar Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph ESKRIDGE, Gilbert CLARKE, Matthew PEASE, Gregory Marlin MAST, John Conrad MUSKIVITCH
  • Patent number: 10499927
    Abstract: An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques, and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Eskridge, Gilbert Clarke, Matthew Pease, Gregory Martin Mast, John Conrad Muskivitch
  • Publication number: 20190336134
    Abstract: Implantable therapeutic devices and methods for endovascular placement of devices at a target site, such an opening at a neck of an aneurysm, are disclosed. Selected embodiments of the present technology have closures that at least partially occlude the neck of an aneurysm to stabilize embolic or coagulative treatment of the aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Gilbert Clarke, Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Masoud Molaei
  • Publication number: 20190223880
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Brent GERBERDING, Robert M. ABRAMS, Gilbert CLARKE
  • Patent number: 10335153
    Abstract: Implantable therapeutic devices and methods for endovascular placement of devices at a target site, such an opening at a neck of an aneurysm, are disclosed. Selected embodiments of the present technology have closures that at least partially occlude the neck of an aneurysm to stabilize embolic or coagulative treatment of the aneurysm. In one embodiment, for example, an aneurysm closure device comprises a closure structure and a supplemental stabilizer. The closure structure can have a curved portion configured to extend along a first vessel, such as a side branch of a bifurcated vessel that extends along a lateral axis. The supplemental stabilizer extends from the closure structure along a longitudinal axis transverse to the lateral axis of the first vessel. The supplemental stabilizer is configured to exert an outward force against a second vessel, such as a parent vessel, that extends transversely to the first vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Gilbert Clarke, Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Masoud Molaei
  • Patent number: 10285709
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Pulsar Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Gilbert Clarke
  • Publication number: 20170273688
    Abstract: An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques, and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Eskridge, Gilbert Clarke, Matthew Pease, Gregory Martin Mast, John Conrad Muskivitch
  • Patent number: 9615831
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Gilbert Clarke
  • Patent number: 9510835
    Abstract: An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques, and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Pulsar Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Eskridge, Gilbert Clarke, Matthew Pease, Gregory Martin Mast, John Conrad Muskivitch
  • Publication number: 20160262765
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Brent GERBERDING, Robert M. ABRAMS, Gilbert CLARKE
  • Publication number: 20160249936
    Abstract: Implantable therapeutic devices and methods for endovascular placement of devices at a target site, such an opening at a neck of an aneurysm, are disclosed. Selected embodiments of the present technology have closures that at least partially occlude the neck of an aneurysm to stabilize embolic or coagulative treatment of the aneurysm. In one embodiment, for example, an aneurysm closure device comprises a closure structure and a supplemental stabilizer. The closure structure can have a curved portion configured to extend along a first vessel, such as a side branch of a bifurcated vessel that extends along a lateral axis. The supplemental stabilizer extends from the closure structure along a longitudinal axis transverse to the lateral axis of the first vessel. The supplemental stabilizer is configured to exert an outward force against a second vessel, such as a parent vessel, that extends transversely to the first vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Gilbert Clarke, Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Masoud Molaei
  • Patent number: 9277924
    Abstract: Implantable therapeutic devices and methods for endovascular placement of devices at a target site, such an opening at a neck of an aneurysm, are disclosed. Selected embodiments of the present technology have closures (102) that at least partially occlude the neck of an aneurysm to stabilize embolic or coagulative treatment of the aneurysm. In one embodiment, for example, an aneurysm closure device comprises a closure structure (102) and a supplemental stabilizer (103). The closure structure can have a curved portion configured to extend along a first vessel, such as a side branch of a bifurcated vessel that extends along a lateral axis (T). The supplemental stabilizer extends from the closure structure along a longitudinal axis (L) transverse to the lateral axis of the first vessel. The supplemental stabilizer is configured to exert an outward force against a second vessel, such as a parent vessel, that extends transversely to the first vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Pulsar Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilbert Clarke, Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Masoud Molaei
  • Publication number: 20150216687
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Gilbert Clarke
  • Patent number: 8979893
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Pulsar Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Gilbert Clarke
  • Publication number: 20140142608
    Abstract: An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques, and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: PULSAR VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Eskridge, Gilbert Clarke, Matthew Pease, Gregory Martin Mast, John Conrad Muskivitch
  • Publication number: 20130268046
    Abstract: Implantable devices for placement at a cavity or opening such as an aneurysm are disclosed. The implantable devices, in a deployed condition, have a generally inverted U-shaped profile with a curved or angled framework support structure sized and configured for placement in proximity to tissue surrounding the opening and anchoring legs extending proximally from the framework structure sized and configured to contact the wall of a neighboring lumen at opposed locations. Occlusive and semi-occlusive membranes may be associated with the framework support structure and deployed over the opening to provide exclusion of the opening and flow diversion. Proximal anchoring segments providing additional lumen wall surface area contact for the implantable device following deployment may be incorporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Brent Gerberding, Robert M. Abrams, Gilbert Clarke
  • Patent number: 8551132
    Abstract: An implantable closure structure is delivered using minimally invasive techniques, and inhibits the migration of liquid and particulate matter from inside a physiological cavity or opening, such as an aneurysm or a septal defect, as well as inhibiting the flow of liquid and particulate matter, such as from an associated blood vessel or chamber, into the physiological cavity or opening. The device has a closure structure that covers the neck or opening of a cavity and has one or more anchoring structures for supporting and retaining the closure structure in place across the cavity or opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Pulsar Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Eskridge, Gilbert Clarke, Matthew Pease, Gregory Martin Mast, John Conrad Muskivitch