Patents by Inventor Greg A. Walters
Greg A. Walters 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: 12089828Abstract: An aortic closure device for trans-caval procedures having a deployment assembly having a housing, a release tube, and a delivery tube disposed within the release tube, a tamper disposed within the delivery tube, a sealing element, a suture assembly, and an actuator.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LLCInventors: Greg A. Walters, Nathaniel Haim Maor, Joseph Todd Grintz, Donald Richard Arnold, Francois Jouin
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Publication number: 20240293117Abstract: A releasable elongated assembly includes a release member having a length and an opening that extends along the length. The releasable elongated assembly includes a first elongated element having a first coupling member disposed in the opening and a second elongated element having a second coupling member disposed in the opening opposite the first coupling member along the length. The first and second elongated elements are interlaced with each other in the opening at a location between the first coupling member and the second coupling member such that the first and second elongated elements are attached to each other. The release member is moveable from a first position where the first and second coupling members are captured in the opening to a second position where the first and second coupling members are released from the opening so as to detach the first and second elongated elements from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Michael Dotsey
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Patent number: 11998189Abstract: A releasable elongated assembly includes a release member having a length and an opening that extends along the length. The releasable elongated assembly includes a first elongated element having a first coupling member disposed in the opening and a second elongated element having a second coupling member disposed in the opening opposite the first coupling member along the length. The first and second elongated elements are interlaced with each other in the opening at a location between the first coupling member and the second coupling member such that the first and second elongated elements are attached to each other. The release member is moveable from a first position where the first and second coupling members are captured in the opening to a second position where the first and second coupling members are released from the opening so as to detach the first and second elongated elements from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LLCInventors: Greg A. Walters, Michael Dotsey
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Publication number: 20230165578Abstract: A vascular closure device configured to seal a puncture site in the vessel wall in a more efficient manner is disclosed. The vascular closure device includes a guide member that extends through a portion of the sealing device and that is removable from the portion the sealing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Joseph Todd Grintz, Mark Rossney
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Publication number: 20230157679Abstract: Methods for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway are disclosed herein. The methods include inserting a deployment instrument into the puncture via a toggle along the guidewire, and actuating the deployment instrument to move the first component and the second component relative to each other such that the toggle abuts the wall of the artery proximate the puncture to seal the puncture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Publication number: 20230157855Abstract: A deployment device for lining a vessel having a housing having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the housing defining a guidewire channel, a tube elongated along a longitudinal axis, the tube having a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end of the tube along the longitudinal axis, a sheath assembly having a hub removably coupled to the distal end of the housing, and a mesh removably coupled to the tube and positioned along the tube. The tube and the sheath assembly are configured to move along the guidewire and into the vessel through a puncture and release the mesh inside the vessel when at least one of the tube and the mesh is actuated. The device is used as a method of mitigating potential injury or harm to the integrity of the patient’s vessel lining.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Shawn Sabu Cherian, Francois Jouin, Greg A. Walters
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Patent number: 11589855Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Patent number: 11583426Abstract: A deployment device for lining a vessel having a housing having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the housing defining a guidewire channel, a tube elongated along a longitudinal axis, the tube having a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end of the tube along the longitudinal axis, a sheath assembly having a hub removably coupled to the distal end of the housing, and a mesh removably coupled to the tube and positioned along the tube. The tube and the sheath assembly are configured to move along the guidewire and into the vessel through a puncture and release the mesh inside the vessel when at least one of the tube and the mesh is actuated. The device is used as a method of mitigating potential injury or harm to the integrity of the patient's vessel lining.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Shawn Sabu Cherian, Francois Jouin, Greg A. Walters
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Patent number: 11576663Abstract: A vascular closure device configured to seal a puncture site in the vessel wall in a more efficient manner is disclosed. The vascular closure device includes a guide member that extends through a portion of the sealing device and that is removable from the portion the sealing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Joseph Todd Grintz, Mark Rossney
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Publication number: 20220273276Abstract: An aortic closure device for trans-caval procedures having a deployment assembly having a housing, a release tube, and a delivery tube disposed within the release tube, a tamper disposed within the delivery tube, a sealing element, a suture assembly, and an actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Nathaniel Haim Maor, Joseph Todd Grintz, Donald Richard Arnold, Francois Jouin
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Publication number: 20220249077Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include elongated dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Shawn Sabu Cherian, Joseph Todd Grintz
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Patent number: 11350919Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include elongated dilators and access sheaths that are configured to locate the puncture site within a vessel so that the position of the puncture site relative to a distal end of the access sheath is known during a puncture sealing procedure.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg A. Walters, Shawn Sabu Cherian, Joseph Todd Grintz
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Publication number: 20210113204Abstract: A releasable elongated assembly includes a release member having a length and an opening that extends along the length. The releasable elongated assembly includes a first elongated element having a first coupling member disposed in the opening and a second elongated element having a second coupling member disposed in the opening opposite the first coupling member along the length. The first and second elongated elements are interlaced with each other in the opening at a location between the first coupling member and the second coupling member such that the first and second elongated elements are attached to each other. The release member is moveable from a first position where the first and second coupling members are captured in the opening to a second position where the first and second coupling members are released from the opening so as to detach the first and second elongated elements from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Arrow International LLCInventors: Greg A. Walters, Michael Dotsey
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Patent number: 10905414Abstract: A releasable elongated assembly includes a release member having a length and an opening that extends along the length. The releasable elongated assembly includes a first elongated element having a first coupling member disposed in the opening and a second elongated element having a second coupling member disposed in the opening opposite the first coupling member along the length. The first and second elongated elements are interlaced with each other in the opening at a location between the first coupling member and the second coupling member such that the first and second elongated elements are attached to each other. The release member is moveable from a first position where the first and second coupling members are captured in the opening to a second position where the first and second coupling members are released from the opening so as to detach the first and second elongated elements from each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Arrow International LLCInventors: Greg A. Walters, Michael Dotsey
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Patent number: 10682128Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a deployment assembly, a sealing unit carried by the deployment assembly, and a tamper carried by the deployment assembly and that is disposed along a suture with respect to the sealing unit. The vascular closure device includes a locking assembly coupled to the tamper so as to selectively inhibit advancement of the tamper along the suture in the distal direction toward the sealing unit. The locking assembly is adapted to transition from A) a locked configuration where the tamper is inhibited from sliding along the suture, into B) an unlocked configuration where the tamper is slidable along the suture in the distal direction and into contact with the sealing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Arrow International, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Joseph Todd Grintz
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Patent number: 10555727Abstract: A vascular closure device configured to seal a puncture site in the vessel wall in a more efficient manner is disclosed. The vascular closure device includes a guide member that extends through a portion of the sealing device and that is removable from the portion the sealing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Joseph Todd Grintz, Mark Rossney
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Patent number: 10383611Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Publication number: 20160374655Abstract: A vascular closure device configured to seal a puncture site in the vessel wall in a more efficient manner is disclosed. The vascular closure device includes a guide member that extends through a portion of the sealing device and that is removable from the portion the sealing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Joseph Todd Grintz, Mark Rossney
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Publication number: 20150100083Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
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Patent number: 8870917Abstract: A deployment instrument for deploying a closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the deployment instrument including a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly is configured to hold the closure device in a pre-deployment state, and a tensioner assembly, wherein the filament is fixedly attached to the tensioner assembly, wherein the deployment instrument is configured to increase the tension in the filament upon linear movement of the deployment instrument away from the wall of the body passageway when the closure device is anchored to the wall via the anchor such that the tension is gradually increased as the deployment instrument is moved between a first linear distance and a second linear distance greater than the first linear distance from the wall of the body passageway.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Essential Medical, LLCInventor: Greg A. Walters