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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Publication number: 20240023949Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg WALTERS, Joseph T. GRINTZ
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Publication number: 20240000444Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating 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: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg WALTERS, Joseph T. GRINTZ, Julie LIN
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Patent number: 11779320Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. Grintz
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Patent number: 11759191Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating 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: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. Grintz, Julie Lin
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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: 20220338852Abstract: A closure device system for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a vessel wall can comprise a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the vessel wall, a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the vessel wall, and a suture that extends through the plug and through the toggle along at least a first direction so as to couple the toggle to the plug. The system can further comprise a tube that extends through the plug and through the toggle along the first direction such that a distal end of the tube is disposed distally to the toggle. The tube can define a guidewire lumen that extends therethrough along the first direction. And the guidewire lumen can be configured to receive a guidewire that protrudes from the vessel wall such that the plug, toggle, and tube are slidable along the guidewire toward the vessel wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventor: Greg Walters
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Publication number: 20220273277Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. Grintz
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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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Patent number: 11419592Abstract: A closure device system for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a vessel wall can include a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the vessel wall, a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the vessel wall, and a suture that extends through the plug and through the toggle along at least a first direction so as to couple the toggle to the plug. The system can further include a tube that extends through the plug and through the toggle along the first direction such that a distal end of the tube is disposed distally to the toggle. The tube can define a guidewire lumen that extends therethrough along the first direction. And the guidewire lumen can be configured to receive a guidewire that protrudes from the vessel wall such that the plug, toggle, and tube are slidable along the guidewire toward the vessel wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventor: Greg Walters
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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: 11364024Abstract: A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delivery tube body and defines a delivery tube channel. The sealing device has a toggle that is at least partially disposed within the release tube, a suture that is attached to the toggle and extends through the delivery tube channel, and a plug that is attached to the suture proximal to the toggle.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Greg Walters, Joseph T. 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: 20210275333Abstract: 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: March 3, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: Arrow International LLCInventors: Shawn Sabu CHERIAN, Francois JOUIN, Greg A. WALTERS
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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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Publication number: 20210045724Abstract: Disclosed are puncture sealing systems and methods of locating a puncture site within a vessel. The systems can include puncture locating 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: October 30, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Arrow International, Inc.Inventors: Greg WALTERS, Joseph T. GRINTZ, Julie LIN