Patents by Inventor Greg Method
Greg Method 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: 20240082488Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Rani Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Mir IMRAN, Peter HERRMANN, Baber SYED, Timothy H. WILLIAMS, Chang Jin ONG, Greg METHOD
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Patent number: 11806504Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: RANI THERAPEUTICS, LLCInventors: Mir A. Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Publication number: 20220379099Abstract: An exoskeleton device is capable of being positioned over an expandable instrument, such as a balloon catheter. The exoskeleton device may include an expandable section that receives an expander of the expandable instrument. Expansion of the expander may cause the expandable section of the exoskeleton device to expand and force the expandable section of the exoskeleton device against a surface to be treated. The expandable section may be capable of scoring the surface against which it is forced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method, Jennifer Arnold
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Patent number: 11406801Abstract: An exoskeleton device is capable of being positioned over an expandable instrument, such as a balloon catheter. The exoskeleton device may include an expandable section that receives an expander of the expandable instrument. Expansion of the expander may cause the expandable section of the exoskeleton device to expand and force the expandable section of the exoskeleton device against a surface to be treated. The expandable section may be capable of scoring the surface against which it is forced.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Transit Scientific, LLCInventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method, Jennifer Arnold
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Publication number: 20210260349Abstract: A system for infusing fluid into a body of a subject includes an expandable medical device and a balloon catheter. The expandable medical device includes an expandable section that may be expanded and contracted and, when expanded, score a wall of a vessel or another open space within the body of the subject. The balloon catheter includes a balloon that expands when pressurized and can expand the expandable section. When pressure within the balloon is reduced, the expandable section can resiliently contract the balloon. The balloon may be shorter than the expandable section, enabling the balloon to be positioned at a plurality of locations along the length of the expandable section and to expand the expandable section to a plurality of different configurations. The system may be used to limit the flow of infused fluid beyond a target location within the body and/or to force fluid into the target location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method
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Publication number: 20210045901Abstract: Expandable medical devices, including implantable medical devices that expand, such as stents and anchors, may be selectively expanded to for treatment purposes, including to hold the expandable medical devices and/or other devices with which the expandable medical devices are used in place within the body of a subject (e.g., within a vessel, a duct, another tubular organ, etc.). Such an expandable medical device may include struts that rotate outwardly as the expandable medical device expands. As the struts rotate outwardly, they may engage a surface against which the expandable medical device is expanded, holding the expanded expandable medical device in place. The expandable medical device may also plastically deform upon while expanded, enabling it to remain in an expanding state once an expanding force is no longer applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method, Jennifer Arnold
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Publication number: 20200289747Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Mir A. Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Publication number: 20200230359Abstract: A catheter includes a hypotube and a liner. The hypotube may extend substantially along a length of the catheter. The liner may extend along a majority of a length of the hypotube, and may extend along substantially an entirety of the length of the hypotube. The hypotube includes flexibility enhancing features along its length. In addition, the hypotube may include one or more operational features, which may enable various procedures to be performed with the catheter. The liner may be positioned adjacent to an interior surface of a wall of the hypotube, or it may be positioned adjacent to an exterior surface of the wall of the hypotube. Any operational features of the hypotube may be exposed through or beyond a longitudinal extent of the liner or a portion thereof. Methods for manufacturing catheters that include hypotubes and liners are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method, Jennifer Arnold
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Patent number: 10632251Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Rani Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Mir A. Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Publication number: 20200069922Abstract: An exoskeleton device is capable of being positioned over an expandable instrument, such as a balloon catheter. The exoskeleton device may include an expandable section that receives an expander of the expandable instrument. Expansion of the expander may cause the expandable section of the exoskeleton device to expand and force the expandable section of the exoskeleton device against a surface to be treated. The expandable section may be capable of scoring the surface against which it is forced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method, Jennifer Arnold
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Publication number: 20180008771Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Rani Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Mir A. Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Patent number: 9757514Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Rani Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Mir A. Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Publication number: 20140221927Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Rani Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Mir Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Patent number: 8734429Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Rani Therapeutics, LLCInventors: Mir Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Publication number: 20130274659Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: InCube Labs, LLCInventors: Mir Imran, Peter Herrmann, Baber Syed, Timothy H. Williams, Chang Jin Ong, Greg Method
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Patent number: D885576Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Transit Scientific, LLCInventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method
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Patent number: D885577Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Transit Scientific, LLCInventors: Shawn P. Fojtik, Greg Method
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Patent number: D980427Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Transit Scientific, LLCInventors: Greg Method, Shawn P. Fojtik