Patents by Inventor Gregory T. Martin
Gregory T. Martin 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: 12251176Abstract: The apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention is comprised of a flexible sheath instrument, a flexible guide instrument, and a tool. The flexible sheath instrument comprises a first instrument base removably coupleable to an instrument driver and defines a sheath instrument working lumen. The flexible guide instrument comprises a second instrument base removably coupleable to the instrument driver and is threaded through the sheath instrument working lumen. The guide instrument also defines a guide instrument working lumen. The tool is threaded through the guide instrument working lumen. For this embodiment of the apparatus, the sheath instrument and guide instrument are independently controllable relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.Inventors: Frederic H. Moll, Daniel T. Wallace, Gregory J. Stahler, David F. Moore, Daniel T. Adams, Kenneth M. Martin, Robert G. Younge, Michael R. Zinn, Gunter D. Niemeyer, David Lundmark
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Publication number: 20250049467Abstract: A method of suturing a trocar path incision in a tissue of a patient with an obturator includes inserting the obturator through the tissue such that a shaft of the obturator extends through a tissue opening about the trocar path incision and a distal tip of the obturator is positioned within a cavity of the patient. The method also includes directing the suture via a suturing feature with the obturator inserted through the tissue in order to direct the suture relative to the tissue. Furthermore, the method includes closing the tissue opening about the trocar path incision with the suture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Gregory J. Bakos, Layne D. Christopher, Rebecca J. Gettinger, Jason L. Harris, Christopher J. Hess, Zhifan F. Huang, John V. Hunt, Michael A. Jacobs, Anil R. Jadhav, John A. Jast, Nichole Y. Kwee, Kevin A. Larson, James G. Lee, David T. Martin, Jerome R. Morgan, Michael A. Murray, Shailendra K. Parihar, Sol Posada, Devanathan Raghavan, Brian D. Schings, Patrick M. Schleitweiler, Nicholas Seipelt, Melinda Tellmann, Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse
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Publication number: 20240019435Abstract: The present invention provides biological molecules for use in detecting, identifying and/or removing microbes and microbial components; diagnostic, therapeutic and filtration devices comprising the biological molecules; and systems and methods for treating fluids using the biological molecules and devices of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Nisha Veronica VARMA, Keith CRAWFORD, Gregory T. MARTIN, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Rainuka GUPTA, Zhiqian ZHOU, Christopher VELIS, Andrew D. CONNERTY
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Publication number: 20230270927Abstract: The present invention provides biological molecules for use in detecting, identifying and/or removing microbes and microbial components; diagnostic, therapeutic and filtration devices comprising the biological molecules; and systems and methods for treating fluids using the biological molecules and devices of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Miraki Innovation Think Tank LLCInventors: Nisha Veronica VARMA, Keith CRAWFORD, Gregory T. MARTIN, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Rainuka GUPTA, Zhiqian ZHOU, Christopher VELIS, Andrew D. CONNERTY
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Publication number: 20230054472Abstract: Methods are described for preparing samples including biological, environmental, and food products for microbial analysis. Microbes and microbe components in the sample can be treated with antimicrobial compounds and a matrix solution to permit fast and accurate characterization using analysis techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Time-of-Flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Miraki Innovation Think Tank LLCInventors: James HILL, Nisha Veronica VARMA, Gregory T. MARTIN, Goossen Jan Bernard BOER, Zhiqian ZHOU, Christopher VELIS
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Patent number: 9924878Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining blood flow in tissue are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are used to establish a baseline for both thermal properties of the tissue and non-physiologic conditions. Periodic changes in either or both constituents of the baseline are determined and, when the changes correspond to a need for a new baseline, a new baseline is established.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Publication number: 20160136398Abstract: Methods for treating hydrocephalus using a shunt, the shunt having one or more CSF intake openings in a distal portion, a valve disposed in a proximal portion of the shunt, and a lumen extending between the one or more CSF intake openings and the valve, the method comprises deploying the shunt in a body of a patient so that the distal portion of the shunt is at least partially disposed within a CP angle cistern, a body of the shunt is at least partially disposed within an IPS of the patient, and the proximal portion of the shunt is at least partially disposed within or proximate to a JV of the patient, wherein, after deployment of the shunt, CSF flows from the CP angle cistern to the JV via the shunt lumen at a flow rate in a range of 5 ml per hour to 15 ml per hour.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Carl Heilman, Adel M. Malek, Ayan A. Bhandari, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Amos G. Cruz, Joseph Gordon, Thomas R. Johnson, Gregory T. Martin, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, David A. Rezac, Timothy W. Robinson, Shane Siwinski, Joseph Ting, Jennet Toyjanova, Andrew Ziegler
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Patent number: 8915862Abstract: The system assesses the endothelial function of a subject. Particularly, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject are compared to reference perfusion data and the comparison yields the assessment of endothelial function. The reference may be data indicative of peripheral tissue perfusion in a healthy person. Also, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject when perfusion is in an unperturbed state (the reference) can be compared to perfusion measurements taken promptly after a challenge to normal or unperturbed tissue perfusion of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Patent number: 8814796Abstract: A tissue ablation system and method of forming same includes an ablation device having a substrate with an outer surface and energy transport elements coupled to the outer surface. The substrate is configured to have a shape that approximates an interior shape of a uterus. The system and method further including an energy source electrically coupled to the energy transport elements and at least one ultrasonic transducer positioned in a lateral region of the uterus.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Gregory T. Martin, William L. Churchill, Daniel Beaudet, Robert F. Rioux
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Publication number: 20130218034Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining blood flow in tissue are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are used to establish a baseline for both thermal properties of the tissue and non-physiologic conditions. Periodic changes in either or both constituents of the baseline are determined and, when the changes correspond to a need for a new baseline, a new baseline is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: Thermal Technologies Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Publication number: 20130218046Abstract: The system assesses the endothelial function of a subject. Particularly, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject are compared to reference perfusion data and the comparison yields the assessment of endothelial function. The reference may be data indicative of peripheral tissue perfusion in a healthy person. Also, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject when perfusion is in an unperturbed state (the reference) can be compared to perfusion measurements taken promptly after a challenge to normal or unperturbed tissue perfusion of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: Thermal Technologies Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Publication number: 20130178738Abstract: A tissue ablation system and method of forming same includes an ablation device having a substrate with an outer surface and energy transport elements coupled to the outer surface. The substrate is configured to have a shape that approximates an interior shape of a uterus. The system and method further including an energy source electrically coupled to the energy transport elements and at least one ultrasonic transducer positioned in a lateral region of the uterus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Gregory T. Martin, William L. Churchill, Daniel Beaudet, Robert F. Rioux
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Patent number: 8454525Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining blood flow in tissue are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are used to establish a baseline for both thermal properties of the tissue and non-physiologic conditions. Periodic changes in either or both constituents of the baseline are determined and, when the changes correspond to a need for a new baseline, a new baseline is established.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Patent number: 8449475Abstract: The system assesses the endothelial function of a subject. Particularly, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject are compared to reference perfusion data and the comparison yields the assessment of endothelial function. The reference may be data indicative of peripheral tissue perfusion in a healthy person. Also, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject when perfusion is in an unperturbed state (the reference) can be compared to perfusion measurements taken promptly after a challenge to normal or unperturbed tissue perfusion of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Patent number: 8303477Abstract: A brachytherapy treatment device includes an insertion member, an expandable chamber, and first and second immiscible fluids. The insertion member has proximal and distal ends. The expandable chamber is disposed on the distal end of the insertion member and has an inner surface defining a three-dimensional volume. First and second immiscible fluids are disposed within the expandable chamber and have different radiation absorption properties. At least one of the first and second immiscible fluids forms a fluid radiation shield having a predetermined orientation within the three-dimensional volume. First and second immiscible fluids may have different densities and utilize fluid buoyancy to form an symmetric fluid radiation shield to create an asymmetric radiation dosing profile relative to an inner boundary of a treatment site.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Cytyc CorporationInventor: Gregory T. Martin
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Publication number: 20100241016Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining blood flow in tissue are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are used to establish a baseline for both thermal properties of the tissue and non-physiologic conditions. Periodic changes in either or both constituents of the baseline are determined and, when the changes correspond to a need for a new baseline, a new baseline is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Patent number: 7758511Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for determining blood flow in tissue. Particularly methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing baseline thermal properties for the tissue and providing one or more steps for periodically determining changes in the tissue thermal properties that correspond to a need for a new baseline and establishing the new baseline.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: H. Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Publication number: 20100145168Abstract: The system assesses the endothelial function of a subject. Particularly, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject are compared to reference perfusion data and the comparison yields the assessment of endothelial function. The reference may be data indicative of peripheral tissue perfusion in a healthy person. Also, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject when perfusion is in an unperturbed state (the reference) can be compared to perfusion measurements taken promptly after a challenge to normal or unperturbed tissue perfusion of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Harry Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Patent number: 7682317Abstract: The system assesses the endothelial function of a subject. Particularly, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject are compared to reference perfusion data and the comparison yields the assessment of endothelial function. The reference may be data indicative of peripheral tissue perfusion in a healthy person. Also, peripheral tissue perfusion measurements taken in a subject when perfusion is in an unperturbed state (the reference) can be compared to perfusion measurements taken promptly after a challenge to normal or unperturbed tissue perfusion of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Thermal Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Harry Frederick Bowman, Gregory T. Martin
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Publication number: 20090054721Abstract: A brachytherapy treatment device includes an insertion member, an expandable chamber, and first and second immiscible fluids. The insertion member has proximal and distal ends. The expandable chamber is disposed on the distal end of the insertion member and has an inner surface defining a three-dimensional volume. First and second immiscible fluids are disposed within the expandable chamber and have different radiation absorption properties. At least one of the first and second immiscible fluids forms a fluid radiation shield having a predetermined orientation within the three-dimensional volume. First and second immiscible fluids may have different densities and utilize fluid buoyancy to form an symmetric fluid radiation shield to create an asymmetric radiation dosing profile relative to an inner boundary of a treatment site.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventor: Gregory T. Martin