Patents by Inventor Hany Abdelwahed
Hany Abdelwahed 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: 20240122617Abstract: Variations of integral navigation controls may be used in conjunction with a medical instrument to provide navigation functions for an image guided surgery (IGS) system that is in communication with the integral navigation controls. In some variations, a medical instrument with integrated navigation wheels allows movement of a cursor of the IGS system along the x and y axis by scrolling the wheel, or allows selection, zooming, or other controls by combined clicking and/or scrolling of wheels, and may be sterilized or discarded along with the device. In some other variations, a control overlay may be temporarily attached to the medical instrument to provide additional controls, such as buttons or a pointing stick, and then removed and sterilized or discarded after a procedure. In each variation, inputs may be communicated via wire or wirelessly to an IGS system to provide navigation of images during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Itzhak Fang, Ehsan Shameli, David A. Smith, JR., Fatemeh Akbarian, Henry F. Salazar, John H. Thinnes, JR., Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Oleg Dulger
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Patent number: 11890026Abstract: Variations of integral navigation controls may be used in conjunction with a medical instrument to provide navigation functions for an image guided surgery (IGS) system that is in communication with the integral navigation controls. In some variations, a medical instrument with integrated navigation wheels allows movement of a cursor of the IGS system along the x and y axis by scrolling the wheel, or allows selection, zooming, or other controls by combined clicking and/or scrolling of wheels, and may be sterilized or discarded along with the device. In some other variations, a control overlay may be temporarily attached to the medical instrument to provide additional controls, such as buttons or a pointing stick, and then removed and sterilized or discarded after a procedure. In each variation, inputs may be communicated via wire or wirelessly to an IGS system to provide navigation of images during a surgical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: Acclarent, Inc., Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Itzhak Fang, Ehsan Shameli, David A. Smith, Jr., Fatemeh Akbarian, Henry F. Salazar, John H. Thinnes, Jr., Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Oleg Dulger
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Publication number: 20220313353Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a sheath and an energy catheter. The sheath is configured to be inserted into a nasal cavity of a patient's head. The energy catheter includes a shaft and an end effector. The end effector is configured to selectively expand radially outwardly. The end effector includes an energy member that includes a flexible wire and electrodes disposed along the wire. The energy catheter is selectively translatable relative to the sheath. In a proximal position, the end effector is housed coaxially within the sheath to thereby prevent the end effector from radially expanding. In a distal position, the end effector is exposed from the sheath to thereby permit the end effector to expand for contacting tissue in the nasal cavity of the patient's head. When the end effector is in the expanded state, the end effector has a width and a length greater than the width.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Henry F. Salazar, Hany Abdelwahed, Shubhayu Basu, Itzhak Fang, Madison K. Vanosdoll, John W. Insley
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Publication number: 20220087739Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a sheath and an ablation catheter disposed within the sheath. The sheath is configured to be inserted into a cavity of a patient's head. The ablation catheter extends along a longitudinal axis and includes at least one expandable ablation member configured to selectively radially expand outwardly from a non-expanded state to an expanded state for selectively ablating tissue within the patient's head. The ablation catheter is selectively translatable relative to the sheath between a proximal retracted position and a distal extended position. In the retracted position, the at least one expandable ablation member is housed within the sheath to thereby prevent the at least one expandable ablation member from radially expanding outwardly. In the extended position, the at least one expandable ablation member is exposed from the sheath to thereby permit the at least one expandable ablation member to radially expand outwardly for contacting tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Henry F. Salazar, Hany Abdelwahed, Assaf Govari, Vadim Gliner, Andres C. Altmann, Christopher T. Beeckler, Shubhayu Basu, Madison K. Vanosdoll, Marc Dean
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Publication number: 20220080165Abstract: An apparatus includes a guide member, a handle assembly, a gripping assembly, and a grip adjustment assembly. The handle assembly extends proximally from the guide member. The handle assembly includes a first engagement feature. The gripping assembly includes a second engagement feature. The gripping assembly is configured to selectively transition between a locked configuration and a movable configuration. In the locked configuration, the first and second engagement features are configured to engage one another to prevent relative movement of the gripping assembly relative to the handle assembly. The grip adjustment assembly includes a cam feature disposed on at least one of the handle assembly or the gripping assembly. In the movable configuration, the cam feature of the grip adjustment assembly is configured to flex the second engagement feature away from the first engagement feature allowing the gripping assembly to move relative to the handle assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Hany Abdelwahed, Madison K. Vanosdoll, Karthick Ramyan Mohan
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Publication number: 20220054188Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an electrode assembly at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first conductive segment extending along a first angular range at the distal end of the shaft assembly. The first conductive segment is operable to apply RF energy to tissue at a first polarity. The electrode assembly further includes a second conductive segment angularly spaced apart from the first conductive segment. The second conductive segment extends along a second angular range at the distal end of the shaft assembly. The second conductive segment is operable to apply RF energy to tissue at a second polarity such that the first and second conductive segments are operable to apply bipolar RF energy to tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Henry F. Salazar, Hany Abdelwahed, Assaf Govari, Vadim Gliner, Andres C. Altmann, Christopher T. Beeckler, Shubhayu Basu, Madison K. Vanosdoll, Alison D. Wright, Yehuda Algawi, Behnam Amin, Marc Dean
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Publication number: 20220015786Abstract: Variations of integral navigation controls may be used in conjunction with a medical instrument to provide navigation functions for an image guided surgery (IGS) system that is in communication with the integral navigation controls. In some variations, a medical instrument with integrated navigation wheels allows movement of a cursor of the IGS system along the x and y axis by scrolling the wheel, or allows selection, zooming, or other controls by combined clicking and/or scrolling of wheels, and may be sterilized or discarded along with the device. In some other variations, a control overlay may be temporarily attached to the medical instrument to provide additional controls, such as buttons or a pointing stick, and then removed and sterilized or discarded after a procedure. In each variation, inputs may be communicated via wire or wirelessly to an IGS system to provide navigation of images during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Itzhak Fang, Ehsan Shameli, David A. Smith, JR., Fatemeh Akbarian, Henry F. Salazar, John H. Thinnes, JR., Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Oleg Dulger
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Publication number: 20210401479Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft, a balloon, a tip member, and a heating feature. The tip member is distal to the balloon and has a larger outer diameter than the shaft. The heating feature is operable to ablate tissue of the Eustachian tube contacting the balloon in the expanded state. The heating feature may include an illuminating element and a photosensitive coating on the balloon. Alternatively, the heating feature may include a thermal heating element that heats the balloon inflation fluid and thereby heats the wall of the balloon. Another apparatus includes a shaft, a tip member, and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a plurality of electrodes positioned along the shaft near the distal end, proximal to the tip member. The electrodes are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal axis and are operable to apply RF energy to tissue to thereby ablate the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Hany Abdelwahed, Shubhayu Basu, Itzhak Fang, Madison K. Vanosdoll, Henry F. Salazar
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Patent number: 11103266Abstract: Variations of integral navigation controls may be used in conjunction with a medical instrument to provide navigation functions for an image guided surgery (IGS) system that is in communication with the integral navigation controls. In some variations, a medical instrument with integrated navigation wheels allows movement of a cursor of the IGS system along the x and y axis by scrolling the wheel, or allows selection, zooming, or other controls by combined clicking and/or scrolling of wheels, and may be sterilized or discarded along with the device. In some other variations, a control overlay may be temporarily attached to the medical instrument to provide additional controls, such as buttons or a pointing stick, and then removed and sterilized or discarded after a procedure. In each variation, inputs may be communicated via wire or wirelessly to an IGS system to provide navigation of images during a surgical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: Acclarent, Inc., Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Itzhak Fang, Ehsan Shameli, David A. Smith, Jr., Fatemeh Akbarian, Henry F. Salazar, John H. Thinnes, Jr., Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Oleg Dulger
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Patent number: 10974034Abstract: A dilation instrument includes a body, a dilation catheter, a guide member, and a force sensor. The dilation catheter has an expandable dilator. The guide member extends distally from the body and is configured to guide movement of the expandable dilator. The force sensor is operatively connected to the guide member and is configured to sense a force imparted against the guide member for monitoring engagement with an anatomy of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: Acclarent, Inc., Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventors: Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Ehsan Shameli, Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann, Vadim Gliner, Yehuda Algawi
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Publication number: 20190201121Abstract: Variations of integral navigation controls may be used in conjunction with a medical instrument to provide navigation functions for an image guided surgery (IGS) system that is in communication with the integral navigation controls. In some variations, a medical instrument with integrated navigation wheels allows movement of a cursor of the IGS system along the x and y axis by scrolling the wheel, or allows selection, zooming, or other controls by combined clicking and/or scrolling of wheels, and may be sterilized or discarded along with the device. In some other variations, a control overlay may be temporarily attached to the medical instrument to provide additional controls, such as buttons or a pointing stick, and then removed and sterilized or discarded after a procedure. In each variation, inputs may be communicated via wire or wirelessly to an IGS system to provide navigation of images during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Fatemeh Akbarian, Itzhak Fang, Ehsan Shameli, David A. Smith, Jr., Henry F. Salazar, John H. Thinnes, Jr., Hany Abdelwahed
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Publication number: 20190201016Abstract: Variations of integral navigation controls may be used in conjunction with a medical instrument to provide navigation functions for an image guided surgery (IGS) system that is in communication with the integral navigation controls. In some variations, a medical instrument with integrated navigation wheels allows movement of a cursor of the IGS system along the x and y axis by scrolling the wheel, or allows selection, zooming, or other controls by combined clicking and/or scrolling of wheels, and may be sterilized or discarded along with the device. In some other variations, a control overlay may be temporarily attached to the medical instrument to provide additional controls, such as buttons or a pointing stick, and then removed and sterilized or discarded after a procedure. In each variation, inputs may be communicated via wire or wirelessly to an IGS system to provide navigation of images during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Jetmir Palushi, Itzhak Fang, Ehsan Shameli, David A. Smith, JR., Fatemeh Akbarian, Henry F. Salazar, John H. Thinnes, JR., Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Oleg Dulger
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Publication number: 20190175886Abstract: A dilation instrument and method dilating an ostium includes a body, a guidewire, a dilation catheter, and a force measurement system. The guidewire is operatively connected to the body to body relative thereto. The dilation catheter has an expandable dilator operatively connected to the body and is configured to movably receive the guidewire therein for guiding movement of the expandable dilator along the guidewire. The guide member extends distally from the body along a longitudinal axis and is configured to guide movement of the expandable dilator and the guidewire. The force measurement system is operatively connected to the guide member and is configured to measure a force received against the guide member for monitoring engagement with an anatomy of a patient for dilating the ostium along a passageway within the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Ehsan Shameli
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Publication number: 20190175888Abstract: A dilation instrument includes a body, a dilation catheter, a guide member, and a force sensor. The dilation catheter has an expandable dilator. The guide member extends distally from the body and is configured to guide movement of the expandable dilator. The force sensor is operatively connected to the guide member and is configured to sense a force imparted against the guide member for monitoring engagement with an anatomy of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Hany Abdelwahed, Babak Ebrahimi, Ehsan Shameli, Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann, Vadim Gliner, Yehuda Algawi