Patents by Inventor James S. Bates
James S. Bates 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: 20100268246Abstract: Baskets with atraumatic distal tips allow the capture of material from difficult-to-reach areas of the body, while reducing the risk of tissue damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: James S. Bates, Like Que, James W. Riley, James A. Teague
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Patent number: 7717924Abstract: Immobilization and/or retrieval of material from a body can be accomplished, in accordance with the invention, with a device that includes a sheath and a basket. The basket is movable relative to the sheath from a retracted position in which the basket is withdrawn within the sheath and an expanded position in which the basket is extended beyond the distal end of the sheath and open. The basket has a first portion and a second portion with two or more legs extending from the first portion to the second portion. The basket further includes an intermediate portion between the first and second portions in which the legs are spirally arranged, substantially parallel, and non-intersecting. The intermediate portion of the basket is displaced radially outward relative to the first and second portions when the basket is in the expanded position. The basket in the expanded position may be used to immobilize and/or capture material within a body.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: James S. Bates
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Patent number: 7691111Abstract: Baskets with atraumatic distal tips allow the capture of material from difficult-to-reach areas of the body, while reducing the risk of tissue damage.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Boston Scientiffic Scimed, Inc.Inventors: James S. Bates, Like Que, James W. Riley, James A. Teague
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Patent number: 7678118Abstract: A medical retrieval device includes a basket formed of two or more loops. The basket may be used to retrieve material (e.g., a urinary stone) from a body. The basket opens and closes for end-encapsulation of a stone and is strengthened by support members that interconnect the basket loops. A captured stone may be released from the basket with the basket still in the body by opening the loops.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: James S. Bates, James A. Teague
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Publication number: 20090318953Abstract: A dressing for applying compression to a wound in a patient includes a bladder having a non-deformable end wall and a deformable membrane. The dressing may include a flexible web having an adhesive layer on one side thereof for securing the dressing to the patient so as to hold the bladder against the patient's skin. Upon inflation, the deformable membrane projects towards the patient's skin and exerts pressure on the wound to reduce the flow of blood from the wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: DATASCOPE INVESTMENT CORP.Inventors: James S. Bates, John P. Budris
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Publication number: 20090318952Abstract: A dressing for applying compression to a wound in a patient includes a bladder having a non-deformable end wall and a deformable membrane. The dressing may include a flexible web having an adhesive layer on one side thereof for securing the dressing to the patient so as to hold the bladder against the patient's skin. Upon inflation, the deformable membrane projects towards the patient's skin and exerts pressure on the wound to reduce the flow of blood from the wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: DATASCOPE INVESTMENT CORP.Inventors: James S. Bates, John P. Budris
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Publication number: 20090259229Abstract: A surgical extractor for removing objects from a body including, for example, calculi, such as kidney stones and gall stones. The extractor includes a handle at a proximal end with a slider for operation by a physician. At the distal end, the extractor includes a plurality of wires with each wire comprising a first portion having an individual strand and a second portion comprising a plurality of filaments. When a retaining sheath is retracted, the wires, formed of a shape memory material such as stainless steel, expand such that each of the strands assume a spaced relationship to define a first section of a basket and the plurality of the filaments assume a spaced relationship to define a second section of the basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Stephen W. Leslie, James S. Bates
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Patent number: 7591825Abstract: A surgical extractor for removing objects from a body including, for example, calculi, such as kidney stones and gall stones. The extractor includes a handle at a proximal end with a slider for operation by a physician. At the distal end, the extractor includes a plurality of wires with each wire comprising a first portion having an individual strand and a second portion comprising a plurality of filaments. When a retaining sheath is retracted, the wires, formed of a shape memory material such as stainless steel, expand such that each of the strands assume a spaced relationship to define a first section of a basket and the plurality of the filaments assume a spaced relationship to define a second section of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Boston Scientific CorporationInventors: Stephen W. Leslie, James S. Bates
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Publication number: 20080243182Abstract: A hemostasis device for percutaneously sealing a puncture in the wall of a blood vessel includes a rigid post, and a foot, a seal and a retaining member mounted on the rigid post. The hemostasis device may be deployed in the puncture so that the foot is positioned within the blood vessel. Tension is applied to the rigid post to hold the foot against the inside surface of the blood vessel. The retaining member is then pushed along the length of the rigid post, advancing the seal to a deployed state against the outside surface of the blood vessel. The puncture in the blood vessel is sandwiched between the foot and the seal in the deployed state. The rigid post, foot, seal and retaining member may all be formed from a resorbable polymeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Datascope Investment Corp.Inventors: James S. Bates, Peter Hinchliffe
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Patent number: 7169154Abstract: A medical retrieval device includes a basket formed of two or more loops. The basket may be used to retrieve material (e.g., a urinary stone) from a body. The basket opens and closes for end-encapsulation of a stone and is strengthened by support members that interconnect the basket loops. A captured stone may be released from the basket with the basket still in the body by opening the loops.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: ScimedLife Systems, Inc.Inventors: Like Que, James A. Teague, James S. Bates, Stéphane Gobron, Tim Ward
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Patent number: 7077849Abstract: Baskets with atraumatic distal tips allow the capture of material from difficult-to-reach areas of the body, while reducing the risk of tissue damage.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: James S. Bates, Like Que, James W. Riley, James A. Teague
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Patent number: 7018385Abstract: A medical retrieval device, and related method, uses a basket formed by one or more legs to retrieve material such as calculi. At least one of the legs has at least an inner and an outer surface. The outer surface is an atraumatic surface such as a curved surface. The atraumatic surface can include one or more radii. The inner surface can be flat such that the leg has a D-shaped cross section. Other shapes are possible for the inner surface including a pointed shape that enhances the basket's stone crushing or breaking ability. The inner surface, whatever its shape, can have a rough surface (e.g., serrated, etched, toothed, etc.) for further enhancing the basket's ability to capture stones and other calculi.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: James S. Bates, James W. Riley
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Patent number: 6942673Abstract: A medical retrieval device includes a basket formed of two or more loops. The basket may be used to retrieve material (e.g., a urinary stone) from a body. The basket opens and closes for end-encapsulation of a stone and is strengthened by support members that interconnect the basket loops. A captured stone may be released from the basket with the basket still in the body by opening the loops.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: James S. Bates, James A. Teague
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Patent number: 6872211Abstract: Baskets with multiple portions and multiple deployed configurations allow the capture and release of material within the body.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Curtis White, Brad Elliott, James S. Bates
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Patent number: 6800080Abstract: Immobilization and/or retrieval of material from a body can be accomplished, in accordance with the invention, with a device that includes a sheath and a basket. The basket is movable relative to the sheath from a retracted position in which the basket is withdrawn within the sheath and an expanded position in which the basket is extended beyond the distal end of the sheath and open. The basket has a first portion and a second portion with two or more legs extending from the first portion to the second portion. The basket further includes an intermediate portion between the first and second portions in which the legs are spirally arranged, substantially parallel, and non-intersecting. The intermediate portion of the basket is displaced radially outward relative to the first and second portions when the basket is in the expanded position. The basket in the expanded position may be used to immobilize and/or capture material within a body.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: James S. Bates
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Patent number: 6780193Abstract: A surgical extractor for removing objects from a body including, for example, calculi, such as kidney stones and gall stones. The extractor includes a handle at an proximal end of the extractor with a slider for operation by a physician. At the distal end the extractor includes a plurality of wires with each wire comprising a first portion having an individual strand and a second portion comprising a plurality of filaments. When a retaining sheath is retracted, the wires, formed of a shape memory material such as stainless steel, expand such that each of strands assume a spaced relationship to define a first section of a basket and the plurality of the filaments assume a spaced relationship to define a second section of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Boston Scientific CorporationInventors: Stephen W. Leslie, James S. Bates
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Publication number: 20040068290Abstract: A dressing for applying compression to a wound in a patient includes a bladder having a non-deformable end wall and a deformable membrane. The dressing may include a flexible web having an adhesive layer on one side thereof for securing the dressing to the patient so as to hold the bladder against the patient's skin. Upon inflation, the deformable membrane projects towards the patient's skin and exerts pressure on the wound to reduce the flow of blood from the wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Datascope Investment Corp.Inventors: James S. Bates, John P. Budris
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Publication number: 20030153843Abstract: An instrument for collecting body tissue includes a tubular cutting member having an exterior surface, a proximal end, and a distal end capable of penetrating body tissue; and a flexible cutting extension coaxially and slidably disposed around the exterior surface of the cutting member, the flexible cutting extensions having a proximal end and distal end capable of cutting tissue located at the distal end of the cutting member and covering the distal end of the cutting member so that tissue that has entered the cutting member is retained in the cutting member. A first tubular member may be connected to the cutting member, and a second tubular member mayb connected to the cutting extension, the second tubular member being coaxially disposed on the first tubular member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2003Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, a Minnesota CorporationInventors: Srinivas Nishtalas, Tim E. Ward, James S. Bates, Stephane Gobron
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Publication number: 20030135233Abstract: A medical retrieval device includes a basket formed of two or more loops. The basket may be used to retrieve material (e.g., a urinary stone) from a body. The basket opens and closes for end-encapsulation of a stone and is strengthened by support members that interconnect the basket loops. A captured stone may be released from the basket with the basket still in the body by opening the loops.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: James S. Bates, James A. Teague
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Publication number: 20030120281Abstract: Baskets with atraumatic distal tips allow the capture of material from difficult-to-reach areas of the body, while reducing the risk of tissue damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2003Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Boston Scientific CorporationInventors: James S. Bates, Like Que, James W. Riley, James A. Teague