Patents by Inventor Jan Weber

Jan Weber 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).

  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC HEAT TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20150297763
    Abstract: A microparticle includes a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles having a Curie temperature between 40° and 100° C. The microparticle further includes a biocompatible polymer and/or biocompatible ceramic and a plurality of radiopaque nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: DEREK C. SUTERMEISTER, BRIAN R. REYNOLDS, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, JAMES M. ANDERSON, CASS ALEXANDER HANSON, JAN WEBER, JOSEPH ALAN KRONSTEDT, PATRICK A. HAVERKOST, MARTIN R. WILLARD
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC HEAT TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20150297292
    Abstract: Methods and devices (e.g., for nerve modulation) may include at least one thermistor and a balloon having a balloon wall. In one or more embodiments, the medical device is configured and arranged to transfer heat to the medical device surroundings. In one or more embodiments, the at least one thermistor is a portion of a thermistor array disposed on the balloon wall, the thermistor array including a plurality of thermistors and operatively engaged with a source of electric current. In one or more embodiments, the device includes at least one flexible circuit mounted on the outer surface of the expandable balloon, the at least one flexible circuit including at least one temperature-sensing device that includes at least one thermistor, wherein at least a portion of a conductive layer is electronically coupled to the thermistor, with the proviso that no electrode is associated with the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: DEREK C. SUTERMEISTER, PATRICK A. HAVERKOST, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, CASS ALEXANDER HANSON, JEFFREY S. LINDQUIST, JOSEPH ALAN KRONSTEDT, JAN WEBER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, MARTIN R. WILLARD
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR THERAPEUTIC HEAT TREATMENTS
    Publication number: 20150297281
    Abstract: An expandable balloon catheter having an elongate shaft having a distal end region and an expandable balloon coupled to the distal end region of the elongate shaft is disclosed. One or more cutting members are attached to the expandable balloon, wherein at least a portion of each of the one or more cutting members comprises a Curie material having a Curie temperature between 60° and 400° Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: DEREK C. SUTERMEISTER, JOSEPH ALAN KRONSTEDT, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, PATRICK A. HAVERKOST, JAN WEBER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, CASS ALEXANDER HANSON, MARTIN R. WILLARD
  • MAGNETIC DEVICE TO CONTROL OBESITY AND RELATED METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20150265447
    Abstract: A medical device includes an outer shell defining a cavity, wherein the shell is movable between a deformed and unstressed state, a magnet disposed within the cavity, and a filler material carried within the cavity conforming to the interior shape of the shell in the unstressed state and being capable of holding its shape in the deformed state. The filler material converts from the deformed state to the unstressed state at a temperature not greater than human body temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Jan Weber
  • STENT WITH NON-ROUND CROSS-SECTION IN AN UNEXPANDED STATE
    Publication number: 20150265441
    Abstract: A stent has a circumference and a plurality of members that define a lumen. The stent has three stable states, which include an unexpanded state, a partially deployed state, and a deployed state. The lumen has a first cross-sectional shape in the unexpanded state, a second cross-sectional shape in the partially deployed state and a third cross-sectional shape in the deployed state. The first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is different from the second and third cross-sectional shapes of the lumen, and the first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is a non-round shaped cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Jan Weber
  • SELF-EXPANDING STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150265445
    Abstract: Systems for the delivery of endoluminal devices are disclosed. An illustrative system may include a delivery sheath having an inner sheath and an outer sheath. The delivery sheath may be configured to restrain a stent in a compressed delivery configuration. The outer sheath may cover the entire length of the stent and the inner sheath may cover a portion of the length of the stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JAN WEBER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, DEREK C. SUTERMEISTER, CASS A. HANSON
  • MEDICAL DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE MODULATOR FOR USE IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20150238111
    Abstract: This disclosure employs temperature, magnetism and Curie point transition to construct and use catheters and other medical devices that can be visualized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Accordingly, this disclosure includes, but is not limited to, medical devices, means of constructing medical devices, and methods of imaging medical devices using magnetic resonance and other technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Jan Weber
  • Atherectomy positioning device
    Patent number: 9084627
    Abstract: Techniques are described for treating an occlusion in a patient. In one example, a system includes an atherectomy device configured to remove an occlusion from a body lumen and a positioning device that positions the atherectomy device adjacent to the occlusion. The positioning device includes a tubular body having first and second ends and defining a lumen therebetween, at least two fins engaged to the tubular body, wherein in a deployed state, the fins extend radially outward from the tubular body, and wherein in an undeployed state, the at least two fins wrap about one another and about the tubular body, a guide wire extending through the lumen, and first and second stopper members, each of the first and second stopper members engaged to the guide wire, wherein the first stopper member and the second stopper member substantially prevent movement of the tubular body along the guide wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Jan Weber
  • VARIABLE STIFFNESS SHAFT
    Publication number: 20150196734
    Abstract: Medical devices may include structure or provision that permit a physician or other health care professional to adjust particular parameters such as flexibility, stiffness and compressive strength of at least a portion of the medical device. In some instances, the medical device may be adjusted prior to inserting the medical device into a patient. In some cases, the medical device may be adjusted while in use within the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Tracee E.J. Eidenschink
  • Stent with non-round cross-section in an unexpanded state
    Patent number: 9078777
    Abstract: A stent has a circumference and a plurality of members that define a lumen. The stent has three stable states, which include an unexpanded state, a partially deployed state, and a deployed state. The lumen has a first cross-sectional shape in the unexpanded state, a second cross-sectional shape in the partially deployed state and a third cross-sectional shape in the deployed state. The first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is different from the second and third cross-sectional shapes of the lumen, and the first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is a non-round shaped cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Jan Weber
  • TEAR RESISTANT FLEX CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150190195
    Abstract: A medical device for sympathetic nerve ablation may include a catheter shaft, an expandable member disposed on or coupled to the catheter shaft, and a plurality of elongate electrode assemblies each constructed as a flexible circuit having a plurality of layers. The expandable member may be configured to shift between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The plurality of electrode assemblies may be disposed on an outer surface of the expandable member. Each of the plurality of electrode assemblies may include enhanced tear resistance properties such as through the inclusion of a reinforcement structure with one or more of the layers of the electrode assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: CASS A. HANSON, DEREK C. SUTERMEISTER, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, ROBERT N. SQUIRE, JAMES M. ANDERSON, MARTIN R. WILLARD, PATRICK A. HAVERKOST, JAN WEBER, JEFFREY S. LINDQUIST, DANIEL J. HORN
  • SYMPATHETIC NERVE ABLATION DEVICES WITH AN EXPANSION-LIMITING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20150190194
    Abstract: Medical devices for sympathetic nerve modulation are disclosed. An example medical device for sympathetic nerve modulation may include a catheter shaft having a distal region. A compliant balloon may be coupled to the distal region. A flexible circuit assembly may be coupled to the compliant balloon. The flexible circuit assembly may include one or more electrodes. An expansion-limiting member may be coupled to the compliant balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JAN WEBER, MARTIN R. WILLARD, JEFFREY S. LINDQUIST
  • Magnetic device to control obesity and related method of use
    Patent number: 9066780
    Abstract: A medical device includes an outer shell defining a cavity, wherein the shell is movable between a deformed and unstressed state, a magnet disposed within the cavity, and a filler material carried within the cavity conforming to the interior shape of the shell in the unstressed state and being capable of holding its shape in the deformed state. The filler material converts from the deformed state to the unstressed state at a temperature not greater than human body temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Jan Weber
  • INTEGRATED CATHETER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150174363
    Abstract: A guide catheter may include a tubular member having an inner layer defining a lumen extending therethrough, a reinforcing braid disposed about the inner layer, a plurality of steering wires interwoven through the reinforcing braid, and an outer layer disposed about the reinforcing braid. At least a portion of the reinforcing braid may be embedded within the outer layer. An introducer sleeve may be slidably disposed over the tubular member. A flush port element may be operably connected to the introducer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: DEREK C. SUTERMEISTER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, TIMOTHY A. OSTROOT, CASS A. HANSON, ANTHONY F. TASSONI, JR., TIMOTHY L. RUBESCH, JAN WEBER
  • Protective surfaces for drug-coated medical devices
    Patent number: 9061127
    Abstract: Medical balloons having one or more folds, on which are disposed protective surfaces e.g., protective lines or strips, and at least one therapeutic agent between the lines. The protective surfaces prevent, inhibit, or reduce the contact between therapeutic agent on one area, e.g., a surface area, and an opposing area or therapeutic agent on the opposing area when the balloon is folded. The protective surfaces also prevent, inhibit, or reduce loss of therapeutic agent from the balloon surface as a result of, for example, contact with a medical device during expansion or removal of a protective sheath. Also a medical device delivery system comprising a medical device surrounded by a retractable sheath, wherein protective surfaces are disposed on the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, James Q. Feng
  • CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BLOOD FLOW RATES WITH OPTICAL SENSING
    Publication number: 20150119724
    Abstract: Catheter systems and methods for determining blood flow rates based on light reflection measurements. The catheter may include a lumen extending between a proximal end of the catheter and a distal end of the catheter. The catheter may include fluid infusion openings at the distal end region of the catheter that are configured to permit the indicator fluid to exit the catheter from the lumen. The catheter system may include an optical fiber having one or more sensors thereon for sensing light reflected by blood particles in a body vessel lumen. A blood flow rate may be determined based on the sensed light reflected by blood particles in the body vessel lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JAN WEBER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, AIDEN FLANAGAN, ERIC M. PETERSEN, STEVEN R. LARSEN
  • CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BLOOD FLOW RATES WITH ACOUSTIC DILUTION
    Publication number: 20150112215
    Abstract: Catheter systems and methods for determining blood flow rates based on speed of sound measurements. The catheter may include a lumen extending between a proximal end of the catheter and a distal end of the catheter. The catheter may include fluid infusion openings at the distal end region of the catheter that are configured to permit the indicator fluid to exit the catheter from the lumen. The catheter system may include a guidewire having one or more sensors thereon for sensing speed of sound in a body vessel lumen and/or in a lumen of the catheter. The sensors may sense a sound sent through the catheter to the body vessel lumen. A blood flow rate may be calculated based on the measured speeds of sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JAN WEBER, JAMES M. ANDERSON
  • Medical devices including composites
    Patent number: 9011516
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are described. In some embodiments, a medical device includes an elongated hollow body formed of a polymeric matrix containing one or more regions of a pre-determined weight percent of carbon nanotubes in general alignment in a pre-determined orientation. The medical device can have a compressed state with a first transverse dimension and an expanded state with a second relatively greater transverse dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Thomas J. Holman, Tracee Eidenschink
  • FLEXIBLE RENAL NERVE ABLATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20150105773
    Abstract: Medical devices for renal nerve ablation are disclosed. An example medical device for renal nerve ablation may include a catheter shaft having a distal region. The device may include an expandable member coupled to the distal region, a flexible circuit assembly coupled to the expandable member, and a pressure sensor disposed along the expandable member and positioned adjacent to the flexible circuit assembly. The flexible circuit assembly may include one or more pairs of bipolar electrodes and a temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: JAN WEBER, JEFFREY S. LINDQUIST
  • ENDOPROSTHESIS DEVICES INCLUDING BIOSTABLE AND BIOABSORABLE REGIONS
    Publication number: 20150073522
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to medical devices, and methods for making and using the medical devices. An exemplary endoprosthesis includes an expandable tubular framework having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough. The tubular framework includes a number of interconnected biostable struts. The tubular framework has a proximal region extending distally from the proximal end to an intermediate location, and a distal region extending proximally from the distal end to the intermediate location. The distal region of the tubular framework is more flexible than the proximal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jan Weber, James M. Anderson, Derek C. Sutermeister, Cass Alexander Hanson, Timothy A. Ostroot