Patents by Inventor Jeff Franco

Jeff Franco 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).

  • Publication number: 20240099882
    Abstract: A method of treating an eye of a patient may include positioning an expandable strut structure within at least one of an internal carotid artery, an ophthalmic artery, or an ostium at a junction between the internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery. Additionally, the method may include directing blood flow towards the ophthalmic artery via a diverter element associated with the expandable strut structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Robert VIDLUND, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Publication number: 20240082055
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. VIDLUND
  • Patent number: 11759218
    Abstract: A method may include delivering a first catheter to a location within an arterial vasculature of a subject. The location may include at least one of an internal carotid artery of the subject or a junction between an ophthalmic artery of the subject and the internal carotid artery of the subject. The method also may include moving a second catheter relative to the first catheter so as to reorient a direction of a distal opening of the second catheter, the second catheter being connected to the first catheter at a joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: J.D. FRANCO & CO., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Patent number: 11701255
    Abstract: A method of treating an eye of a patient may include positioning an expandable strut structure within at least one of an internal carotid artery, an ophthalmic artery, or an ostium at a junction between the internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery. Additionally, the method may include directing blood flow towards the ophthalmic artery via a diverter element associated with the expandable strut structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: J.D. FRANCO & CO., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Patent number: 11690985
    Abstract: A method of inducing retrograde blood flow may include extending a sheath through opposite walls of one of an artery and a vein of a subject and through a wall of the other of the artery and the vein such that a distal end of the sheath may be positioned within one of the artery and the vein. The method may include inducing retrograde blood flow in the artery and delivering the induced retrograde blood flow into the vein of the subject via the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: J.D. FRANCO & CO., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Patent number: 11654047
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: J.D. FRANCO & CO., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. Vidlund
  • Patent number: 11278389
    Abstract: A method for treating at least one of an ophthalmic artery or an ostium between the ophthalmic artery and an internal carotid artery of a subject may include delivering a microcatheter to a location within vasculature of the subject. The method may further include delivering a filter to a location within at least one of the ophthalmic artery or the ostium and transitioning the filter between a first delivery configuration and a second deployed configuration. Further, the method may include deploying a stent to a location within the internal carotid artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Kemal Schankereli
  • Publication number: 20210169633
    Abstract: A method of treating an eye of a patient may include positioning an expandable strut structure within at least one of an internal carotid artery, an ophthalmic artery, or an ostium at a junction between the internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery. Additionally, the method may include directing blood flow towards the ophthalmic artery via a diverter element associated with the expandable strut structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Robert VIDLUND, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Publication number: 20210145463
    Abstract: A method may include delivering a first catheter to a location within an arterial vasculature of a subject. The location may include at least one of an internal carotid artery of the subject or a junction between an ophthalmic artery of the subject and the internal carotid artery of the subject. The method also may include moving a second catheter relative to the first catheter so as to reorient a direction of a distal opening of the second catheter, the second catheter being connected to the first catheter at a joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Publication number: 20200345540
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. Vidlund
  • Patent number: 10779929
    Abstract: A method of treating an eye of a patient may include positioning an expandable strut structure within at least one of an internal carotid artery, an ophthalmic artery, or an ostium at a junction between the internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery. Additionally, the method may include directing blood flow towards the ophthalmic artery via a diverter element associated with the expandable strut structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Patent number: 10758254
    Abstract: A method may include delivering a first catheter to a location within an arterial vasculature of a subject. The location may include at least one of an internal carotid artery of the subject or a junction between an ophthalmic artery of the subject and the internal carotid artery of the subject. The method also may include moving a second catheter relative to the first catheter so as to reorient a direction of a distal opening of the second catheter, the second catheter being connected to the first catheter at a joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Robert Vidlund, Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco
  • Patent number: 10758409
    Abstract: A method, device, or system for treating eye disorders or conditions, comprising restoring or increasing blood flow or blood flow rate in an artery that supplies blood to or in the eye, thereby increasing the amount of oxygen that reaches the eye or a portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Franco, Michael Calhoun
  • Patent number: 10751215
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. Vidlund
  • Patent number: 10682253
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. Vidlund
  • Publication number: 20200179162
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. VIDLUND
  • Publication number: 20200138626
    Abstract: A method is provided and may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a skin of a head of a subject via a first device, positioning at least one of the first device or a second device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject, and performing an atherectomy of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between the ophthalmic artery and an internal carotid artery of the subject, using the at least one of the first device or the second device, so as to treat a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque, or other physiology in the ophthalmic artery or the junction between the ophthalmic artery and the internal carotid artery of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Franco, Michael Calhoun
  • Publication number: 20200022837
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. Vidlund
  • Publication number: 20200016381
    Abstract: A method of inducing retrograde blood flow may include extending a sheath through opposite walls of one of an artery and a vein of a subject and through a wall of the other of the artery and the vein such that a distal end of the sheath may be positioned within one of the artery and the vein. The method may include inducing retrograde blood flow in the artery and delivering the induced retrograde blood flow into the vein of the subject via the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael CALHOUN, Jeff FRANCO
  • Patent number: 10470925
    Abstract: A method may include accessing a terminal branch of an ophthalmic artery through a face of a subject. Additionally, the method may include positioning a device within the ophthalmic artery of the subject and treating at least one of a blockage, a stenosis, a lesion, plaque or other physiology in at least one of the ophthalmic artery or a junction between an internal carotid artery and the ophthalmic artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: J.D. Franco & Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Calhoun, Jeff Franco, Robert M. Vidlund