Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. JANNICKE
Jeffrey J. JANNICKE 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: 11179200Abstract: An augmented reality system includes an augmented reality display system; and processing circuitry in communication with the augmented reality display system. The processing circuity configured to receive, from a mapping system, data associated with a subject's anatomical feature; receive, from a navigation system, an indication of a position of a treatment device within the subject's anatomical feature; and display, via the augmented reality display system, a virtual organ object and at least one of the data associated with the subject's anatomical feature and the indication of the position of the treatment device within the subject's anatomical feature overlaying a real-world environment viewable by a user via the augmented reality display system.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Mina S. Fahim, Peter N. Braido, Ross D. Hinrichsen, Jeffrey J. Jannicke
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Publication number: 20190183576Abstract: An augmented reality system includes an augmented reality display system; and processing circuitry in communication with the augmented reality display system. The processing circuity configured to receive, from a mapping system, data associated with a subject's anatomical feature; receive, from a navigation system, an indication of a position of a treatment device within the subject's anatomical feature; and display, via the augmented reality display system, a virtual organ object and at least one of the data associated with the subject's anatomical feature and the indication of the position of the treatment device within the subject's anatomical feature overlaying a real-world environment viewable by a user via the augmented reality display system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Mina S. FAHIM, Peter N. BRAIDO, Ross D. HINRICHSEN, Jeffrey J. JANNICKE
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Patent number: 10159521Abstract: A method and system for performing pulmonary vein isolation, mapping, and assessing pulmonary vein occlusion using a single device. The device may generally include an ablation element, such as a cryoballoon, and a sensing component slidably disposed within a lumen of the device and bearing one or more mapping electrodes and one or more pressure sensors. The method may generally include mapping cardiac electrical signals within a heart and/or pulmonary vein, positioning a distal portion of the sensing component within a pulmonary vein, advancing the ablation element until it is in contact with the pulmonary vein ostium, recording blood pressure measurements within the pulmonary vein with the one or more pressure sensors to assess pulmonary vein occlusion, and activating the treatment element when the pulmonary vein is completely occluded. The sensing component may have a straight or hooped configuration, or a configuration therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LPInventors: Jeffrey J. Jannicke, Mark Allen Benscoter, Patricia K. Fuher
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Patent number: 10076634Abstract: A method of producing a multi-lumen elongate body for a medical device. Unlike known methods requiring a solid core of material inserted into each lumen to maintain patency of the lumens during manufacture, the present method obviates the need for a solid core within one or more minor lumens, which saves cost and production complexity. One or more material overlay and mesh overlay steps may be used to produce the multi-lumen elongate body, but only the main lumen may include a solid core therein during all manufacturing steps. The one or more minor lumens may each be defined by a lumen tube having a sufficient stiffness to withstand external pressure during all manufacturing steps without the need for a solid core within.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLCInventors: Jeremy D. Dando, John B. Horrigan, Jeffrey J. Jannicke, Michael E. Kapust, Neil Purcell
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Patent number: 9868242Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a multi-lumen device that includes extruding a first layer of material to form an elongate body with a first lumen and a second lumen, the elongate body having a length of at least 100 feet, depositing a mesh layer over the first layer of material along the entire length of the elongate body, and extruding a second layer of material over the mesh layer along at least a portion of the length of the elongate body. The length of at least 100 feet may be considered a first length, the method further comprising cutting the elongate body into a plurality of shortened elongate bodies having a usable length, such as between approximately two feet and approximately six feet.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLCInventors: Jeremy D. Dando, John B. Horrigan, Jeffrey J. Jannicke, Michael E. Kapust, Neil Purcell
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Patent number: 9505159Abstract: A method of dimensionally stabilizing a lumen of a multi-lumen device during manufacture wherein one or more minor lumens may contain a fluid that maintains patency of the one or more minor lumens without the need for a solid core within. The at least one second lumen tube may be in fluid communication with a fluid source during the manufacturing process, such as during extrusion and/or mesh overlay steps. Preventing collapse of the one or more minor lumens during manufacture using a fluid instead of a solid core allows the lumens to have any of a variety of shapes and configurations that would be difficult, cost prohibitive, or impossible for a solid core to be used. Also, obviating the need for a solid core within one or more lumens reduces cost and production complexity. The fluid may be a non-compressible liquid or a pressurized gas.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLCInventors: Jeremy D. Dando, John B. Horrigan, Jeffrey J. Jannicke, Neil Purcell
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Patent number: 9351783Abstract: A method and system for performing pulmonary vein isolation, mapping, and assessing pulmonary vein occlusion using a single device. The device may generally include an ablation element, such as a cryoballoon, and a sensing component slidably disposed within a lumen of the device and bearing one or more mapping electrodes and one or more pressure sensors. The method may generally include mapping cardiac electrical signals within a heart and/or pulmonary vein, positioning a distal portion of the sensing component within a pulmonary vein, advancing the ablation element until it is in contact with the pulmonary vein ostium, recording blood pressure measurements within the pulmonary vein with the one or more pressure sensors to assess pulmonary vein occlusion, and activating the treatment element when the pulmonary vein is completely occluded. The sensing component may have a straight or hooped configuration, or a configuration therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LPInventors: Jeffrey J. Jannicke, Mark Allen Benscoter, Patricia K. Fuher
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Publication number: 20160135865Abstract: A method and system for performing pulmonary vein isolation, mapping, and assessing pulmonary vein occlusion using a single device. The device may generally include an ablation element, such as a cryoballoon, and a sensing component slidably disposed within a lumen of the device and bearing one or more mapping electrodes and one or more pressure sensors. The method may generally include mapping cardiac electrical signals within a heart and/or pulmonary vein, positioning a distal portion of the sensing component within a pulmonary vein, advancing the ablation element until it is in contact with the pulmonary vein ostium, recording blood pressure measurements within the pulmonary vein with the one or more pressure sensors to assess pulmonary vein occlusion, and activating the treatment element when the pulmonary vein is completely occluded. The sensing component may have a straight or hooped configuration, or a configuration therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Jeffrey J. JANNICKE, Mark Allen BENSCOTER, Patricia K. FUHER
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Publication number: 20150306343Abstract: A method of producing a multi-lumen elongate body for a medical device. Unlike known methods requiring a solid core of material inserted into each lumen to maintain patency of the lumens during manufacture, the present method obviates the need for a solid core within one or more minor lumens, which saves cost and production complexity. One or more material overlay and mesh overlay steps may be used to produce the multi-lumen elongate body, but only the main lumen may include a solid core therein during all manufacturing steps. The one or more minor lumens may each be defined by a lumen tube having a sufficient stiffness to withstand external pressure during all manufacturing steps without the need for a solid core within.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLCInventors: Jeremy D. DANDO, John B. HORRIGAN, Jeffrey J. JANNICKE, Michael E. KAPUST, Neil PURCELL
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Publication number: 20150306805Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a multi-lumen device that includes extruding a first layer of material to form an elongate body with a first lumen and a second lumen, the elongate body having a length of at least 100 feet, depositing a mesh layer over the first layer of material along the entire length of the elongate body, and extruding a second layer of material over the mesh layer along at least a portion of the length of the elongate body. The length of at least 100 feet may be considered a first length, the method further comprising cutting the elongate body into a plurality of shortened elongate bodies having a usable length, such as between approximately two feet and approximately six feet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLCInventors: Jeremy D. DANDO, John B. HORRIGAN, Jeffrey J. JANNICKE, Michael E. KAPUST, Neil PURCELL
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Publication number: 20150306806Abstract: A method of dimensionally stabilizing a lumen of a multi-lumen device during manufacture wherein one or more minor lumens may contain a fluid that maintains patency of the one or more minor lumens without the need for a solid core within. The at least one second lumen tube may be in fluid communication with a fluid source during the manufacturing process, such as during extrusion and/or mesh overlay steps. Preventing collapse of the one or more minor lumens during manufacture using a fluid instead of a solid core allows the lumens to have any of a variety of shapes and configurations that would be difficult, cost prohibitive, or impossible for a solid core to be used. Also, obviating the need for a solid core within one or more lumens reduces cost and production complexity. The fluid may be a non-compressible liquid or a pressurized gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLCInventors: Jeremy D. DANDO, John B. HORRIGAN, Jeffrey J. JANNICKE, Neil PURCELL
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Publication number: 20140330262Abstract: A method and system for performing pulmonary vein isolation, mapping, and assessing pulmonary vein occlusion using a single device. The device may generally include an ablation element, such as a cryoballoon, and a sensing component slidably disposed within a lumen of the device and bearing one or more mapping electrodes and one or more pressure sensors. The method may generally include mapping cardiac electrical signals within a heart and/or pulmonary vein, positioning a distal portion of the sensing component within a pulmonary vein, advancing the ablation element until it is in contact with the pulmonary vein ostium, recording blood pressure measurements within the pulmonary vein with the one or more pressure sensors to assess pulmonary vein occlusion, and activating the treatment element when the pulmonary vein is completely occluded. The sensing component may have a straight or hooped configuration, or a configuration therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey J. JANNICKE, Mark Allen BENSCOTER, Patricia K. FUHER