Patents by Inventor JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER
JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER 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: 20240042169Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to an extension portion of the proximal member, where the extension portion may be located at the distal end of the proximal member. The extension portion may allow a delivery device to be inserted through the guide extension catheter to extend along a surface of the extension portion and align with a lumen of a distal sheath of the guide extension catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, SOO-YOUNG YOON, LOUIS WARNER STEFANICH, JOHN E. USCHOLD
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Patent number: 11826517Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to an extension portion of the proximal member, where the extension portion may be located at the distal end of the proximal member. The extension portion may allow a delivery device to be inserted through the guide extension catheter to extend along a surface of the extension portion and align with a lumen of a distal sheath of the guide extension catheter.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Soo-Young Yoon, Louis Warner Stefanich, John E. Uschold
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Publication number: 20230226311Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, JOHN E. USCHOLD
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Patent number: 11571545Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, James M. Anderson, John E. Uschold
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Patent number: 11490895Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal shaft having a first outer diameter. A distal sheath may be attached to the proximal shaft and may have a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter. The distal sheath may be designed to extend past a coronary ostium and into a coronary artery so that another medical device can pass therethrough toward the coronary artery. An expandable balloon may be coupled to the distal sheath.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Rachel Japuntich, Louis Warner Stefanich, James M. Anderson, Benjamin Philip Gundale
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Publication number: 20210378743Abstract: A catheter system (100) for treating a treatment site (106) within or adjacent to the vessel wall of a blood vessel (108), or the heart valve, includes an energy source (124), a balloon (104), an energy guide (122A), and a balloon integrity protection system (142). The energy source (124) generates energy. The balloon (104) is positionable substantially adjacent to the treatment site (106). The balloon (104) has a balloon wall (130) that defines a balloon interior (146). The balloon (104) is configured to retain a balloon fluid (132) within the balloon interior (146). The energy guide (122A) is configured to receive energy from the energy source (124) and guide the energy into the balloon interior (146) so that plasma is formed in the balloon fluid (132) within the balloon interior (146). The balloon integrity protection system (142) is operatively coupled to the balloon (104).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Daniel Frank Massimini, Roger W. McGowan, Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Dave Parsons, Eric Schultheis
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Publication number: 20210244382Abstract: Imaging medical device systems and methods for making and using imaging medical device systems are disclosed. An example imaging medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region. An imaging assembly may be disposed within the elongate shaft. The imaging assembly may include a drive cable, a housing coupled to the drive cable, and a transducer coupled to the housing. A bubble-reducing member may be disposed adjacent to the drive cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: BRYAN JOSEPH PLUNGER, HARUKA IMURA, SEAN P. FLEURY, JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, MONICA ORTIZ SERRANO, JAN SEPPALA, JEFFREY ADAM HAMMERSTROM, VICTORIA SZLAG
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Patent number: 11013894Abstract: Medical devices, medical device systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example medical device system may include a guide catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The guide catheter may be designed to guide a therapeutic catheter to a target site. A guidewire may be disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system may also include a trap balloon catheter including a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon catheter may be designed to extend through the lumen of the guide catheter to a position adjacent to the distal end of the guide catheter. A trap balloon retainer may be coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon retainer may be designed to prevent a distal end of the trap balloon catheter from extending distally beyond the distal end of the guide catheter.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Ajay Gupta, Gordon Kocur, Patrick Boylan, Fiona Byrne
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Publication number: 20200306500Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, JOHN E. USCHOLD
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Patent number: 10682494Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, James M. Anderson, John E. Uschold
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Publication number: 20200139080Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to an extension portion of the proximal member, where the extension portion may be located at the distal end of the proximal member. The extension portion may allow a delivery device to be inserted through the guide extension catheter to extend along a surface of the extension portion and align with a lumen of a distal sheath of the guide extension catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, SOO-YOUNG YOON, LOUIS WARNER STEFANICH, JOHN E. USCHOLD
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Patent number: 10537709Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to an extension portion of the proximal member, where the extension portion may be located at the distal end of the proximal member. The extension portion may allow a delivery device to be inserted through the guide extension catheter to extend along a surface of the extension portion and align with a lumen of a distal sheath of the guide extension catheter.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Soo-Young Yoon, Louis Warner Stefanich, John E. Uschold
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Publication number: 20190358434Abstract: A guide extension catheter may include a proximal shaft and a tubular distal sheath including an exchange channel allowing for access (e.g. side access) into the lumen. Guide extension catheters may be used in conjunction with a guide catheter and a medical device having a distal region disposed within the guide catheter and a proximal region disposed outside of the guide catheter. A portion of the proximal region of the medical device can be passed through the exchange channel and into the lumen, and the guide extension catheter can be advanced into the guide catheter over the medical device without removing the medical device from the guide catheter. The exchange channel can extend in a straight line path along the sheath, or may extend in an indirect path along the sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, BRIAN J. HANSON, BETH CAMILLERI, LOUIS WARNER STEFANICH
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Publication number: 20180353732Abstract: Medical devices, medical device systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example medical device system may include a guide catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The guide catheter may be designed to guide a therapeutic catheter to a target site. A guidewire may be disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system may also include a trap balloon catheter including a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon catheter may be designed to extend through the lumen of the guide catheter to a position adjacent to the distal end of the guide catheter. A trap balloon retainer may be coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon retainer may be designed to prevent a distal end of the trap balloon catheter from extending distally beyond the distal end of the guide catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, AJAY GUPTA, GORDON KOCUR, PATRICK BOYLAN, FIONA BYRNE
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Patent number: 10080874Abstract: Medical devices, medical device systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example medical device system may include a guide catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The guide catheter may be designed to guide a therapeutic catheter to a target site. A guidewire may be disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system may also include a trap balloon catheter including a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon catheter may be designed to extend through the lumen of the guide catheter to a position adjacent to the distal end of the guide catheter. A trap balloon retainer may be coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon retainer may be designed to prevent a distal end of the trap balloon catheter from extending distally beyond the distal end of the guide catheter.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Fuller, Ajay Gupta, Gordon Kocur, Patrick Boylan, Fiona Byrne
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Publication number: 20180104445Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to an extension portion of the proximal member, where the extension portion may be located at the distal end of the proximal member. The extension portion may allow a delivery device to be inserted through the guide extension catheter to extend along a surface of the extension portion and align with a lumen of a distal sheath of the guide extension catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, SOO-YOUNG YOON, LOUIS WARNER STEFANICH, JOHN E. USCHOLD
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Publication number: 20170252043Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal shaft having a first outer diameter. A distal sheath may be attached to the proximal shaft and may have a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter. The distal sheath may be designed to extend past a coronary ostium and into a coronary artery so that another medical device can pass therethrough toward the coronary artery. An expandable balloon may be coupled to the distal sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, RACHEL JAPUNTICH, LOUIS WARNER STEFANICH, JAMES M. ANDERSON, BENJAMIN PHILIP GUNDALE
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Publication number: 20160346502Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, JAMES M. ANDERSON, JOHN E. USCHOLD
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Publication number: 20160296732Abstract: Medical devices, medical device systems, and methods for using the same are disclosed. An example medical device system may include a guide catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The guide catheter may be designed to guide a therapeutic catheter to a target site. A guidewire may be disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system may also include a trap balloon catheter including a catheter shaft and a balloon coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon catheter may be designed to extend through the lumen of the guide catheter to a position adjacent to the distal end of the guide catheter. A trap balloon retainer may be coupled to the catheter shaft. The trap balloon retainer may be designed to prevent a distal end of the trap balloon catheter from extending distally beyond the distal end of the guide catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, AJAY GUPTA, GORDON KOCUR, PATRICK BOYLAN, FIONA BYRNE