Patents by Inventor Jerome S. Conia

Jerome S. Conia 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).

  • Patent number: 11918757
    Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson
  • Publication number: 20240041645
    Abstract: Medicament delivery devices are provided for metering delivery of a medicament over a time period to an ocular tissue. The device includes a tube, a microporous core, and a body portion with an external surface defining an internal reservoir. External surface defines a port of the body portion disposed to facilitate a first passage of the medicament from the reservoir. Tube length defines a second passage of the medicament from the first end to the second end of the tube. First end is coupled to the port to receive the first passage of the medicament from the reservoir. Second end is disposed at a distance from the first end to deliver the medicament to the ocular tissue. Microporous core is disposed in the lumen along at least a portion of the tube length and has a porosity that meters the second passage of the medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jérôme S. Conia, Jeffrey C. Towler
  • Publication number: 20230201524
    Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson
  • Publication number: 20220378611
    Abstract: An implantable delivery device for dispensing a medicament that includes a first microporous material that is bonded to a second microporous material. The first microporous material has a first microporous layer including a plurality of pores sized to permit tissue ingrowth and a second microporous layer including a plurality of pores sized to permit tissue ingrowth. The second microporous material has a third microporous layer including a plurality of pores sized to resist tissue ingrowth and a fourth microporous layer including a plurality of pores sized to permit tissue ingrowth. The second microporous layer is bonded to the third microporous layer to thereby form a reservoir for receiving the medicament. The first and second microporous materials are configured to meter a rate at which the medicament is dispensed from the reservoir when the delivery device is implanted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jérôme S. Conia, Peter J. Roeber, Jeffrey C. Towler
  • Publication number: 20220323006
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to implantable biosensors configured to be implanted into tissue of a subject at an implantation site. In an exemplary embodiment, the implantable biosensor comprising: an electronic module and a compliant sensing tether extending from the electronic module. The compliant sensing tether comprising a proximal portion coupled to the electronic module, a distal portion spaced apart from the electronics module, and an intermediate portion joining the proximal portion to the distal portion. The proximal portion has a first flexibility and the distal portion having a second flexibility. The second flexibility of the distal portion being greater than the first flexibility of the proximal portion. The distal portion comprises a sensor configured to sense a signal corresponding to an analyte of the subject, wherein the signal corresponding to the analyte is transferred to the electronics module via the compliant sensing tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jérôme S. Conia, Allen B. Mackay, Benjamin M. Trapp
  • Publication number: 20220241554
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that are configured to be implanted within a patient. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include a catheter configured to implant within the intraperitoneal space of the patient, an interior flow lumen, and at least one opening connected to the interior flow lumen for therapeutic agent delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jérôme S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jared S. Nelson, Cedomila Ristic-Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20220001137
    Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson
  • Patent number: 11173276
    Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson
  • Publication number: 20180154108
    Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson