Patents by Inventor Joelle A. Faulkner
Joelle A. Faulkner 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: 10737084Abstract: Devices and methods for draining excess lymph fluid are disclosed. The device can be fixed to the blood vessel adjacent to the thoracic duct. The device can have a port for withdrawing lymph fluid exiting the thoracic duct. The device can have a cannula and/or subcutaneous port to draw the lymph fluid away from the thoracic duct and reduce hemostatic pressure in the lymphatic system.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, LXS, LLCInventors: Matthew J. Callaghan, Joelle A. Faulkner, Kevin Zi Jun Chao, John Avi Roop, Stephen Arie Leeflang, Christian Scott Eversull
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Patent number: 10149677Abstract: A vessel access and closure device places a running suture in the wall of a blood vessel using a rotating helical suture needle that carries the suture along a helical path passing through the vessel wall, then reverses rotation to release a suture anchor attached to the distal end of the suture. A loose helical coil of suture is left behind as the helical suture needle withdraws. The device is withdrawn and replaced with a vessel dilator and an introducer sheath that opens up a larger access opening into the blood vessel and creates a pathway that passes though the helical coil of suture for introducing an interventional device into the blood vessel. After the interventional procedure is completed, the interventional device and the introducer sheath are withdrawn and the running suture is tightened and secured with a suture lock to close the access opening into the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: VasoStitch, Inc.Inventors: Amir Belson, Joelle Faulkner, Phillip Charles Burke, Eric T. Johnson, Bauback Safa
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Publication number: 20170354812Abstract: Devices and methods for draining excess lymph fluid are disclosed. The device can be fixed to the blood vessel adjacent to the thoracic duct. The device can have a port for withdrawing lymph fluid exiting the thoracic duct. The device can have a cannula and/or subcutaneous port to draw the lymph fluid away from the thoracic duct and reduce hemostatic pressure in the lymphatic system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Matthew J. Callaghan, Joelle A. Faulkner, Kevin Zi Jun Chao, John Avi Roop, Stephen Arie Leeflang, Christian Scott Eversull
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Patent number: 9682223Abstract: Devices and methods for draining excess lymph fluid are disclosed. The device can be fixed to the blood vessel adjacent to the thoracic duct. The device can have a port for withdrawing lymph fluid exiting the thoracic duct. The device can have a cannula and/or subcutaneous port to draw the lymph fluid away from the thoracic duct and reduce hemostatic pressure in the lymphatic system.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYInventors: Matthew J. Callaghan, Joelle A. Faulkner, Kevin Zi Jun Chao, John Avi Roop
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Publication number: 20150265272Abstract: A vessel access and closure device places a running suture in the wall of a blood vessel using a rotating helical suture needle that carries the suture along a helical path passing through the vessel wall, then reverses rotation to release a suture anchor attached to the distal end of the suture. A loose helical coil of suture is left behind as the helical suture needle withdraws. The device is withdrawn and replaced with a vessel dilator and an introducer sheath that opens up a larger access opening into the blood vessel and creates a pathway that passes though the helical coil of suture for introducing an interventional device into the blood vessel. After the interventional procedure is completed, the interventional device and the introducer sheath are withdrawn and the running suture is tightened and secured with a suture lock to close the access opening into the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Amir Belson, Joelle Faulkner, Phillip Charles Burke, Eric T. Johnson, Bauback Safa
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Patent number: 9078633Abstract: A vessel access and closure device places a running suture in the wall of a blood vessel using a rotating helical suture needle that carries the suture along a helical path passing through the vessel wall, then reverses rotation to release a suture anchor attached to the distal end of the suture. A loose helical coil of suture is left behind as the helical suture needle withdraws. The device is withdrawn and replaced with a vessel dilator and an introducer sheath that opens up a larger access opening into the blood vessel and creates a pathway that passes though the helical coil of suture for introducing an interventional device into the blood vessel. After the interventional procedure is completed, the interventional device and the introducer sheath are withdrawn and the running suture is tightened and secured with a suture lock to close the access opening into the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: VASOSTITCH, INC.Inventors: Amir Belson, Joelle Faulkner, Phillip Burke, Eric Johnson, Bauback Safa
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Publication number: 20120143226Abstract: A vessel access and closure device places a running suture in the wall of a blood vessel using a rotating helical suture needle that carries the suture along a helical path passing through the vessel wall, then reverses rotation to release a suture anchor attached to the distal end of the suture. A loose helical coil of suture is left behind as the helical suture needle withdraws. The device is withdrawn and replaced with a vessel dilator and an introducer sheath that opens up a larger access opening into the blood vessel and creates a pathway that passes though the helical coil of suture for introducing an interventional device into the blood vessel. After the interventional procedure is completed, the interventional device and the introducer sheath are withdrawn and the running suture is tightened and secured with a suture lock to close the access opening into the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: VasoStitch, Inc.Inventors: Amir Belson, Joelle Faulkner, Phillip Burke, Eric Johnson, Bauback Safa
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Publication number: 20120029466Abstract: Devices and methods for draining excess lymph fluid are disclosed. The device can be fixed to the blood vessel adjacent to the thoracic duct. The device can have a port for withdrawing lymph fluid exiting the thoracic duct. The device can have a cannula and/or subcutaneous port to draw the lymph fluid away from the thoracic duct and reduce hemostatic pressure in the lymphatic system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Matthew J. Callaghan, Joelle A. Faulkner, Kevin Zi Jun Chao, John Avi Roop