Patents by Inventor John C. Oslund
John C. Oslund 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: 12672864Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2025Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20260013848Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2025Publication date: January 15, 2026Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20250339151Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Publication number: 20250331862Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: October 30, 2025Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 12440217Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 12440198Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2025Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Patent number: 12440218Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2025Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Publication number: 20250241648Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2025Publication date: July 31, 2025Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Publication number: 20250228541Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Patent number: 12357315Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 12295558Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Patent number: 12290251Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Patent number: 12262894Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Publication number: 20250000500Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20240341740Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Patent number: 12114844Abstract: A collapsible medical device and methods for deploying the same are provided. The medical device includes a tubular metal fabric, which includes a plurality of braided metal strands and a proximal end and a distal end, the tubular metal fabric having a collapsed configuration for delivery and an expanded preset configuration for creating an occlusion of an opening. In the expanded preset configuration, the device has two expanded disk portions and a central portion, a first expanded disk portion and the central portion connected by a first reduced diameter portion, and a second expanded disk portion and the central portion connected by a second reduced diameter portion. Each of the first and second reduced diameter portions is smaller in diameter than both the two expanded disk portions and the central portion, and each of the first and second reduced diameter portions is recessed into the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20240315699Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 12048435Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 11944312Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 11925338Abstract: The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and shaped to create an occlusion of an abnormal opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained. The device further including at least one disk portion adjacent a body cylindrical portion formed from the fabric and having a transition diameter between the disk and cylindrical portion, significantly smaller than the diameter of the disk and the diameter of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund