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).

  • Publication number: 20240341740
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
  • Patent number: 12114844
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
  • Publication number: 20240315699
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Patent number: 12048435
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Patent number: 11944312
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Patent number: 11925338
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
  • Publication number: 20230050254
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Patent number: 11534174
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Patent number: 11484400
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide medical devices and methods for treating a target site within the body. For example, one embodiment provides a stent graft for treating a target site proximate to a bifurcated lumen, wherein the stent graft includes a first tubular structure having proximal and distal ends and a side wall extending therebetween. The first tubular structure includes an opening defined within the side wall and is configured to define a first portion having first and second ends and a second portion having first and second ends. The opening corresponds to the first ends of the first and second portions and the second ends of the first and second portions respectively correspond to the proximal and distal ends of the first tubular structure, and at least a portion of the first and second portions are configured to be positioned within respective branches of a bifurcated lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Brooke Ren, Daniel O. Adams, John C. Oslund
  • Publication number: 20220211386
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz (deceased), John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Patent number: 11317920
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Publication number: 20210378679
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Publication number: 20210378646
    Abstract: A collapsible medical device and associated methods of occluding an abnormal opening in, for example, a body organ, wherein the medical device is shaped from plural layers of a heat-treatable metal fabric. Each of the fabric layers is formed from a plurality of metal strands and the assembly is heat-treated within a mold in order to substantially set a desired shape of the device. By incorporating plural layers in the thus-formed medical device, the ability of the device to rapidly occlude an abnormal opening in a body organ is significantly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Matt Glimsdale, Jana Santer, Derek Wise, John C. Oslund, Kent Anderson, Daniel O. Adams, Zhong Qian
  • Publication number: 20210378645
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
  • Publication number: 20210346001
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
  • Patent number: 11134933
    Abstract: A collapsible medical device and associated methods of occluding an abnormal opening in, for example, a body organ, wherein the medical device is shaped from plural layers of a heat-treatable metal fabric. Each of the fabric layers is formed from a plurality of metal strands and the assembly is heat-treated within a mold in order to substantially set a desired shape of the device. By incorporating plural layers in the thus-formed medical device, the ability of the device to rapidly occlude an abnormal opening in a body organ is significantly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Matt Glimsdale, Jana Santer, Derek Wise, John C. Oslund, Kent Anderson, Daniel O. Adams, Zhong Qian
  • Patent number: 11116486
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AGA Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
  • Publication number: 20210204957
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Publication number: 20210204958
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Publication number: 20200367905
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide devices and methods for treating various target sites, such as vascular abnormalities. For example, a medical device according to one embodiment includes at least one layer of a fabric of braided strands having proximal and distal ends and a central axis extending therebetween. The medical device has an expanded configuration a generally frustroconical shaped portion at each end. The medical device is configured to be constrained to a reduced configuration for delivery through a diagnostic catheter and to at least partially return, when unconstrained, towards the expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Ellen Drilling, John C Oslund, Mathias C Glimsdale, Xiaoping Gu