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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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
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Publication number: 20230050254Abstract: 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: October 6, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: 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: 11534174Abstract: 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 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: 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: 11484400Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Brooke Ren, Daniel O. Adams, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20220211386Abstract: 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 25, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz (deceased), John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Patent number: 11317920Abstract: 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 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: 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: 20210378679Abstract: 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: August 20, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
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Publication number: 20210378646Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Matt Glimsdale, Jana Santer, Derek Wise, John C. Oslund, Kent Anderson, Daniel O. Adams, Zhong Qian
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Publication number: 20210378645Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20210346001Abstract: 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: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Patent number: 11134933Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11116486Abstract: 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: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: AGA Medical CorporationInventors: Kurt Amplatz, Xiaoping Gu, John C. Oslund
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Publication number: 20210204957Abstract: 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 5, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: 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: 20210204958Abstract: 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 5, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: 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: 20200367905Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Sarah Ellen Drilling, John C Oslund, Mathias C Glimsdale, Xiaoping Gu