Patents by Inventor John P. Lunsford
John P. Lunsford 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: 20200261266Abstract: The present invention provides a cannulation device for administering an active agent containing composition into the eye. The invention provides methods of treatment of an ocular disease or condition accordingly. The invention also provides a method for injection of a material accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Robert Steven Bley, Stanley R. Conston, Ronald K. Yamamoto, Tien T. Nguyen, John P. Lunsford, Dillon Daniel Martinez, Loc X. Phan
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Publication number: 20190175152Abstract: A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe includes mounting an ultrasound probe onto a calibration system, transmitting an ultrasound test signal from an element of the probe through a test medium of the calibration system, and receiving the test signal on a matrix of hydrophones such that an element's position relative to other elements and other arrays within the same probe can be computed. Further, the system described herein is configured to detect the acoustic performance of elements of a probe and report the results to an end user or service provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: MAUI IMAGING, INC.Inventors: David M. SMITH, Sharon L. ADAM, Donald F. SPECHT, Kenneth D. BREWER, John P. LUNSFORD, David J. SPECHT
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Patent number: 10299796Abstract: Described herein are endoscopic plicators passed transorally into the stomach and used to plicate stomach tissue by engaging tissue from inside of the stomach and drawing it inwardly. In the disclosed embodiments, the tissue is drawn inwardly into a vacuum chamber, causing sections of serosal tissue on the exterior of the stomach to be positioned facing one another. The disclosed plicators allow the opposed sections of tissue to be moved into contact with one another, and preferably deliver sutures, staples or other means for maintaining contact between the tissue sections at least until serosal bonds form between them. Each of these steps may be performed wholly from the inside of the stomach and thus can eliminate the need for any surgical or laparoscopic intervention. After one or more plications is formed, medical devices may be coupled to the plication(s) for retention within the stomach.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Balbierz, David H. Cole, Samuel T. Crews, Bretton Swope, Andrew C. Smith, John P. Lunsford, Fiona Sander
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Patent number: 10206662Abstract: A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe includes mounting an ultrasound probe onto a calibration system, transmitting an ultrasound test signal from an element of the probe through a test medium of the calibration system, and receiving the test signal on a matrix of hydrophones such that an element's position relative to other elements and other arrays within the same probe can be computed. Further, the system described herein is configured to detect the acoustic performance of elements of a probe and report the results to an end user or service provider.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: MAUI IMAGING, INC.Inventors: David M. Smith, Sharon L. Adam, Donald F. Specht, Kenneth D. Brewer, John P. Lunsford, David J. Specht
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Publication number: 20170189216Abstract: An intragastric device includes an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end and an anchor connected to the elongated member. The anchor includes a stem, a first arch and a second arch, and a curvilinear element. The stem includes a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the stem is attached to the proximal end of the elongated member. Each arch has first and second ends and a proximal peak therebetween. The first end of each arch is attached to the proximal end of the stem, and the second end of each arch extends radially away from the stem. The curvilinear element connects the second end of the first arch to the second end of the second arch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Kenneth F. BINMOELLER, James T. McKINLEY, Fiona M. SANDER, John P. Lunsford, Hoang G. M. PHAN, Christopher THORNE, Nam Q. Nguyen
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Publication number: 20170128247Abstract: A system for delivering an endolumenal device through an endoscope includes a delivery tool and an adaptor. The delivery tool has an elongate tube configured to hold a portion of the endolumenal device therein and a first connecting feature on a distal end of the elongate tube. The adaptor is configured to attach to a handle of the endoscope. The adaptor includes a channel therethrough and a second connecting feature configured to mate with the first connecting feature of the delivery tool. The elongate tube of the delivery tool is configured to align with the channel of the adaptor when the first and second connecting features are mated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: ENDOSPHERE, INC.Inventors: Fiona M. SANDER, John P. LUNSFORD, Stacy PATCH, Adrian BORLAN
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Patent number: 9636106Abstract: Devices and methods for locking and/or cutting tethers during a tissue modification procedure are described. In some variations, a tether may be used to tighten tissue by bringing two pieces or sections of the tissue together. The tether, which may be under tension, may be locked to maintain the tension, and excess tether may be severed, using one or more of the devices and/or methods. The devices and/or methods may be used, for example, in minimally invasive procedures.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Ancora Heart, Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Meier, Eugene Serina, Charles J. Adam, Mariel Fabro, Tammy Y. Tam, John P. Lunsford, Tenny C. Calhoun, Brian Tang, Stephen Olson
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Patent number: 9402608Abstract: Organ manipulation devices for atraumatically grasping the surface of an organ and repositioning the organ to allow access to a location on the organ that would otherwise be substantially inaccessible. Methods of accessing a beating heart, retracting the heart using an organ manipulation apparatus, and stabilizing a surgical target area with a stabilizer. Both the organ manipulator and stabilizer are fixed to a stationary object which may be a sternal retractor. A system for performing beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting includes a sternal retractor, organ manipulator and stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLCInventors: Harry Leonard Green, II, Jon M. Tanaka, Edward A. Pineda, Dwight P. Morejohn, Liming Lau, John P. Lunsford, Robert Mosley, Joshua Wallin, Iris Leon Corbin
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Publication number: 20160199090Abstract: Apparatus and method for harvesting selected vessels in the body of a patient include manual manipulation of a rigid dissecting endoscope and the reconfiguration thereof to facilitate tissue dissection and tissue dilation in the formation of an anatomical space about the vessel within which side-branch vessels may be manipulated in preparation for severance and removal of the vessel from the anatomical space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: MAQUET Cardiovascular LLCInventors: Michael C. STEWART, Liming LAU, Michael WEI, John P. LUNSFORD, Albert K. CHIN, Peter Tachi CALLAS, Benjamin SHERMAN
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Publication number: 20160157833Abstract: A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe includes mounting an ultrasound probe onto a calibration system, transmitting an ultrasound test signal from an element of the probe through a test medium of the calibration system, and receiving the test signal on a matrix of hydrophones such that an element's position relative to other elements and other arrays within the same probe can be computed. Further, the system described herein is configured to detect the acoustic performance of elements of a probe and report the results to an end user or service provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: David M. SMITH, Sharon L. ADAM, Donald F. SPECHT, Kenneth D. BREWER, John P. LUNSFORD, David J. SPECHT
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Patent number: 9282945Abstract: A method of calibrating an ultrasound probe includes mounting an ultrasound probe onto a calibration system, transmitting an ultrasound test signal from an element of the probe through a test medium of the calibration system, and receiving the test signal on a matrix of hydrophones such that an element's position relative to other elements and other arrays within the same probe can be computed. Further, the system described herein is configured to detect the acoustic performance of elements of a probe and report the results to an end user or service provider.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: MAUI IMAGING, INC.Inventors: David M. Smith, Sharon L. Adam, Donald F. Specht, Kenneth D. Brewer, John P. Lunsford, David J. Specht
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Patent number: 9192355Abstract: Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: MAUI IMAGING, INC.Inventors: David M. Smith, Sharon L. Adam, Donald F. Specht, Kenneth D. Brewer, John P. Lunsford
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Publication number: 20150238193Abstract: Described herein are endoscopic plicators passed transorally into the stomach and used to plicate stomach tissue by engaging tissue from inside of the stomach and drawing it inwardly. In the disclosed embodiments, the tissue is drawn inwardly into a vacuum chamber, causing sections of serosal tissue on the exterior of the stomach to be positioned facing one another. The disclosed plicators allow the opposed sections of tissue to be moved into contact with one another, and preferably deliver sutures, staples or other means for maintaining contact between the tissue sections at least until serosal bonds form between them. Each of these steps may be performed wholly from the inside of the stomach and thus can eliminate the need for any surgical or laparoscopic intervention. After one or more plications is formed, medical devices may be coupled to the plication(s) for retention within the stomach.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Daniel J. Balbierz, David H. Cole, Samuel T. Crews, Bretton Swope, Andrew C. Smith, John P. Lunsford, Fiona Sander
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Publication number: 20150045668Abstract: A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate physical apertures. Construction of probes can vary by medical application. That is, a general radiology probe can contain multiple transducers that maintain separate physical points of contact with the patient's skin, allowing multiple physical apertures. A cardiac probe may contain only two transmitters and receivers where the probe fits simultaneously between two or more intracostal spaces. An intracavity version of the probe can space transmit and receive transducers along the length of the wand, while an intravenous version can allow transducers to be located on the distal length the catheter and separated by mere millimeters. Algorithms can solve for variations in tissue speed of sound, thus allowing the probe apparatus to be used virtually anywhere in or on the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: David M. SMITH, Sharon L. ADAM, Donald F. SPECHT, John P. LUNSFORD, Kenneth D. BREWER
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Publication number: 20140343367Abstract: A surgical apparatus includes an elongated cannula having an external sidewall surface and a lumen extending between a cannula proximal regional and a cannula distal region, the cannula is further configured to receive an endoscope, and has a handle located at the cannula proximal region, a first wire extending from the cannula distal region and adapted to slide longitudinally with respect to the cannula in both a distal and proximal direction via a control at the handle, and a ring connected to the first wire. The ring has a curved surface with concavity hollowed towards a region of the cannula configured to receive the endoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLCInventors: John P. Lunsford, Charles J. Adam, John W. Davis, Albert K. Chin
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Publication number: 20140188140Abstract: Devices and methods for locking and/or cutting tethers during a tissue modification procedure are described. In some variations, a tether may be used to tighten tissue by bringing two pieces or sections of the tissue together. The tether, which may be under tension, may be locked to maintain the tension, and excess tether may be severed, using one or more of the devices and/or methods. The devices and/or methods may be used, for example, in minimally invasive procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: GUIDED DELIVERY SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Stephen C. MEIER, Eugene SERINA, Charles J. ADAM, Mariel FABRO, Tammy Y. TAM, John P. LUNSFORD, Tenny C. CALHOUN, Brian TANG, Stephen OLSON
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Publication number: 20140148641Abstract: Organ manipulation devices for atraumatically grasping the surface of an organ and repositioning the organ to allow access to a location on the organ that would otherwise be substantially inaccessible. Methods of accessing a beating heart, retracting the heart using an organ manipulation apparatus, and stabilizing a surgical target area with a stabilizer. Both the organ manipulator and stabilizer are fixed to a stationary object which may be a sternal retractor. A system for performing beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting includes a sternal retractor, organ manipulator and stabilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLCInventors: Harry Leonard Greee, II, Jon M. Tanaka, Edward A. Pineda, Dwight P. Morejohn, Liming Lau, John P. Lunsford, Robert Mosley, Joshua Wallin, Iris Leon Corbin
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Patent number: 8641598Abstract: Organ manipulation devices for atraumatically grasping the surface of an organ and repositioning the organ to allow access to a location on the organ that would otherwise be substantially inaccessible. Methods of accessing a beating heart, retracting the heart using an organ manipulation apparatus, and stabilizing a surgical target area with a stabilizer. Both the organ manipulator and stabilizer are fixed to a stationary object which may be a sternal retractor. A system for performing beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting includes a sternal retractor, organ manipulator and stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Maquet Cardiovascular LLCInventors: Harry Leonard Green, II, Jon M. Tanaka, Edward A. Pineda, Dwight P. Morejohn, Liming Lau, John P Lunsford, Robert Mosley, Joshua Wallin, Iris Leon Corbin
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Publication number: 20130247350Abstract: Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Donald F. Specht, Kenneth D. Brewer, David M. Smith, Sharon L. Adam, John P. Lunsford
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Patent number: 8473239Abstract: Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Maui Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Donald F. Specht, Kenneth D. Brewer, David M. Smith, Sharon L. Adam, John P. Lunsford