Patents by Inventor John Unger
John Unger 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: 20220000485Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to tissue clip devices and related systems and methods. In an embodiment, a tissue clip may include a grasper including jaws at a first end, and a spring portion at a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the grasper from the first end to the second end, wherein the spring portion is configured to bias the jaws toward each other. A wedge may be slidably disposed between the jaws such that an apex of the wedge is oriented toward the spring portion. A filament may be coupled to the wedge at a first end of the filament and may extend through a channel of the spring portion of the grasper to a second end of the filament.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Kevin L. Bagley, Ramon Estevez, Nestor A. Ibanez, Danny S. Lee, John Unger, Ryan V. Wales, Talha Riaz
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Publication number: 20220000466Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first engagement member having a first end and a second end, a second engagement member having a first end and a second end, a first elastic member attached to the second end of the first engagement member, and a first alignment member having a first end, a second end and a lumen extending therethrough. Further, the tissue retraction device has a first length, the first alignment member has a second length, the first elastic member extends within the lumen of the first alignment member and the second length of the first alignment member is less than or equal to the first length of the tissue retraction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Danny Shu-Huan Lee, Paul Smith, Ryan V. Wales, Jialiang Wang, Niklas Andersson, Gregory Hurley, Jon Taylor, John Unger, Irina Pyataeva
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Patent number: 11147564Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to tissue clip devices and related systems and methods. In an embodiment, a tissue clip may include a grasper including jaws at a first end, and a spring portion at a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the grasper from the first end to the second end, wherein the spring portion is configured to bias the jaws toward each other. A wedge may be slidably disposed between the jaws such that an apex of the wedge is oriented toward the spring portion. A filament may be coupled to the wedge at a first end of the filament and may extend through a channel of the spring portion of the grasper to a second end of the filament.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Kevin L. Bagley, Ramon Estevez, Nestor A. Ibanez, Danny S. Lee, John Unger, Ryan V. Wales, Talha Riaz
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Patent number: 11109850Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first engagement member having a first end and a second end, a second engagement member having a first end and a second end, a first elastic member attached to the second end of the first engagement member, and a first alignment member having a first end, a second end and a lumen extending therethrough. Further, the tissue retraction device has a first length, the first alignment member has a second length, the first elastic member extends within the lumen of the first alignment member and the second length of the first alignment member is less than or equal to the first length of the tissue retraction device.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Danny Shu-Huan Lee, Paul Smith, Ryan V. Wales, Jialiang Wang, Niklas Andersson, Gregory Hurley, Jon Taylor, John Unger, Irina Pyataeva
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Publication number: 20210178120Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first tissue engagement member coupled to an elastic member by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly including a first coupler body having a first end region and a first compression member. Further, the first end region of the first coupler body is configured to extend into a portion of a lumen of the elastic member and the compression member is designed to compress the elastic member onto the first coupler body such that the elastic member is fixedly engaged with the coupler body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: JOHN UNGER, CHRISTOPHER K. OTO, DANNY SHU-HUAN LEE, RYAN WALES, ALEXANDER JOSEPH BURNHAM, TRACY ANDREOTTI
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Publication number: 20210169464Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tissue traction device, e.g., for endoscopic tissue dissection. For example, a tissue traction device may include a first clip comprising opposable jaws. The device may include a traction band having a first end, a second end, a length therebetween and extending along a longitudinal axis. The band may have a first aperture at the first end. A second aperture may be at the second end of the band. A first jaw of the opposable jaws of the first clip may be disposed through the first aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Danny Lee, John Unger, Anne Sluti, Kathleen M. Laliberte, Talha Riaz, Tracy Andreotti, Routha Sim, Juan C. Rodriguez Salazar, Caroline Riedel, Jose L. Garcia-Cordero, Ryan V. Wales
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Patent number: 10933219Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first tissue engagement member coupled to an elastic member by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly including a first coupler body having a first end region and a first compression member. Further, the first end region of the first coupler body is configured to extend into a portion of a lumen of the elastic member and the compression member is designed to compress the elastic member onto the first coupler body such that the elastic member is fixedly engaged with the coupler body.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: John Unger, Christopher K. Oto, Danny Shu-Huan Lee, Ryan Wales, Alexander Joseph Burnham, Tracy Andreotti
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Publication number: 20200360023Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to tissue clip devices and related systems and methods. In an embodiment, a tissue clip may include a grasper including jaws at a first end, and a spring portion at a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the grasper from the first end to the second end, wherein the spring portion is configured to bias the jaws toward each other. A wedge may be slidably disposed between the jaws such that an apex of the wedge is oriented toward the spring portion. A filament may be coupled to the wedge at a first end of the filament and may extend through a channel of the spring portion of the grasper to a second end of the filament.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Kevin L. Bagley, Ramon Estevez, Nestor A. Ibanez, Danny S. Lee, John Unger, Ryan V. Wales, Talha Riaz
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Patent number: 10840682Abstract: The present disclosure provides an underground cable enclosure having a body made of a composite material, and a cover assembly having at least one cover rail that is made of polymer cement and molded to at least a portion of the body, and at least one cover that is made of polymer cement and can rest on the at least one cover rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventors: Wiley Richard Tipton, Michael Edward Fisher, John Unger, Ryan Hudlow
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Publication number: 20200297399Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger
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Patent number: 10575882Abstract: Distal tip designs for bone fixation devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bone fixation includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; an expandable member having a proximal region and a distal region, wherein the expandable member is releasably attached about the distal end of the delivery catheter at the proximal region of the expandable member; a distal cap attached to the distal region of the expandable member to seal the expandable member; a light conducting fiber; and a light-sensitive liquid; wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of a light-sensitive liquid into the expandable member to expand the expandable member and an inner lumen for passage of the light conducting fiber into the expandable member to cure the light-sensitive liquid inside the expandable member.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: IlluminOss Medical, Inc.Inventors: Gene P. DiPoto, Robert A. Rabiner, Jeffrey P. Brousseau, Anthony W. O'Leary, Chi Y. Wong, Augustus C. Shanahan, Nicholas Ferrer, John Unger
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Publication number: 20190336728Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first tissue engagement member coupled to an elastic member by a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly including a first coupler body having a first end region and a first compression member. Further, the first end region of the first coupler body is configured to extend into a portion of a lumen of the elastic member and the compression member is designed to compress the elastic member onto the first coupler body such that the elastic member is fixedly engaged with the coupler body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: JOHN UNGER, CHRISTOPHER K. OTO, DANNY SHU-HUAN LEE, RYAN WALES, ALEXANDER JOSEPH BURNHAM, TRACY ANDREOTTI
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Publication number: 20190273684Abstract: In a secure network where the network characteristics are not known, a call admission control algorithm and a preemption control algorithm based on a destination node informing the source node of the observed carried traffic are used to regulate the amount of traffic that needs to be preempted by the source. The amount of traffic that needs to be preempted is based on the carried traffic measured at the destination node. The traffic to be preempted is based on the priority of the traffic, where the lowest priority traffic is the first to be preempted until the amount of traffic preempted is sufficient to allow the remaining traffic to pass through the network without congestion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Kirk Chang, Gi Tae Kim, John Unger, John Sucec, Sunil Samtani
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Patent number: 10320692Abstract: A method and system for Ethernet loopback detection snoops an egress frame at a UNI-N edge device and records at least one source field of the egress frame, such as a MAC address or a VLAN tag. Ingress frames at the UNI-N edge device are monitored for having the same value in the source field as the egress frame. When an ingress frame has the same source field value as the egress frame, the ingress frame is identified as a loopback frame and is dropped at the UNI-N edge device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Stephen John Unger, Frank Schumeg
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Patent number: 10305268Abstract: A utility enclosure assembly includes a box and a lid. The box has a plurality of side walls each having an upper ledge, an interior center opening and a plurality of locking member mounting areas associated with a ledge in at least one of the side walls. The lid rests on the ledges of the side walls and has a plurality of non-detachable latching assemblies. The plurality of non-detachable latching assemblies are provided to operatively engage a respective one of the plurality of locking member mounting areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventors: John Unger, Ryan Hudlow
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Patent number: 10178028Abstract: In a secure network where the network characteristics are not known, a call admission control algorithm and a preemption control algorithm based on a destination node informing the source node of the observed carried traffic are used to regulate the amount of traffic that needs to be preempted by the source. The amount of traffic that needs to be preempted is based on the carried traffic measured at the destination node. The traffic to be preempted is based on the priority of the traffic, where the lowest priority traffic is the first to be preempted until the amount of traffic preempted is sufficient to allow the remaining traffic to pass through the network without congestion.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Nytell Software LLCInventors: Kirk Chang, Gi Tae Kim, John Unger, John Sucec, Sunil Samtani
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Publication number: 20180263614Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction device includes a first engagement member having a first end and a second end, a second engagement member having a first end and a second end, a first elastic member attached to the second end of the first engagement member, and a first alignment member having a first end, a second end and a lumen extending therethrough. Further, the tissue retraction device has a first length, the first alignment member has a second length, the first elastic member extends within the lumen of the first alignment member and the second length of the first alignment member is less than or equal to the first length of the tissue retraction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Danny Shu-Huan Lee, Paul Smith, Ryan V. Wales, Jialiang Wang, Niklas Andersson, Gregory Hurley, Jon Taylor, John Unger, Irina Pyataeva
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Publication number: 20180175599Abstract: A utility enclosure assembly includes a base having at least one receiving latching mechanism and a lid having at least one attached latching mechanism, each at least one attached latching mechanism for operatively engaging a respective one of the at least one receiving latching mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: John Unger, Ryan Hudlow
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Publication number: 20180138677Abstract: The present disclosure provides an underground cable enclosure having a body made of a composite material, and a cover assembly having at least one cover rail that is made of polymer cement and molded to at least a portion of the body, and at least one cover that is made of polymer cement and can rest on the at least one cover rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Wiley Richard Tipton, Michael Edward Fisher, John Unger, Ryan Hudlow
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Patent number: 9876340Abstract: A utility enclosure assembly includes a box and a lid. The box has a plurality of side walls each having an upper ledge, a hollow center opening and at least one receiving latching mechanism associated with a ledge in at least one of the side walls. The lid rests on the ledges of the side walls and has at least one attached latching mechanism. The at least one attached latching mechanism is provided to operatively engage a respective one of the at least one receiving latching mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: John Unger, Ryan Hudlow