Patents by Inventor Jonathan B. O'Keefe

Jonathan B. O'Keefe 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: 20230389924
    Abstract: The invention provides systems, devices, and methods for the delivery, deployment, and positioning of magnetic compression devices at a desired site so as to improve the accuracy of anastomoses creation between tissues, organs, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Dane Seddon, Peter Lukin, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Amos Cruz, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Keith D. Boudreau, Taylor Bensel, David A. Rezac
  • Patent number: 11751877
    Abstract: The invention provides systems, devices, and methods for the delivery, deployment, and positioning of magnetic compression devices at a desired site so as to improve the accuracy of anastomoses creation between tissues, organs, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: G.I. Windows, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Seddon, Peter Lukin, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Amos Cruz, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Keith D. Boudreau, Taylor Bensel, David A. Rezac
  • Publication number: 20210145262
    Abstract: An instrument port includes an elongated shaft, a bendable shaft, a steerable tip, an offset balloon, and a handle. The bendable shaft has a proximal end attached to the distal end of the elongated shaft along a shaft axis, the bendable shaft configured to bend only within a pivot plane that is defined by the shaft axis and a pivot axis that is orthogonal to the shaft axis. The steerable tip is attached to a distal end of the bendable shaft and includes a camera and a light emitter. The offset balloon is attached to the external surface of the elongated shaft and has an internal volume in fluid communication with a fluid port in the elongated shaft. The handle includes at least one lever in mechanical communication with the bendable shaft to adjust a customizable angle of the steerable tip measured between the shaft axis and the tip axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Marchand, Jonathan B. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210145509
    Abstract: An instrument port includes an elongated shaft, a flexible shaft, a steerable tip, a handle, and a working tube. The elongated shaft extends along a shaft axis. The flexible shaft is attached to a distal end of the elongated shaft, the flexible shaft configured to bend only within a pivot plane that is defined by the shaft axis and a pivot axis that is orthogonal to the shaft axis. The steerable tip is attached to the distal end of the shaft, the steerable tip extending along a tip axis. The handle is attached to a proximal end of the elongated shaft, the handle including a lever in mechanical communication with the flexible shaft to adjust a customizable angle of the steerable tip measured between the shaft axis and the tip axis. The working tube is disposed in the elongated shaft and flexible shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Marchand, Jonathan B. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210145511
    Abstract: A method for controlling an epicardial ablation procedure comprises (a) inserting an instrument port comprising an ablation tool, an optical camera and an optical light emitter into an epicardial cavity proximal to a target region; (b) providing optical light into said epicardial cavity through said optical light emitter to illuminate said target region; (c) obtaining a first image of said target region using said optical camera; (d) steering a tip of said ablation tool towards said target region; (e) applying an ablation energy to said target region using the ablation tool so as to form a lesion in or on said target region; (f) obtaining a second image of said target region using said optical camera; and (g) processing at least one of said first and second images in an image processor so as to determine a characteristic of said lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Marchand, Jonathan B. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210145510
    Abstract: An instrument port includes an elongated shaft, a steerable tip, an offset balloon, and a working tube. The elongated shaft has proximal and distal ends and extending along a shaft axis, the elongated shaft having a fluid port defined in an external surface at the distal end of the elongated shaft. The steerable tip is attached to the distal end of the shaft. The offset balloon is attached to the external surface of the elongated shaft, the offset balloon having an internal volume in fluid communication with the fluid port, the offset balloon having an inflated state and a deflated state, wherein in the inflated state the offset balloon is radially asymmetrically inflated with respect to the shaft axis. The working tube is disposed in the elongated shaft, the working tube forming a working channel to receive a medical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Marchand, Jonathan B. O'Keefe
  • Publication number: 20210100554
    Abstract: The invention provides systems, devices, and methods for the delivery, deployment, and positioning of magnetic compression devices at a desired site so as to improve the accuracy of anastomoses creation between tissues, organs, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Dane Seddon, Peter Lukin, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Amos Cruz, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Keith D. Boudreau, Taylor Bensel, David A. Rezac
  • Publication number: 20170281159
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith Boudreau
  • Patent number: 9713471
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Mark S. Zeiner, Lawrence Crainich, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau
  • Publication number: 20160143756
    Abstract: An endovascular medical device that, when inserted into a vessel having one or more dilations and one or more narrowings in close proximity, redefines the vessel opening (lumen) along the longitudinal axis of the device, separates that lumen from the excess dilated volume within the dilation, and props open the lumen within the narrowing. The device is constructed in a manner to alter the hemodynamics at the interface between the redefined lumen and excess dilated volume, to facilitate the healing process within the dilated vessel. The device is constructed in a manner to provide sufficient radial force to open a narrowed portion of the vessel, to facilitate flow through the vessel. The device is constructed substantially from bioresorbable materials so as to eventually allow for the return of normal vasomechanics and cyclic wall stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: David A. Rezac, Aubry E. Shackelford, Amos G. Cruz, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Timothy W. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160136398
    Abstract: Methods for treating hydrocephalus using a shunt, the shunt having one or more CSF intake openings in a distal portion, a valve disposed in a proximal portion of the shunt, and a lumen extending between the one or more CSF intake openings and the valve, the method comprises deploying the shunt in a body of a patient so that the distal portion of the shunt is at least partially disposed within a CP angle cistern, a body of the shunt is at least partially disposed within an IPS of the patient, and the proximal portion of the shunt is at least partially disposed within or proximate to a JV of the patient, wherein, after deployment of the shunt, CSF flows from the CP angle cistern to the JV via the shunt lumen at a flow rate in a range of 5 ml per hour to 15 ml per hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Carl Heilman, Adel M. Malek, Ayan A. Bhandari, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Amos G. Cruz, Joseph Gordon, Thomas R. Johnson, Gregory T. Martin, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, David A. Rezac, Timothy W. Robinson, Shane Siwinski, Joseph Ting, Jennet Toyjanova, Andrew Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20140151435
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Mark S. Zeiner, Lawrence Crainich, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau
  • Patent number: 8602286
    Abstract: A mechanism for feeding a fastener including a housing having a longitudinal axis and at least one fastener within the housing. The fastener has a crown and at least two legs extending therefrom. The fastener is disposed within the housing in a first plane parallel to the longitudinal axis. The mechanism includes an elongated actuator disposed within the housing. The actuator has a shaft substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mechanism and rigidly spaced from the fastener in a second plane. The actuator has at least one radially extending advancer disposed along a length thereof, and a mechanism for rotating the actuator so that the advancer engages the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Crainich, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Matthew D. Holcomb, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Jeffrey C. Cerier
  • Publication number: 20130193184
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Mark S. Zeiner, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Jeffrey C. Cerier
  • Publication number: 20130193183
    Abstract: A fastener applying device including a staple housing having a proximal end attached to a handle, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween. There is at least one fastener within the housing. The device also includes an anvil movable within the staple housing. The anvil has a proximal position and a distal position, wherein when in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing by a distance. The device also includes an adjustment nut connecting the staple housing to the handle. Rotation of the adjustment nut changes the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Mark S. Zeiner, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Jeffrey C. Cerier
  • Patent number: 8469252
    Abstract: A fastener applying device including a staple housing having a proximal end attached to a handle, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween. There is at least one fastener within the housing. The device also includes an anvil movable within the staple housing. The anvil has a proximal position and a distal position, wherein when in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing by a distance. The device also includes an adjustment nut connecting the staple housing to the handle. Rotation of the adjustment nut changes the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Mark S. Zeiner, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Jeffrey C. Cerier
  • Patent number: 8453905
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applying device having a handle with a trigger pivotably attached thereto and movable within a trigger plane. The trigger has a bottom portion extending from the handle and a top portion disposed within a housing of the handle. The device has a staple housing with a proximal end attached to the handle, a distal end extending therefrom and a longitudinal axis therebetween. The housing has a firing bar disposed within, and the trigger is coupled to the firing bar. The device has a link member with a first end pivotably attached to the top portion of trigger, the link member has a second end comprising a slidable pin. The pin engages a three dimensional cam path disposed within the housing. The link member follows distal and proximal movement of the top portion of the trigger, and the pin slides perpendicular to the trigger plane to follow the three dimensional cam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Mark S. Zeiner
  • Patent number: 8439244
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Mark S. Zeiner, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Jeffrey C. Cerier
  • Publication number: 20120193394
    Abstract: A fastener applying device for surgically attaching tissue together. The device includes a staple housing having a proximal end attached to a handle, a distal end and a longitudinal axis therebetween. There is at least one fastener within the housing. The device includes an anvil movable within the staple housing. The anvil has a proximal position and a distal position, wherein when in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing by a distance. The device further includes an adjustment nut connecting the staple housing to the handle, wherein rotation of the adjustment nut changes the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau
  • Publication number: 20120193399
    Abstract: A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing having a proximal position and a distal position. When the anvil is in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop, wherein at least one fasteners is placed around the anvil when the anvil is in distal position. And a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The applier further includes a first means for moving the anvil distally during a deployment of the at least one fastener, and a second means for moving the anvil distally during the deployment of the at least one fastener, wherein the second means is independent of the first means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Matthew D. Holcomb, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Stokes, Jeffrey C. Cerier, Jonathan B. O'Keefe, Keith D. Boudreau, Mark S. Zeiner