Patents by Inventor Juan Rigla

Juan Rigla 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).

  • Handle for Two-Stage Deployment of a Stent
    Publication number: 20240058145
    Abstract: A method for retracting a sheath from over an expandable medical device. The method includes rotating a lever, which protrudes from a shell of a handle, proximally, such that the lever proximally moves, by a first distance, a carriage disposed within the shell and coupled to the sheath. Subsequently to rotating the lever, the lever slides proximally such that the lever moves the carriage proximally by a second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Juan Rigla, Shmuel Vered, Itshak Cohen, Ryan Vincent Tien Sing Young, Alexandre Ioan Romoscanu
  • Handle for two-stage deployment of a stent
    Patent number: 11839561
    Abstract: An apparatus for retracting a sheath from over an expandable medical device includes a shell, configured to couple to a longitudinal element, a carriage disposed within the shell and configured to couple to the sheath, and a lever protruding from the shell. The lever is configured to retract the sheath while a distal end of the longitudinal element contacts the expandable medical device, by rotating proximally so as to move the carriage proximally by a first distance, and, subsequently to rotating proximally, sliding proximally so as to move the carriage proximally by a second distance. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: INSPIRE M.D LTD.
    Inventors: Juan Rigla, Shmuel Vered, Itshak Cohen, Ryan Vincent Tien Sing Young, Alexandre Ioan Romoscanu
  • Handle for two-stage deployment of a stent
    Publication number: 20220226135
    Abstract: An apparatus for retracting a sheath from over an expandable medical device includes a shell, configured to couple to a longitudinal element, a carriage disposed within the shell and configured to couple to the sheath, and a lever protruding from the shell. The lever is configured to retract the sheath while a distal end of the longitudinal element contacts the expandable medical device, by rotating proximally so as to move the carriage proximally by a first distance, and, subsequently to rotating proximally, sliding proximally so as to move the carriage proximally by a second distance. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Juan Rigla, Shmuel Vered, Itshak Cohen, Ryan Vincent Tien Sing Young, Alexandre Ioan Romoscanu