Patents by Inventor Kassidy MacPhail

Kassidy MacPhail 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: 20260041308
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Mark C. SCHEEFF, Garrett J. GOMES, Francisco G. LOPEZ, Justin KIRSCHBROWN, Wei Li FAN, William EVANS, Viet Anh NGUYEN, Stephan T. HOFFMANN, Kassidy MACPHAIL, Thomas HSIU
  • Publication number: 20260041898
    Abstract: A device can include a capsule containing an array of microneedles and a mechanical actuator. The device can be in an ingestible form for delivery to a duodenum or other target location within a subject and can release a first shell portion and a second shell portion of the capsule from one another in response to stimuli or conditions in or en route to the duodenum or other target location. The launcher can drive the released first shell portion and the second shell portion away from one another to expose the array of microneedles in a position for achieving penetrating engagement with a lining of the duodenum or other target location. The penetrating engagement can facilitate delivery of a biotherapeutic agent or other payload via the microneedles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Eric Bennett, Kimberly Kam, Martin Sheridan, Annapurna Karicherla, Kassidy MacPhail
  • Patent number: 12465737
    Abstract: A device can include a capsule containing an array of microneedles and a mechanical actuator. The device can be in an ingestible form for delivery to a duodenum or other target location within a subject and can release the mechanical actuator from constraint by the capsule in response to stimuli or conditions in or en route to the duodenum or other target location. The mechanical actuator upon release from constraint by the capsule can expand outwardly (e.g., responsive to a bias provided by a flexibly resilient material of the mechanical actuator) in a direction away from a central longitudinal axis of the mechanical actuator and drive the array of microneedles into penetrating engagement with a lining of the duodenum or other target location. The penetrating engagement can facilitate delivery of a biotherapeutic agent or other payload via the microneedles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Eric Bennett, Kimberly Kam, Martin Sheridan, Annapurna Karicherla, Kassidy MacPhail
  • Publication number: 20250194904
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Stephan T. HOFFMANN, Patricia HAYES-DANITZ, Kyle IMATANI, Andrew MORRIS, William EVANS, Thomas HSIU, Kassidy MacPHAIL
  • Publication number: 20250134352
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Mark C. SCHEEFF, Garrett J. GOMES, Francisco G. LOPEZ, Justin KIRSCHBROWN, Wei Li FAN, William EVANS, Viet Anh NGUYEN, Stephan T. HOFFMANN, Kassidy MACPHAIL, Thomas HSIU
  • Patent number: 12193637
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Neptune Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson, Mark C. Scheeff, Garrett J. Gomes, Francisco G. Lopez, Justin Kirschbrown, Wei Li Fan, William Evans, Viet Anh Nguyen, Stephan T. Hoffmann, Kassidy Macphail, Thomas Hsiu
  • Publication number: 20240081619
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Mark C. SCHEEFF, Garrett J. GOMES, Francisco G. LOPEZ, Justin KIRSCHBROWN, Wei Li FAN, William EVANS, Viet Anh NGUYEN, Stephan T. HOFFMANN, Kassidy MACPHAIL, Thomas HSIU
  • Patent number: 11793392
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEPTUNE MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Q. Tilson, Mark C. Scheeff, Garrett J. Gomes, Francisco G. Lopez, Justin Kirschbrown, Wei Li Fan, William Evans, Viet Anh Nguyen, Stephan T. Hoffmann, Kassidy MacPhail, Thomas Hsiu
  • Publication number: 20230014281
    Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Q. TILSON, Mark C. SCHEEFF, Garrett J. GOMES, Francisco G. LOPEZ, Justin KIRSCHBROWN, Wei Li FAN, William EVANS, Viet Anh NGUYEN, Stephan T. HOFFMANN, Kassidy MACPHAIL, Thomas HSIU
  • Publication number: 20220032028
    Abstract: A device can include a capsule containing an array of microneedles and a mechanical actuator. The device can be in an ingestible form for delivery to a duodenum or other target location within a subject and can release the mechanical actuator from constraint by the capsule in response to stimuli or conditions in or en route to the duodenum or other target location. The mechanical actuator upon release from constraint by the capsule can expand outwardly (e.g., responsive to a bias provided by a flexibly resilient material of the mechanical actuator) in a direction away from a central longitudinal axis of the mechanical actuator and drive the array of microneedles into penetrating engagement with a lining of the duodenum or other target location. The penetrating engagement can facilitate delivery of a biotherapeutic agent or other payload via the microneedles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Eric Bennett, Kimberly Kam, Martin Sheridan, Annapurna Karicherla, Kassidy MacPhail