Patents by Inventor Kevin ZEPHIR

Kevin ZEPHIR 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).

  • DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE ELECTRODES ON THE SURFACE OF AN ENDOSCOPICALLY GUIDED LASER ABLATION CATHETER FOR USE IN ABLATION AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MAPPING
    Publication number: 20220323143
    Abstract: A method for ablating target tissue includes the steps of: (a) delivering an ablation balloon catheter to the target tissue, wherein the ablation balloon catheter includes a compliant balloon, a visualization device; and an electrode array that is visible to the visualization device, each electrode being configured to deliver ablation energy, wherein the electrode array is independently movable relative to the compliant balloon; (b) isolating the target tissue such that at least one electrode of the electrode array is in contact with the target tissue; and (c) delivering the ablation energy to those electrodes of the electrode array that are confirmed, using the visualization device, to be in contact with target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gerald Melsky, Brian Estabrook, Burke Barrett, Jeff Brown, Lincoln Baxter, Kevin Zephir, Curtis Keohane, Omar Colon
  • Control system for medical devices and related methods of use
    Patent number: 9993141
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robinson Greig, Jeffrey Bean, Kevin Zephir
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20170000313
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robinson GREIG, Jeffrey BEAN, Kevin ZEPHIR
  • Control system for medical devices and related methods of use
    Patent number: 9462931
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robinson Greig, Jeffrey Bean, Kevin Zephir
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140256489
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robinson GREIG, Jeffrey BEAN, Kevin ZEPHIR