Patents by Inventor Kurt Nicholas ROBAKIEWICZ
Kurt Nicholas ROBAKIEWICZ 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: 20240148487Abstract: Stents and/or endoluminal implants for extending across two non-adherent structures/tissues. An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular body having a scaffolding forming a plurality of cells and a coating disposed over an outer surface of the elongated tubular body. The coating may comprise a first micro-porous layer and a macro-porous layer including a plurality of loops disposed over the micro-porous layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Mark Phillip Olson, Raymond David Gessler, III, Matthew Maciej, Nathan Stenger, Danielle Frankson, David Robert Wulfman, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, Ryan V. Wales
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Publication number: 20240099563Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for coupling tubing to a fluid reservoir to provide liquid to an endoscope system. A manifold for coupling to a fluid reservoir and a tubing assembly may include first portion interfacing with an interior of the fluid reservoir and a second portion configured to interface with tubing to be fluidly coupled to the interior of the reservoir. The first portion may include one or more openings to allow gas to pass into the fluid reservoir and liquid to pass out of the fluid reservoir. The second portion may include one or more ports for connecting to tubing that brings gas to the fluid reservoir and receives liquid from the fluid reservoir. The manifold may include a valve that selectively allows gas to pass into the fluid reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, John B. Golden, Scott E. Brechbiel, Jeff Gray, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz
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Publication number: 20240065536Abstract: Methods and systems for coupling gas and water supply tubes to a container. An illustrative container and tube set may comprise a container configured to contain a fluid, the container having a bottom portion and a top portion, a water supply tube including a first end, a second end, and a first lumen, a gas supply tube including a first end, a second end, and a second lumen, and a weight coupled to the first end of the water supply tube and a first end of the gas supply tube. The first lumen may be in selective fluid communication with the bottom portion of the container and the second end of the water supply tube positioned external to the container. The second lumen may be in operative fluid communication with the container and the second end of the gas supply tube is positioned external to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Colby Harris, Paul Smith, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, John B. Golden
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Publication number: 20240008723Abstract: Methods and systems for redirecting a flow of air/gas to flush fluid channels. An illustrative container and tube set for redirecting a flow of air may include a container, a water supply tube including a first lumen extending therethrough, a gas supply tube including a second lumen extending therethrough, a manifold including a first inlet for receiving air, a second inlet for receiving fluid from the container, a first air outlet, and a second fluid outlet, and a valve positioned within the manifold. When the valve is in a first configuration, the first inlet is in fluid communication with the first air outlet, and the second inlet is in fluid communication the second fluid outlet and when the valve is in a second configuration, the first inlet is in fluid communication with the second fluid outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Jeff Gray, Colby Harris, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20240008719Abstract: Methods and systems for coupling a tube set to an endoscope. An illustrative adaptor for coupling a tube set to an endoscope may include a planar head portion having at least one aperture, at least one floating cylinder extending from a proximal end at least partially disposed within the at least one aperture of the planar head portion to a distal tip and having a first lumen extending therethrough, at least one O-ring positioned at the distal tip of the at least one floating cylinder, and at least one biasing element disposed about an outer surface of the at least one floating cylinder and extending from a first end adjacent the at least one aperture of the planar head portion to a second end proximal to the distal tip of the at least one floating cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Ryan Vincent William Pollock, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, Paul Smith, Scott E. Brechbiel, Laura Elizabeth Christakis, John B. Golden
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Publication number: 20240008730Abstract: Methods and systems for refilling a container during an endoscopic procedure. An illustrative container may comprise a container configured to contain a fluid within a first receptacle thereof, the container movable between a collapsed storage configuration and an expanded use configuration, a lens water supply tube including a first lumen extending therethrough, the first lumen is in fluid communication with the first receptacle of the container, a gas supply tube including a second lumen extending therethrough, the second lumen is in operative fluid communication with the first receptacle, and a port positioned adjacent to the top portion of the container. The port may be configured to be in selective fluid communication with the first receptacle of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Ryan Vincent William Pollock, John B. Golden, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, Jeff Gray, Paul Smith
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Publication number: 20240008724Abstract: Methods and systems for refilling a container during an endoscopic procedure. An illustrative container may comprise a container configured to contain a fluid, a water supply tube including a first end, a second end, and a first lumen extending therethrough and in fluid communication with the bottom portion of the container, a gas supply tube including a first end, a second end, and a second lumen extending therethrough and in operative fluid communication with container, a manifold configured to couple the water supply tube and the gas supply tube to the container and including a first end positioned interior to the container and a second end positioned exterior to the container, and a port positioned adjacent to the top portion of the container. The port may be configured to be in selective fluid communication with an interior of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Colby Harris, Ryan Vincent William Pollock, Scott E. Brechbiel, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, Laura Elizabeth Christakis, Paul Smith, Jeff Gray, John B. Golden
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Publication number: 20230414086Abstract: Medical devices and methods for using medical devices are disclosed. Example fluid reservoirs and tube sets arranged and configured to couple to an endoscope for use in an endoscopic procedure are disclosed. An example fluid reservoir and tube set includes a fluid reservoir configured to contain a fluid, a fluid supply tube configured to be coupled to the endoscope and having a lumen extending therethrough, wherein the lumen is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir and a first backflow prevention mechanism coupled to the fluid supply tube, the first backflow prevention mechanism configured to permit fluid to flow through the fluid supply line from the fluid reservoir to the endoscope and to prevent fluid from flowing back through the fluid supply tube from the endoscope to the fluid reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Sean P. Fleury, Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz, Jeff Gray, Paul Smith, Ryan Vincent William Pollock
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Publication number: 20230168109Abstract: A system for tracking a medical device, the system comprising a support having a channel extending therethrough, the channel being defined circumferentially by a surface, at least one encoder configured to track movement of a medical device through the channel, and one or more processors configured to receive input from the at least one encoder, receive an instruction from a user to store a zero position of the medical device relative to the channel, determine relative movement of the medical device from the zero position, and communicate the relative movement of the medical device from the zero position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ryan V. WALES, Morgan ZHU, Kurt Nicholas ROBAKIEWICZ, Scott E. BRECHBIEL, Jeff GRAY