Patents by Inventor Lior Sobe
Lior Sobe 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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Patent number: 11559661Abstract: An elongate medical device having an axis comprises an inner liner, a jacket radially outward of the liner, a braid comprising metal embedded in the jacket, a sensor, and at least one wire electrically connected to said sensor. The at least one wire is one of: embedded in the jacket and optionally disposed helically around the braid; extending longitudinally within a tube which extends generally parallel to the device axis and wherein the tube is embedded in the jacket; and disposed within a lumen, wherein the lumen extends longitudinally within the jacket.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: St Jude Medical International Holding S.À R.L.Inventors: Ran Sela, Lior Sobe, Dan Seter
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Patent number: 10493235Abstract: A medical device configured for diagnosis or treatment of tissues within a body is provided. The device includes an elongate, deformable member configured to be received within a lumen in the body and having proximal and distal ends. A position sensor is disposed at the distal end. In one embodiment, a conductor is wound about the member. The conductor is connected to the position sensor and has a first winding pitch over a first portion of the deformable member and a second winding pitch, different from the first winding pitch, over a second portion of the deformable member. In another embodiment, the member defines a neutral longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. A conductor extending between the proximal and distal ends is connected to the position sensor at a connection node on the neutral axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.àr.l.Inventors: Lior Sobe, Ran Sela
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Patent number: 10433747Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting electrical signals is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and a twisted pair of conductors located on the substrate. The twisted pair of conductors has a first layer comprising conductive material, a second layer comprising nonconductive material, and a third player comprising conductive material. The first layer has a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of gaps. The second layer is positioned in said gaps and electrically insulates a portion of the segments positioned within the gaps. The third layer is positioned over the second layer. The third layer is configured to electrically connects an end of one segment to an end of another segment. The twisted pair of conductors formed by the three dimensional structure comprises two electrically isolated conductors twisted about each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l.Inventor: Lior Sobe
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Patent number: 10390889Abstract: A removable navigation system for a medical device configured for insertion within a lumen in a body is provided. The removable navigation system includes a sheath operatively configured to cover at least a portion of the medical device, a positioning sensor affixed to the sheath and a deformable fixation element disposed between the sheath and the medical device. The deformable fixation element is operatively deformed to temporarily fix a position of the medical device relative to the sheath and positioning sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.Á R.L.Inventor: Lior Sobe
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Publication number: 20190254560Abstract: An elongate medical device includes a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of an electromagnetic field in which the device is disposed. The sensor includes an electrically-insulative substrate, rectangular in shape, and a patterned, conductive trace disposed on the substrate. The patterned trace includes a plurality of diagonal sections parallel to one another, arranged with a relatively low pitch. The substrate is wrapped into a cylindrical shape thereby forming a three-dimensional spiral capable of functioning as a micro-electromagnetic sensor. A medical positioning system is responsive to the signal from the sensor to determine a position and/or orientation of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Dan Seter, Lior Sobe, Itay M. Kariv
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Publication number: 20190192817Abstract: An elongate medical device having an axis comprises an inner liner, a jacket radially outward of the liner, a braid comprising metal embedded in the jacket, a sensor, and at least one wire electrically connected to said sensor. The at least one wire is one of: embedded in the jacket and optionally disposed helically around the braid; extending longitudinally within a tube which extends generally parallel to the device axis and wherein the tube is embedded in the jacket; and disposed within a lumen, wherein the lumen extends longitudinally within the jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Ran Sela, Lior Sobe, Dan Seter
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Patent number: 10258255Abstract: An elongate medical device includes a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of an electromagnetic field in which the device is disposed. The sensor includes an electrically-insulative substrate, rectangular in shape, and a patterned, conductive trace disposed on the substrate. The patterned trace includes a plurality of diagonal sections parallel to one another, arranged with a relatively low pitch. The substrate is wrapped into a cylindrical shape thereby forming a three-dimensional spiral capable of functioning as a micro-electromagnetic sensor. A medical positioning system is responsive to the signal from the sensor to determine a position and/or orientation of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.àr.l.Inventors: Dan Seter, Lior Sobe, Itay Kariv
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Patent number: 10258769Abstract: An elongate medical device having an axis comprises an inner liner, a jacket radially outward of the liner, a braid comprising metal embedded in the jacket, a sensor, and at least one wire electrically connected to said sensor. The at least one wire is one of: embedded in the jacket and optionally disposed helically around the braid; extending longitudinally within a tube which extends generally parallel to the device axis and wherein the tube is embedded in the jacket; and disposed within a lumen, wherein the lumen extends longitudinally within the jacket.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.á r.l.Inventors: Ran Sela, Lior Sobe, Dan Seter
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Publication number: 20190038878Abstract: A male coupler for a guidewire, the guidewire having a hollow walled tube, the male coupler comprising a connector section, coupled with the guidewire, a portion of the connector section having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the hollow tube, at least one conducting ring coupled with the connector section where the diameter of the connector section is smaller the diameter of the guidewire, wherein the diameter of connecter section and the at least one conducting ring substantially equals the diameter of the guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Ran Sela, Nimrod Meller, Lior Sobe, Aharon Gildin, Gera Strommer, Uzi Eichler
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Publication number: 20190038162Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting electrical signals is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and a twisted pair of conductors located on the substrate. The twisted pair of conductors has a first layer comprising conductive material, a second layer comprising nonconductive material, and a third player comprising conductive material. The first layer has a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of gaps. The second layer is positioned in said gaps and electrically insulates a portion of the segments positioned within the gaps. The third layer is positioned over the second layer. The third layer is configured to electrically connects an end of one segment to an end of another segment. The twisted pair of conductors formed by the three dimensional structure comprises two electrically isolated conductors twisted about each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventor: Lior Sobe
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Patent number: 10111599Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting electrical signals is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and a twisted pair of conductors located on the substrate. The twisted pair of conductors has a first layer comprising conductive material, a second layer comprising nonconductive material, and a third player comprising conductive material. The first layer has a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of gaps. The second layer is positioned in said gaps and electrically insulates a portion of the segments positioned within the gaps. The third layer is positioned over the second layer. The third layer is configured to electrically connects an end of one segment to an end of another segment. The twisted pair of conductors formed by the three dimensional structure comprises two electrically isolated conductors twisted about each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l.Inventor: Lior Sobe
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Patent number: 10065023Abstract: A male coupler for a guidewire, the guidewire having a hollow walled tube, the male coupler comprising a connector section, coupled with the guidewire, a portion of the connector section having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the hollow tube, at least one conducting ring coupled with the connector section where the diameter of the connector section is smaller the diameter of the guidewire, wherein the diameter of connector section and the at least one conducting ring substantially equals the diameter of the guidewire.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: MEDIGUIDE LTD.Inventors: Ran Sela, Nimrod Meller, Lior Sobe, Aharon Gildin, Gera Strommer, Uzi Eichler
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Patent number: 10028705Abstract: A guidewire for a medical device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the guidewire includes a corewire having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an elongate shroud disposed about the corewire, the shroud having a distal end, and a plug coupled with the distal end portion of the corewire and the distal end of the shroud, the plug having a distal, non-traumatic tip portion, an interior between the corewire and the shroud being configured to receive a sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l.Inventors: Nimrod Meller, Ran Sela, Dan Seter, Lior Sobe
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Publication number: 20170087333Abstract: An elongate medical device having an axis comprises an inner liner, a jacket radially outward of the liner, a braid comprising metal embedded in the jacket, a sensor, and at least one wire electrically connected to said sensor. The at least one wire is one of: embedded in the jacket and optionally disposed helically around the braid; extending longitudinally within a tube which extends generally parallel to the device axis and wherein the tube is embedded in the jacket; and disposed within a lumen, wherein the lumen extends longitudinally within the jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Ran Sela, Lior Sobe, Dan Seter
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Patent number: 9492103Abstract: System for guiding a catheter through a lumen system of a body of a patient, to a predetermined location within the lumen system, the system including a medical positioning system, a moving mechanism coupled with the catheter, and a controller coupled with the medical positioning system and with the moving mechanism, the medical positioning system including at least one position detector, the position detector being firmly attached to a distal portion of the catheter, the medical positioning system determining the position of the position detector, the controller controlling the operation of the moving mechanism to move the catheter to the predetermined location, according to the position and according to a topological representation of at least a portion of the lumen system.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: MediGuide Ltd.Inventors: Gera Strommer, Uzi Eichler, Lior Sobe
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Patent number: 9457167Abstract: An elongate medical device having an axis comprises an inner liner, a jacket radially outward of the liner, a braid comprising metal embedded in the jacket, a sensor, and at least one wire electrically connected to said sensor. The at least one wire is one of: embedded in the jacket and optionally disposed helically around the braid; extending longitudinally within a tube which extends generally parallel to the device axis and wherein the tube is embedded in the jacket; and disposed within a lumen, wherein the lumen extends longitudinally within the jacket.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MediGuide Ltd.Inventors: Ran Sela, Lior Sobe, Dan Seter
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Patent number: 9375549Abstract: A medical device configured for diagnosis or treatment of tissues within a body is provided. The device includes an elongate, deformable member configured to be received within a lumen in the body and having proximal and distal ends. A position sensor is disposed at the distal end. In one embodiment, a conductor is wound about the member. The conductor is connected to the position sensor and has a first winding pitch over a first portion of the deformable member and a second winding pitch, different from the first winding pitch, over a second portion of the deformable member. In another embodiment, the member defines a neutral longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. A conductor extending between the proximal and distal ends is connected to the position sensor at a connection node on the neutral axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: MediGuide Ltd.Inventors: Lior Sobe, Ran Sela
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Publication number: 20160082228Abstract: A male coupler for a guidewire, the guidewire having a hollow walled tube, the male coupler comprising a connector section, coupled with the guidewire, a portion of the connector section having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the hollow tube, at least one conducting ring coupled with the connector section where the diameter of the connector section is smaller the diameter of the guidewire, wherein the diameter of connector section and the at least one conducting ring substantially equals the diameter of the guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Ran Sela, Nimrod Meller, Lior Sobe, Aharon Gildin, Gera Strommer, Uzi Eichler
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Publication number: 20160022958Abstract: A medical device configured for diagnosis or treatment of tissues within a body is provided. The device includes an elongate, deformable member configured to be received within a lumen in the body and having proximal and distal ends. A position sensor is disposed at the distal end. In one embodiment, a conductor is wound about the member. The conductor is connected to the position sensor and has a first winding pitch over a first portion of the deformable member and a second winding pitch, different from the first winding pitch, over a second portion of the deformable member. In another embodiment, the member defines a neutral longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. A conductor extending between the proximal and distal ends is connected to the position sensor at a connection node on the neutral axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Lior Sobe, Ran Sela
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Publication number: 20150374254Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting electrical signals is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and a twisted pair of conductors located on the substrate. The twisted pair of conductors has a first layer comprising conductive material, a second layer comprising nonconductive material, and a third player comprising conductive material. The first layer has a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of gaps. The second layer is positioned in said gaps and electrically insulates a portion of the segments positioned within the gaps. The third layer is positioned over the second layer. The third layer is configured to electrically connects an end of one segment to an end of another segment. The twisted pair of conductors formed by the three dimensional structure comprises two electrically isolated conductors twisted about each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventor: Lior Sobe