Patents by Inventor Mark D. Wahlberg
Mark D. Wahlberg 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: 8632555Abstract: A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2003Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Alex A Peterson, Paul J Hindrichs, Mark D Wahlberg, Todd A Berg, Jon P St. Germain
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Patent number: 7575586Abstract: A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an uncut medial portion of the tube. The fingers are deflected radially outwardly from the medial portion and set in that condition. For a graft connector, the medial portion is coaxially connected to an end portion of a tubular graft. The connector is then installed through an aperture in the side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit, for example, by using a delivery tube in which the fingers are elastically deflected back to approximately their initial positions. When the delivery conduit is withdrawn from the connector, the fingers spring out to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body conduit wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd A Berg, Alex A Peterson, Mark D Wahlberg, Jon P St. Germain
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Patent number: 6994713Abstract: A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an uncut medial portion of the tube. The fingers are deflected radially outwardly from the medial portion and set in that condition. For a graft connector, the medial portion is coaxially connected to an end portion of a tubular graft. The connector is then installed through an aperture in the side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit, for example, by using a delivery tube in which the fingers are elastically deflected back to approximately their initial positions. When the delivery conduit is withdrawn from the connector, the fingers spring out to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body conduit wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Alex Alden Peterson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Publication number: 20040078053Abstract: A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an uncut medial portion of the tube. The fingers are deflected radially outwardly from the medial portion and set in that condition. For a graft connector, the medial portion is coaxially connected to an end portion of a tubular graft. The connector is then installed through an aperture in the side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit, for example, by using a delivery tube in which the fingers are elastically deflected back to approximately their initial positions. When the delivery conduit is withdrawn from the connector, the fingers spring out to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body conduit wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Alex Alden Peterson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Publication number: 20040030348Abstract: A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Alex Alden Peterson, Paul J. Hindrichs, Mark D. Wahlberg, Todd Allen Berg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Patent number: 6673084Abstract: A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. At least one of the plurality of fingers has an end portion configured to pierce the graft conduit. The plurality of fingers is substantially radially aligned with respect to a longitudinal axis and wherein the connector is radially enlargeable between a first size and a second size.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Alex Alden Peterson, Paul J. Hindrichs, Mark D. Wahlberg, Todd Allen Berg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Patent number: 6660015Abstract: A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an uncut medial portion of the tube. The fingers are deflected radially outwardly from the medial portion and set in that condition. For a graft connector, the medial portion is coaxially connected to an end portion of a tubular graft. The connector is then installed through an aperture in the side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit, for example, by using a delivery tube in which the fingers are elastically deflected back to approximately their initial positions. When the delivery conduit is withdrawn from the connector, the fingers spring out to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body conduit wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2000Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Alex Alden Peterson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Publication number: 20030187499Abstract: A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced portions that include members that are radially outwardly deflectable from other portions of the connector. The connector is annularly enlargeable so that it can be initially delivered and installed in the patient in a relatively small annular size and then annularly enlarged to provide the completed anastomosis. The radially outwardly deflected members of the first and second portions respectively engage the two body fluid conduits connected at the anastomosis and hold those two conduits together in fluid-tight engagement. Apparatus for use in delivering and deploying a connector is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: William J. Swanson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jason A. Galdonik, Todd Allen Berg, Scott P. Thome
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Patent number: 6620176Abstract: A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2000Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Alex Alden Peterson, Paul J. Hindrichs, Mark D. Wahlberg, Todd Allen Berg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Patent number: 6599303Abstract: A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Alex Alden Peterson, Paul J. Hindrichs, Mark D. Wahlberg, Todd Allen Berg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Publication number: 20030109887Abstract: Apparatus for securing an axial end portion of a tubular graft conduit in a lumen of a patient's existing tubular body organ structure via an aperture in a side wall thereof is disclosed. An anchor device is configured for attachment to the end portion of the tubular graft conduit. The anchor device defines a constant axial length and a cross-section radially expandable between a first diameter sized for insertion into the aperture in the side wall of the body conduit and a second diameter sized to secure the end portion of the tubular graft conduit coaxially between the anchor device and the lumen of the tubular body conduit. The anchor device defines a longitudinal axis that may change between a substantially straight configuration and a curvilinear configuration such that the cross-section remains substantially unchanged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2003Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Jason A. Galdonik, William J. Swanson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Todd Allen Berg
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Patent number: 6533812Abstract: A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced portions that include members that are radially outwardly deflectable from other portions of the connector. The connector is annularly enlargeable so that it can be initially delivered and installed in the patient in a relatively small annular size and then annularly enlarged to provide the completed anastomosis. The radially outwardly deflected members of the first and second portions respectively engage the two body fluid conduits connected at the anastomosis and hold those two conduits together in fluid-tight engagement. Apparatus for use in delivering and deploying a connector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: William J. Swanson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jason A. Galdonik, Todd Allen Berg, Scott P. Thome
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Publication number: 20030028200Abstract: A bypass graft conduit is installed in the circulatory system of a patient using apparatus which facilitates performing most or all of the necessary work intraluminally (i.e., via lumens of the patient's circulatory system). A guide structure such as a wire is installed in the patient via circulatory system lumens so that a portion of the guide structure extends along the desired path of the bypass conduit, which bypass conduit path is outside the circulatory system as it exists prior to installation of the bypass graft. The bypass graft is then introduced into the patient along the guide structure and connected at each of its ends to the circulatory system using connectors that form fluid-tight annular openings from the bypass graft lumen into the adjacent circulatory system lumens. The guide structure is then pulled out of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Applicant: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Daniel J. Sullivan, Matthew W. Baker, Paul J. Hindrichs, Gregory Alan Boldenow, Jason A. Galdonik, Mark D. Wahlberg
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Patent number: 6508822Abstract: A medical graft assembly for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof with a connector. The connector has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A second plurality of fingers is configured to engage an exterior surface of the side wall of the existing conduit. A third plurality of fingers is received in an interior lumen of the graft conduit, and a fourth plurality of fingers is configured to pierce the graft conduit. The connector is radially deformable between a first size and a second size.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2000Date of Patent: January 21, 2003Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Alex Alden Peterson, Paul J. Hindrichs, Mark D. Wahlberg, Todd Allen Berg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Publication number: 20020188302Abstract: A bypass graft conduit is installed in the circulatory system of a patient using apparatus which facilitates performing most or all of the necessary work intraluminally (i.e., via lumens of the patient's circulatory system). A guide structure such as a wire is installed in the patient via circulatory system lumens so that a portion of the guide structure extends along the desired path of the bypass conduit, which bypass conduit path is outside the circulatory system as it exists prior to installation of the bypass graft. The bypass graft is then introduced into the patient along the guide structure and connected at each of its ends to the circulatory system using connectors that form fluid-tight annular openings from the bypass graft lumen into the adjacent circulatory system lumens. The guide structure is then pulled out of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Applicant: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Berg, Daniel J. Sullivan, Matthew W. Baker, Paul J. Hindrichs, Gregory A. Boldenow, Jason A. Galdonik, Mark D. Wahlberg, Christopher M. Prigge, Alex A. Peterson, Jon Patrick St. Germain, William J. Swanson, Scott P. Thome
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Patent number: 6475222Abstract: A bypass graft conduit is installed in the circulatory system of a patient using apparatus which facilitates performing most or all of the necessary work intraluminally (i.e., via lumens of the patient's circulatory system). A guide structure such as a wire is installed in the patient via circulatory system lumens so that a portion of the guide structure extends along the desired path of the bypass conduit, which bypass conduit path is outside the circulatory system as it exists prior to installation of the bypass graft. The bypass graft is then introduced into the patient along the guide structure and connected at each of its ends to the circulatory system using connectors that form fluid-tight annular openings from the bypass graft lumen into the adjacent circulatory system lumens. The guide structure is then pulled out of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1998Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Daniel J. Sullivan, Matthew W. Baker, Paul J. Hindrichs, Gregory Alan Boldenow, Jason A. Galdonik, Mark D. Wahlberg
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Patent number: 6440163Abstract: A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced portions that include members that are radially outwardly deflectable from other portions of the connector. The connector is annularly enlargeable so that it can be initially delivered and installed in the patient in a relatively small annular size and then annularly enlarged to provide the completed anastomosis. The radially outwardly deflected members of the first and second portions respectively engage the two body fluid conduits connected at the anastomosis and hold those two conduits together in fluid-tight engagement. Apparatus for use in delivering and deploying a connector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2001Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG, Inc.Inventors: William J. Swanson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jason A. Galdonik, Todd Allen Berg, Scott P. Thome
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Publication number: 20020082627Abstract: A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an uncut medial portion of the tube. The fingers are deflected radially outwardly from the medial portion and set in that condition. For a graft connector, the medial portion is coaxially connected to an end portion of a tubular graft. The connector is then installed through an aperture in the side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit, for example, by using a delivery tube in which the fingers are elastically deflected back to approximately their initial positions. When the delivery conduit is withdrawn from the connector, the fingers spring out to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body conduit wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2002Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Alex Alden Peterson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jon Patrick St. Germain
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Publication number: 20020077695Abstract: A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced portions that include members that are radially outwardly deflectable from other portions of the connector. The connector is annularly enlargeable so that it can be initially delivered and installed in the patient in a relatively small annular size and then annularly enlarged to provide the completed anastomosis. The radially outwardly deflected members of the first and second portions respectively engage the two body fluid conduits connected at the anastomosis and hold those two conduits together in fluid-tight engagement. Apparatus for use in delivering and deploying a connector is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2002Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: William J. Swanson, Mark D. Wahlberg, Jason A. Galdonik, Todd Allen Berg, Scott P. Thome
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Patent number: 6391036Abstract: A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an uncut medial portion of the tube. The fingers are deflected radially outwardly from the medial portion and set in that condition. For a graft connector, the medial portion is coaxially connected to an end portion of a tubular graft. The connector is then installed through an aperture in the side wall of a patient's tubular body conduit, for example, by using a delivery tube in which the fingers are elastically deflected back to approximately their initial positions. When the delivery conduit is withdrawn from the connector, the fingers spring out to engage the inner and outer surfaces of the body conduit wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: St. Jude Medical ATG Inc.Inventors: Todd Allen Berg, Alex Alden Peterson, Mark D. Wahlberg