Patents by Inventor Martin Lawrence Fawdry
Martin Lawrence Fawdry 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: 20240122615Abstract: A method for removing one or more objects or materials from a body lumen includes delivering a tube and an expandable device to the body lumen to a position proximal to the one or more objects or materials. The expandable device is positioned with a lumen of the tube, and the expandable device includes a lumen extending from a distal portion to a proximal portion. The method further includes proximally retracting the tube such that the expandable device remains in the position proximal to the one or more objects or materials, distally advancing the expandable device such that the distal portion of the expandable device at least partially surrounds the one or more objects or materials, at least partially closing a distal end of the expandable device, and moving the expandable device proximally to remove the expandable device and the one or more objects or materials from the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Enda CONNAUGHTON, Anthony O'BRIEN, Aiden FLANAGAN, Charlene DEANE, Michael HUGHES, Richard CRAWFORD, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY, Stephen McCOOEY
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Patent number: 11957347Abstract: A medical device may include a main shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end; an actuator at a proximal portion of the medical device; an end effector positioned at a distal end of the main shaft and comprising a first jaw and a second jaw; a motor; and a torque amplification system. The torque amplification system may include a driveshaft coupled to the motor; a spring coupled to the driveshaft and configured to expand or contract in a proximal or a distal direction relative to the driveshaft; a hammer moveably coupled to the driveshaft; and an anvil coupled to the end effector and abutting the hammer. The anvil may be configured to provide a rotational power output to the end effector to move the first jaw and/or the second jaw.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Stephen McCooey, Martin Lawrence Fawdry
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Publication number: 20240115287Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tissue debridement device and describes an example treatment for ANP using the tissue debridement device. The tissue debridement device has a sheath, a distal tip, and a plurality of rotating tines coupled to the distal tip and the sheath. The distal tip can be adjusted to be closer or further from the sheath to change a diameter of the rotating tines, thereby changing a cutting diameter of the tissue debridement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Enda Connaughton, Charlene Deane, Aiden Flanagan, Richard Crawford, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Michael Hughes, Anthony O'Brien
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Publication number: 20240065717Abstract: A cannulation device is adapted to gain access to the patient's common bile duct. In some instances, the cannulation device includes a first guidewire lumen extending through an elongate shaft and terminating at a first oblique guidewire port, and a second guidewire lumen extending through the elongate shaft and terminating at a second oblique guidewire port. In some instances, the cannulation device includes an inflatable balloon that is inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration in which the inflatable balloon is adapted to occlude the patient's pancreatic duct. In some instances, the cannulation device includes an expandable element that is expandable from a collapsed configuration in which the expandable element is disposed within the guidewire lumen and an extended configuration in which a portion of the expandable element extends distally from a guidewire port.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Richard Crawford, Enda Connaughton, Anthony O'Brien, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Michael Hughes, Aiden Flanagan, Claire Guinane
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Patent number: 11771444Abstract: A medical instrument may include a tube, a sheath provided around and coaxial with the tube, and an inflatable balloon at a distal end of the sheath. The balloon may receive a fluid from a lumen of the sheath, and may have a central opening along a longitudinal axis thereof, and into which the tube extends, a proximal portion, a middle portion adjacent to and distal of the proximal portion, and a distal portion adjacent to and proximal of the middle portion. When the balloon is inflated with the fluid, a maximum diameter of the middle portion may be less than a maximum diameter of the proximal portion, and less than a maximum diameter of the distal portion. The medical instrument may also include an extraction member provided at a distal end of the tube, distal to the balloon, and movable axially relative to the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Richard Crawford, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Louis McNern, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew Montague, Geraldine Alice Toner, Enda Connaughton, Gary Gilmartin
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Publication number: 20230293147Abstract: Intravascular imaging devices as well as methods for imaging are disclosed. An example intravascular imaging device may include a catheter shaft. An imaging core may be disposed within the catheter shaft. The imaging core may include a sheath, an imaging emitter/transducer secured relative to the sheath, a reflector, and a wireless rotary motor coupled to the reflector. An antenna may be disposed adjacent to the imaging transducer. A rectenna may be disposed adjacent to the wireless rotary motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Martin Lawrence Fawdry
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Publication number: 20230293174Abstract: A medical device may include a main shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end; an actuator at a proximal portion of the medical device; an end effector positioned at a distal end of the main shaft and comprising a first jaw and a second jaw; a motor; and a torque amplification system. The torque amplification system may include a driveshaft coupled to the motor; a spring coupled to the driveshaft and configured to expand or contract in a proximal or a distal direction relative to the driveshaft; a hammer moveably coupled to the driveshaft; and an anvil coupled to the end effector and abutting the hammer. The anvil may be configured to provide a rotational power output to the end effector to move the first jaw and/or the second jaw.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Aiden FLANAGAN, Stephen McCOOEY, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY
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Publication number: 20230248359Abstract: A medical device comprising an end-effector, including a first feature and a second feature, wherein the first feature and the second feature are pivotably joined to one another, and a motor coupled to a rotatable shaft, wherein the rotatable shaft engages the end-effector, and wherein the motor is configured to rotate the rotatable shaft in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite of the first direction, wherein a first rotation of the rotatable shaft in the first direction is configured pivot the first feature and the second feature towards one another, and wherein a second rotation of the rotatable shaft in the second direction is configured to pivot the first feature and the second feature away from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Aiden FLANAGAN, Stephen McCOOEY, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY
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Patent number: 11690936Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to cell encapsulation membranes, devices including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a cell encapsulation membrane is included. The cell encapsulation membrane can include a mesh substrate. The mesh substrate can include a first series of fibers extending in a first direction and a second series of fibers extending in a second direction, the first series of fibers intersecting with the second series of fibers, the mesh substrate defining a plurality of apertures disposed between adjacent fibers of the first series and the second series. The cell encapsulation membrane can further include a coating disposed on the mesh substrate, the coating partially occluding the plurality of apertures defined by the mesh substrate and forming pores. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific LimitedInventors: Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew McEvaddy, Garry Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy
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Patent number: 11406799Abstract: A dissection device may include an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal end of a catheter, the catheter having an inflation lumen extending through the catheter to an interior space defined within the inflatable balloon. The inflatable balloon may include a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, an outer perimeter wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a plurality of inner walls each extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and in sealing contact with the outer perimeter wall at a first end of the inner wall. The inflatable balloon may include a series of interconnected chambers including a central chamber in direct fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and laterally disposed chambers each having an opening fluidly connecting to each adjacent chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventors: Matthew McEvaddy, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Gary Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy, Aiden Flanagan
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Publication number: 20210315595Abstract: A medical instrument may include a tube, a sheath provided around and coaxial with the tube, and an inflatable balloon at a distal end of the sheath. The balloon may receive a fluid from a lumen of the sheath, and may have a central opening along a longitudinal axis thereof, and into which the tube extends, a proximal portion, a middle portion adjacent to and distal of the proximal portion, and a distal portion adjacent to and proximal of the middle portion. When the balloon is inflated with the fluid, a maximum diameter of the middle portion may be less than a maximum diameter of the proximal portion, and less than a maximum diameter of the distal portion. The medical instrument may also include an extraction member provided at a distal end of the tube, distal to the balloon, and movable axially relative to the balloon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Richard CRAWFORD, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY, Louis McNERN, Aiden FLANAGAN, Matthew MONTAGUE, Geraldine Alice TONER, Enda CONNAUGHTON, Gary GILMARTIN
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Publication number: 20210220524Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to cell encapsulation membranes, devices including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a cell encapsulation membrane is included. The cell encapsulation membrane can include a mesh substrate. The mesh substrate can include a first series of fibers extending in a first direction and a second series of fibers extending in a second direction, the first series of fibers intersecting with the second series of fibers, the mesh substrate defining a plurality of apertures disposed between adjacent fibers of the first series and the second series. The cell encapsulation membrane can further include a coating disposed on the mesh substrate, the coating partially occluding the plurality of apertures defined by the mesh substrate and forming pores. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew McEvaddy, Garry Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy
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Patent number: 10967102Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to cell encapsulation membranes, devices including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a cell encapsulation membrane is included. The cell encapsulation membrane can include a mesh substrate. The mesh substrate can include a first series of fibers extending in a first direction and a second series of fibers extending in a second direction, the first series of fibers intersecting with the second series of fibers, the mesh substrate defining a plurality of apertures disposed between adjacent fibers of the first series and the second series. The cell encapsulation membrane can further include a coating disposed on the mesh substrate, the coating partially occluding the plurality of apertures defined by the mesh substrate and forming pores. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Boston Scientific LimitedInventors: Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew McEvaddy, Garry Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy
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Publication number: 20200069391Abstract: An inflation device may include a plurality of independently inflatable balloons attached to one another. The balloons may be configured to move between a deflated, compressed state and an inflated, expanded state. The inflation device further includes a plurality of inflation tubes connected to the plurality of inflatable balloons, wherein each inflation tube is attached to a single one of the plurality of inflatable balloons.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: MATTHEW MCEVADDY, AIDEN FLANAGAN, MARTIN LAWRENCE FAWDRY, CLARA GRACE JULIA HYNES
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Publication number: 20190217064Abstract: A dissection device may include an inflatable balloon disposed at a distal end of a catheter, the catheter having an inflation lumen extending through the catheter to an interior space defined within the inflatable balloon. The inflatable balloon may include a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, an outer perimeter wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a plurality of inner walls each extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and in sealing contact with the outer perimeter wall at a first end of the inner wall. The inflatable balloon may include a series of interconnected chambers including a central chamber in direct fluid communication with the inflation lumen, and laterally disposed chambers each having an opening fluidly connecting to each adjacent chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITEDInventors: MATTHEW MCEVADDY, MARTIN LAWRENCE FAWDRY, GARY DUFFY, EAMONN J. TUOHY, AIDEN FLANAGAN
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Publication number: 20180085494Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to cell encapsulation membranes, devices including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a cell encapsulation membrane is included. The cell encapsulation membrane can include a mesh substrate. The mesh substrate can include a first series of fibers extending in a first direction and a second series of fibers extending in a second direction, the first series of fibers intersecting with the second series of fibers, the mesh substrate defining a plurality of apertures disposed between adjacent fibers of the first series and the second series. The cell encapsulation membrane can further include a coating disposed on the mesh substrate, the coating partially occluding the plurality of apertures defined by the mesh substrate and forming pores. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew McEvaddy, Garry Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy