Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Keary

Matthew A. Keary 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).

  • Closure device, deployment apparatus, and method of deploying a closure device
    Patent number: 9456816
    Abstract: The present invention relates a closure device implant for sealing an opening formed through biological tissue including a plug, a rigid wire including a plastically deformable portion configurable between an unrestrained position and a restrained position relative to the plug, wherein a distal end of the wire is substantially spherically shaped, and a footplate attached to the wire, wherein the footplate comprises an elongated plate portion including a wire channel. The present invention also relates to a closure device deployment device including an elongated housing, a sheath assembly connected to the housing, and at least two sliding members slidably connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Transluminal Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Green, Brian Fairman, Matthew A. Keary
  • Closure Device, Deployment Apparatus, and Method of Deploying a Closure Device
    Publication number: 20150201919
    Abstract: The present invention relates a closure device implant for sealing an opening formed through biological tissue including a plug, a rigid wire including a plastically deformable portion configurable between an unrestrained position and a restrained position relative to the plug, wherein a distal end of the wire is substantially spherically shaped, and a footplate attached to the wire, wherein the footplate comprises an elongated plate portion including a wire channel. The present invention also relates to a closure device deployment device including an elongated housing, a sheath assembly connected to the housing, and at least two sliding members slidably connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: TRANSLUMINAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen M. Green, Brian Fairman, Matthew A. Keary
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Patent number: 8696749
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Blackstone Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Lyons, Stephen M. Green, Matthew A. Keary
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Patent number: 6960232
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Blackstone Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Lyons, Stephen M. Green, Matthew A. Keary
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Publication number: 20040267369
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc, a human intervertebral cervical disc and/or a human intervertebral thoracic disc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Matthew Lyons, Stephen M. Green, Matthew A. Keary
  • Artificial intervertebral disc
    Publication number: 20040034423
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e.g., a human intervertebral lumbar disc).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Matthew Lyons, Stephen M. Green, Matthew A. Keary
  • Biopsy needle guide for attachment to an ultrasound transducer
    Patent number: 6475152
    Abstract: A biopsy needle guide in accordance with the invention is configured for attachment to an ultrasound transducer. The biopsy needle guide is arranged in two sections, an inner attachment block and an outer attachment block. The inner attachment block includes (i) a coupler which attaches the inner attachment block to the ultrasound transducer and (ii) a first engagement structure which extends from a surface thereof. The outer attachment block includes a biopsy needle guide through hole and a second engagement structure. The second engagement structure releasably mates with the first engagement structure even when the inner attachment block is covered by a sterile film sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Walter Patrick Kelly, Jr., Marienne Moro Sanders, Matthew A Keary, Alec Rooney, Benjamin M Herrick, Brevard S Garrison