Patents by Inventor Matthew Gillick

Matthew Gillick 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).

  • CATHETER HAVING HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20180325712
    Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. Bialas, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matthew Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier, Marc Gianotti
  • Catheter having hydraulic actuator
    Patent number: 10039659
    Abstract: Catheter for delivery of a medical device such as a stent or filter includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member movable relative to the inner tubular member. The outer tubular member is disposed at the distal end of the inner tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a fluid lumen defined therein, the fluid lumen having a fluid flow port directed to the exterior surface of the inner tubular member. A pressure chamber is defined by the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member, a proximal seal and a distal seal, and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port, wherein fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force on the proximal seal to move the outer tubular member in a proximal direction allowing the medical device constrained by the outer tubular member to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Bialas, Marc Gianotti, John E. Papp, John Simpson, Wouter Erik Roorda, Matthew Gillick, Michael L. Green, David P. Strauss, Duane M. DeMore, Robert P. Barbier
  • Control of balloon inflation rate during deployment of scaffold
    Patent number: 9517151
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling inflation pressure and pressurization rate of a balloon during deployment of a stent or scaffold are disclosed. The apparatus and method involve a pressure attenuator for controlling an inflation rate of the delivery balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Gillick, Yunbing Wang, Justin Mann, Bruce Wilson, James Oberhauser
  • In-line bubble removal mechanism
    Patent number: 8852668
    Abstract: A mechanism for preventing or inhibiting bubbles of dissolved gasses from outgassing due to phase change phenomenon of the pressure differential inside a liquid-filled incompressible line can be provided. This mechanism may be useful in a variety of applications, such as coating of stents and scaffolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Hung T. Nguyen, Scott Mueller, Ronald Farnbach, John Papp, Matthew Gillick
  • CONTROL OF BALLOON INFLATION RATE DURING DEPLOYMENT OF SCAFFOLD
    Publication number: 20130261729
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling inflation pressure and pressurization rate of a balloon during deployment of a stent or scaffold is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Abbott Caridovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Gillick, Yunbing Wang, Justin Mann, Bruce Wilson, James Oberhauser
  • In-line Bubble Removal Mechanism
    Publication number: 20120225186
    Abstract: A mechanism for preventing or inhibiting bubbles of dissolved gasses from outgassing due to phase change phenomenon of the pressure differential inside a liquid-filled incompressible line can be provided. This mechanism may be useful in a variety of applications, such as coating of stents and scaffolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Hung T. Nguyen, Scott Mueller, Ronald Farnbach, John Papp, Matthew Gillick