Patents by Inventor Michael J. Magliochetti
Michael J. Magliochetti 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: 6736793Abstract: A detachable balloon system includes an inflatable balloon with a self-sealing valve. The balloon has an elastomeric membrane and a proximal opening. The self-sealing valve is made up of a valve body for receiving an inflation instrument to inflate the balloon. The valve body is preferably formed of a biocompatible elastomeric material and includes a base portion and a sealing portion. The base portion is bonded to the elastomeric membrane so as to seal the proximal opening of the balloon. The sealing portion is located within the balloon and extends distally from the base into the balloon. The sealing portion is compressibly sealable in response to a pressure within the balloon following inflation of the balloon and removal of the inflation instrument. A balloon dispenser for housing a balloon prior to receipt of an inflation instrument is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: AMS Research CorporationInventors: Ralph Meyer, John D. Walker, Paul Volpini, Michael J. Magliochetti
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Publication number: 20020049465Abstract: A detachable balloon system includes an inflatable balloon with a self-sealing valve. The balloon has an elastomeric membrane and a proximal opening. The self-sealing valve is made up of a valve body for receiving an inflation instrument to inflate the balloon. The valve body is preferably formed of a biocompatible elastomeric material and includes a base portion and a sealing portion. The base portion is bonded to the elastomeric membrane so as to seal the proximal opening of the balloon. The sealing portion is located within the balloon and extends distally from the base into the balloon. The sealing portion is compressibly sealable in response to a pressure within the balloon following inflation of the balloon and removal of the inflation instrument. A balloon dispenser for housing a balloon prior to receipt of an inflation instrument is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventors: Ralph Meyer, John D. Walker, Paul Volpini, Michael J. Magliochetti
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Patent number: 6312405Abstract: A detachable balloon system includes an inflatable balloon with a self-sealing valve. The balloon has an elastomeric membrane and a proximal opening. The self-sealing valve is made up of a valve body for receiving an inflation instrument to inflate the balloon. The valve body is preferably formed of a biocompatible elastomeric material and includes a base portion and a sealing portion. The base portion is bonded to the elastomeric membrane so as to seal the proximal opening of the balloon. The sealing portion is located within the balloon and extends distally from the base into the balloon. The sealing portion is compressibly sealable in response to a pressure within the balloon following inflation of the balloon and removal of the inflation instrument. A balloon dispenser for housing a balloon prior to receipt of an inflation instrument is also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1999Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: American Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Meyer, John D. Walker, Paul Volpini, Michael J. Magliochetti
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Patent number: 5984965Abstract: A stent for maintaining the patency of a body passage including an elongate flexible body, at least one lumen extending the length of the body, a filament disposed along the elongate flexible body for inhibiting the fracture of the body within the body passage, and a valve for preventing the passage of fluid along the lumen in one direction. The filament is helically wound about the length of the elongate body. Hydrophilic and microbial coatings are applied to the surfaces of the stent and the stent is preferably constructed of a bioresorbable material.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: UroSurge, Inc.Inventors: Tracey E. Knapp, John R. Frigstad, Michael J. Magliochetti
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Patent number: 5929747Abstract: Devices and methods to simply prompt and record medical events provide improved medical treatment devices and methods. A hand-held electronic device can prompt patients regarding and train patients in a medical event. Physicians or other health care workers can program pre-determined time intervals for scheduled medical events into the device. An alarm can prompt the patients regarding the scheduled medical events at the pre-determined time intervals. Patients can enter scheduled and non-scheduled medical events into the device. The health care workers can access this information from the device directly or the information can be downloaded to an office personal computer for permanent recording in the patient's chart. In another embodiment, the device can determine a compliance rate based upon the occurrence of the medical events. This compliance rate can be compared with a pre-determined target rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1996Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: UroSurge, Inc.Inventors: Peter L. Rosenblatt, Michael J. Magliochetti
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Patent number: 5830228Abstract: Methods and systems for deployment of a detachable, inflatable balloon at a target site in vivo are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the method involves providing a holder; passing a protective sheath through the lumen of the holder; passing a positioning element through the lumen of the sheath; advancing the positioning element to the target site in vivo; withdrawing the positioning element while keeping the sheath fixed relative to the holder; passing a detachable, inflatable balloon coupled to a distal end of a delivery device through the sheath; withdrawing the sheath into a retractor disposed at proximal end of the delivery device such that the delivery device remains fixed relative to the holder and the balloon is exposed to the target site in vivo; and inflating and detaching the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Urosurge, Inc.Inventors: Tracey Knapp, Michael J. Magliochetti
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Patent number: 5806528Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for measuring and providing a visual indication of the temperature of a fluid prior to its delivery to a patient are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, in an irrigation fluid delivery system having a fluid delivery tube adapted to deliver an irrigation fluid to a patient, a temperature sensing device for measuring and for providing a visual indication of the temperature of the irrigation fluid immediately prior to the fluid being delivered to a patient can be incorporated into the fluid delivery tube. In another aspect of the invention, an irrigation fluid delivery system having a heating means and a temperature sensing means can be used for heating the fluid and for measuring and providing a visual indication of the temperature of the fluid prior to the fluid entering the patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1995Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: Urosurge, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Magliochetti
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Patent number: 5729653Abstract: Devices and methods for heating a fluid to normothermic temperature prior to delivery of the fluid to a patient are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fluid to be warmed prior to delivery to a patient can be passed through a polymeric, flow-through chamber disposed in the fluid delivery line. An electrically resistive heating element for heating the fluid can be molded into the chamber to heat the fluid from room or ambient storage temperatures to a normothermic or body temperature of the patient. A probe of a temperature monitoring element can be used to monitor the temperature of the fluid exiting the chamber. In another embodiment, this information can be relayed back to a controller for controlling the power to the resistance element and hence, the temperature of the fluid. In still another embodiment, an infrared temperature sensor can be used for monitoring the temperature on the fluid exiting the chamber by scanning through a window in the outlet port of the chamber or elsewhere in the fluid line.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: Urosurge, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Magliochetti, Carolyn Pals