Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas Nispel

Michael Thomas Nispel 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).

  • INSTRUMENT AND METHODS FOR SURGICALLY CLOSING PERCUTANEOUS PUNCTURES
    Publication number: 20230157679
    Abstract: Methods for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway are disclosed herein. The methods include inserting a deployment instrument into the puncture via a toggle along the guidewire, and actuating the deployment instrument to move the first component and the second component relative to each other such that the toggle abuts the wall of the artery proximate the puncture to seal the puncture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
  • Instrument and methods for surgically closing percutaneous punctures
    Patent number: 11589855
    Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences Limited
    Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
  • INSTRUMENT AND METHODS FOR SURGICALLY CLOSING PERCUTANEOUS PUNCTURES
    Publication number: 20190336116
    Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Essential Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. WALTERS, Gary ROUBIN, Michael Thomas NISPEL, Michael Austin DOTSEY, Piyush ARORA
  • Instrument and methods for surgically closing percutaneous punctures
    Patent number: 10383611
    Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Essential Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora
  • SURGICALLY CLOSING PERCUTANEOUSLY PUNCTURES
    Publication number: 20150100083
    Abstract: A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Greg A. Walters, Gary Roubin, Michael Thomas Nispel, Michael Austin Dotsey, Piyush Arora