Patents by Inventor Michael Zupkofska
Michael Zupkofska 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: 20220409209Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Gary JORDAN, Barry WEITZNER, Michael ZUPKOFSKA
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Patent number: 11471166Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Gary Jordan, Barry Weitzner, Michael Zupkofska
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Publication number: 20200029972Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Gary JORDAN, Barry WEITZNER, Michael ZUPKOFSKA
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Patent number: 10470776Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Gary Jordan, Barry Weitzner, Michael Zupkofska
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Publication number: 20160361065Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Gary JORDAN, Barry Weitzner, Michael Zupkofska
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Patent number: 9451967Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Gary Jordan, Barry Weitzner, Michael Zupkofska
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Patent number: 9393137Abstract: Methods for assembling a stent delivery system are provided, as well as the stent delivery assemblies and devices formed by such methods. Also provided is a method for loading a stent into a delivery system.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2007Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Emily E. Rusk, Stephan Mangin, Claude O. Clerc, Michael Zupkofska
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Patent number: 9301862Abstract: An implantable stent includes a stent retrieval member for repositioning or retrieval of the stent after it has been implanted into a bodily lumen. The stent includes a distensible tubular stent having a tubular structure having a tubular wall defined by an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open ends; and a stent retrieval member comprising an elongate member comprising a generally circular perimetric base and a shaped projection having first and second spaced apart members extending acutely or perpendicularly from the base and connected by an apical portion. Force exerted on the shaped projection causes contraction or expansion of the circular base. The circular base is securably attached to one of the open ends of the stent, and the shaped projection extends longitudinally beyond this open end of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Gary A. Jordan, Claude O. Clerc, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, John J. Damarati
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Patent number: 8459164Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Glenn D. Harding, Louis Bedard, Michael Zupkofska
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Publication number: 20120186420Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
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Publication number: 20120109159Abstract: A device for fastening tissue includes (a) a shaft extending longitudinally from a distal end insertable into a body to a proximal end attached to a controller which remains outside of the body, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough and an opening extending through a wall of a distal portion thereof to open the lumen to an exterior of the shaft; (b) a first roller housed within the lumen adjacent to a first longitudinal edge of the opening such that a rotation of the first roller grasps and draws tissue from the body into the lumen in combination; and (c) a fastening element housed within the lumen adjacent to the opening and movable from a tissue receiving configuration to a tissue gripping configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Gary JORDAN, Barry WEITZNER, Michael ZUPKOFSKA
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Patent number: 8151682Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
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Publication number: 20110295359Abstract: A method for making an implantable stent includes the steps of (i) providing a plurality of elongate stent wires; (ii) forming said wires into a hollow tubular structure having opposed first and second open ends; (iii) terminating said wires at the second end; (iv) aligning the wires at the second end into a plurality of mated adjacent wires to define a plurality of abutting regions; (v) welding the mated adjacent wires to one and the other at the abutting regions to define a plurality of welds; and optionally (vi) chemically or electro-chemically removing a portion of the welds. The method may further include the steps of (a) extending at least one of the mated stent wires to provide an extended stent wire; (b) looping the extended stent wire so the extended end abuts a proximal pair of stent wires; and (c) welding the extended and looped wire to the proximal pair of wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Gary J. Leanna, George Tom Roberts
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Patent number: 7993387Abstract: A method for making an implantable stent includes the steps of (i) providing a plurality of elongate stent wires; (ii) forming said wires into a hollow tubular structure having opposed first and second open ends; (iii) terminating said wires at the second end; (iv) aligning the wires at the second end into a plurality of mated adjacent wires to define a plurality of abutting regions; (v) welding the mated adjacent wires to one and the other at the abutting regions to define a plurality of welds; and optionally (vi) chemically or electro-chemically removing a portion of the welds. The method may further include the steps of (a) extending at least one of the mated stent wires to provide an extended stent wire; (b) looping the extended stent wire so the extended end abuts a proximal pair of stent wires; and (c) welding the extended and looped wire to the proximal pair of wires.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Gary J. Leanna, George Tom Roberts
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Publication number: 20110079315Abstract: An implantable stent includes a plurality of elongate wires braided to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall to define an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open first and second ends, wherein the opposed open first and second ends are atraumatic ends. The atraumatic ends of the stent are desirably free of any loose wire ends. The wires include composite wires to enhance visibility of the wires to provide improved external imaging of the wires in the body. The elongate composite wires of the stent may be metallic wires having an outer metallic portion including a first metal, such as nitinol, and an inner metallic core portion including a second metal, which is a radiopaque material, such as gold, barium sulfate, ferritic particles, platinum, platinum-tungsten, palladium, platinum-iridium, rhodium, tantalum or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Peter Brady, Gary J. Leanna, Claude O. Clerc, William Bertolino, Grainne Hanley
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Patent number: 7857844Abstract: An implantable stent includes a plurality of elongate wires braided to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall to define an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open first and second ends, wherein the opposed open first and second ends are atraumatic ends The atraumatic ends of the stent are desirably free of any loose wire ends. The wires include composite wires to enhance visibility of the wires to provide improved external imaging of the wires in the body. The elongate composite wires of the stent may be metallic wires having an outer metallic portion including a first metal, such as nitinol, and an inner metallic core portion including a second metal, which is a radiopaque material, such as gold, barium sulfate, ferritic particles, platinum, platinum-tungsten, palladium, platinum-iridium, rhodium, tantalum or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Peter Brady, Gary L. Leanna, Claude O. Clerc, William Bertolino, Grainne Hanley
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Publication number: 20100191319Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
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Publication number: 20100160812Abstract: A removable attachment for selectively connecting coaxial medical instruments comprises a first instrument having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen extending therethrough. The first instrument comprises an arm extending from a fulcrum located on the first instrument and a second instrument movably placed within the lumen of the first instrument, the second instrument comprising a hub at a proximal end thereof. The hub comprises a distal edge to engage a proximal end of the first instrument. The arm pivots around the fulcrum and is configured to selectively engage the hub to provide a removable locking connection between the first and second instruments.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Gary JORDAN, Michael ZUPKOFSKA
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Publication number: 20090082840Abstract: Methods for assembling a stent delivery system are provided, as well as the stent delivery assemblies and devices formed by such methods. Also provided is a method for loading a stent into a delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Emily E. Rusk, Stephan Mangin, Claude O. Clerc, Michael Zupkofska
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Publication number: 20090054972Abstract: An implantable stent includes a plurality of elongate wires braided to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall to define an interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposed open first and second ends, wherein the opposed open first and second ends are atraumatic ends The atraumatic ends of the stent are desirably free of any loose wire ends. The wires include composite wires to enhance visibility of the wires to provide improved external imaging of the wires in the body. The elongate composite wires of the stent may be metallic wires having an outer metallic portion including a first metal, such as nitinol, and an inner metallic core portion including a second metal, which is a radiopaque material, such as gold, barium sulfate, ferritic particles, platinum, platinum-tungsten, palladium, platinum-iridium, rhodium, tantalum or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Peter Brady, Gary L. Leanna, Claude O. Clerc, William Bertolino, Grainne Hanley