Patents by Inventor Nathan C. FRANCIS

Nathan C. FRANCIS 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).

  • Patent number: 12262915
    Abstract: A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nathan C. Francis, Matthew Magee
  • Publication number: 20240423595
    Abstract: Systems and Apparatuses for valve clip removal that includes a catheter configured with a first lumen, and a second lumen; a cutting sheath configured with a cutting mechanism; wherein the first lumen is used to deploy a first snare that enables securing a first section of a valve clip; wherein the second lumen is used to deploy a second snare that enables securing of a second section of the valve clip; upon securing the first section of the valve clip, the second snare pulls the cutting sheath over part of the second section of the valve clip for the cutting sheath to: capture part of a second section of valve clip and grasp the valve clip in a stable position, and execute a removal action across the part of the second section of valve clip to detach the valve clip from a valve leaflet whilst the valve clip is grasped; and after performing the removal action and liberating the valve clip from the valve leaflet, the cutting sheath and grasped valve clip are removed through the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan C FRANCIS, Michael ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20240366253
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) that include a catheter configured at a distal end with a guidewire to deploy the catheter within a vessel lumen to a situs of an aortic valve for leaflet resection; an accessory tool configured with a set of grasping elements attached at a catheter's distal end to enable the accessory tool to travel down the vessel lumen to the situs of the aortic valve to exert a pulling action, to draw an aortic valve leaflet in a direction towards the catheter's distal end and to draw a portion of the aortic valve leaflet into a protective sleeve of the catheter at the catheter's distal end; and a cutting sheath catheter configured at the catheter's distal end to resect tissue that includes a portion of the aortic valve leaflet drawn into the protective sleeve at the catheter's distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan C. FRANCIS, Michael ANDERSON, Kenneth Peter GRACE
  • Publication number: 20240315779
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for a resection procedure are provided. The apparatus includes an Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) probe for use in a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, the ICE probe; and a processor device coupled to the ICE probe to provide positional feedback to a user about the ICE probe position as the ICE probe is positioned manually within cardiac anatomy wherein the processor device is configured to implement a model to provide guidance to manually position the ICE probe based on anatomical recognition of the cardiac anatomy wherein a manually positioned ICE probe is located at a position in the cardiac anatomy to enable capture of a view of a target cardiac anatomy in combination with the use of a catheter used while performing the TAVR procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: VIPUL SHRIHARI PAI RAIKAR, KUNAL VAIDYA, MICHAEL ANDERSON, NATHAN C. FRANCIS, BENOIT MORY, PASCAL YVES FRANÇOIS CATHIER
  • Publication number: 20240122622
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for lead extraction using a lead locking device are provided. The apparatus includes a lead extraction assistance device for use with a lead locking device (LLD) in a lead extraction procedure, the apparatus includes a lead locking device (LLD); a lead locking assist device coupled to the LLD wherein the lead locking assist device includes an assembly configured with a center shaft that has an inlet that for entry of the lead (10) and configured with an outlet for exiting the LLD wherein the assembly clamps both an entered lead and an exited LLD; and a module disposed in the assembly and coupled to both the entered lead and the exited LLD, the module configured to apply, a first action by a rotational motor (60) to twist the entering lead and a second action by a hammering device (87) for hammering the entered lead to assist in pulling out the lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: NATHAN C FRANCIS, KENNETH PETER GRACE
  • Publication number: 20240041534
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining whether a section of a lead has adhered to a blood vessel. The method comprises obtaining data corresponding to the blood vessel with a lead inside and determining motion vectors corresponding to the lead from the data corresponding to the blood vessel. The motion vectors are input into a machine learning algorithm trained to learn the correlation between the motion vectors and whether a section of a lead has adhered to a blood vessel and output an adherence level for segments of the lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Sattyavrat PANSE, Grzegorz Andrzej TOPEREK, Nathan C FRANCIS, Jochen KRUECKER, Molly Lara FLEXMAN, Ayushi SINHA, Jeff SHIMON, I, Leili SALEHI, Ramon Quido ERKAMP
  • Publication number: 20240041524
    Abstract: A leaflet resection catheter apparatus and system for a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure including a catheter configured at a distal end with a guidewire to deploy the catheter within a vessel lumen to a situs of an aortic valve for leaflet resection; an accessory tool configured with a set of grasping elements attached at a catheter's distal end to enable the accessory tool to travel down the vessel lumen to the situs of the aortic valve to exert a pulling action to draw the aortic valve leaflet in a direction towards the catheter's distal end to draw a portion of the aortic valve leaflet into a protective sleeve of the catheter at the catheter's distal end; and one or more fibers of a ring of fibers surrounding the catheter's distal end to resect tissue that includes a portion of the aortic valve leaflet drawn into the protective sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan C FRANCIS, Michael ANDERSON, Kenneth Peter GRACE
  • Publication number: 20230346427
    Abstract: A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan C. FRANCIS, Matthew MAGEE
  • Patent number: 11678908
    Abstract: A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Nathan C. Francis, Matthew Magee
  • Publication number: 20220079614
    Abstract: A vascular treatment system includes a cutting tip, and the cutting tip is configured to be disposed in a treatment space and cut a vascular structure within the treatment space. An imaging device is configured to be disposed in the treatment space and send a signal corresponding to an image of the treatment space. A display is in operative communication with the imaging device and is configured to provide the image of the treatment space to a system user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Michael SOTAK, Nathan C. FRANCIS, Wade Allen BOWE
  • Publication number: 20220061802
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for identifying features sensed by a vascular device. In an embodiment, a vascular device configured to identify features sensed by the vascular device comprises and imaging device and a processing device. The imaging device is configured to be disposed in a vascular space and send at least one signal corresponding to an image of the vascular space. The processing device is electronically coupled to the imaging device and is configured to: receive the at least one signal corresponding to the image of the vascular space; determine at least one feature included in the image; identify at least a portion of the feature using a graphical representation; and output the graphical representation identifying the portion of the feature to a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan C. FRANCIS, Ryan Michael SOTAK, Wade Allen BOWE, Christian HAASE
  • Publication number: 20210068867
    Abstract: A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan C. FRANCIS, Matthew MAGEE