Patents by Inventor Nikhil Kabbur

Nikhil Kabbur 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).

  • EXCLUSION DEVICE COVERS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20250160847
    Abstract: Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exemplary method of making an exclusion device for an anatomical structure may comprise assembling a clamping portion of an exclusion device comprising a beam and a biocompatible fabric cover, and securing the cover on the beam by ultrasonic welding a first portion of the cover to a second portion of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Mata, Nikhil Kabbur, Lynn Ann Recker, Justin David Volz
  • Exclusion device covers and related methods
    Patent number: 12232743
    Abstract: Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exclusion device may include a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion opposing the first clamping portion, and/or a biocompatible fabric cover at least partially sheathing the first clamping portion and/or the second clamping portion. The cover may be generally tubular and/or may define a relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are in a closed configuration. At least a portion of the cover may be configured to stretch to a stretched circumference of about 2× to about 3× the relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are reconfigured from the closed configuration to an open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Mata, Nikhil Kabbur, Lynn Ann Recker, Justin David Volz
  • EXCLUSION DEVICE COVERS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20230082963
    Abstract: Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exclusion device may include a first clamping portion, a second clamping portion opposing the first clamping portion, and/or a biocompatible fabric cover at least partially sheathing the first clamping portion and/or the second clamping portion. The cover may be generally tubular and/or may define a relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are in a closed configuration. At least a portion of the cover may be configured to stretch to a stretched circumference of about 2× to about 3× the relaxed circumference when the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are reconfigured from the closed configuration to an open configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Ann Mata, Nikhil Kabbur, Lynn Ann Recker, Justin David Volz