Patents by Inventor Paul E. TIERNEY

Paul E. TIERNEY 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: 12616491
    Abstract: A medical device including an actuator and a basket at a distal end of the actuator. The basket includes a plurality of wires and a plurality of eyelets extending from at least one wire of the plurality of wires, where the basket is configured to be transitioned from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Crawford, Enda Connaughton, Paul E. Tierney, Peter Brady, Molly Phillips-Hungerford, Naomi Gannon
  • Publication number: 20250387247
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GARY GILMARTIN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, PAUL E. TIERNEY, DAVID COLLINS
  • Patent number: 12419765
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Martyn G. Folan, Geraldine Toner, Paul E. Tierney, David Collins
  • Publication number: 20250134682
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GARY GILMARTIN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, PAUL E. TIERNEY, DAVID COLLINS
  • Patent number: 12213899
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Martyn G. Folan, Geraldine Toner, Paul E. Tierney, David Collins
  • Publication number: 20240261123
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GARY GILMARTIN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, PAUL E. TIERNEY, DAVID COLLINS
  • Publication number: 20240225673
    Abstract: A medical device including an actuator and a basket at a distal end of the actuator. The basket includes a plurality of wires and a plurality of eyelets extending from at least one wire of the plurality of wires, where the basket is configured to be transitioned from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard CRAWFORD, Enda CONNAUGHTON, Paul E. TIERNEY, Peter BRADY, Molly PHILLIPS-HUNGERFORD, Naomi GANNON
  • Patent number: 11986407
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Martyn G. Folan, Geraldine Toner, Paul E. Tierney, David Collins
  • Publication number: 20240130873
    Abstract: A mandrel for forming a stent with a tapered profile and one or more anti-migration features includes a first stent shaping segment having a first diameter, a second stent shaping segment having a second diameter less than the first diameter and a tapered segment disposed therebetween. A third stent shaping segment is releasably securable to the second stent shaping segment and has a third diameter greater than the second diameter. One or more movable pins are outwardly extendable from corresponding apertures formed within the tapered segment. An actuation element is engagable with the first stent shaping segment and includes a tapered surface configured to engage the one or more movable pins and support the one or more movable pins extended from the corresponding apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: THOMAS M. KEATING, MARTYN G. FOLAN, THOMAS HOLLY, ANTHONY CREANE, PAUL E. TIERNEY
  • Publication number: 20240130875
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GARY GILMARTIN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, PAUL E. TIERNEY, DAVID COLLINS
  • Patent number: 11896506
    Abstract: A mandrel for forming a stent with a tapered profile and one or more anti-migration features includes a first stent shaping segment having a first diameter, a second stent shaping segment having a second diameter less than the first diameter and a tapered segment disposed therebetween. A third stent shaping segment is releasably securable to the second stent shaping segment and has a third diameter greater than the second diameter. One or more movable pins are outwardly extendable from corresponding apertures formed within the tapered segment. An actuation element is engagable with the first stent shaping segment and includes a tapered surface configured to engage the one or more movable pins and support the one or more movable pins extended from the corresponding apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Keating, Martyn G. Folan, Thomas Holly, Anthony Creane, Paul E. Tierney
  • Patent number: 11890212
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Martyn G Folan, Geraldine Toner, Paul E. Tierney, David Collins
  • Publication number: 20240033113
    Abstract: A stent includes an expandable tubular body formed of one or more interwoven wires, and including a plurality of anti-migration features each having a first end fixed to the tubular body and a second end extending radially outward from an outer surface of the tubular body. The anti-migration features may be formed of a closed loop of one or more of the interwoven wires extending from the outer surface of the tubular body. The closed loops may be formed at the first end, the second end and/or along a medial region of the tubular body. In some instances, the base of the loops may be a cross-over point of the wire(s) forming the closed loop. The wire(s) may be welded at the cross-over point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Rebecca Lenehan, Garrett Casserly, Martin Murray, Michael Walsh, Paul E. Tierney
  • Publication number: 20230329887
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and procedures for forming flow paths within or across body lumens. In one example, a stent comprises an elongate body configured to expand between a first constrained configuration and a second unconstrained configuration. The elongate body in the second unconstrained configuration may include a first end, a second end, and a cylindrical saddle region extending therebetween. The first end may comprise a first retention member and a second retention member, and the second end may comprise a third retention member and a fourth retention member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Tierney, David Collins, Darren Gerard Curran, Rebecca Lenehan
  • Publication number: 20230248553
    Abstract: Engageable stents disclosed herein may include an outer stent comprising an elongate body configured to be expandable between a constrained configuration and an unconstrained configuration. The elongate body in the unconstrained configuration may include a retention member and a cylindrical saddle region adjacent the retention member, the cylindrical saddle region defining a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis of the outer stent. The retention member of the outer stent may comprise a double-walled flange. The engageable stents may include an inner stent comprising an elongate body configured to be expandable between a constrained configuration and an unconstrained configuration. The elongate body in the unconstrained configuration may include a retention member and a cylindrical saddle region adjacent the retention member. The retention member of the inner stent may comprise a double-walled flange. The retention members of the outer and inner stent may be removably engageable with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Darren Gerard Curran, Gerard Duignan, Paul E. Tierney, David Collins, John O'Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20230248561
    Abstract: An occlusion device having a lumen defined therethrough and a saddle narrower than saddles of prior occlusion devices or stents to allow provision of an occlusion element with respect to a portion of the saddle to occlude flow of materials through the saddle. The inner diameter of the narrowed saddle may be 6 mm or less. The occlusion element may be formed from a material which plugs a portion of the occlusion device lumen extending through the saddle and/or which restrains a portion of the saddle from expanding thereby occluding flow of materials therethrough. The remainder of the saddle and/or inwardly facing surfaces of at least one retention member extending outwardly along an end of the saddle may be configured to promote tissue ingrowth, such as by remaining uncoated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Darren Gerard Curran, David Collins, Paul E. Tierney, Brian Pierce Bolger, John O'Driscoll, Douglas Melanson
  • Publication number: 20230225888
    Abstract: A stent includes an elongated tubular member expandable from a radially collapsed configuration to a radially expanded configuration, the elongate tubular member including a first plurality of filaments extending in a first helical direction and a second plurality of filaments extending in a second helical direction, the first plurality of filaments extending in the first helical direction and the second plurality of filaments extending in the second helical direction overlapping to form a plurality of cells arranged in rows extending circumferentially about the elongated tubular member. At least some of the cells within one or more rows are adapted to provide increased flexibility to the stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Murray, Paul E. Tierney, Michael Walsh, Garrett Casserly, David Collins, Kevin Windheuser, Molly Solomon
  • Publication number: 20230041864
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GARY GILMARTIN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, PAUL E. TIERNEY, DAVID COLLINS
  • Patent number: 11266517
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Gilmartin, Martyn G. Folan, Geraldine Toner, Paul E. Tierney, David Collins
  • Publication number: 20210378847
    Abstract: An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending between adjacent twisted knit stitches, or a plurality of helical filaments twisted with a plurality of longitudinal filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GARY GILMARTIN, MARTYN G. FOLAN, GERALDINE TONER, PAUL E. TIERNEY, DAVID COLLINS