Patents by Inventor Peter A. Boyd
Peter A. Boyd 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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Patent number: 10639024Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing a non-invasive procedure to repair a cardiac valve are described herein. In some embodiments, apparatus and methods are described herein for repairing a mitral valve using an edge-to-edge repair to secure the mitral valve leaflets. Implant securing devices are also described that can be used during a procedure to repair a mitral valve. In some embodiments, an implant securing device includes an outer member and an inner member movably disposed within the outer member. The inner member can be used to hold or secure a suture extending from an implant deployed on an atrial side of a leaflet of a mitral valve, and the outer member can be used to push or move a half hitch knot toward a ventricular side of the leaflet, which can be used to secure the implant in the desired position.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignees: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Harpoon Medical, Inc.Inventors: James Gammie, Peter Wilson, Peter Boyd, William Niland
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Publication number: 20190388302Abstract: Systems and methods for making and delivering personalized, medically prescribed pharmaceuticals to an individual patient are described. Individual unit doses (IUDs) of medicine may be prepared specific to the individual in need of same, by using a system, which includes a networked control system in combination with manufacturing assemblies specific to the IUDs and delivering the medicine to the patient directly from the manufacturer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Mark Schobel, Keith Kendall, Dan Barber, Theresa Wood, Peter Boyd, John Maxwell
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Publication number: 20190000624Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a needle, a pusher, a distal anchor having a distal end, a proximal end, a plurality of radially expandable members between the distal end and the proximal end, and a central bore, and an artificial chordae having a proximal portion and a distal portion terminating in a stopper. The pusher is disposed within a bore of the needle for movement between a delivery position and a deployed position. The distal anchor is disposed within the bore of the needle in a delivery configuration and movable between a delivery position and a deployed position. The artificial chordae is disposed within the bore of the distal anchor with the stopper distal to a distal end of the stopper and the proximal portion proximal to the proximal end of the distal anchor. The distal anchor is reconfigurable from the delivery configuration to a deployed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Peter Wilson, Stephen Epstein, Peter Boyd, James S. Gammie
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Publication number: 20180289480Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for mitral valve repair. The devices and methods implant a plurality of distal anchors at an annulus of the mitral valve (e.g., the posterior annulus) and tension artificial chordae to pull the portion of the annulus toward an opposite edge and inward into the ventricle. This can effectively reduce the size of the orifice and increase coaptation. The anchor points of the artificial chordae can be offset from the apex of the heart to achieve a targeted force vector on the annulus. In addition, some embodiments include distal anchors implanted in the posterior leaflet in addition to those at the posterior annulus. This allows differential tensioning to be applied to provide for greater flexibility in treating various configurations of mitral valves to improve coaptation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Michael Nicholas D'ambra, Felino V. Cortez, JR., James S. Gammie, Peter Wilson, Stephen Epstein, Stephen Cournane, Julie Marie Etheridge, Peter Boyd
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Publication number: 20170258464Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing a non-invasive procedure to repair a cardiac valve are described herein. In some embodiments, apparatus and methods are described herein for repairing a mitral valve using an edge-to-edge repair to secure the mitral valve leaflets. Implant securing devices are also described that can be used during a procedure to repair a mitral valve. In some embodiments, an implant securing device includes an outer member and an inner member movably disposed within the outer member. The inner member can be used to hold or secure a suture extending from an implant deployed on an atrial side of a leaflet of a mitral valve, and the outer member can be used to push or move a half hitch knot toward a ventricular side of the leaflet, which can be used to secure the implant in the desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicants: Harpoon Medical, Inc., University of Maryland, BaltimoreInventors: James GAMMIE, Peter WILSON, Peter BOYD, William NILAND
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Patent number: 9681864Abstract: Apparatus and methods for performing a non-invasive procedure to repair a cardiac valve are described herein. In some embodiments, apparatus and methods are described herein for repairing a mitral valve using an edge-to-edge repair to secure the mitral valve leaflets. Implant securing devices are also described that can be used during a procedure to repair a mitral valve. In some embodiments, an implant securing device includes an outer member and an inner member movably disposed within the outer member. The inner member can be used to hold or secure a suture extending from an implant deployed on an atrial side of a leaflet of a mitral valve, and the outer member can be used to push or move a half hitch knot toward a ventricular side of the leaflet, which can be used to secure the implant in the desired position.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: Harpoon Medical, Inc., University of Maryland, BaltimoreInventors: James Gammie, Peter Wilson, Peter Boyd, William Niland
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Patent number: 9526903Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: FEMEDA LIMITEDInventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
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Patent number: 9381345Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: FEMEDA LIMITEDInventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
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Patent number: 9358383Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. The device uses a pre-programmed treatment cycle of stimulating pulses. The cycle comprises either a waveform with an initial phase where the current of the device is ramped from an initial level to a higher level, a second phase where the current is ramped from the higher level from the first phase to a second higher level and a third phase where the current is maintained at the second higher level, or a waveform comprising two or more components each component being a train of regularly spaced pulses or a combination of these two waveforms.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: FEMEDA LIMITEDInventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
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Publication number: 20160096026Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
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Patent number: 9126815Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage system having an ingredient module and an ingredient dispensing valve assembly in communication with the ingredient module via at least one ingredient conduit, in which the ingredient dispensing valve assembly includes a dispensing manifold with at least one dispensing valve having a through-hole, an insert disposed within the through-hole, and a valve disposed between the insert and the dispensing valve, with the dispensing valve having a body portion and the insert is removeably connected to the body portion. The insert can be secured to the body portion of the dispensing valve by a locking mechanism, with the locking mechanism providing for removing or securing the valve from between the body portion of the dispensing valve and the insert by hand.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLCInventors: Anthony Austin Cooper, Gregory Alan Myer, Peter Boyd, Shannon Baity, John Bragg, Michael Merritt
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Publication number: 20150148881Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
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Patent number: 9042987Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Femeda LimitedInventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
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Patent number: 8805509Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Femeda LimitedInventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
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Publication number: 20140200646Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: FEMEDA LTDInventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
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Publication number: 20140182715Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage system having an ingredient module and an ingredient dispensing valve assembly in communication with the ingredient module via at least one ingredient conduit, in which the ingredient dispensing valve assembly includes a dispensing manifold with at least one dispensing valve having a through-hole, an insert disposed within the through-hole, and a valve disposed between the insert and the dispensing valve, with the dispensing valve having a body portion and the insert is removeably connected to the body portion. The insert can be secured to the body portion of the dispensing valve by a locking mechanism, with the locking mechanism providing for removing or securing the valve from between the body portion of the dispensing valve and the insert by hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: Anthony Austin Cooper, Gregory Alan Myer, Peter Boyd, Shannon Baity, John Bragg, Michael Merritt
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Publication number: 20140174442Abstract: A humidification canister for humidifying a breathing gas, the humidification canister includes a fluid supply configured to supply a fluid and a first gas flow path in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A first gas flow path is configured to humidify the breathing gas with the fluid. A second gas flow path at least partially surrounds the first gas flow path. A method of insulating a breathing gas in a humidification canister using a gas is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Vapotherm, Inc.Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, JR., Owen S. Bamford, William F. Niland, George McGarrity, Carl Buyer, Kenneth Miller, Peter Boyd
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Patent number: 8677993Abstract: A humidification canister for humidifying a breathing gas, the humidification canister includes a fluid supply configured to supply a fluid and a first gas flow path in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A first gas flow path is configured to humidify the breathing gas with the fluid. A second gas flow path at least partially surrounds the first gas flow path. A method of insulating a breathing gas in a humidification canister using a gas is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Vapotherm, Inc.Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, Jr., William F. Niland, George McGarrity, Carl Buyer, Kenneth Miller, Peter Boyd
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Patent number: 8569905Abstract: The present invention relates to a vertical axis turbine 1 apparatus for converting movement of a fluid into electrical power and a method of manufacture of a turbine. The turbine can be installed on a flexible line 2, such as a cable, rope or stay. It could be used on the stay of a yacht. The main rotor 13, 14 of the turbine has least two helical blades arranged about the longitudinal axis with rotational symmetry, the blades being substantially identical in shape and having a lift-producing cross-sectional shape at least along a part of their longitudinal length. A generator 22 coupled to the main rotor 13, 14 and is contained in a generator housing 23.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Pacer Turbines LimitedInventors: Peter Boyd-Wilson, Paul Binner
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Patent number: 8561607Abstract: Nebulizer assemblies and systems are disclosed. A nebulizer assembly includes a reservoir and a nebulizer for producing an aerosolized gas. An aerosolized gas outlet passes the aerosolized gas. A breathing gas mixing chamber is coupled to an outlet port of the nebulizer to entrain nebulized medication into a breathing gas. A system and method of heating medication in a reservoir and adding medication to a gas flow is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Vapotherm, Inc.Inventors: Felino V. Cortez, Jr., William F. Niland, Peter Boyd, George McGarrity, Carl Buyer