Patents by Inventor Peter Dayton
Peter Dayton 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: 9033975Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include devices and systems for using an end effector. In an embodiment, a medical device may include an articulation section. The articulation section may be operatively associated with an elongate articulation member configured to move the articulation section, wherein the articulation section can be configured to receive part of a conductive member. The medical device may also include an end effector. The end effector may include an electrode and a non-conductive section encasing a junction between the electrode and the conductive member, wherein the non-conductive section can be moveably coupled to the articulation section and can be fixedly coupled to the elongate articulation member.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Dane Seddon, Sean Fleury, Mark Wood, Peter Dayton
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Patent number: 8992412Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using an inflatable device. A removal device may be used to remove the inflatable device from the body. The removal device can have at least one manually-actuatable member and at least two opposing jaws at a distal end. At least one of the at least two jaws can be movable by actuation of the at least one manually-actuatable member. At least one of the at least two jaws can have a puncturing member.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan J. Cahill, John Gillespie, Jr., Peter Dayton, Kevin G. Connors
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Patent number: 8894563Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, Jr.
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Patent number: 8882653Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and can include one or more of an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Gillespie, Jr., Ryan J. Cahill, Kevin G. Connors, Peter Dayton, Carla Wiese
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Publication number: 20140236208Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using an inflatable device. A removal device may be used to remove the inflatable device from the body. The removal device can have at least one manually-actuatable member and at least two opposing jaws at a distal end. At least one of the at least two jaws can be movable by actuation of the at least one manually-actuatable member. At least one of the at least two jaws can have a puncturing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: ATTENUEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ryan J. Cahill, John Gillespie, JR., Peter Dayton, Kevin G. Connors
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Publication number: 20140221732Abstract: An inflated implant within an anatomical structure, such as the bladder, may require removal. A method of removing an inflated implant from an anatomical structure can include any of a number of different steps. A removal device can be placed within the anatomical structure. The implant is located within the anatomical structure. After it is located, the implant can be engaged by arms of the removal device. A portion of a surface of the implant can be compromised such that an inflation substance within the implant can escape. The inflation substance can be removed out of the implant through a deflation tube in at least one of the arms used to engage the implant. The implant can then be removed from the anatomical structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: ATTENUEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, JR., Kevin G. Connors
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Patent number: 8721520Abstract: An implant delivery system can be configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra. The delivery system can comprise an elongate tubular body, an inflation tube and an implant decoupler. The tubular body can comprise a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder. A method of use can include passing a distal tip of the elongate tubular body into the bladder. The implant can be inflated and released into the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sheila Caira, John Gillespie, Jr., Peter Dayton, Kevin G. Connors
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Publication number: 20140081076Abstract: An implant delivery system can be configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra. The delivery system can comprise an elongate tubular body, an inflation tube and an implant decoupler. The tubular body can comprise a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder. A method of use can include passing a distal tip of the elongate tubular body into the bladder. The implant can be inflated and released into the bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: ATTENUEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ernest G. Schutt, Kevin G. Connors, John Gillespie, JR., Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20140046125Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and can include one or more of an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: ATTENUEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John Gillespie, JR., Ryan J. Cahill, Kevin G. Connors, Peter Dayton, Carla Wiese
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Patent number: 8574146Abstract: An implant for use in a human or animal body can include a flexible housing with an outer wall and having a chamber therein. The implant can have at least one high vapor pressure medium within the chamber. The at one high vapor pressure medium can have a combined vapor pressure equal to or greater than about the average value of the hydrostatic pressure of the implantation site plus the skin tension of the housing minus the gas tension of the dissolved gasses present at the implantation site.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Gillespie, Jr., Kevin G. Connors, Ernest G. Schutt, Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20130289529Abstract: An implant delivery system can be configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra. The delivery system can comprise an elongate tubular body, an inflation tube and an implant decoupler. The tubular body can comprise a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder. A method of use can include passing a distal tip of the elongate tubular body into the bladder. The implant can be inflated and released into the bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Sheila Caira, John Gillespie, JR., Peter Dayton, Kevin G. Connors
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Publication number: 20130226170Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include devices and systems for using an end effector. In an embodiment, a medical device may include an articulation section. The articulation section may be operatively associated with an elongate articulation member configured to move the articulation section, wherein the articulation section can be configured to receive part of a conductive member. The medical device may also include an end effector. The end effector may include an electrode and a non-conductive section encasing a junction between the electrode and the conductive member, wherein the non-conductive section can be moveably coupled to the articulation section and can be fixedly coupled to the elongate articulation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Dane Seddon, Sean Fleury, Mark Wood, Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20130197491Abstract: This invention is directed to a surgical instrument having an elongate shaft with a proximal and a distal end, and including a controller coupled to a proximal region of the elongate shaft. In a first configuration, the controller can control an end-effector coupled to the distal end of the elongate shaft via a control element moveably coupled to the controller. In a second configuration, the controller can move the distal end of the elongate shaft. The surgical instrument can also have an aperture configured to receive the control element in the first configuration and receive an insert element fixedly coupled to the controller and configured to cover the aperture in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: John Golden, Larry Stanton, Mark Wood, Peter Dayton, Bernadette Durr, Brandon Zalewski, Dane Seddon, Kenneth Keene
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Patent number: 7985234Abstract: A medical device includes an inflatable balloon formed having portions of different materials, and a cutting element carried by the balloon. The materials can have different distensibility and/or compliancy.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Lixiao Wang, Steve Wu, Ronald A. Sahatjian, Albert Chin, Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20100222802Abstract: An implant for use in a human or animal body can include a flexible housing with an outer wall and having a chamber therein. The implant can have at least one high vapor pressure medium within the chamber. The at one high vapor pressure medium can have a combined vapor pressure equal to or greater than about the average value of the hydrostatic pressure of the implantation site plus the skin tension of the housing minus the gas tension of the dissolved gasses present at the implantation site.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: ATTENUEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: John Gillespie, JR., Kevin G. Connors, Ernest G. Schutt, Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20080032273Abstract: An anatomical model for simulating internal body structures of a patient, which in one embodiment includes a shell that simulates a body cavity and a length of animal tissue that simulates an organ in the body cavity. A sheath surrounds the animal tissue and is secured at one or more anchor points in the shell to support the animal tissue in the shell. In one embodiment, one or more force sensors are positioned to detect forces on the animal tissue or the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Francis Macnamara, Matthew Whitney, Dana Constant, Luis Maseda, Roman Tunkel, William Churchill, Peter Dayton, James Duronio, Robert Eiermann, Mary Scalaro
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Publication number: 20060111613Abstract: The present invention is a system for dissipating loops in an elongated medical device having one end secured to an anchor point, such as a housing. The system includes a selectively rotatable shaft coupler that connects a shaft to the anchor point that allows a limited amount of shaft rotation during use, but which sets a restriction on the maximum amount of shaft rotation. In another embodiment, the invention provides a shaft coupling system for connecting a proximal end of an endoscope shaft to an object without the use of adhesives or fasteners. In another embodiment, the invention provides a rotatable shaft coupling system for rotatably coupling a first and second shaft segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: May 25, 2006Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Michael Boutillette, Peter Dayton, Dennis Boulais
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Publication number: 20050161859Abstract: Disclosed are implantable or insertable medical devices that provide resistance to microbial growth on and in the environment of the device and resistance to microbial adhesion and biofilm formation on the device. In particular, the invention discloses implantable or insertable medical devices that comprise at least one biocompatible matrix polymer region, an antimicrobial agent for providing resistance to microbial growth and a microbial adhesion/biofilm synthesis inhibitor for inhibiting the attachment of microbes and the synthesis and accumulation of biofilm on the surface of the medical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Kathleen Miller, Gregory Sydney, Kurt Geitz, Peter Dayton, Ronald Sahatjian
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Publication number: 20050096724Abstract: A catheter comprises a catheter shaft, at least a portion of which defines a medical device receiving region, and at least one sleeve. The at least one sleeve comprises a tubular member constructed and arranged to transition between an extended state and a retracted state. The tubular member has a first portion being engaged to a portion of the catheter shaft adjacent to the medical device receiving region. In the extended state a second portion is constructed and arranged to at least partially overlay the medical device receiving region. In the retraced state the second portion is removed from about the medical device receiving region. At least one of the first portion and the second portion of the tubular member are at least partially constructed from a shape memory material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Eric Stenzel, Ronald Sahatjian, Sheng-ping Zhong, Kinh-Luan Dao, Peter Dayton, Daniel Kalashian, Stephen Griffin, Thomas Chien
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Publication number: 20030163148Abstract: A medical device includes an inflatable balloon formed having portions of different materials, and a cutting element carried by the balloon. The materials can have different distensibility and/or compliancy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2002Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventors: Lixiao Wang, Steve Wu, Ronald A. Sahatjian, Albert Chin, Peter Dayton