Patents by Inventor Peter J. Zeller
Peter J. Zeller 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: 11826052Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems as relating to occlusion. In certain instances, the apparatuses, methods, and systems may include a device for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body. The device may include a unitary frame having a face portion that includes a center frame portion a plurality of elongate members.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Center, Aaron D. Fox, Nathan C. Korey, Edward E. Shaw, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Publication number: 20220054143Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems as relating to occlusion. In certain instances, the apparatuses, methods, and systems may include a device for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body. The device may include a unitary frame having a face portion that includes a center frame portion a plurality of elongate members.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Charles J. Center, Aaron D. Fox, Nathan C. Korey, Edward E. Shaw, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Publication number: 20220031442Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body including a frame having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. In certain instances, the frame includes a waist portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis and one or more anchors arranged along the waist portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Aaron D. Fox, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Patent number: 11173023Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body including a frame having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. In certain instances, the frame includes a waist portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis and one or more anchors arranged along the waist portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Aaron D. Fox, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Patent number: 11129622Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems as relating to occlusion. In certain instances, the apparatuses, methods, and systems may include a device for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body. The device may include a unitary frame having a face portion that includes a center frame portion a plurality of elongate members.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Charles J. Center, Aaron D. Fox, Nathan C. Korey, Edward E. Shaw, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Publication number: 20190110880Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body including a frame having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. In certain instances, the frame includes a waist portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis and one or more anchors arranged along the waist portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Aaron D. Fox, Nicholas S. Webster, Brett J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Patent number: 10123805Abstract: A device frame includes a plurality of elongate frame members, first and second hub members substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the device frame, and a coupling element that couples the first hub member to the second hub member. The device frame includes a face section, a laterally facing skirt section, and an inverted section. First portions of the elongate members define the face section and extend radially from the first hub member. Second portions of the elongate members define the laterally facing skirt section and extend in a distal, axial, and helical direction along a first rotational direction from the face section. Third portions of the elongate members define the inverted section and extend in a generally proximal direction from a distal portion of the laterally facing skirt section to the second hub member along a rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Bridget B. Ayres, Nathan C. Korey, Steven J. Masters, Thomas R. McDaniel, Aaron L. Paris, Kenneth M. Schipper, Nicholas S. Webster, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Publication number: 20160331382Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems as relating to occlusion. In certain instances, the apparatuses, methods, and systems may include a device for placement in vessels, appendages, and openings in a body. The device may include a unitary frame having a face portion that includes a center frame portion a plurality of elongate members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Charles J. Center, Aaron D. Fox, Nathan C. Korey, Edward E. Shaw, Nicholas S. Webster, Bret J. Wham, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Publication number: 20150005809Abstract: A device frame includes a plurality of elongate frame members, first and second hub members substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis of the device frame, and a coupling element that couples the first hub member to the second hub member. The device frame includes a face section, a laterally facing skirt section, and an inverted section. First portions of the elongate members define the face section and extend radially from the first hub member. Second portions of the elongate members define the laterally facing skirt section and extend in a distal, axial, and helical direction along a first rotational direction from the face section. Third portions of the elongate members define the inverted section and extend in a generally proximal direction from a distal portion of the laterally facing skirt section to the second hub member along a rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Bridget B. Ayres, Nathan C. Korey, Steven J. Masters, Thomas R. McDaniel, Aaron L. Paris, Kenneth M. Schipper, Nicholas S. Webster, Roark N. Wolfe, Peter J. Zeller
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Patent number: 7020529Abstract: An implantable electrode provided with a thin, porous, wettable polymeric covering. The electrode covering of the present invention tightly conforms to the external profile of an electrode, which minimizes air gaps and voids. The electrode covering is relatively thin, preferably less than 0.13 mm thick, and is treated to enhance rapid wetting by bodily fluids. The combination of minimal air gaps, tight conformance to the electrode, wettability and porosity of the thin covering, allows repeated, high energy electrical discharges to be transmitted without significant bubble formation, sparking or degradation of the covering. In addition, the electrode covering of the present invention has pore sizes tailored to minimize cellular ingrowth and tissue attachment thereby allowing a less traumatic removal of the electrode after implantation if extraction becomes necessary, for example due to infection or electrode dislodgment.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Robert C. Krall, Louis J. Smith, Peter J. Zeller
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Publication number: 20030023294Abstract: An implantable electrode provided with a thin, porous, wettable polymeric covering. The electrode covering of the present invention tightly conforms to the external profile of an electrode, which minimizes air gaps and voids. The electrode covering is relatively thin, preferably less than 0.13 mm thick, and is treated to enhance rapid wetting by bodily fluids. The combination of minimal air gaps, tight conformance to the electrode, wettability and porosity of the thin covering, allows repeated, high energy electrical discharges to be transmitted without significant bubble formation, sparking or degradation of the covering. In addition, the electrode covering of the present invention has pore sizes tailored to minimize cellular ingrowth and tissue attachment thereby allowing a less traumatic removal of the electrode after implantation if extraction becomes necessary, for example due to infection or electrode dislodgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: Robert C. Krall, Louis J. Smith, Peter J. Zeller