Patents by Inventor Peter T. Keith

Peter T. Keith 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: 12053605
    Abstract: A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
  • Publication number: 20230381467
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Peter T. Keith, Reuben C. Setliff, III
  • Patent number: 11806491
    Abstract: The invention describes a sinus balloon catheter and methods of use. Specifically a sinus balloon catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen is provided with a tip that can be extended. The catheter comprises a guide tube with a proximal and distal end, a sleeve member, a balloon disposed upon the sleeve member and a rounded tip arranged at the distal end and extendable along with the extension of the sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lesch, Aaron Piddie, Peter T. Keith, Anthony J. Hanson, John R. Drontle
  • Patent number: 11724074
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter T. Keith, Reuben C. Setliff, III
  • Publication number: 20230108439
    Abstract: A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
  • Patent number: 11547838
    Abstract: A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
  • Patent number: 11471180
    Abstract: A method for treating OAB in a female patient includes positioning a visualization scope in the patent's vagina; advancing a guide wire through a working channel of a visualization scope, until a tissue penetrating distal tip of the guide wire advances out of the working channel and penetrates a wall of the superior portion of the vagina; continuing to advance the guidewire tip submucosally through the wall of the vagina, until it is positioned within tissue of the bladder trigone; advancing a balloon dilation catheter over the guidewire until a balloon carried on a distal end portion of the balloon dilation catheter is positioned proximate the distal tip of the guidewire within the bladder trigone tissue; and inflating said balloon to form a first dissection plane between separated layers of tissue within the bladder trigone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin J. Hlavka, Eric Whitbrook, Peter T. Keith, Thomas V. Ressemann
  • Publication number: 20220080166
    Abstract: Inventive embodiments disclosed herein include a catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen. The catheter includes a guide tube, having a proximal end and a distal end, that terminates in a distal tip; a sleeve member annularly positioned over the guide tube, wherein the sleeve member is movable relative to the guide tube and is capable of being advanced over the guide tube; and a balloon coupled to the sleeve member, wherein the balloon can be extendable and inflated at or beyond the end of the guide tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, John R. Drontle, Anthony J. Hanson, Peter T. Keith
  • Patent number: 11207508
    Abstract: Inventive embodiments disclosed herein include a catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen. The catheter includes a guide tube, having a proximal end and a distal end, that terminates in a distal tip; a sleeve member annularly positioned over the guide tube, wherein the sleeve member is movable relative to the guide tube and is capable of being advanced over the guide tube; and a balloon coupled to the sleeve member, wherein the balloon can be extendable and inflated at or beyond the end of the guide tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, John R. Drontle, Anthony J. Hanson, Peter T. Keith
  • Publication number: 20210106797
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Peter T. Keith, Reuben C. Setliff
  • Publication number: 20210085938
    Abstract: The invention describes a sinus balloon catheter and methods of use. Specifically a sinus balloon catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen is provided with a tip that can be extended. The catheter comprises a guide tube with a proximal and distal end, a sleeve member, a balloon disposed upon the sleeve member and a rounded tip arranged at the distal end and extendable along with the extension of the sleeve member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Lesch, Aaron Piddie, Peter T. Keith, Anthony J. Hanson, John R. Drontle
  • Patent number: 10881843
    Abstract: The invention describes a sinus balloon catheter and methods of use. Specifically a sinus balloon catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen is provided with a tip that can be extended. The catheter comprises a guide tube with a proximal and distal end, a sleeve member, a balloon disposed upon the sleeve member and a rounded tip arranged at the distal end and extendable along with the extension of the sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lesch, Aaron Piddie, Peter T. Keith, Anthony J. Hanson, John R. Drontle
  • Patent number: 10842972
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter T. Keith, Reuben C. Setliff, III
  • Publication number: 20200246598
    Abstract: A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
  • Publication number: 20200155189
    Abstract: A method for treating OAB in a female patient includes positioning a visualization scope in the patent's vagina; advancing a guide wire through a working channel of a visualization scope, until a tissue penetrating distal tip of the guide wire advances out of the working channel and penetrates a wall of the superior portion of the vagina; continuing to advance the guidewire tip submucosally through the wall of the vagina, until it is positioned within tissue of the bladder trigone; advancing a balloon dilation catheter over the guidewire until a balloon carried on a distal end portion of the balloon dilation catheter is positioned proximate the distal tip of the guidewire within the bladder trigone tissue; and inflating said balloon to form a first dissection plane between separated layers of tissue within the bladder trigone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin J. Hlavka, Eric Whitbrook, Peter T. Keith, Thomas V. Ressemann
  • Patent number: 10646701
    Abstract: A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Theodore O. Truitt
  • Publication number: 20200114153
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are described by which the blood pressure, nervous system activity, and neurohormonal activity may be selectively and controllably reduced by activating baroreceptors. A baroreceptor activation device is positioned near a baroreceptor, preferably a baroreceptor located in the carotid sinus. A control system may be used to modulate the baroreceptor activation device. The control system may utilize an algorithm defining a stimulus regimen which promotes long term efficacy and reduces power requirements/consumption. The baroreceptor activation device may utilize electrodes to activate the baroreceptors. The electrodes may be adapted for connection to the carotid arteries at or near the carotid sinus, and may be designed to minimize extraneous tissue stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen L. Bolea, Robert S. Kieval, Bruce J. Persson, David J. Serdar, Peter T. Keith, Eric D. Irwin, Martin A. Rossing
  • Patent number: 10555746
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treating conditions, such as overactive bladder, caused by afferent nerve signals involving the creation of dissection planes that interrupt the afferent nerve signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin J. Hlavka, Eric Whitbrook, Peter T. Keith, Thomas V. Ressemann
  • Patent number: 10335152
    Abstract: Methods are provided for partial aortic obstruction for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially obstruct aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord to secrete neuroprotective agents prior to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Partial obstruction of a vessel can be accomplished by a device comprising an elongate catheter and a distally mounted expandable member. The expandable member may comprise one or two balloons. Other medical devices, such as an angioplasty, stent, or atherectomy catheter, can be inserted distal the expandable member to provide therapeutic intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise R. Barbut, Peter T. Keith, Steven W. Berhow, Jon P. St. Germain
  • Publication number: 20190175889
    Abstract: Inventive embodiments disclosed herein include a catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen. The catheter includes a guide tube, having a proximal end and a distal end, that terminates in a distal tip; a sleeve member annularly positioned over the guide tube, wherein the sleeve member is movable relative to the guide tube and is capable of being advanced over the guide tube; and a balloon coupled to the sleeve member, wherein the balloon can be extendable and inflated at or beyond the end of the guide tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: ENTELLUS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, John R. Drontle, Anthony J. Hanson, Peter T. Keith