Patents by Inventor Randy A. Lieberman

Randy A. Lieberman 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).

  • Systems and methods for gaining access around an implanted medical device
    Patent number: 9302078
    Abstract: Systems for gaining access into a body of a patient around an implanted body of an elongate medical device include a sheath having a deformable wall that allows insertion of the device body into a lumen surrounded by the sheath wall. The sheath wall may include first and second edges that extend from a proximal end to a distal end of the lumen, or just extend along a distal portion of the lumen. A tool, which includes a groove sized to grasp about a circumference of the device body, may facilitate insertion of the device body into the lumen of those sheath embodiments that include the first and second edges, by spreading at least one of the first and second edges of the wall apart from the other of the first and second edges while the device body is grasped within the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy A. Lieberman, Steven L Waldhauser, Javier J Echenique, Lonnie D. Ronning, Linnea R. Lentz, Kimberly A. Oleson, Deanna K. Levenhagen, Phillip C. Falkner, Michael W. Kimmel
  • Systems and Methods for Gaining Access Around an Implanted Medical Device
    Publication number: 20110282289
    Abstract: Systems for gaining access into a body of a patient around an implanted body of an elongate medical device include a sheath having a deformable wall that allows insertion of the device body into a lumen surrounded by the sheath wall. The sheath wall may include first and second edges that extend from a proximal end to a distal end of the lumen, or just extend along a distal portion of the lumen. A tool, which includes a groove sized to grasp about a circumference of the device body, may facilitate insertion of the device body into the lumen of those sheath embodiments that include the first and second edges, by spreading at least one of the first and second edges of the wall apart from the other of the first and second edges while the device body is grasped within the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Randy A. Lieberman, Steven L. Waldhauser, Javier J. Echenique, Lonnie D. Ronning, Linnea R. Lentz, Kimberly A. Oleson, Deanna K. Levenhagen, Phillip C. Falkner, Michael W. Kimmel
  • Systems and methods for gaining access around an implanted medical device
    Patent number: 8012127
    Abstract: Systems for gaining access into a body of a patient around an implanted body of an elongate medical device include a sheath having a deformable wall that allows insertion of the device body into a lumen surrounded by the sheath wall. The sheath wall may include first and second edges that extend from a proximal end to a distal end of the lumen, or just extend along a distal portion of the lumen. A tool, which includes a groove sized to grasp about a circumference of the device body, may facilitate insertion of the device body into the lumen of those sheath embodiments that include the first and second edges, by spreading at least one of the first and second edges of the wall apart from the other of the first and second edges while the device body is grasped within the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy A. Lieberman, Steven L. Waldhauser, Javier J. Echenique, Lonnie D. Ronning, Linnea R. Lentz, Kimberly A. Oleson, Deanna K. Levenhagen, Phillip C. Falkner, Michael W. Kimmel
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAINING ACCESS AROUND AN IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080208133
    Abstract: Systems for gaining access into a body of a patient around an implanted body of an elongate medical device include a sheath having a deformable wall that allows insertion of the device body into a lumen surrounded by the sheath wall. The sheath wall may include first and second edges that extend from a proximal end to a distal end of the lumen, or just extend along a distal portion of the lumen. A tool, which includes a groove sized to grasp about a circumference of the device body, may facilitate insertion of the device body into the lumen of those sheath embodiments that include the first and second edges, by spreading at least one of the first and second edges of the wall apart from the other of the first and second edges while the device body is grasped within the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Randy A. Lieberman, Steven L. Waldhauser, Javier J. Echenique, Lonnie D. Ronning, Linnea R. Lentz, Kimberly A. Oleson, Deanna K. Levenhagen, Phillip C. Falkner, Michael W. Kimmel