Patents by Inventor RAYMOND M. WOLNIEWICZ, III
RAYMOND M. WOLNIEWICZ, III 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: 11740138Abstract: A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: EKOS CORPORATIONInventors: William Russell Kanz, Brent Twain Nistal, Eric Charles Whittaker, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Randall James Beyreis, Michael Kuehn, Laura Elyn Ortega, Garrett Prahl, Travis Richard White
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Patent number: 10656025Abstract: A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: EKOS CORPORATIONInventors: William Russell Kanz, Brent Twain Nistal, Eric Charles Whittaker, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Randall James Beyreis, Michael Kuehn, Laura Elyn Ortega, Garrett Prahl, Travis Richard White
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Publication number: 20200109994Abstract: A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: EKOS CORPORATIONInventors: William Russell Kanz, Brent Twain Nistal, Eric Charles Whittaker, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Randall James Beyreis, Michael Kuehn, Laura Elyn Ortega, Garrett Prahl, Travis Richard White
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Patent number: 10495520Abstract: A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: EKOS CORPORATIONInventors: William Russell Kanz, Brent Twain Nistal, Eric Charles Whittaker, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Randall James Beyreis, Michael Kuehn, Laura Elyn Ortega, Garrett Prahl, Travis Richard White
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Publication number: 20170182302Abstract: An ultrasound catheter with a lumen for fluid delivery and fluid evacuation, and an ultrasound source is used for the treatment of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the lumen while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefied blood clot can be removed by evacuation through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Jocelyn Kersten, Curtis Genstler, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Douglas R. Hansmann
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Patent number: 9579494Abstract: An ultrasound catheter with a lumen for fluid delivery and fluid evacuation, and an ultrasound source is used for the treatment of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the lumen while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefied blood clot can be removed by evacuation through the lumen.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Ekos CorporationInventors: Jocelyn Kersten, Curtis Genstler, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Douglas R. Hansmann
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Publication number: 20160361528Abstract: A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: William Russell Kanz, Brent Twain Nistal, Eric Charles Whittaker, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Randall James Beyreis, Michael Kuehn, Laura Elyn Ortega, Garrett Prahl, Travis Richard White
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Patent number: 9358007Abstract: Tissue fasteners carried on a tissue piercing deployment wire fasten tissue layers of a mammalian body together include a first member, a second member, and a connecting member extending between the first and second members. One of the first and second members has a configuration alterable by a deployment wire to permit release of the fastener from the deployment wire after deployment and without causing excessive tissue trauma.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Steve G. Baker, Stefan J. M. Kraemer, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III
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Publication number: 20160030725Abstract: An ultrasound catheter with a lumen for fluid delivery and/or fluid evacuation, and ultrasound radiating elements is used for the delivery of therapeutic compounds to a target location. After the catheter is inserted into a cavity, a therapeutic compound can be delivered to the target location via selective activation of the ultrasound radiating elements. Selective activation of the ultrasound radiating elements can be used to cause fluid flow in a direction proximal and/or distal the catheter. Moreover, selective activating can be used to maintain fluid between certain of the ultrasound radiating elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Jocelyn Kersten, Curtis Gentsler, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Douglas R. Hansmann
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Patent number: 8961540Abstract: A tissue fastener assembly delivers a fastener for deployment. The assembly includes a fastener including a first member, a second member, the first and second members having first and second ends, and a flexible connecting member fixed to each of the first and second members intermediate the first and second ends and extending between the first and second members. The first member has a longitudinal axis and a through channel along the axis. The assembly further includes a deployment wire slidingly received within the through channel of the first member that pierces into the tissue and guides the first member through the tissue, a guide structure defining a lumen that receives the fastener and deployment wire and guides the deployment wire and fastener to the tissue, and a fastener configuration structure that orientates the second member in a predetermined position relative to the first member within the lumen for dependable deployment.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Steve G. Baker, Brett J. Carter, Stefan J. M. Kraemer, Clifton A. Alferness, John M. Adams, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III
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Publication number: 20140276367Abstract: An ultrasound catheter with a lumen for fluid delivery and fluid evacuation, and an ultrasound source is used for the treatment of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the lumen while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefied blood clot can be removed by evacuation through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: EKOS CORPORATIONInventors: Jocelyn Kersten, Curtis Genstler, Raymond M. Wolniewicz, III, Douglas R. Hansmann
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Publication number: 20140128734Abstract: An ultrasound catheter system can be configured to provide therapeutic ultrasound and imaging. An ultrasound catheter system can comprise a catheter having a distal portion. In several embodiments, a first ultrasonic element can be disposed in the distal portion of the catheter and can be configured to emit a first ultrasonic energy to enhance delivery of a therapeutic compound. In some embodiments, a second ultrasonic element can be disposed in the distal portion of the catheter and can be configured to convert a second ultrasonic energy that is reflected from an imaging site into an electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: EKOS CORPORATIONInventors: CURTIS C. GENSTLER, DOUGLAS R. HANSMANN, RAYMOND M. WOLNIEWICZ, III