Patents by Inventor Richard Lotti

Richard Lotti 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).

  • Publication number: 20220249263
    Abstract: A system for deploying a stent-graft from the femoral artery into the femoral vein and back into the femoral artery in order to bypass a femoral occlusion comprises a penetration catheter and a guidewire capture and stabilization catheter. The penetration catheter may be advanced contralaterally to a location above the occlusion and the capture and stabilization catheter may be introduced upwardly through the femoral vein. The penetration tool on the penetration catheter is used in multiple steps to deploy guidewires which are then used to deploy the stent-graft in the desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: PQ Bypass, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Heuser, James D. Joye, Kumar Ganesan Jambunathan, Eugene E. Reis, Richard A. Lotti
  • Patent number: 10265206
    Abstract: A system for deploying a stent-graft from the femoral artery into the femoral vein and back into the femoral artery in order to bypass a femoral occlusion comprises a penetration catheter and a guidewire capture and stabilization catheter. The penetration catheter may be advanced contralaterally to a location above the occlusion and the capture and stabilization catheter may be introduced upwardly through the femoral vein. The penetration tool on the penetration catheter is used in multiple steps to deploy guidewires which are then used to deploy the stent-graft in the desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: PQ Bypass, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Heuser, James D. Joye, Kumar Ganesan Jambunathan, Eugene E. Reis, Richard A. Lotti
  • Patent number: 10182902
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide differential dilation stents for use in percutaneous interventions, such as transluminal bypass procedures. In some embodiments, the stents may be used in the process of creating an arteriovenous (AV) fistula during a percutaneous bypass procedure, and such stents may have two or more specialized regions that are configured to adopt a predetermined diameter, shape, and/or tensile strength upon insertion in order to suit the needs of the vessel or procedure. The disclosed stents may be used for creating and/or maintaining an arterial/venous fistula for bypass of an occlusion in a cardiac artery using a cardiac vein, or the femoral artery, for example using the tibial or popliteal vein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: PQ Bypass, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Heuser, Kumar Jambunathan, Richard A. Lotti
  • Publication number: 20190015631
    Abstract: An infusion catheter assembly has the ability to infinitely titrate the length of a porous fluid distribution section in situ. The infusion catheter assembly thereby provides a length of infusion that can be infinitely varied over a prescribed range, to control the effective infusion length and the rate of infusion. Using the infusion catheter assembly, a physician has the capability to treat only the length of the vessel desired, thereby preventing excessive drug/patient exposures. The porous fluid distribution section can include an array of spaced apart apertures that vary in size and/or density along the length of the porous fluid distribution section, such that the flow rate remains essentially constant for a given inlet pressure independent of the effective infusion length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony J. Comerota, Thomas J. Fogarty, Jonathan M. Olson, Richard A. Lotti
  • Patent number: 10092732
    Abstract: An example of recovery catheter assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element. The recovery device has proximal and distal blocking portions and a central portion therebetween. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking portions have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Nfusion Vascular Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Eustis Fulton, III, Richard Lotti
  • Patent number: 10058679
    Abstract: An infusion catheter assembly has the ability to infinitely titrate the length of a porous fluid distribution section in situ. The infusion catheter assembly thereby provides a length of infusion that can be infinitely varied over a prescribed range, to control the effective infusion length and the rate of infusion. Using the infusion catheter assembly, a physician has the capability to treat only the length of the vessel desired, thereby preventing excessive drug/patient exposures. The porous fluid distribution section can include an array of spaced apart apertures that vary in size and/or density along the length of the porous fluid distribution section, such that the flow rate remains essentially constant for a given inlet pressure independent of the effective infusion length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Venous Therapy Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Comerota, Thomas J. Fogarty, Jonathan M. Olson, Richard A. Lotti
  • Publication number: 20180028741
    Abstract: A recovery device assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element is provided. The recovery device has proximal and distal toroidal balloon blocking elements and a central portion between the blocking elements. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking elements have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion. Also provided are methods of isolating an organ and recovering blood from an organ that use the recovery device assembly provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: NFUSION VASCULAR SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Eustis Fulton, III, Richard Lotti
  • Patent number: 9814823
    Abstract: A recovery device assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element is provided. The recovery device has proximal and distal toroidal balloon blocking elements and a central portion between the blocking elements. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking elements have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion. Also provided are methods of isolating an organ and recovering blood from an organ that use the recovery device assembly provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nfusion Vascular Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Eustis Fulton, Richard Lotti
  • Publication number: 20160220788
    Abstract: An infusion catheter assembly has the ability to infinitely titrate the length of a porous fluid distribution section in situ. The infusion catheter assembly thereby provides a length of infusion that can be infinitely varied over a prescribed range, to control the effective infusion length and the rate of infusion. Using the infusion catheter assembly, a physician has the capability to treat only the length of the vessel desired, thereby preventing excessive drug/patient exposures. The porous fluid distribution section can include an array of spaced apart apertures that vary in size and/or density along the length of the porous fluid distribution section, such that the flow rate remains essentially constant for a given inlet pressure independent of the effective infusion length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony J. Comerota, Thomas J. Fogarty, Jonathan M. Olson, Richard A. Lotti
  • Publication number: 20160128855
    Abstract: A system for deploying a stent-graft from the femoral artery into the femoral vein and back into the femoral artery in order to bypass a femoral occlusion comprises a penetration catheter and a guidewire capture and stabilization catheter. The penetration catheter may be advanced contralaterally to a location above the occlusion and the capture and stabilization catheter may be introduced upwardly through the femoral vein. The penetration tool on the penetration catheter is used in multiple steps to deploy guidewires which are then used to deploy the stent-graft in the desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Richard R. Heuser, James D. Joye, Kumar Ganesan Jambunathan, Eugene E. Reis, Richard A. Lotti
  • Publication number: 20160129226
    Abstract: An example of recovery catheter assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element. The recovery device has proximal and distal blocking portions and a central portion therebetween. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking portions have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: NFUSION VASCULAR SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Eustis Fulton, III, Richard Lotti
  • Patent number: 9301830
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide differential dilation stents for use in percutaneous interventions, such as transluminal bypass procedures. In some embodiments, the stents may be used in the process of creating an arteriovenous (AV) fistula during a percutaneous bypass procedure, and such stents may have two or more specialized regions that are configured to adopt a predetermined diameter, shape, and/or tensile strength upon insertion in order to suit the needs of the vessel or procedure. The disclosed stents may be used for creating and/or maintaining an arterial/venous fistula for bypass of an occlusion in a cardiac artery using a cardiac vein, or the femoral artery, for example using the tibial or popliteal vein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: PQ Bypass, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard R. Heuser, Kumar G. Jambunathan, Richard A. Lotti
  • Patent number: 9265914
    Abstract: An example of recovery catheter assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element. The recovery device has proximal and distal blocking portions and a central portion therebetween. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking portions have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NFUSION VASCULAR SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Eustis Fulton, III, Richard Lotti
  • Patent number: 9259340
    Abstract: A system for deploying a stent-graft from the femoral artery into the femoral vein and back into the femoral artery in order to bypass a femoral occlusion comprises a penetration catheter and a guidewire capture and stabilization catheter. The penetration catheter may be advanced contralaterally to a location above the occlusion and the capture and stabilization catheter may be introduced upwardly through the femoral vein. The penetration tool on the penetration catheter is used in multiple steps to deploy guidewires which are then used to deploy the stent-graft in the desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PQ BYPASS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard R. Heuser, James D. Joye, Kumar Ganesan Jambunathan, Eugene E. Reis, Richard A. Lotti
  • Patent number: 9108029
    Abstract: A recovery device assembly comprises an actuator element and a mechanically radially expandable and contractible recovery device operably connected to the actuator element is provided. The recovery device has proximal and distal toroidal balloon blocking elements and a central portion between the blocking elements. The recovery device is at least partially placeable in a first, radially collapsed configuration and in a second, radially expanded configuration by manipulation of the actuator element. When in the second, radially expanded configuration, the proximal and distal blocking elements have radial dimensions greater than the radial dimension of the central portion thereby at least partially defining a collection chamber at the central portion. Also provided are methods of isolating an organ and recovering blood from an organ that use the recovery device assembly provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: NFUSION VASCULAR SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Eustis Fulton, III, Richard Lotti
  • Patent number: 8864691
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are sized and configured to effectively and efficiently augment the flow of fluid within body vessels, not only during conditions in which a patient is bedbound and immobile, but also in conditions when the individual is out of bed, and completely mobile and ambulatory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Venous Health Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Olson, Salvatore G. Mangano, Brendan M. Donohoe, Peter K. Johansson, Richard A. Lotti, Thomas J. Fogarty
  • Patent number: 8858473
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are sized and configured to effectively and efficiently augment the flow of fluid within body vessels, not only during conditions in which a patient is bedbound and immobile, but also in conditions when the individual is out of bed, and completely mobile and ambulatory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Venous Health Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Olson, Salvatore G. Mangano, Brendan M. Donohoe, Peter K. Johansson, Richard A. Lotti, Thomas J. Fogarty
  • Patent number: 8858474
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are sized and configured to effectively and efficiently augment the flow of fluid within body vessels, not only during conditions in which a patient is bedbound and immobile, but also in conditions when the individual is out of bed, and completely mobile and ambulatory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Venous Health Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Olson, Salvatore G. Mangano, Brendan M. Donohoe, Peter K. Johansson, Richard A. Lotti, Thomas J. Fogarty
  • Patent number: 8858475
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are sized and configured to effectively and efficiently augment the flow of fluid within body vessels, not only during conditions in which a patient is bedbound and immobile, but also in conditions when the individual is out of bed, and completely mobile and ambulatory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Venous Health Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Olson, Salvatore G. Mangano, Brendan M. Donohoe, Peter K. Johansson, Richard A. Lotti, Thomas J. Fogarty
  • Publication number: 20140180246
    Abstract: An infusion catheter assembly has the ability to infinitely titrate the length of a porous fluid distribution section in situ. The infusion catheter assembly thereby provides a length of infusion that can be infinitely varied over a prescribed range, to control the effective infusion length and the rate of infusion. Using the infusion catheter assembly, a physician has the capability to treat only the length of the vessel desired, thereby preventing excessive drug/patient exposures. The porous fluid distribution section can include an array of spaced apart apertures that vary in size and/or density along the length of the porous fluid distribution section, such that the flow rate remains essentially constant for a given inlet pressure independent of the effective infusion length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Venous Therapy, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Comerota, Thomas J. Fogarty, Jonathan M. Olson, Richard A. Lotti