Patents by Inventor Robert L. Lederman

Robert L. Lederman 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).

  • Vascular anchoring introducer sheath
    Patent number: 12011151
    Abstract: Among other things, there is disclosed structure and methods for maintaining access to a location in the body while reducing or eliminating the potential for pulling an access device (e.g. a catheter) back through an opening. An introducer sheath includes a distal indented portion and a balloon, so that once placed in a desired location through tissue, the balloon can be inflated to anchor the sheath against retraction. In particular embodiments, structure and methods for accessing the pericardial cavity via the right atrial appendage are shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Muffin Incorporated, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Shaun Davis Gittard, Gregory James Hardy, John C. Sigmon, Jr., Jeremy T. Newkirk, William J. Havel, Neal E. Fearnot, Toby Rogers, Kanishka Ratnayaka, Robert L. Lederman
  • VASCULAR ANCHORING INTRODUCER SHEATH
    Publication number: 20220008060
    Abstract: Among other things, there is disclosed structure and methods for maintaining access to a location in the body while reducing or eliminating the potential for pulling an access device (e.g. a catheter) back through an opening. An introducer sheath includes a distal indented portion and a balloon, so that once placed in a desired location through tissue, the balloon can be inflated to anchor the sheath against retraction. In particular embodiments, structure and methods for accessing the pericardial cavity via the right atrial appendage are shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: Muffin Incorporated, National Institutes of Health, an Agency of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Shaun Davis Gittard, Gregory James Hardy, John C. Sigmon, JR., Jeremy T. Newkirk, William J. Havel, Neal E. Fearnot, Toby Rogers, Kanishka Ratnayaka, Robert L. Lederman
  • Vascular anchoring introducer sheath
    Patent number: 11071535
    Abstract: Among other things, there is disclosed structure and methods for maintaining access to a location in the body while reducing or eliminating the potential for pulling an access device (e.g. a catheter) back through an opening. An introducer sheath includes a distal indented portion and a balloon, so that once placed in a desired location through tissue, the balloon can be inflated to anchor the sheath against retraction. In particular embodiments, structure and methods for accessing the pericardial cavity via the right atrial appendage are shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Muffin Incorporated, National Institutes of Health, DHHS
    Inventors: Shaun Davis Gittard, Gregory James Hardy, John C. Sigmon, Jr., Jeremy T. Newkirk, William J. Havel, Neal E. Fearnot, Toby Rogers, Kanishka Ratnayaka, Robert L. Lederman