Patents by Inventor Ron A. Drake
Ron A. Drake 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: 11117282Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Publication number: 20180304485Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Patent number: 10005193Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Patent number: 9782905Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter is assembled from a handle, a blade assembly coupled to the handle, and a holding mechanism coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Johnson E. Goode, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Publication number: 20150343655Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Patent number: 9119940Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Patent number: 8584364Abstract: A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lower surface of the nose portion is disposed beneath the slitting edge for engaging a portion of the elongate member. The tail portion of the tool, approximately aligned with the sheath lumen when the lower surface, engages the elongate member and a leading edge of the nose portion is within the sheath lumen, is sized to fit within the sheath lumen after the sheath is slit by the slitting edge. A passageway between the nose portion and the tail portion allows a proximal segment of the elongate member to bend away from the tail portion when the elongate member is engaged by the nose portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Ron A. Drake
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Publication number: 20120174410Abstract: A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lower surface of the nose portion is disposed beneath the slitting edge for engaging a portion of the elongate member. The tail portion of the tool, approximately aligned with the sheath lumen when the lower surface, engages the elongate member and a leading edge of the nose portion is within the sheath lumen, is sized to fit within the sheath lumen after the sheath is slit by the slitting edge. A passageway between the nose portion and the tail portion allows a proximal segment of the elongate member to bend away from the tail portion when the elongate member is engaged by the nose portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Ron A. Drake
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Publication number: 20120036720Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter is assembled from a handle, a blade assembly coupled to the handle, and a holding mechanism coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Johnson E. Goode, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Patent number: 8074360Abstract: A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lower surface of the nose portion is disposed beneath the slitting edge for engaging a portion of the elongate member. The tail portion of the tool, approximately aligned with the sheath lumen when the lower surface engages the elongate member and a leading edge of the nose portion is within the sheath lumen, is sized to fit within the sheath lumen after the sheath is slit by the slitting edge. A passageway between the nose portion and the tail portion allows a proximal segment of the elongate member to bend away from the tail portion when the elongate member is engaged by the nose portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Ron A. Drake
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Patent number: 8042273Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter is assembled from a handle, a blade assembly coupled to the handle, and a holding mechanism coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Johnson E. Goode, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Patent number: 7950155Abstract: A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lower surface of the nose portion is disposed beneath the slitting edge for engaging a portion of the elongate member. The tail portion of the tool, approximately aligned with the sheath lumen when the lower surface engages the elongate member and a leading edge of the nose portion is within the sheath lumen, is sized to fit within the sheath lumen after the sheath is slit by the slitting edge. A passageway between the nose portion and the tail portion allows a proximal segment of the elongate member to bend away from the tail portion when the elongate member is engaged by the nose portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Ron A. Drake
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Publication number: 20110000089Abstract: A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lower surface of the nose portion is disposed beneath the slitting edge for engaging a portion of the elongate member. The tail portion of the tool, approximately aligned with the sheath lumen when the lower surface engages the elongate member and a leading edge of the nose portion is within the sheath lumen, is sized to fit within the sheath lumen after the sheath is slit by the slitting edge. A passageway between the nose portion and the tail portion allows a proximal segment of the elongate member to bend away from the tail portion when the elongate member is engaged by the nose portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Johnson E. Goode, Ron A. Drake
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Publication number: 20090054840Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter is assembled from a handle, a blade assembly coupled to the handle, and a holding mechanism coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, Johnson E. Goode, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Publication number: 20090049698Abstract: A slitter for slitting a guide catheter has a handle and a blade assembly coupled to the handle. The blade assembly includes a shroud for receiving an elongated body of a medical device and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge to slit the guide catheter. The blade assembly includes a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud for causing the shroud to flex in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion. The handle and the blade assembly may be assembled from piece parts in a manufacturing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: RON A. DRAKE, Stanten C. Spear, Beth C. Bullemer, Les Stener, Gary R. Fiedler, Kendra Yasger
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Publication number: 20070175049Abstract: A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lower surface of the nose portion is disposed beneath the slitting edge for engaging a portion of the elongate member. The tail portion of the tool, approximately aligned with the sheath lumen when the lower surface engages the elongate member and a leading edge of the nose portion is within the sheath lumen, is sized to fit within the sheath lumen after the sheath is slit by the slitting edge. A passageway between the nose portion and the tail portion allows a proximal segment of the elongate member to bend away from the tail portion when the elongate member is engaged by the nose portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Johnson Goode, Ron Drake
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Patent number: D576279Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Beth C. Bullemer, Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, William K. Wenger
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Patent number: D576280Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Beth C. Bullemer, Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, William K. Wenger
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Patent number: D608003Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Beth C. Bullemer, Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, William K. Wenger
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Patent number: D608445Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Beth C. Bullemer, Ron A. Drake, Stanten C. Spear, William K. Wenger