Patents by Inventor Ronald Ciulla

Ronald Ciulla 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: 20150148597
    Abstract: Medical devices, systems, and related methods of use are disclosed. The systems may comprise a sheath for insertion into a body lumen and an extraction tool for passage through the sheath, wherein the extraction tool may include a handle, an end effector, and an optical device. Methods disclosed herein include introducing an extraction tool into a urethra for retrieving and removing tissue from the body, e.g., with an end effector, without morcellating the excised tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald CIULLA, Kenneth J. DAIGNAULT
  • Publication number: 20150119895
    Abstract: A device may include a handle, and a sheath coupled to the handle. The sheath may include a lumen. The device may also include an instrument assembly coupled to the handle, and extending through the lumen of the sheath. The instrument assembly may include a basket configured to move relative to the sheath, and between contracted and expanded states. The instrument assembly may also include a forceps configured to reciprocate along a central longitudinal axis of the basket and through an interior of the basket, and move between contracted and expanded states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Richard C. TAH, Jozef SLANDA, Ronald CIULLA, Jianmin LI
  • Publication number: 20140275745
    Abstract: In some implementations, a medical device includes a clamp component and a strap. The clamp component has a portion configured to be placed around a urethra of a patient. The clamp component includes a first end portion configured to be lockably coupled to a second end portion of the clamp component. The strap has a portion extending between a first portion of the portion of the clamp component and a second portion of the portion of the clamp component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred P. Intoccia, JR., Ronald Ciulla, Kenneth Daignault, Michael F. Weiser
  • Publication number: 20140276913
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for extracting and/or morcellating tissue or other unwanted material from within a patient's body. In one embodiment, a medical device may include an elongate member including a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may also include an expandable member disposed at the distal end, wherein an interior of the expandable member is in fluid communication with the lumen in the elongate member, wherein the expandable member includes a plurality of conducting elements extending from and disposed circumferentially about the elongate member, wherein at least two of the plurality of conducting elements are joined together by a material extending therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. TAH, Ronald CIULLA, Michael F. WEISER
  • Publication number: 20140257026
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical device includes a tissue anchor has a first portion and a second portion. The tissue anchor is configured to be placed within bodily tissue of a patient. The first portion of the tissue anchor includes an extension member configured to engage the bodily tissue to help retain the tissue anchor within the bodily tissue. The first portion has an inner surface and defines a cavity. The second portion of the tissue anchor has a helical ridge. The helical ridge is configured to engage the inner surface of the first portion of the tissue anchor to movably couple the second portion of the tissue anchor to the first portion of the tissue anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Ciulla, James M. Goddard
  • Publication number: 20130338667
    Abstract: A medical device includes a sheath extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a lumen extending therethrough and an end-effector disposed at the distal end of the sheath including a first resection loop configured to resect tissue and a secondary tool including one of a second resection loop and a tissue-vaporizing structure mounted distally to the first resection loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Daignault, Kevin Newell, Ronald Ciulla