Patents by Inventor Salvatore Privitera
Salvatore Privitera 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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Publication number: 20240130735Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to devices and methods for deploying a biased occlusion clamp. In addition, the present disclosure includes devices and methods for deploying a biased occlusion clamp using robotics. Moreover, the present disclosure includes devices and methods for reducing the force necessary to open an occlusion clamp without permanently compromising the clamping force of the clamp itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Salvatore PRIVITERA, Matthew MONTI, Adam HARP, Kenneth MILLER, Jason GLITHERO
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Publication number: 20240050151Abstract: Ablation systems, components thereof, and related methods are disclosed. An example ablation system may include a first ablation component including a first ablation component end effector configured to be positioned on a first side of a target tissue and a second ablation component including a second ablation component end effector configured to be positioned on a second side of the target tissue. The first ablation component may include a first ablation component permanent magnet that is translationally repositionable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. The second ablation component may include a second ablation component permanent magnet that is freely rotatable and is configured to rotatably self-orient into a magnetically attractive orientation with the first ablation component permanent magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Geni Giannotti Rupley, Salvatore Privitera, Peter Joseph France, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller, Matthew Monti, Jackson Thomas Romelli
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Publication number: 20240050145Abstract: A method and apparatus for ablating tissue are disclosed that comprise positioning two or more bi-directional ablation energy sources in spaced-apart relation in sufficient proximity to the tissue to be ablated so that, upon activation each energy source creates an energy field in the tissue to be ablated. The energy sources are spaced such that the energy fields created by at least one of the activated sources partially overlaps with the energy field created by one or more of the other energy sources. The energy sources are alternately activated and deactivated, so that a substantially constant energy field results where the energy fields created by at least two of the energy sources overlap. While the energy sources are preferably RF energy sources, other energy sources, such as microwave, may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Keith Edward Martin, Salvatore Privitera
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Patent number: 11883035Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to devices and methods for deploying a biased occlusion clamp. In addition, the present disclosure includes devices and methods for deploying a biased occlusion clamp using robotics. Moreover, the present disclosure includes devices and methods for reducing the force necessary to open an occlusion clamp without permanently compromising the clamping force of the clamp itself.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Salvatore Privitera, Matthew Monti, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller, Jason Iain Glithero
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Publication number: 20240024020Abstract: A method and apparatus for ablating tissue are disclosed that comprise positioning two or more bi-directional ablation energy sources in spaced-apart relation in sufficient proximity to the tissue to be ablated so that, upon activation each energy source creates an energy field in the tissue to be ablated. The energy sources are spaced such that the energy fields created by at least one of the activated sources partially overlaps with the energy field created by one or more of the other energy sources. The energy sources are alternately activated and deactivated, so that a substantially constant energy field results where the energy fields created by at least two of the energy sources overlap. While the energy sources are preferably RF energy sources, other energy sources, such as microwave, may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Keith Edward MARTIN, Salvatore PRIVITERA
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Publication number: 20240024022Abstract: A surgical clamp including a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create lesions in tissue. In an exemplary embodiment, the jaws are movable between an articulated position in which the jaws are separated and not parallel to one another, an opened position in which the jaws are separated and substantially parallel to one another, and a closed position in which the jaws are adjacent and substantially parallel to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: James David HUGHETT, Salvatore PRIVITERA
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Publication number: 20240009431Abstract: A guidewire comprising a hydrophilic surface coating encasing a core and a metal coil along a longitudinal length of the hydrophilic surface coating to form a distal closed tip, the metal coil circumscribing the core along a predetermined length, the core extending longitudinally beyond the metal coil in both a proximal direction and a distal direction, wherein a proximal section of the guidewire includes a hydrophobic surface coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventor: Salvatore Privitera
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Publication number: 20230414296Abstract: Methods of performing surgical operations and associated devices are disclosed. An example method may include locating a first position on a first surface of a biological tissue; locating a second position on a second opposing surface of the biological tissue, the second position corresponding to the first position; and marking the second position on the second surface. The second surface may be generally opposite the first surface. An example method may include, after marking the second position, performing a therapeutic procedure on the biological tissue in the vicinity of the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Heidi Koett, Matthew Monti, Salvatore Privitera
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Publication number: 20230405205Abstract: A system for extracorporeal blood temperature control includes a heat exchanger configured to cool a circulated fluid, a thermal exchange module including a first volume fluidly isolated from a second volume, a fluid pump, a blood pump, and a controller. The fluid pump can pump the circulated fluid through the heat exchanger and the first volume of the thermal exchange module. The fluid pump can establish a negative pressure within the first volume of the thermal exchange module The blood pump can pump blood through a first blood flow line, the second volume of the thermal exchange module, and a second blood flow line. The controller can cool the blood by controlling thermal exchange between the circulated fluid pumped through the first volume of the thermal exchange module and the blood pumped through the second volume of the thermal exchange module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Marc E. Voorhees, Christopher Park, Salvatore Privitera
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Publication number: 20230390522Abstract: An improved medical procedure or catheterization tray included in an improved medical procedure or catheterization package. The improved medical procedure or catheterization tray is intuitively arranged. In one example, a catheterization package and catheterization tray has a layout and/or arrangement of components that may help reduce CAUTI rates by facilitating ease of use and aiding in proper aseptic technique during insertion. The medical procedure or catheterization package and/or medical procedure or catheterization tray may include various implements, compartments, and components necessary and/or helpful to the medical procedure or catheterization.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Jason I. Glithero, Scott Robirds, Adam Silver, Peter Curry, Salvatore Privitera, Robin J. Hanson, David Icenogle, Fung Bor Chen, Grace Powers, Stacey Hodges, Russell Riescher, Johnathan Johnson, Sarah Skelton
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Publication number: 20230389928Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for occluding an anatomical structure including an occlusion apparatus having first and second beams and at least one connector for connecting the respective ends of the beams together. The occlusion apparatus may be adapted for use in a deployment device having a pair of jaws and optionally having a respective pair of shuttle bodies for releasably connecting an occlusion apparatus to the jaws while in an open position and for releasing the occlusion device from the jaws while in a closed position. A system for occluding an anatomical structure is also disclosed that includes an occlusion apparatus and a deployment device for holding the occlusion apparatus in an open position for locating the occlusion device adjacent the anatomical structure to be occluded and then moving the occlusion apparatus to a closed position and locking the occlusion apparatus in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: James David Hughett, SR., Salvatore Privitera, Michael D. Hooven
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Patent number: 11813015Abstract: A method and apparatus for ablating tissue are disclosed that comprise positioning two or more bi-directional ablation energy sources in spaced-apart relation in sufficient proximity to the tissue to be ablated so that, upon activation each energy source creates an energy field in the tissue to be ablated. The energy sources are spaced such that the energy fields created by at least one of the activated sources partially overlaps with the energy field created by one or more of the other energy sources. The energy sources are alternately activated and deactivated, so that a substantially constant energy field results where the energy fields created by at least two of the energy sources overlap. While the energy sources are preferably RF energy sources, other energy sources, such as microwave, may be used.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Keith Edward Martin, Salvatore Privitera
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Publication number: 20230355297Abstract: Surgical devices and related methods are disclosed. An example surgical device may include an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, the end effector comprising a head, the head comprising an articulating mechanism, the articulating mechanism being operable to move a first jaw between an open position in which the first jaw and a second jaw are separated and substantially non-parallel and a closed position in which the first jaw and the second jaw are substantially adjacent and substantially parallel, where each of the first jaw and the second jaw comprises a first substantially straight portion proximate the head, a second substantially straight portion, a third substantially straight portion distant from the head, a first curved portion between the first substantially straight portion and the second substantially straight portion, and a second curved portion between the second substantially straight portion and the third substantially straight portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Salvatore Privitera, Kenneth Lance Miller, Melissa Deitzer, Douglas J. Seith, Akiva Kirschner, Sydney Gaynor, Kurtis Klingenberg
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Publication number: 20230352578Abstract: A field effect transistor has a semiconductor layer with a top surface extending in a horizontal plane, and an active area defined in which are trench gate regions, which extend in depth with respect to the top surface and have an insulating coating layer and a conductive inner layer, and source regions, adjacent to the trench gate regions so as to form a conductive channel extending vertically. The trench gate regions have a plurality of first gate regions, which extend in length in the form of stripes through the active area along a first direction of the horizontal plane, and moreover a plurality of second gate regions, which extend in length in the form of stripes through the same active area along a second direction of the horizontal plane, orthogonal to, and crossing, the first gate regions. In particular, the first gate regions and second gate regions cross in the active area, joining with a non-zero curvature radius.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.Inventors: Salvatore PRIVITERA, Davide Giuseppe PATTI
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Patent number: 11801368Abstract: A guidewire comprising a hydrophilic surface coating encasing a core and a metal coil along a longitudinal length of the hydrophilic surface coating to form a distal closed tip, the metal coil circumscribing the core along a predetermined length, the core extending longitudinally beyond the metal coil in both a proximal direction and a distal direction, wherein a proximal section of the guidewire includes a hydrophobic surface coating.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventor: Salvatore Privitera
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Publication number: 20230338043Abstract: The instant disclosure is directed to devices and methods for deploying a biased occlusion clamp. In addition, the present disclosure includes devices and methods for deploying a biased occlusion clamp using robotics. Moreover, the present disclosure includes devices and methods for reducing the force necessary to open an occlusion clamp without permanently compromising the clamping force of the clamp itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Salvatore Privitera, Matthew Monti, Adam Harp, Kenneth Lance Miller, Jason Iain Glithero
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Patent number: 11779397Abstract: Methods of performing surgical operations and associated devices are disclosed. An example method may include locating a first position on a first surface of a biological tissue; locating a second position on a second opposing surface of the biological tissue, the second position corresponding to the first position; and marking the second position on the second surface. The second surface may be generally opposite the first surface. An example method may include, after marking the second position, performing a therapeutic procedure on the biological tissue in the vicinity of the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Heidi Koett, Matthew Monti, Salvatore Privitera
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Publication number: 20230285019Abstract: A medical instrument comprising: (A) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in an X-Y plane; (B) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a Y-Z plane perpendicular to the X-Y plane; and, (C) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: AtriCure, Inc.Inventors: Salvatore Privitera, James David Hughett, SR., Keith Edward Martin
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Patent number: 11752251Abstract: Improved systems and methods for extracorporeal blood temperature control and patient temperature control, e.g., for induced hypothermia and optional normothermia, may include or otherwise employ a heat exchanger for cooling/warming of a fluid, a thermal exchange module having fluidly-isolated first and second volumes, and a fluid pump for circulating the fluid through the heat exchanger and the first volume of the thermal exchange module. A blood pump may be provided for the flow of blood through the second volume of the thermal exchange module, and a first controller may be provided for providing output signals for use in operation of the heat exchanger to selectively control thermal exchange between the fluid circulated through the first volume of the thermal exchange module and the blood flowed through the second volume of the thermal exchange module, thereby providing for selective cooling/warming of the blood.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Medivance IncorporatedInventors: Marc E. Voorhees, Christopher Park, Salvatore Privitera
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Patent number: 11742421Abstract: A field effect transistor has a semiconductor layer with a top surface extending in a horizontal plane, and an active area defined in which are trench gate regions, which extend in depth with respect to the top surface and have an insulating coating layer and a conductive inner layer, and source regions, adjacent to the trench gate regions so as to form a conductive channel extending vertically. The trench gate regions have a plurality of first gate regions, which extend in length in the form of stripes through the active area along a first direction of the horizontal plane, and moreover a plurality of second gate regions, which extend in length in the form of stripes through the same active area along a second direction of the horizontal plane, orthogonal to, and crossing, the first gate regions. In particular, the first gate regions and second gate regions cross in the active area, joining with a non-zero curvature radius.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.Inventors: Salvatore Privitera, Davide Giuseppe Patti