Patents by Inventor Scott Hemmelgarn

Scott Hemmelgarn 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).

  • DELIVERY AND DETACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20240081829
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
    Patent number: 11849955
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • DELIVERY AND DETACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20210145444
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
    Patent number: 10932787
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery And Detachment Systems And Methods For Vascular Implants
    Publication number: 20190046209
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
    Patent number: 10123802
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • DELIVERY AND DETACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20160100842
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
    Patent number: 9241718
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • DELIVERY AND DETACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20150012033
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
    Patent number: 8876855
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • DELIVERY AND DETACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20140142611
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham
  • Delivery and detachment systems and methods for vascular implants
    Patent number: 8597323
    Abstract: A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Sequent Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio Plaza, Scott Hemmelgarn, Eileen Charlton, Todd Hewitt, Philippe Marchand, Daniel Welsh, William R. Patterson, Son Pham