Patents by Inventor Sean P. Fleury
Sean P. Fleury 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: 11534060Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstructions for dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices that transition from a constrained to an unconstrained bowed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Danny S. Lee, Scott E. Brechbiel, Jialiang Wang, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20220370219Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for delivering targeted therapy to tissue at a treatment site with the use of a stent. The targeted therapy may include a functional and/or therapeutic agent separate from the stent, or a component of a functional and/or therapeutic agent separate from the stent and reactive with another component of a functional and/or therapeutic agent on the stent. The agent or component of an agent may be delivered with the stent, and/or before delivery of the stent, and/or after the stent has been delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Kevin Walsh, Sean P. Fleury, David Callaghan, Laura Emily Richards, John Thomas Favreau, James J. Scutti
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Publication number: 20220354504Abstract: The present application relates to medical devices for establishing an anastomosis between body lumens. In one example, an elongate member is configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration. The elongate member may comprise a first end, a second end, and a middle segment extending therebetween. In the second configuration, each of the first and second ends may bend towards a center plane of the middle segment in a bent back end and form one or more loops.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Sean P. Fleury, John Thomas Favreau, James J. Scutti
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Publication number: 20220354680Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods described herein relate to affecting an internal diameter of a body lumen, and, in many examples, of a pylorus. A silk-based bulking agent may be injected in a pyloric tissue so as to reduce an effective inner diameter of the pylorus. A multi-part occluding agent may be injected into a pylorus on the surface of the pyloric tissue to occlude the pylorus alone or in combination with the silk-based bulking agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Michael K. Peachock, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20220346998Abstract: A mesh element having a mesh gauge selected to control flow of materials therethrough. The mesh element is implantable into an anatomical structure upstream of a body passage or within a body passage to control flow of materials through the body passage. The mesh element may be coupled to a support structure to facilitate anchoring of the mesh element in place relative to the body passage. The support structure may have a lumen defined therethrough to allow flow of materials through the body passage, with the mesh element regulating the flow of materials into the lumen. The mesh element alternatively may be directly coupled to an anatomical structure upstream of a body passage to regulate or determine flow of materials through the body passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: James Quinn, Ryan Desmond Lynch, Gerard Duignan, Darren Gerard Curran, Sean P Fleury, Peter L Dayton
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Publication number: 20220346997Abstract: An implantable device capable of regulating flow of material through a body passage. The implantable device may include at least one retention member having a surface curved to resist migration of the implantable device with respect to the body passage. The implantable device may be provided with features providing a cushioning effect with respect to tissue at which the implantable device is implanted. The length of the implantable device and/or the configuration of at least one retention member on the implantable device may be adjustable. A removal element may be provided to facilitate removal of the implantable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Sean P. Fleury, Barry Weitzner
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Publication number: 20220218215Abstract: A system for measuring a pressure in a vein includes a needle sized and shaped to be inserted through a working channel of an endoscope. The needle is extending longitudinally and including a channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The system also includes a pressure sensing device including a longitudinally extending body sized and shaped to be slidably inserted through the channel of the needle and a sensor mounted on a distal portion of the body and connected to a proximal portion of the pressure sensing device via a connection cable. The sensor is configured to detect information corresponding to a pressure of a flow of blood through a vein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Douglas MELANSON, Peter L. DAYTON, Laura Elizabeth CHRISTAKIS, Sean P. FLEURY, Cory P. WRIGHT, George DUVAL, Vanessa MONAHAN
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Publication number: 20220192670Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for drawing tissue walls together using a first tissue anchoring element and a second tissue anchoring element spaced apart from each other. The first tissue anchoring element is thinner than the second tissue anchoring element. The first tissue anchoring element may be a suture, optionally including a suture anchor. The second tissue anchoring element may be an expandable tissue anchoring element, such as a stent, expandable from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration. The second tissue anchoring element may have a passage therethrough allowing passage of materials through the tissue walls, and creating an anastomosis therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Sean P. Fleury, Jason Weiner
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Publication number: 20220142763Abstract: An endoprosthesis has an expanded state and an unexpanded state, the endoprosthesis includes a stent, wherein the stent has a first end, a second end, an inner surface defining a lumen, an outer surface, and a thickness defined between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a stent end covering disposed at one of the first and second ends, the stent end covering including a polymeric coating that includes a base and a plurality of protrusions, the base including a first major surface facing the outer surface of the stent, the base further including a second major surface from which each of the plurality of protrusions extends outwardly, the first major surface opposing the second major surface, wherein the protrusions are arranged in a micropattern. Methods of making and using an endoprosthesis are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: LAURA ELIZABETH FIRSTENBERG, SEAN P. FLEURY
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Publication number: 20220104701Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstructions for dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices that transition from a constrained to an unconstrained bowed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Danny S. Lee, Scott E. Brechbiel, Jialiang Wang, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20220096050Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for enhanced navigation and visualization of body passages. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure provide enhanced navigation through the pulmonary peripheries, and enhanced visualization within larger pulmonary passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Sean P. Fleury, Peter L. Dayton, Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Scott E. Brechbiel
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Patent number: 11266393Abstract: Medical devices and methods of using medical devices are disclosed. An example tissue retraction delivery device includes a positioning assembly, the assembly including: a delivery catheter having a distal end region and a lumen extending therein, wherein the distal end region includes an engagement member orienting tip. The delivery device also includes an actuation catheter extending within at least a portion of the delivery catheter, the actuation catheter including a distal end region and a lumen extending therein. An actuation wire extends within the lumen of the actuation catheter, the actuation wire having a proximal end region and a distal end region. An end effector is coupled to the distal end region of the actuation wire, the end effector configured to capture an engagement member of a tissue retraction device, wherein manipulation of the actuation wire shifts the end effector from a first position to a second closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Samuel Raybin, Ryan Wales, Paul Smith, Jeff Gray, Sean P. Fleury, Scott E. Brechbiel
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Patent number: 11259943Abstract: An endoprosthesis has an expanded state and an unexpanded state, the endoprosthesis includes a stent, wherein the stent has a first end, a second end, an inner surface defining a lumen, an outer surface, and a thickness defined between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a stent end covering disposed at one of the first and second ends, the stent end covering including a polymeric coating that includes a base and a plurality of protrusions, the base including a first major surface facing the outer surface of the stent, the base further including a second major surface from which each of the plurality of protrusions extends outwardly, the first major surface opposing the second major surface, wherein the protrusions are arranged in a micropattern. Methods of making and using an endoprosthesis are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Firstenberg, Sean P. Fleury
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Patent number: 11202617Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for enhanced navigation and visualization of body passages. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure provide enhanced navigation through the pulmonary peripheries, and enhanced visualization within larger pulmonary passages.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Sean P. Fleury, Peter L. Dayton, Ryan V. Wales, Paul Smith, Scott E. Brechbiel
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Patent number: 11103678Abstract: Methods and devices for treating a lung are disclosed. The method may include deploying a catheter into an airway of the lung, and discharging a media into the airway through the catheter. The media may be configured to increase elasticity of lung tissue in the vicinity of the airway or occlude the airway.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Paul Smith, Robert B. DeVries, Jason Weiner, Man Minh Nguyen, Gary J. Leanna, Kevin John Wilcox, Javier Palomar-Moreno, Fergal Horgan, Martyn G. Folan, Patricia Kelly, Michael G. Hayes, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20210244382Abstract: Imaging medical device systems and methods for making and using imaging medical device systems are disclosed. An example imaging medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region. An imaging assembly may be disposed within the elongate shaft. The imaging assembly may include a drive cable, a housing coupled to the drive cable, and a transducer coupled to the housing. A bubble-reducing member may be disposed adjacent to the drive cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: BRYAN JOSEPH PLUNGER, HARUKA IMURA, SEAN P. FLEURY, JEFFREY STEVEN FULLER, MONICA ORTIZ SERRANO, JAN SEPPALA, JEFFREY ADAM HAMMERSTROM, VICTORIA SZLAG
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Publication number: 20210186471Abstract: A medical device may include a needle, including a plurality of links and a distal tip, reciprocally movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, and a conduit including a lumen extending through the needle, the conduit being coupled to the distal tip, wherein longitudinal movement of the conduit is configured to transition the needle between the first configuration and the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Peter L. DAYTON, Ryan V. WALES, Sean P. FLEURY, Paul SMITH, Scott E. BRECHBIEL, Kevin J. MCELWEE
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Publication number: 20210128329Abstract: Tracheal stents may include a plurality of wave form structures each extending radially about the support structure, a plurality of axial loop members extending axially between adjacent wave form structures and a polymeric covering disposed thereover. Tracheal stents may include an expandable metal structure and a plurality of spacer fins extending above an outer surface of the expandable metal structure. The plurality of spacer fins may be formed of a material different than that of the expandable metal structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Gary J. Leanna, Dane T. Seddon, Jason Weiner, Seamus F. O'Shaughnessy, Sean P. Fleury
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Publication number: 20210128139Abstract: Medical devices for applying a cinch to one or more suture and cutting the suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft, a connection sleeve, a cinch sleeve coupled to the connection sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, connection sleeve, cinch sleeve, and cinch member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, RYAN V. WALES, SEAN P. FLEURY, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Publication number: 20210128141Abstract: Medical devices for cinch and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a coupler, a sleeve releasably coupled to the coupler, a cutter slidably disposed within the sleeve, and a suture cinching member movable into and out of the sleeve. A wire may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the coupler to move the suture cinching member and cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, RYAN V. WALES, SEAN P. FLEURY, STAN ROBERT GILBERT