Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Perry
Stephen J. Perry 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: 8147511Abstract: An apparatus and method for ejecting fluid from a fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system has a pneumatic assembly that when triggered injects gas into a hydraulic assembly, which in turn ejects fluid through an external interface. An electronic interface displays various measurements, for example, how much fluid has been ejected and if the hydraulic system is closed the pressure of the system. The pneumatic assembly can also be depressurized such that fluid can reenter the hydraulic assembly through the external interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Michele B. Carter, David R. Conti, Thomas F. Janecek, Bryan D. Knodel, Anthony Scott Hollars, Peter Crowley, Donald C. Hovey, William Lucas Churchill, John B. Golden, Yem Chin, Mark L. Adams, Carleton E. Yee, Otto E. Anderhub
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Publication number: 20120012220Abstract: A flexible conduit for insertion into a body lumen comprises a plurality of elements coupled end to end to define a conduit lumen. A first one of the elements includes a male portion and a female portion. A second element includes a female portion having an inner surface configured to engage a male portion of an outer surface of the first element to form a first ball joint. A third element includes a male portion, an outer surface of the male portion of the third element configured to engage an inner surface of the female portion of the first element to form a second ball joint. The male and female portions of the first element are adapted to frictionally engage the female portion of the second element and the male portion of the third element to establish a rigid connection therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventor: Stephen J. Perry
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Patent number: 8047236Abstract: A flexible conduit for insertion into a body lumen comprises a plurality of elements coupled end to end to define a conduit lumen. A first one of the elements includes a male portion and a female portion. A second element includes a female portion having an inner surface configured to engage a male portion of an outer surface of the first element to form a first ball joint. A third element includes a male portion, an outer surface of the male portion of the third element configured to engage an inner surface of the female portion of the first element to form a second ball joint. The male and female portions of the first element are adapted to frictionally engage the female portion of the second element and the male portion of the third element to establish a rigid connection therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventor: Stephen J. Perry
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Publication number: 20110251525Abstract: A system for treating lung tissue includes a tube having a distal end, an anchoring device secured to the tube, the anchoring device configured to anchor at least a portion of the tube against an esophagus, a trachea, or a bronchus; and an ablation device carried within a lumen of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Claude Clerc, Paul M. Scopton, Isaac Ostrovsky, Harold M. Martins, Stephen J. Perry
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Publication number: 20100137796Abstract: An apparatus and method for ejecting fluid from a fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system has a pneumatic assembly that when triggered injects gas into a hydraulic assembly, which in turn ejects fluid through an external interface. An electronic interface displays various measurements, for example, how much fluid has been ejected and if the hydraulic system is closed the pressure of the system. The pneumatic assembly can also be depressurized such that fluid can reenter the hydraulic assembly through the external interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Stephen J. PERRY, Michele B. Carter, David R. Conti, Thomas F. Jenecek, Bryan D. Knodel, Anthony Scott Hollars, Peter Crowley, Donald C. Hovey, William Lucas Churchill, John B. Golden, Yem Chin, Mark L. Adams, Carleton E. Yee, Otto E. Anderhub
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Publication number: 20100125272Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a medical device including a handle portion, an end effector assembly, an elongate member connecting the handle portion and the end effector assembly, and one or more treatment devices extendable through the elongate member and end effector assembly. The end effector assembly includes an electrode assembly configured to cauterize tissue. The treatment devices may include an elongate cutting member with a safety tip. The treatment devices may include a multi-lumen catheter with a lumen configured to deliver fluid and another lumen configured to accommodate an injection needle, a cutting member, or other therapeutic or diagnostic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Inventors: Paul Scopton, Stephen J. Perry, John A. Griego, William J. Shaw
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Publication number: 20100069715Abstract: A flexible conduit for insertion into a body lumen comprises a plurality of elements coupled end to end to define a conduit lumen. A first one of the elements includes a male portion and a female portion. A second element includes a female portion having an inner surface configured to engage a male portion of an outer surface of the first element to form a first ball joint. A third element includes a male portion, an outer surface of the male portion of the third element configured to engage an inner surface of the female portion of the first element to form a second ball joint. The male and female portions of the first element are adapted to frictionally engage the female portion of the second element and the male portion of the third element to establish a rigid connection therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventor: Stephen J. PERRY
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Publication number: 20100069716Abstract: A guide conduit for facilitating insertion of flexible instruments into body lumens, the conduit defining a lumen extending from an opening at a proximal end of the conduit to a distal opening at the distal end of the conduit, the conduit comprises an outer layer forming a substantially smooth outer surface and a plastically deformable layer radially within the outer layer, the plastically deformable inner layer constructed to maintain its shape when subjected to a force below a predetermined threshold level and to assume a new shape when subjected to a bending force greater than the threshold level, wherein the threshold level is selected to be greater than a range of forces to which the conduit will be subjected by instruments inserted therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Yem CHIN, Paul DiCARLO, Kurt GEITZ, Jon T. McINTYRE, Stephen J. PERRY
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Patent number: 7641668Abstract: An apparatus and method for ejecting fluid from a fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system has a pneumatic assembly that when triggered injects gas into a hydraulic assembly, which in turn ejects fluid through an external interface. An electronic interface displays various measurements, for example, how much fluid has been ejected and if the hydraulic system is closed the pressure of the system. The pneumatic assembly can also be depressurized such that fluid can reenter the hydraulic assembly through the external interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Michele B. Carter, David R. Conti, Thomas F. Janecek, Bryan D. Knodel, Anthony Scott Hollars, Peter Crowley, Donald C. Hovey, William Lucas Churchill, John C. Golden, Yem Chin, Mark L. Adams, Carleton E. Yee, Otto E. Anderhub
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Patent number: 7632266Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a medical device including a handle portion, an end effector assembly, an elongate member connecting the handle portion and the end effector assembly, and one or more treatment devices extendable through the elongate member and end effector assembly. The end effector assembly includes an electrode assembly configured to cauterize tissue. The treatment devices may include an elongate cutting member with a safety tip. The treatment devices may include a multi-lumen catheter with a lumen configured to deliver fluid and another lumen configured to accommodate an injection needle, a cutting member, or other therapeutic or diagnostic devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2005Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Paul Scopton, Stephen J. Perry, John A. Griego, William J. Shaw
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Publication number: 20090198212Abstract: An endoscopic injection needle assembly and method of using the same. According to one embodiment, the assembly includes an endoscope, an injection needle, an endoscopic hood and a suction source. The endoscope is shaped to include a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of longitudinal channels. The distal end of the injection needle is positioned within a working channel of the endoscope. The injection needle is sized relative to the working channel to permit fluid to flow around the injection needle in the working channel. The endoscopic hood is mounted on the distal end of the endoscope and extends distally therefrom, the endoscopic hood being in fluid communication with the working channel and having an opening through which fluid may be drawn into the endoscopic hood. The suction source is applied to the proximal end of the working channel to cause fluid to be drawn into the endoscopic hood through the opening and then proximally through the working channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Tyler Timberlake, William Lucas Churchill, Stephen J. Perry
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Publication number: 20080287740Abstract: Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for traversing an anatomic wall. A system can include a port that mates with an anatomic wall and provides a lumen for the passage of a guide tube of a transluminal device. The port can inhibit the passage of biological materials through the anatomic wall. Further described herein are methods for implanting the port and/or for inserting the transluminal device into a body cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Barry Weitzner, Paul J. Smith, John B. Golden, Michal Weisman, Stephen J. Perry, Katie Krueger
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Publication number: 20080097139Abstract: A system for treating lung tissue includes a tube having a distal end, an anchoring device secured to the tube, the anchoring device configured to anchor at least a portion of the tube against an esophagus, a trachea, or a bronchus; and an ablation device carried within a lumen of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Claude Clerc, Paul M. Scopton, Isaac Ostrovsky, Harold M. Martins, Stephen J. Perry
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Publication number: 20080021444Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include a medical device. The medical device may include a flexible tube, an elongate member configured to cut tissue and extend from the flexible tube, and a cauterizing member configured to cauterize tissue and to move relative to the elongate member and the flexible tube. The cauterizing member may substantially surround at least a portion of the elongate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Paul Scoption, Thinh Nguyen, Stephen J. Perry
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Patent number: 6821282Abstract: A control mechanism for a resectioning device, comprises a first actuator coupled to a flexible drive shaft for actuating a first mechanism when operated in a first direction and for actuating, when operated in a second direction, a second mechanism and a first lockout mechanism coupled to the first actuator for preventing actuation of the first actuator in the second direction before a predetermined amount of actuation in the first direction has been completed. Furthermore, mechanisms are provided to control the release during operation in a second direction of torsional energy stored in a flexible drive shaft during operation in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Paul DiCesare, Patrick Gutelius, Mark Monroe, Jeffrey Radziunas, Roy H. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20040230157Abstract: An apparatus and method for ejecting fluid from a fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system has a pneumatic assembly that when triggered injects gas into a hydraulic assembly, which in turn ejects fluid through an external interface. An electronic interface displays various measurements, for example, how much fluid has been ejected and if the hydraulic system is closed the pressure of the system. The pneumatic assembly can also be depressurized such that fluid can reenter the hydraulic assembly through the external interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Michele B. Carter, David R. Conti, Thomas F. Janecek, Bryan D. Knodel, Anthony Scott Hollars, Peter Crowley, Donald C. Hovey, William Lucas Churchill, John B. Golden, Yem Chin, Mark L. Adams, Carleton E. Yee, Otto Anderhub
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Patent number: 6520971Abstract: A control handle for a full thickness resection device is disclosed. In an embodiment for the control handle of the present invention, the control handle includes a body and a staple firing assembly coupled to the body. The staple firing assembly includes a rotatable staple firing ring, a worm gear assembly rotatably engaged with the staple firing ring, and a flexible drive shaft coupled to the worm gear assembly. In an embodiment for a method of the present invention, a method for actuating a full thickness resection device is provided. The method includes the steps of rotating a staple firing ring in a first direction and actuating a worm gear assembly in a first operative mode in response to the rotation of the staple firing ring in the first direction, the worm gear assembly is coupled to the staple firing ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2000Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Paul DiCesare, Patrick Gutelius, Mark Monroe, Jeffrey Radziunas
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Patent number: 6439446Abstract: A safety lock-out to prevent rotation of a rotary actuator is described. When an axial distance between a first and a second portion of an actuated mechanism exceeds a selected distance, the lock-out prevents the rotation. The safety lock-out includes a shaft rotatably connected to the first portion and axially movable relative to the second portion. A locking member is adapted to lock the rotary actuator by placing a protrusion in a notch of the shaft, thus preventing rotation of the shaft. The device also includes a spring member urging the locking member in the locking position, and an unlocking member adapted to urge the locking member in the unlocked position when the selected distance is not exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2000Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Roy H. Sullivan, III, Eric K. Litscher
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Publication number: 20020066764Abstract: A safety lock-out to prevent rotation of a rotary actuator is described. When an axial distance between a first and a second portion of an actuated mechanism exceeds a selected distance, the lock-out prevents the rotation. The safety lock-out includes a shaft rotatably connected to the first portion and axially movable relative to the second portion. A locking member is adapted to lock the rotary actuator by placing a protrusion in a notch of the shaft, thus preventing rotation of the shaft. The device also includes a spring member urging the locking member in the locking position, and an unlocking member adapted to urge the locking member in the unlocked position when the selected distance is not exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2000Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Roy H. Sullivan, Eric K. Litscher
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Patent number: D495413Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Perry, Michele B. Carter, David R. Conti