Patents by Inventor Steven A. Tyler

Steven A. Tyler 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: 20230087474
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for tissue restoration are provided. The apparatus may include a catheter shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal tip, the catheter shaft defining lumens including an inflation lumen and a light fiber lumen, a coated balloon positioned on a translucent distal segment of the catheter shaft proximal to the distal tip in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the coated distal balloon comprising a translucent material and a coated material on an outer surface of the coated balloon, and a light fiber positioned in the catheter shaft in the light fiber lumen and extending through the translucent distal segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: RB Eugene Hayes, Steven A. Tyler
  • Patent number: 11529499
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for tissue restoration are provided. The apparatus may include a catheter shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal tip, the catheter shaft defining lumens including an inflation lumen and a light fiber lumen, a coated balloon positioned on a translucent distal segment of the catheter shaft proximal to the distal tip in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the coated distal balloon comprising a translucent material and a coated material on an outer surface of the coated balloon, and a light fiber positioned in the catheter shaft in the light fiber lumen and extending through the translucent distal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Alucent Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rb Eugene Hayes, Steven A Tyler
  • Publication number: 20210393404
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Ted Ketai, Chris Bender, Steven A. Tyler, Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20210146099
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for tissue restoration are provided. The apparatus may include a catheter shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal tip, the catheter shaft defining lumens including an inflation lumen and a light fiber lumen, a coated balloon positioned on a translucent distal segment of the catheter shaft proximal to the distal tip in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the coated distal balloon comprising a translucent material and a coated material on an outer surface of the coated balloon, and a light fiber positioned in the catheter shaft in the light fiber lumen and extending through the translucent distal segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: RB Eugene HAYES, Steven A TYLER
  • Patent number: 10667911
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Ted Ketai, Chris Bender, Steven A. Tyler, Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20190350710
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Ted Ketai, Chris Bender, Steven A. Tyler, Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20180250132
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Evalve, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted KETAI, Chris BENDER, Steven A. TYLER, Troy L. THORNTON, Eric A. GOLDFARB
  • Publication number: 20160242909
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Evalve, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted KETAI, Chris BENDER, Steven A. TYLER, Troy L. THORNTON, Eric A. GOLDFARB
  • Patent number: 9060858
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for treating regurgitation through a valve in the heart. The devices can include an expandable, fluid-tight bladder configured to be deployed between valve leaflets of the heart valve. The bladder can include an upper portion that extends into the atrium of the heart; a lower portion that extends into the ventricle of the heart; and a middle portion positionable within the line of valve leaflet coaptation that provides a sealing surface for one or more of the leaflets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Evalve, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb, Kent D. Dell, Jaime E. Sarabia, Steven A. Tyler, Kristin Ellis, Jayanth Chakravarthy
  • Publication number: 20130338764
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for treating regurgitation through a valve in the heart. The devices can include an expandable, fluid-tight bladder configured to be deployed between valve leaflets of the heart valve. The bladder can include an upper portion that extends into the atrium of the heart; a lower portion that extends into the ventricle of the heart; and a middle portion positionable within the line of valve leaflet coaptation that provides a sealing surface for one or more of the leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Troy L. THORNTON, Eric A. GOLDFARB, Kent D. DELL, Jaime E. SARABIA, Steven A. TYLER, Kristin ELLIS, Jayanth CHAKRAVARTHY
  • Publication number: 20130282059
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Ted KETAI, Chris BENDER, Steven A. TYLER, Troy L. THORNTON, Eric A. GOLDFARB
  • Patent number: 8470028
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for treating regurgitation through a valve in the heart. The devices can include an expandable, fluid-tight bladder configured to be deployed between valve leaflets of the heart valve. The bladder can include an upper portion that extends into the atrium of the heart; a lower portion that extends into the ventricle of the heart; and a middle portion positionable within the line of valve leaflet coaptation that provides a sealing surface for one or more of the leaflets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Evalve, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb, Kent D. Dell, Jaime E. Sarabia, Steven A. Tyler, Kristin Ellis, Jayanth Chakravarthy
  • Patent number: 8323327
    Abstract: A catheter system for implanting an endoprosthesis at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter includes an elongated shaft outer member and a stent sheath distal portion and a self-expanding stent radially restrained in a collapsed configuration within the stent sheath distal portion. A balloon catheter dimensioned for relative axial movement within the shaft outer member has an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen and a device receiving lumen. A stent stop secured to the balloon catheter is reversibly radially expandable to deploy from a collapsed to a radially expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the stent stop prevents longitudinal displacement of the stent. A balloon is located on a distal shaft section is releasably locked with respect to the shaft outer member and slidably disposed therein in an unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Shstems Inc.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Publication number: 20110066233
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for treating regurgitation through a valve in the heart. The devices can include an expandable, fluid-tight bladder configured to be deployed between valve leaflets of the heart valve. The bladder can include an upper portion that extends into the atrium of the heart; a lower portion that extends into the ventricle of the heart; and a middle portion positionable within the line of valve leaflet coaptation that provides a sealing surface for one or more of the leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb, Kent D. Dell, Jaime E. Sarabia, Steven A. Tyler, Kristin E. Ellis, Jayanth Chakravarthy
  • Publication number: 20110060407
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for the endovascular repair of cardiac valves, particularly the atrioventricular valves which inhibit back flow of blood from a heart ventricle during contraction. The procedures described herein can be performed with interventional tools, guides and supporting catheters and other equipment introduced to the heart chambers from the patient's arterial or venous vasculature remote from the heart. The interventional tools and other equipment may be introduced percutaneously or may be introduced via a surgical cut down, and then advanced from the remote access site through the vasculature until they reach the heart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ted Ketai, Chris Bender, Steven A. Tyler, Troy L. Thornton, Eric A. Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20100331951
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an endoprosthesis such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Patent number: 7776080
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an endoprosthesis such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascualr Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Publication number: 20080269868
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an i such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Patent number: 6152941
    Abstract: A surgical handpiece includes a housing having an interior cavity and an exterior surface adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user. A rotary drive mechanism is provided inside of the housing and includes a driven shaft with a passageway extending axially therethrough. A suction connection is provided on the housing as is a suction control mechanism operable between first and second operative positions for preventing suction from being applied to the passageway in the driven shaft when in a first operative position and for connecting suction to the passageway when in a second operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Himes, Steven A. Tyler, Erik D. Eli, Michael V. Madsen, Matthew J. Curran, Marshal E. Finley