Patents by Inventor T. Clancy

T. Clancy 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).

  • Patent number: 12263104
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. In some forms the framework includes T-bars that connect adjacent cells, where the T-bars have a column that has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. In other forms, the framework exhibits geometries that facilitate a high packing density for the framework when the stent is in a compressed tube or loading configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Swift, Sam C. Mullins, Stephen T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 12256949
    Abstract: Fixation guide devices and methods for positioning and inserting an intramedullary nail are disclosed. The fixation guide devices include a frame with a first end and a second end, a compression device removably coupled to the first end of the frame, and the intramedullary nail secured to a nail attachment apparatus of the frame. An intramedullary nail including a body with a fastening end, a closed end, and at least two openings is also disclosed. A compression device includes a compression member, a knob, and a bolt secured in the knob and rotatably engaging the compression member is also disclosed. An alignment guide is disclosed and includes a base member, an alignment member, and a fixation guide. A method of inserting an intramedullary nail into two bones for fixation of the two bones is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Dacosta, Frank Bono, Michael Houghton, Thomas Sangiovanni, James T. Clancy, Thomas Chang
  • Publication number: 20240261120
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Swift, Sam C. Mullins, Stephen T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 11896507
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Richard A Swift, Sam C Mullins, Stephen T Clancy
  • Publication number: 20230000648
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. In some forms the hollow cylindrical shape of the framework is moveable among a loading diameter that is smaller than a tube diameter, which is smaller than an expanded diameter, and every strut of the framework is oriented parallel to the stent axis when the hollow cylindrical shape is at the tube diameter. In other forms the framework includes T-bars that connect adjacent cells, where the T-bars have a column that has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. In still other forms, the framework exhibits geometries that facilitate a high packing density for the framework when the stent is in a compressed tube or loading configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard A. Swift, Sam C. Mullins, Stephen T. Clancy
  • Publication number: 20220370215
    Abstract: A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Richard A. Swift, Sam C. Mullins, Stephen T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 11179166
    Abstract: Fixation guide devices and methods for positioning and inserting an intramedullary nail are disclosed. The fixation guide devices include a frame with a first end and a second end, a compression device removably coupled to the first end of the frame, and the intramedullary nail secured to a nail attachment apparatus of the frame. An intramedullary nail including a body with a fastening end, a closed end, and at least two openings is also disclosed. A compression device includes a compression member, a knob, and a bolt secured in the knob and rotatably engaging the compression member is also disclosed. An alignment guide is disclosed and includes a base member, an alignment member, and a fixation guide. A method of inserting an intramedullary nail into two bones for fixation of the two bones is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Dacosta, Frank Bono, Michael Houghton, Thomas Sangiovanni, James T. Clancy, Thomas Chang
  • Publication number: 20210050846
    Abstract: A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible radio frequency (RF) switch circuit and high voltage control circuit (HVCC) are disclosed. In a mobile device, an RF switch circuit couples a first RF circuit to a shared antenna through a low resistance path while electrically isolating other RF circuits from the antenna by a high resistance path. Each path in the RF switch circuit includes a series metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) Field-Effect Transistor (FET) MOSFET switch which provides a low resistance path when fully turned on by a strong positive gate-to-source voltage and a corresponding body bias voltage, and a high resistance path when fully turned off by a strong negative gate-to-source voltage and corresponding body bias voltage. The RF switch circuit paths are controlled by a CMOS compatible HVCC which supplies high and low voltage signals to the gate node and body bias node of each MOSFET in each path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yan Guo, Patrick T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 10903821
    Abstract: A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible radio frequency (RF) switch circuit and high voltage control circuit (HVCC) are disclosed. In a mobile device, an RF switch circuit couples a first RF circuit to a shared antenna through a low resistance path while electrically isolating other RF circuits from the antenna by a high resistance path. Each path in the RF switch circuit includes a series metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) Field-Effect Transistor (FET) MOSFET switch which provides a low resistance path when fully turned on by a strong positive gate-to-source voltage and a corresponding body bias voltage, and a high resistance path when fully turned off by a strong negative gate-to-source voltage and corresponding body bias voltage. The RF switch circuit paths are controlled by a CMOS compatible HVCC which supplies high and low voltage signals to the gate node and body bias node of each MOSFET in each path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Guo, Patrick T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 10722293
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a housing and a shaft coupled to the housing. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. An end effector assembly is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members. At least one of the first and second jaw members is movable from a first position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to at least a second position closer to one another wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The medical instrument also includes one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-detecting elements configured to generate one or more signals indicative of tissue reflectance. The one or more light-emitting elements are adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Shobhit Arya, Neil T. Clancy, Daniel S. Elson, George B. Hanna, Danail V. Stoyanov, Xiaofei Du
  • Patent number: 9907562
    Abstract: Fixation guide devices and methods for positioning and inserting an intramedullary nail are disclosed. The fixation guide devices include a frame with a first end and a second end, a compression device removably coupled to the first end of the frame, and the intramedullary nail secured to a nail attachment apparatus of the frame. An intramedullary nail including a body with a fastening end, a closed end, and at least two openings is also disclosed. A compression device includes a compression member, a knob, and a bolt secured in the knob and rotatably engaging the compression member is also disclosed. An alignment guide is disclosed and includes a base member, an alignment member, and a fixation guide. A method of inserting an intramedullary nail into two bones for fixation of the two bones is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: PARAGON 28, INC.
    Inventors: Albert DaCosta, Frank Bono, Michael Houghton, Thomas Sangiovanni, James T. Clancy, Thomas Chang
  • Patent number: 9325491
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a clock generation circuit with a first phase-locked loop (PLL) and a second PLL that are coupled in parallel with one another and receive a same feedback signal. The first and second PLLs generate respective output signals that are combined to generate an output clock signal. A version of the output clock signal may be passed back to the first and second PLLs as the feedback signal. In some embodiments, the second PLL may include a switch to selectively close the second PLL after the first PLL has locked. In some embodiments, the second PLL may include a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and the first PLL may include a different type of VCO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdellatif El Moznine, Patrick T. Clancy
  • Publication number: 20150295582
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a clock generation circuit with a first phase-locked loop (PLL) and a second PLL that are coupled in parallel with one another and receive a same feedback signal. The first and second PLLs generate respective output signals that are combined to generate an output clock signal. A version of the output clock signal may be passed back to the first and second PLLs as the feedback signal. In some embodiments, the second PLL may include a switch to selectively close the second PLL after the first PLL has locked. In some embodiments, the second PLL may include a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and the first PLL may include a different type of VCO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Abdellatif El Moznine, Patrick T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 8670741
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods relating to a mixer having high second- and third-order intercept points are disclosed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Guo, Patrick T. Clancy, Peter J. Mares
  • Patent number: 8528170
    Abstract: A utility tool handle is provided for use with a hand tool shaft. The handle has curved upper and lower surfaces and a curved termination end. The two side surfaces are parallel to each other. The upper surfaces of the handle slants upwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the hand tool shaft. The lower surface spline is configured to provide a relaxed wrist grip such that the shaft centerline is generally aligned with a user forearm centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Brian T. Clancy
  • Patent number: 8517867
    Abstract: A sports utility handle is provided for use with a sports equipment shaft. The handle has curved upper and lower surfaces and a curved termination end. The Two side surfaces are parallel to each other. The upper surface of the handle slants upwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the equipment shaft. The lower surface spline is configured to provide a relaxed wrist grip such that the shaft centerline is generally aligned with the centerline of the user's forearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: Brian T. Clancy
  • Publication number: 20130165061
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods relating to a mixer having high second- and third-order intercept points are disclosed. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yan Guo, Patrick T. Clancy, Peter J. Mares
  • Publication number: 20120297660
    Abstract: A sports utility handle is provided for use with a sports equipment shaft. The handle has curved upper and lower surfaces and a curved termination end. The two side surfaces are parallel to each other. The upper surface of the handle slants upwardly relative to the longitudinal axis of the equipment shaft. The lower surface spline is configured to provide a relaxed wrist grip such that the shaft centerline is generally aligned with the centerline of the user's forearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: Brian T. Clancy
  • Patent number: D904616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert DaCosta, Frank Bono, Michael Houghton, Thomas San Giovanni, Thomas Chang, James T. Clancy, Eric Lintula
  • Patent number: D932624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Paragon 28, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Dacosta, Frank Bono, Michael Houghton, Thomas San Giovanni, Thomas Chang, James T. Clancy, Eric Lintula