Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Daigle
Thomas P. Daigle 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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Publication number: 20220205574Abstract: A modular fluid delivery assembly is provided. The modular fluid delivery assembly comprises a fluid conduit. The modular fluid delivery assembly also comprises an electrical heating element disposed within the fluid conduit. The electrical heating element is configured to provide a heat source within the fluid conduit. The modular fluid delivery assembly also comprises a connection assembly, located proximate an end of the modular fluid delivery assembly, coupled to the heating element and the fluid conduit. The connection assembly is configured to provide a hydraulic coupling to the fluid conduit, and to provide an electronic coupling to the electrical heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey S. JERDEE, Thomas P. DAIGLE, Shawn C. JOHNSON
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Publication number: 20220152636Abstract: A spray gun for a plural component system is provided. The spray gun includes a first component delivery line and a second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes a nozzle, configured to receive and mix a first component received from the first component delivery line with a second component received from the second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes an air purge system configured to, when the spray gun is in a non-actuated position, purge the nozzle of the first and second components and, when the spray gun is in an actuated position, aid in atomization of the mixture of the first and second components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey S. JERDEE, Thomas P. Daigle, Shawn C. Johnson
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Patent number: 11278924Abstract: A spray gun for a plural component system is provided. The spray gun includes a first component delivery line and a second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes a nozzle, configured to receive and mix a first component received from the first component delivery line with a second component received from the second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes an air purge system configured to, when the spray gun is in a non-actuated position, purge the nozzle of the first and second components and, when the spray gun is in an actuated position, aid in atomization of the mixture of the first and second components.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. Jerdee, Thomas P. Daigle, Shawn C. Johnson
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Patent number: 11255476Abstract: A modular fluid delivery assembly is provided. The modular fluid delivery assembly comprises a fluid conduit. The modular fluid delivery assembly also comprises an electrical heating element disposed within the fluid conduit. The electrical heating element is configured to provide a heat source within the fluid conduit. The modular fluid delivery assembly also comprises a connection assembly, located proximate an end of the modular fluid delivery assembly, coupled to the heating element and the fluid conduit. The connection assembly is configured to provide a hydraulic coupling to the fluid conduit, and to provide an electronic coupling to the electrical heating element.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. Jerdee, Thomas P. Daigle, Shawn C. Johnson
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Publication number: 20190151871Abstract: A spray gun for a plural component system is provided. The spray gun includes a first component delivery line and a second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes a nozzle, configured to receive and mix a first component received from the first component delivery line with a second component received from the second component delivery line. The spray gun also includes an air purge system configured to, when the spray gun is in a non-actuated position, purge the nozzle of the first and second components and, when the spray gun is in an actuated position, aid in atomization of the mixture of the first and second components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Jeffrey S. Jerdee, Thomas P. Daigle, Shawn C. Johnson
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Publication number: 20180172194Abstract: A method of using a modular hose assembly is presented. The method includes positioning a first fluid module at a coupling point, The method also includes electrically coupling a first electronic element, of the first fluid module, to a second electronic element, of a second fluid module, The method also includes hydraulically coupling a first fluid conduit, of the first fluid module, to a second fluid conduit, of the second fluid module. The method also includes coupling the first fluid module to a pump assembly, and coupling the second fluid module to an applicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey S. Jerdee, Thomas P. Daigle, Shawn C. Johnson
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Publication number: 20170122475Abstract: A modular fluid delivery assembly is provided. The modular fluid delivery assembly comprises a fluid conduit. The modular fluid delivery assembly also comprises an electrical heating element disposed within the fluid conduit. The electrical heating element is configured to provide a heat source within the fluid conduit. The modular fluid delivery assembly also comprises a connection assembly, located proximate an end of the modular fluid delivery assembly, coupled to the heating element and the fluid conduit. The connection assembly is configured to provide a hydraulic coupling to the fluid conduit, and to provide an electronic coupling to the electrical heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey S. Jerdee, Thomas P. Daigle, Shawn C. Johnson
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Patent number: 8734320Abstract: Suction-assisted tissue-engaging devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that can be employed through minimal surgical incisions to engage tissue during a medical procedure through application of suction to the tissue through a suction member applied to the tissue. A shaft is introduced into a body cavity through a first incision, and a suction head is attached to the shaft via a second incision. The suction head is applied against the tissue by manipulation of the shaft and suction is applied to engage the tissue while the medical procedure is performed through the second incision. A system coupled to the shaft and a fixed reference point stabilizes the shaft and suction head. When the medical procedure is completed, suction is discontinued, the suction head is detached from the shaft and withdrawn from the body cavity through the second incision, and the shaft is retracted through the first incision.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Philip J. Haarstad, Christopher P. Olig, Paul T. Rothstein, Michael J. Hobday, William A. Steinberg, David J. S. Kim, Thomas P. Daigle, Ann M. Thomas, Brian J. Ross, Steven C. Christian, Robert H. Reetz, Douglas H. Gubbin
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Publication number: 20130184727Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a vessel support system and a method of vessel harvesting. The system can include a cutting device, a catheter adapted to be inserted into a section of the vessel in order to support the vessel as the cutting device is advanced over the vessel, and a cannula adapted to be coupled to the vessel and adapted to receive the catheter as the catheter is inserted into the section of the vessel. The method can include orienting a cutting device coaxially with the cannula and the catheter and advancing the cutting device over the cannula, the catheter, and the section of the vessel in order to core out the section of the vessel and a portion of the surrounding tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: SCOTTSDALE MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Jolly, Ana R. Menk, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Patent number: 8449449Abstract: Suction-assisted tissue-engaging devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that can be employed through minimal surgical incisions to engage tissue during a medical procedure through application of suction to the tissue through a suction member applied to the tissue. A shaft is introduced into a body cavity through a first incision, and a suction head is attached to the shaft via a second incision. The suction head is applied against the tissue by manipulation of the shaft and suction is applied to engage the tissue while the medical procedure is performed through the second incision. A system coupled to the shaft and a fixed reference point stabilizes the shaft and suction head. When the medical procedure is completed, suction is discontinued, the suction head is detached from the shaft and withdrawn from the body cavity through the second incision, and the shaft is retracted through the first incision.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Philip J. Haarstad, Christopher P. Olig, Paul T. Rothstein, Michael J. Hobday, William A. Steinberg, David J. S. Kim, Thomas P. Daigle, Ann M. Thomas, Brian J. Ross, Steven C. Christian, Robert H. Reetz, Douglas H. Gubbin
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Patent number: 8377082Abstract: Methods and apparatus employed in surgery involving making precise incisions through body vessel walls, particularly coronary arteries. A body vessel cutting instrument comprises an elongated instrument shaft extending between a shaft proximal end adapted to be manipulated outside the patient's body and a shaft distal end and having a shaft axis and first and second cutting blades supported at the shaft distal end. The first cutting blade extends substantially orthogonally or laterally to the shaft axis and has a first cutting edge extending along a trailing side, a cutting tip at the first cutting blade free end, and an atraumatic blunt surface along the leading side. The second cutting blade has a second cutting edge extending along a leading side, whereby the first and second cutting edges face one another and are brought together to slit a vessel wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2003Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Scott E. Jahns, Paul T. Rothstein, Thomas P. Daigle, Raymond W. Usher
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Publication number: 20110152904Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a cutting device and method of vessel harvesting. The cutting device can include at least one tubular member, a cutting element, and a centering member. The cutting device can include at least one tubular member with a flexible section and a cutting element. The method of vessel harvesting can include spacing a cutting element of the cutting device from the vessel as the cutting element is advanced over the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: SCOTTSDALE MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Jolly, Rebecca Buhr, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Publication number: 20100121362Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a vessel support system and a method of vessel harvesting. The system can include a cutting device, a catheter adapted to be inserted into a section of the vessel in order to support the vessel as the cutting device is advanced over the vessel, and a cannula adapted to be coupled to the vessel and adapted to receive the catheter as the catheter is inserted into the section of the vessel. The method can include orienting a cutting device coaxially with the cannula and the catheter and advancing the cutting device over the cannula, the catheter, and the section of the vessel in order to core out the section of the vessel and a portion of the surrounding tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SCOTTSDALE MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Olig, Ana R. Menk, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Publication number: 20100114136Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a cutting device and method of vessel harvesting. The cutting device can include at least one tubular member, a cutting element, and a centering member. The cutting device can include at least one tubular member with a flexible section and a cutting element. The method of vessel harvesting can include spacing a cutting element of the cutting device from the vessel as the cutting element is advanced over the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: SCOTTSDALE MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Olig, Ana R. Menk, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Publication number: 20090082620Abstract: Suction-assisted tissue-engaging devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that can be employed through minimal surgical incisions to engage tissue during a medical procedure through application of suction to the tissue through a suction member applied to the tissue. A shaft is introduced into a body cavity through a first incision, and a suction head is attached to the shaft via a second incision. The suction head is applied against the tissue by manipulation of the shaft and suction is applied to engage the tissue while the medical procedure is performed through the second incision. A system coupled to the shaft and a fixed reference point stabilizes the shaft and suction head. When the medical procedure is completed, suction is discontinued, the suction head is detached from the shaft and withdrawn from the body cavity through the second incision, and the shaft is retracted through the first incision.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Philip J. Haarstad, Christpher P. Olig, Paul T. Rothstein, Michael J. Hobday, William A. Steinberg, David J.S. Kim, Thomas P. Daigle, Ann M. Thomas, Brian J. Rose, Steven C. Christian, Robert H. Reetz, Douglas H. Gubbin
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Patent number: 7494460Abstract: Suction-assisted tissue-engaging devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that can be employed through minimal surgical incisions to engage tissue during a medical procedure through application of suction to the tissue through a suction member applied to the tissue. A shaft is introduced into a body cavity through a first incision, and a suction head is attached to the shaft via a second incision. The suction head is applied against the tissue by manipulation of the shaft and suction is applied to engage the tissue while the medical procedure is performed through the second incision. A system coupled to the shaft and a fixed reference point stabilizes the shaft and suction head. When the medical procedure is completed, suction is discontinued, the suction head is detached from the shaft and withdrawn from the body cavity through the second incision, and the shaft is retracted through the first incision.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Philip J. Haarstad, Christopher P. Olig, Paul T. Rothstein, Michael J. Hobday, William J. Steinberg, David J. S. Kim, Thomas P. Daigle, Ann M. Thomas, Brian J. Ross, Steven C. Christian, Robert H. Reetz, Douglas H. Gubbin
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Publication number: 20080167669Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a vessel tensioning handle and method of placing tension on a section of a vessel being harvested. The handle can include a housing, a bobbin assembly, a vessel tensioning tape, and a tensioning device member. The tensioning device member can be coupled to a cannula that is coupled to the vessel. The method can include using the vessel tensioning tape to place tension on the section of the vessel as the cutting device is advanced over the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Olig, Ana R. Menk, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Publication number: 20080161841Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a cutting device and method of vessel harvesting. The cutting device can include at least one tubular member, a cutting element, and a centering member. The cutting device can include at least one tubular member with a flexible section and a cutting element. The method of vessel harvesting can include spacing a cutting element of the cutting device from the vessel as the cutting element is advanced over the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Olig, Ana R. Menk, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Publication number: 20080161843Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a vessel support system and a method of vessel harvesting. The system can include a cutting device, a catheter adapted to be inserted into a section of the vessel in order to support the vessel as the cutting device is advanced over the vessel, and a cannula adapted to be coupled to the vessel and adapted to receive the catheter as the catheter is inserted into the section of the vessel. The method can include orienting a cutting device coaxially with the cannula and the catheter and advancing the cutting device over the cannula, the catheter, and the section of the vessel in order to core out the section of the vessel and a portion of the surrounding tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Michael J. Hobday, Raymond W. Usher, Roderick E. Briscoe, Katherine S. Olig, Ana R. Menk, Christopher P. Olig, Eric A. Meyer, Steven C. Christian, Thomas P. Daigle, Robert H. Reetz, Jeffrey D. Sandstrom, James R. Keogh, Matthew D. Bonner, Scott E. Jahns, Philip J. Haarstad
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Publication number: 20040138685Abstract: Methods and apparatus employed in surgery involving making precise incisions through body vessel walls, particularly coronary arteries. A body vessel cutting instrument comprises an elongated instrument shaft extending between a shaft proximal end adapted to be manipulated outside the patient's body and a shaft distal end and having a shaft axis and first and second cutting blades supported at the shaft distal end. The first cutting blade extends substantially orthogonally or laterally to the shaft axis and has a first cutting edge extending along a trailing side, a cutting tip at the first cutting blade free end, and an atraumatic blunt surface along the leading side. The second cutting blade has a second cutting edge extending along a leading side, whereby the first and second cutting edges face one another and are brought together to slit a vessel wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Cynthia T. Clague, Scott E. Jahns, Paul T. Rothstein, Thomas P. Daigle, Raymond W. Usher