Patents by Inventor Thomas Tokarchik
Thomas Tokarchik 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: 8308753Abstract: A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Douglas H. Gesswein, David K. Wrolstad, David H. Burkett, Robert C. Esselstein, Kathern J. Lind, Pablito Buan, Robert C. Hazelden, Thomas Tokarchik, III, Ryan Grandfield, Aaron Baldwin, Wayne E. Cornish, Philip Yip
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Patent number: 7879065Abstract: A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Douglas H. Gesswein, David K. Wrolstad, David H. Burkett, Robert C. Esselstein, Kathern J. Lind, Pablito Buan, Robert C. Hazelden, Thomas Tokarchik, III, Ryan Grandfield, Aaron Baldwin, Wayne E. Cornish, Philip S. Yip
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Publication number: 20100152769Abstract: A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Douglas H. Gesswein, David K. Wrolstad, David H. Burkett, Robert C. Esselstein, Kathern J. Lind, Pablito Buan, Robert C. Hazelden, Thomas Tokarchik, III, Ryan Grandfield, Aaron Baldwin, Wayne E. Cornish, Philip S. Yip
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Patent number: 7678129Abstract: A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2004Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Douglas H. Gesswein, David K. Wrolstad, David H. Burkett, Robert C. Esselstein, Kathern J. Lind, Pablito Buan, Robert C. Hazelden, Thomas Tokarchik, III, Ryan Grandfield, Aaron Baldwin, Wayne E. Cornish, Philip S. Yip
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Publication number: 20070162071Abstract: A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventors: David Burkett, Robert Esselstein, Kathern Lind, Pablito Buan, Robert Hazelden, Thomas Tokarchik, Ryan Grandfield, Aaron Baldwin, Wayne Cornish, Philip Yip
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Publication number: 20070123930Abstract: An expandable frame for an embolic filtering device used to capture embolic debris in a body vessel includes a first half frame having a first control arm connected to a second control arm by a partial loop and a second half frame having a first control arm connected to a second control arm by a partial loop. The partial loops cooperatively form a composite loop for attachment of a filtering element which will expand in the body vessel to capture embolic debris entrained in the fluid of the vessel. The expandable frame and filtering element can be mounted on a filter support structure, such as a coiled wire, and mounted on a guide wire. The expandable frames includes an articulation region which helps to distribute the strain which can be developed when the frame moves between an expanded and deployed position. The expandable frame may include further strain distributing bends which help distribute strain and increase the bendability of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: May 31, 2007Inventors: Scott Huter, John Papp, Douglas Gesswein, Wayne Cornish, Peter D'Aquanni, Thomas Tokarchik, Andy Denison, Kevin Magrini, Benjamin Huter, Charles Peterson, William Boyle, Mark Richardson, Ryan Grandfield, Kathern Lind
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Publication number: 20040172055Abstract: An expandable frame for an embolic filtering device used to capture embolic debris in a body vessel includes a first half frame having a first control arm connected to a second control arm by a partial loop and a second half frame having a first control arm connected to a second control arm by a partial loop. The partial loops cooperatively form a composite loop for attachment of a filtering element which will expand in the body vessel to capture embolic debris entrained in the fluid of the vessel. The expandable frame and filtering element can be mounted on a filter support structure, such as a coiled wire, and mounted on a guide wire. The expandable frames includes an articulation region which helps to distribute the strain which can be developed when the frame moves between an expanded and deployed position. The expandable frame may include further strain distributing bends which help distribute strain and increase the bendability of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Scott J. Huter, John E. Papp, Douglas H. Gesswein, Wayne E. Cornish, Peter D'Aquanni, Thomas Tokarchik, Andy E. Denison, Kevin M. Magrini, Benjamin C. Huter, Charles R. Peterson, William J. Boyle, Mark T. Richardson, Ryan Grandfield, Kathern J. Lind