Patents by Inventor Tim O'Hare

Tim O'Hare 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).

  • HEART VALVE REPAIR IMPLANT FOR TREATING TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
    Publication number: 20190117388
    Abstract: A heart valve repair implant may include a first implant section having a first axial core, and a plurality of spines extending radially outward from the first axial core in an expanded configuration; a second implant section having a second axial core configured to slide over the first axial core, and a mesh portion configured to extend radially outward from the second axial core in an expanded configuration; a third implant section having a central tensioning element extending through the first axial core, and a plurality of arms extending radially outward from the central tensioning element and configured to extend axially between the plurality of spines and through the mesh portion; and a securement element disposed on the central tensioning element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Omar Jarral, Aiden Flanagan, Patricia McAfee, Tim O'Connor, Jan Weber
  • DOME STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20190091024
    Abstract: Device sand methods for improving cardiac function are provided. The device includes a dome structure having a top end with an engagement element disposed thereon. The dome structure is moveable from a first inside out configuration to a second deployed configuration, and the dome structure is biased in the second deployed configuration. The dome structure includes a plurality of anchor members disposed around a bottom open end of the dome structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Patricia McAfee, Tim O'Connor, Aiden Flanagan, Omar Jarral
  • PERCUTANEOUS REPAIR OF MITRAL PROLAPSE
    Publication number: 20190083264
    Abstract: A mitral valve leaflet repair system may include a delivery catheter having at least one lumen extending proximally from a distal end of the delivery catheter, a plurality of anchor elements disposed within the at least one lumen, each of the plurality of anchor elements being configured to extend through one layer of mitral valve leaflet tissue, and a securing element configured to secure at least two of the plurality of anchor elements together on one side of the mitral valve leaflet tissue. The at least one lumen may include a suction lumen configured to grasp a mitral valve leaflet prior to extending the plurality of anchor elements through one layer of mitral valve leaflet tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Omar Jarral, Patricia McAfee, Aiden Flanagan, Tim O'Connor, Jan Weber
  • BIMETALLIC STATIC GASKET AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190085977
    Abstract: A static gasket and method of construction thereof is provided. The gasket includes a functional layer constructed of one type of metal having an opening bounded by an inner periphery an outer periphery. The gasket further includes a carrier layer constructed of a different metal than the functional layer. The carrier layer has an opening bounded by an inner periphery configured to receive the outer periphery of the functional layer in a line-to-line or loose fit. The functional layer is configured in substantially coplanar relation with the carrier layer with a first portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer being welded to a radially aligned first portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer. A second portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer remains detached from a radially aligned second portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas W. Swasey, Carl Schenten, Mark Bowman, John Sas, Rolf Prehn, Carlos Santiago, Tim O'Keefe, Michael Shirilla, Thomas O. Zurfluh, Kyle T. Roberts
  • PERCUTANEOUS PAPILLARY MUSCLE RELOCATION
    Publication number: 20190076248
    Abstract: A mitral regurgitation treatment system may include an annuloplasty device configured for placement on an atrial side of a mitral valve, a tethering element configured to extend between a first papillary muscle and a second papillary muscle, wherein the tethering element includes a first anchor securing the tethering element to the first papillary muscle and a second anchor securing the tethering element to the second papillary muscle, and a linking element extending from the annuloplasty device to the tethering element. The linking element may include a spring element disposed between the annuloplasty device and the tethering element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Patricia McAfee, Aiden Flanagan, Tim O'Connor, Jan Weber, Omar Jarral
  • FENCING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190063107
    Abstract: An improved fencing system can include an improved fence posts. Such fence posts can include features for accommodating different types of fasteners for attachment to fence components, such as fence rails. Additionally, some fence posts, such as gateposts, can be formed with one or more pieces of other fenceposts in a fencing system. Some such improved fence posts can include concrete locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Moreno, Jerry Short, Tim O'Brien
  • Beverage container sealing system
    Patent number: 10112750
    Abstract: A system for sealing a beverage container includes a crown defining a bottom surface. A liner that includes an oxygen scavenger is coupled to the crown such that a top surface of the liner contacts the bottom surface of the crown. The bottom surface of the liner supports printed indicia where the bottom surface of the liner and the printed indicia are exposed to a beverage contained in the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy T. Raw, Susan Jones, Matthew Vincent, Tim O'Leary, Donald Hutchinson, Zane Pinckney, Rodney Borger, Paul Cobet, Kendra Bowen, Thomas Tweedy, Chester J. Grohs, IV
  • REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE SYSTEM HAVING DOCKING STATION WITH SACRIFICIAL VALVE
    Publication number: 20180250126
    Abstract: A replacement heart valve system may include an expandable docking station configured for implantation within a native heart valve. The expandable docking station may include a plurality of sacrificial valve leaflets disposed within a braided anchoring element defining a lumen extending through the braided anchoring element. The replacement heart valve system may include a replacement heart valve implant configured to be disposed within the lumen of the expandable docking station. The replacement heart valve implant may include a plurality of valve leaflets disposed within a tubular anchor member defining a lumen extending through the tubular anchor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Tim O'Connor, Adrian McNamara, Fionnuala O'Gorman, Richard O'Sullivan, Paul Gunning, Kenneth Quirke
  • Micro-infusion delivery system
    Patent number: 10022519
    Abstract: An injection catheter system that includes (a) an actuator; (b) an outer needle comprising a sharp tip and a tubular body defining a lumen, and extending distally from the actuator; and (c) an inner needle at least partially disposed within the lumen and extending distally from the actuator, the inner needle having a distal tip configured such that at least a portion of the distal tip has a surface contour with an interstitial cavity adapted to receive a therapeutic gel. The system is configured such that (a) in a first position, the distal tip is fully disposed within the lumen to temporarily retain the therapeutic gel in the interstitial cavity and (b) in a second position, the outer needle is retracted proximally, exposing the interstitial cavity to deliver the therapeutic gel to a target area in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Philip Bannister, Brenda Clarke, Gill Aoibheann, Michelle Hannon, Dwayne Noone, Fengnan Fang, Emma Jane Mooney, John Kilcooley, Javier Palomar-Moreno, Aiden Flanagan, Tim O'Connor
  • HEART VALVE REMODELING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180153688
    Abstract: A heart valve remodeling device may include a delivery device including an inner shaft slidably disposed over a guidewire and an outer shaft slidably disposed over the inner shaft, and a braided stent fixedly attached to the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The braided stent may be translatable between an elongated configuration and a deployed configuration by movement of the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft. The braided stent may include a valve having two or more leaflets disposed within the braided stent. Adjacent leaflets of the two or more leaflets may form longitudinally-oriented commissures proximate a perimeter of the valve, the commissures being fixedly secured to the braided stent along their length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Tim O'Connor, Pat O'Toole, Richard O'Sullivan, Marc Feeley, Paul Gunning, Fergal Horgan, Coley Smyth, Sean Shanley, Axel Linke
  • LARGE BORE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180085101
    Abstract: A vascular closure system for sealing an opening in a blood vessel may include an introducer sheath extending through the opening, the introducer sheath having a lumen extending through the introducer sheath, wherein partial withdrawal of the introducer sheath from the opening everts tissue of the blood vessel at the opening, and a shaping sheath slidably disposed over the introducer sheath, the shaping sheath having a split distal portion configured to engage the everted tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Niamh Hynes, Tim O'Connor, Fergal Horgan, Michael G. Hayes
  • Fencing system
    Patent number: 9909337
    Abstract: An improved fencing system can include an improved fence posts. Such fence posts can include features for accommodating different types of fasteners for attachment to fence components, such as fence rails. Additionally, some fence posts, such as gateposts, can be formed with one or more pieces of other fenceposts in a fencing system. Some such improved fence posts can include concrete locks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Master-Halco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Moreno, Jerry Short, Tim O'Brien
  • BIMETALLIC STATIC GASKET AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170082197
    Abstract: A static gasket and method of construction thereof is provided. The gasket includes a functional layer constructed of one type of metal having an opening bounded by an inner periphery an outer periphery. The gasket further includes a carrier layer constructed of a different metal than the functional layer. The carrier layer has an opening bounded by an inner periphery configured to receive the outer periphery of the functional layer in a line-to-line or loose fit. The functional layer is configured in substantially coplanar relation with the carrier layer with a first portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer being welded to a radially aligned first portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer. A second portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer remains detached from a radially aligned second portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: THOMAS W. SWASEY, CARL SCHENTEN, MARK BOWMAN, JOHN SAS, ROLF PREHN, CARLOS SANTIAGO, TIM O'KEEFE, MICHAEL SHIRILLA, THOMAS O. ZURFLUH, KYLE T. ROBERTS
  • INTEGRATED ADAPTIVE SEAL FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
    Publication number: 20170042668
    Abstract: A support structure for a heart valve implant may include an expandable metallic scaffold configured to be actuated between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration, and a seal member formed from a polymeric material, the seal member being disposed about the expandable scaffold, wherein a first portion of the seal member immediately adjacent the expandable scaffold is directly attached to the expandable scaffold and a second portion of the seal member immediately adjacent the expandable scaffold is unattached to the expandable scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
    Inventors: Tim O'Connor, Pat O'Toole, Patricia Kelly, Coley Smyth
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WATER USAGE
    Publication number: 20170038224
    Abstract: A method of retrofitting an existing water supply system including identifying a water usage device(s) in the existing water supply system suitable for retrofitting; retrofitting each identified water usage device with a new water usage device adapted to communicate water usage parameters of the existing water supply system when an elapsed time of a water usage event exceeds a preset limit, and cease communicating water usage parameters after completion and/or interruption of the water usage event; and thereafter operating the retrofitted water supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tim O'Keeffe, Beth Mercurio, Kirk Mellits, Ryan Hall, Christina Mendat, Christopher Catinella, Ben Clement
  • Medical devices containing therapeutic agents
    Patent number: 9533078
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to implantable or insertable medical devices which comprise a substrate and one or more therapeutic-agent-containing regions contain one or more therapeutic agents. In various aspects of the invention, one or more characteristics of such therapeutic-agent-containing regions are controlled. Further aspects of the invention relate to methods of forming such devices and to methods of using such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John Clarke, Tim O'Connor, Barry J. O'Brien, David McMorrow, Jan Weber, Aiden Flanagan
  • Bimetallic static gasket and method of construction thereof
    Patent number: 9518660
    Abstract: A static gasket and method of construction thereof is provided. The gasket includes a functional layer constructed of one type of metal having an opening bounded by an inner periphery an outer periphery. The gasket further includes a carrier layer constructed of a different metal than the functional layer. The carrier layer has an opening bounded by an inner periphery configured to receive the outer periphery of the functional layer in a line-to-line or loose fit. The functional layer is configured in substantially coplanar relation with the carrier layer with a first portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer being welded to a radially aligned first portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer. A second portion of the outer periphery of the functional layer remains detached from a radially aligned second portion of the inner periphery of the carrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Swasey, Carl Schenten, Mark Bowman, John Sas, Carlos Santiago, Rolf Prehn, Tim O'Keefe, Michael Shirilla, Thomas O. Zurfluh, Kyle T. Roberts
  • Systems and methods for identifying and categorizing electronic documents through machine learning
    Patent number: 9514414
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for identifying and categorizing electronic documents through machine learning. In accordance with some embodiments, a seed set of categorized electronic documents may be used to train a document categorizer based on a machine learning algorithm. The trained document categorizer may categorize electronic documents in a large corpus of electronic documents. Performance metrics associated with performance of the trained document categorizer may be tracked, and additional seed sets of categorized electronic documents may be used to improve the performance of document categorizer by retraining the document categorizer on subsequent seed sets. Additional seed sets may and categorizations may be iterated through until a desired document categorization performance is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: James Rosswog, Matthew Gerhardt, Eric Raboin, Daniel Erenrich, Arseny Bogomolov, Cooper Bills, Eric Anderson, Jack Grossman, Kevin Simons, Matthew Levan, Nathaniel Klein, Ryan Beiermeister, Tim O'Brien
  • Online logo tool
    Patent number: 9459782
    Abstract: An online tool allows a user, such as an online merchant, to access a page of a service provider, select a format, customize funding sources and designs, and copy and paste the code to the merchant page to quickly and easily create a customized funding source graphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Tim O'Leary
  • Method and system for managing water usage
    Patent number: 9429453
    Abstract: A water usage device for sensing, measuring, collecting, and transmitting water usage data to a remote processing device via a cloud-based communication network and a system for and a method of monitoring and managing water usage in commercial and residential settings that include scheduling preventive maintenance based on current and accumulated water usage data and historical data correlating water usage to repairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Symmons Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim O'Keeffe, Beth Mercurio, Kirk Mellits, Ryan Hall, Christina Mendat, Christopher Catinella, Ben Clement