Patents by Inventor Tom R. McDaniel

Tom R. McDaniel 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).

  • BIOABSORBABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240180702
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a plurality of absorbable filaments arranged in a support structure and configured degrade within a defined time period and a membrane arranged about the plurality of absorbable filaments and configured to contain fragments of the plurality of absorbable filaments in response to a fracture or degradation of a filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Michael C. Chan, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Byron K. Hayes, Samuel Joynson, Tom R. McDaniel, David J. Messick, Edward E. Shaw
  • Bioabsorbable medical devices
    Patent number: 11911272
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a plurality of absorbable filaments arranged in a support structure and configured degrade within a defined time period and a membrane arranged about the plurality of absorbable filaments and configured to contain fragments of the plurality of absorbable filaments in response to a fracture or degradation of a filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Chan, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Byron K. Hayes, Samuel Joynson, Tom R. McDaniel, David J. Messick, Edward E. Shaw
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR SHUNTS, OCCLUDERS, FENESTRATIONS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230116796
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel S. Cole, Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw, Benjamin A. Smith, McKenzie Veith, Phil Haarstad, Jacob Jaeger
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR SHUNTS, OCCLUDERS, FENESTRATIONS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230074508
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel S. Cole, Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw, Benjamin A. Smith, Jerome Adam-Cote, Ian R. Berve, Barrett S. Hutto, James A. McCrea
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR SHUNTS, OCCLUDERS, FENESTRATIONS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210290214
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel S. Cole, Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw, Benjamin A. Smith
  • IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES FOR FLUID FLOW CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210290356
    Abstract: An implantable medical device for altering blood flow in a vessel of a patient, the device including a stent element and a graft component attached to at least a portion of the stent element. The stent element and the graft component include a restricting portion configured to direct flow into one or more side branches off the vessel, and an anchor portion to arrange an inlet of the restricting portion approximately centrally within the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: John M. Brinkmann, Kevin K. Coffman, Edward H. Cully, Joel Dugdale, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Paul D. Goodman, Dorthyann I. Johnson, Tom R. McDaniel, Eric A. Mokelke, Edward E. Shaw, Mark E. Trokanski, Michael J. Vonesh
  • BIOABSORABLE FILAMENT MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200229953
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a filament and a membrane arranged about the filament. The membrane may be configured to contain fragments of the filament and maintain structure of the membrane in response to the fracture or degradation of the filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Tom R. McDaniel, David J. Messick, Martin J. Sector
  • BIOABSORABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200229924
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a plurality of absorbable filaments arranged in a support structure and configured degrade within a defined time period and a membrane arranged about the plurality of absorbable filaments and configured to contain fragments of the plurality of absorbable filaments in response to a fracture or degradation of a filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Michael C. Chan, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Byron K. Hayes, Samuel Joynson, Tom R. McDaniel, David J. Messick, Edward E. Shaw
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR SHUNTS, OCCLUDERS, FENESTRATIONS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200179663
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame portion, a second frame portion arranged within the first frame portion and a plurality of diverging elements connecting the first frame portion to the second frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw