Patents by Inventor Tyler Bunch

Tyler Bunch 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: 9913741
    Abstract: A delivery system is provided for a self-expanding medical device. The delivery system has a handle assembly with a housing. The housing has a slot with a deployment knob extending therethrough. The self-expanding medical device is deployed by restraining the housing of the handle assembly and pulling on the deployment knob. This causes an outer sheath to withdraw proximally from an inner catheter to release the self-expanding medical device from a space between the outer sheath and inner catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Grant T. Hoffman, Joseph E. Hughes, Gregory A. Frankland, Tyler Bunch
  • Publication number: 20160175559
    Abstract: Medical devices for local bioactive delivery are described. A medical device has an elongate shaft extending between proximal and distal ends and a distal portion that defines a pigtail. A balloon is disposed on the elongate shaft proximal to the pigtail. The elongate shaft defines a first working lumen with a distal opening disposed between the balloon and the pigtail, and a second working lumen with a distal opening disposed distal to the first working lumen distal opening. Methods of using medical devices are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Colleen Gemborys, Steve Pendleton, Tyler Bunch
  • Publication number: 20130013049
    Abstract: A delivery system is provided for a self-expanding medical device. The delivery system has a handle assembly with a housing. The housing has a slot with a deployment knob extending therethrough. The self-expanding medical device is deployed by restraining the housing of the handle assembly and pulling on the deployment knob. This causes an outer sheath to withdraw proximally from an inner catheter to release the self-expanding medical device from a space between the outer sheath and inner catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jeffry S. Melsheimer, Grant T. Hoffman, Joseph E. Hughes, Gregory A. Frankland, Tyler Bunch
  • Publication number: 20070203474
    Abstract: A disposable access sheath having a deflectable tip is provided. The access sheath is very flexible and allows a physician or other medical professional to provide diagnostic or therapeutic services to a remote body cavity. The access sheath has a deflectable tip that is able to bend at least 90° or 180° or more. This flexibility allows the physician or medical professional to make a very tight turn to visualize or treat the body cavity being treated. The access sheath may include a visualization system, a working channel, an irrigation channel, or other desirable features. The access sheath may include an interface at the proximal end of the working channel for insertion of an instrument for diagnosis or treatment of a human or mammalian patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Vance Products Incorporated
    Inventors: Walter Ryan, Tyler Bunch, Bruce DeMars, David Drewes, Gregory Frankland