Patents by Inventor Viviana ARTAVIA SALAS

Viviana ARTAVIA SALAS 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: 11484317
    Abstract: A device includes a housing having a first opening for receiving tissue therein and a distal head disposed at least partly within the housing. The distal head is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the distal head. The device also includes a first holding member coupled to the housing and a second holding member coupled to the distal head. The first and second holding members are configured so that rotating the distal head stretches a first ligation band coupled to the first and second holding members, permitting tissue drawn into the first opening to pass through an opening of the first ligation band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos, Kevin McEvilly, Alejandro Brenes Acosta, Daniel Calvo Camacho, Rafael Berenzon, Esteban Solano Montenegro, Diana Catalina Rodriguez Forero, Daniel Eduardo Mata Barrantes, Jose Pablo Nunes Corella, Viviana Artavia Salas
  • Publication number: 20220061848
    Abstract: A tissue-manipulating system including a tissue-manipulating device having a tissue grasper assembly with at least one grasper arm movably coupled to a shaft to move between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The at least one grasper arm may be pivotably coupled to the shaft, such as via a collar. A tissue-manipulating device controller is coupled to the tissue grasper assembly to move the at least one grasper arm between the closed and open configurations. The tissue grasper assembly is positionable to move a distal tissue wall closer to a proximal tissue wall. The tissue grasper assembly may be deployable (such as by separating from the shaft) to remain in place holding the distal tissue wall and proximal tissue wall in apposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos, Deborah Amaya Pineda, Viviana Artavia Salas
  • Publication number: 20210307755
    Abstract: A device for treating tissue includes a capsule defining a channel extending therethrough and clip arms. Each of the arms includes a proximal part releasably coupled to a distal part, a proximal portion of the distal part configured to be received within the channel of the capsule so that the arms move proximally and distally relative to the capsule between a tissue receiving configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are separated from one another, and a tissue clipping configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are moved toward one another. The proximal portion of each of the arms is configured to release from the corresponding distal part to lock the distal part of each of the arms over a portion of target tissue to be clipped while the proximal parts of the arms are removed from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Gonzalo Jose SAENZ VILLALOBOS, Kevin MCEVILLY, Alejandro BRENES ACOSTA, Rafael BERENZON, Viviana ARTAVIA SALAS
  • Patent number: 11071552
    Abstract: A device for treating tissue includes a capsule defining a channel extending therethrough and clip arms. Each of the arms includes a proximal part releasably coupled to a distal part, a proximal portion of the distal part configured to be received within the channel of the capsule so that the arms move proximally and distally relative to the capsule between a tissue receiving configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are separated from one another, and a tissue clipping configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are moved toward one another. The proximal portion of each of the arms is configured to release from the corresponding distal part to lock the distal part of each of the arms over a portion of target tissue to be clipped while the proximal parts of the alms are removed from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gonzalo Jose Saenz Villalobos, Kevin McEvilly, Alejandro Brenes Acosta, Rafael Berenzon, Viviana Artavia Salas
  • Publication number: 20210007748
    Abstract: A device includes a housing having a first opening for receiving tissue therein and a distal head disposed at least partly within the housing. The distal head is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the distal head. The device also includes a first holding member coupled to the housing and a second holding member coupled to the distal head. The first and second holding members are configured so that rotating the distal head stretches a first ligation band coupled to the first and second holding members, permitting tissue drawn into the first opening to pass through an opening of the first ligation band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Gonzalo Jose SAENZ VILLALOBOS, Kevin McEVILLY, Alejandro BRENES ACOSTA, Daniel CALVO CAMACHO, Rafael BERENZON, Esteban SOLANO MONTENEGRO, Diana Catalina RODRIGUEZ FORERO, Daniel Eduardo MATA BARRANTES, Jose Pablo NUNES CORELLA, Viviana ARTAVIA SALAS
  • Publication number: 20190231353
    Abstract: A device for treating tissue includes a capsule defining a channel extending therethrough and clip arms. Each of the arms includes a proximal part releasably coupled to a distal part, a proximal portion of the distal part configured to be received within the channel of the capsule so that the arms move proximally and distally relative to the capsule between a tissue receiving configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are separated from one another, and a tissue clipping configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are moved toward one another. The proximal portion of each of the aims is configured to release from the corresponding distal part to lock the distal part of each of the aims over a portion of target tissue to be clipped while the proximal parts of the alms are removed from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Gonzalo Jose SAENZ VILLALOBOS, Kevin MCEVILLY, Alejandro BRENES ACOSTA, Rafael BERENZON, Viviana ARTAVIA SALAS