Patents by Inventor Wade Welter

Wade Welter 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).

  • Publication number: 20230302256
    Abstract: A steerable introducer deflectable via a handle assembly is described. The handle assembly includes slide members disposed within a slide chassis and coupled to deflection wires to deflect the introducer, and a slide block divider for constraining slide members. The slide block divider and the slide chassis combine to form a slide compartment in which each of the first slide member and the second slide member is slidably disposed. The slide block divider can prevent the deflection wires from crossing each other within the handle assembly, and constrain each of the slide members during translation within the slide compartment to inhibit motion transverse to a longitudinal direction of the slide compartment. The slide block divider can provide an improved handling of the steerable introducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Welter, Andrew Oliverius, Troy Tegg, Neil Hawkinson, Tobias Cajamarca
  • Publication number: 20220401693
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include flexible catheter tip. The flexible catheter tip can include an inboard understructure that defines a tip longitudinal axis, wherein the inboard understructure can be formed from a first continuous element that includes afirst rectangular cross-section. An intermediate inboard covering can be disposed about the first continuous element that forms a distal portion of the inboard understructure. An outboard understructure can extend along the tip longitudinal axis, wherein the outboard understructure can be formed from a second continuous element that includes a second rectangular cross-section. An intermediate outboard covering can be disposed about the second continuous element that forms a distal portion of the outboard understructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Oliverius, Neil Hawkinson, Timothy S. Marass, Wade Welter, Nicholas Strom, Quinn Butler, James Marrs
  • Patent number: 11433220
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include flexible catheter tip. The flexible catheter tip can include an inboard understructure that defines a tip longitudinal axis, wherein the inboard understructure can be formed from a first continuous element that includes a first rectangular cross-section. An intermediate inboard covering can be disposed about the first continuous element that forms a distal portion of the inboard understructure. An outboard understructure can extend along the tip longitudinal axis, wherein the outboard understructure can be formed from a second continuous element that includes a second rectangular cross-section. An intermediate outboard covering can be disposed about the second continuous element that forms a distal portion of the outboard understructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Oliverius, Neil Hawkinson, Timothy S. Marass, Wade Welter, Nicholas Strom, Quinn Butler, James Marrs
  • Publication number: 20190009052
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include flexible catheter tip. The flexible catheter tip can include an inboard understructure that defines a tip longitudinal axis, wherein the inboard understructure can be formed from a first continuous element that includes a first rectangular cross-section. An intermediate inboard covering can be disposed about the first continuous element that forms a distal portion of the inboard understructure. An outboard understructure can extend along the tip longitudinal axis, wherein the outboard understructure can be formed from a second continuous element that includes a second rectangular cross-section. An intermediate outboard covering can be disposed about the second continuous element that forms a distal portion of the outboard understructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Oliverius, Neil Hawkinson, Timothy S. Marass, Wade Welter, Nicholas Strom, Quinn Butler, James Marrs