Patents Issued in June 7, 2016
  • Patent number: 9358061
    Abstract: A catheter for use with a suction source for removing excess fluid from a tissue treatment site has a catheter body, a distal section and a fluid evacuation path, where the distal section includes a multi-lumened member and at least one evacuation port, and the fluid evacuation path extends through a lumen in the multi-lumened member to provide suction communication between the suction source and the at least one evacuation port. The fluid evacuation path may also be configured for two-way flow, including distally and proximally along the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Rogelio Plascencia, Jr., Dean Ponzi, Arnold Tuason
  • Patent number: 9358063
    Abstract: Ablation performance indicator for electrosurgical devices is described where ablation is typically characterized by the generation of a plasma discharge at the electrode assembly of an electrosurgical probe. When the electrode begins firing, the current waveform assumes a distinct appearance characterized by a spike at the leading edge of each half cycle followed by a lower level for the remaining period of the half cycle. A calculation of the waveform's Crest Factor can be used to determine the state at the electrode, e.g., whether the ablative energy is causing a desirable ablative effect on the electrode. This provides real-time measurements of the RMS and peak current amplitudes along with the Crest Factor and may also be used as limits or inputs to control algorithms or as inputs to indicate whether the device is in its ablative or non-ablative state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ArthroCare Corporation
    Inventor: Duane W. Marion
  • Patent number: 9358064
    Abstract: Devices and methods for performing subcutaneous surgery in a minimally invasive manner are provided. The methods include application of reduced air pressure in a recessed area of a handpiece placed over a section of skin and drawing the section of skin and subcutaneous tissue into the recessed area. In a subsequent step a tool is inserted through a tool conduit in the handpiece and through the skin into the subcutaneous tissue, enabling the performance of the desired surgery. Common surgical procedures include dissection and ablation. The devices and methods can be directed at the treatment of skin conditions like atrophic scars, wrinkles, or other cosmetic issues, at treatments like or promoting wound healing or preventing hyperhidrosis, or can be used for creating space for various implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ulthera, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Clark, III, James E. Chomas, Adnan I. Merchant, Ben F. Brian, III
  • Patent number: 9358065
    Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument is provided and includes a housing configured to connect to a source of bipolar electrosurgical energy and an electrode body coupled to the elongated housing. The electrode body includes an electrode face, first and second bipolar electrodes and a blade. The electrode face is formed on the distal end of the electrode body and includes a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis therethrough. The first and second electrodes have a leading edge and a trailing edge, are formed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis and connect to opposed electrical potentials. The blade is positioned between the electrodes with at least a portion of the blade extending beyond the electrode face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Casey M. Ladtkow, Joseph D. Brannan
  • Patent number: 9358066
    Abstract: A microwave delivery device, including a coaxial feedline having an inner conductor, an inner dielectric insulator coaxially disposed about, the inner conductor, and an outer conductor coaxially disposed about, the inner dielectric, and a radiating portion operably coupled to a distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joseph D. Brannan
  • Patent number: 9358067
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure a microwave ablation system is disclosed. The microwave ablation system includes an energy source adapted to generate microwave energy and a plurality of energy delivery devices having a first energy delivery device configured to be inserted into tissue and to generate a non-directional ablation volume and a second energy delivery device configured to be positioned relative to the tissue and to generate a directional ablation volume. The system also includes a power dividing device having an input adapted to connect to the energy source and a plurality of outputs configured to be coupled to the plurality of energy delivery devices. The power dividing device is configured to selectively divide energy provided from the energy source between the plurality of energy delivery devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Anthony C. Lee, Joseph D. Brannan, Mani N. Prakash, Francesca Rossetto
  • Patent number: 9358068
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a subcutaneous fat region is provided. The apparatus includes a housing that has a skin contacting portion defining a chamber. The apparatus also includes a first spaced region in the housing through which a coolant passes and a second spaced region in the housing that is at least partially evacuated of air. The apparatus further includes a source of electromagnetic radiation, a source of vacuum in fluid communication with the chamber, and a source for the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Candela Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin T. Schomacker, Xiaoming Shang, Hebert R. Otterson, Antonio Paulino
  • Patent number: 9358069
    Abstract: A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. One or both of the jaw members including a first stop member coupled thereto and disposed between the jaw members. The first stop member is longitudinally translatable along a surface of the at least one jaw member from a first position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the first approximated position, and a second position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the second approximated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: William H. Nau, Jr., Arlen J. Reschke, Robert M. Sharp, Duane E. Kerr
  • Patent number: 9358070
    Abstract: A medical device package includes an elongate tubular holder having a first and a second detachable tip, and a medical device positioned within a cavity and contained within the holder via the first and second detachable tips. The medical device has a self-shaping bias and is loaded in opposition to the bias via contact with an inner surface of the holder defining the cavity. The first and second detachable tips may include snap-off tips, such that upon detachment the cavity is opened for removing the medical device. Related methodology is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Logan Michael Cage, Elizabeth Anne Theobald, Kurt J. Tekulve, Steve Harris, Ryan Koontz
  • Patent number: 9358071
    Abstract: A method of sterilizing an article is provided. The method includes providing sterilization wrap system with which to wrap the article to be sterilized. The sterilization wrap system comprises a plurality of wrap units configured in a stack, at least one wrap unit in the stack being detachably attached to at least one other wrap unit in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kevin D. Landgrebe, Susan K. Reed, Heather M. Webb
  • Patent number: 9358072
    Abstract: Systems and methods for minimally invasive surgical tools with haptic feedback are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment of a system includes an insertion sheath configured to be partially inserted within a patient's body, the insertion sheath configured to receive a surgical tool; a roller disposed at least partially within the insertion sheath, the roller configured to contact a surgical tool inserted within the insertion sheath; and an actuator coupled to the roller, the actuator configured to receive an actuator signal and to output a haptic effect based on the actuator signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher J. Ullrich
  • Patent number: 9358073
    Abstract: Provided herein are expandable devices, rail systems, and motorized devices. In one embodiment, an expandable device comprises an expandable sac having a tool housed therein. The expandable device is optionally configured for operation while inside a body cavity. The expandable device optionally comprises at least one rail in the sac, and at least one railed device coupled to the rail for movement there on. Movement of the railed device on the rail is provided by, for example, a motor such as an electromagnetic motor or an inch-worm type motor. Expandable devices can be used, for example, to perform minimally invasive medical procedures requiring access to a body cavity. Expandable devices can also be used, for example, to provide safe and stable transport of instruments to the body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: George Piligian, Hoo Tee Ong
  • Patent number: 9358074
    Abstract: A robotic surgery system includes an orienting platform, a support linkage movably supporting the orienting platform, a plurality of surgical instrument manipulators, and a plurality of set-up linkages. Each of the manipulators includes an instrument holder and is operable to rotate the instrument holder around a remote center of manipulation (RC). At least one of the manipulators includes a reorientation mechanism that when actuated moves the attached manipulator through a motion that maintains the associated RC in a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Michael Schena, Roman L. Devengenzo, Scott Luke, David Martin, Thomas G. Cooper, Thomas Brown
  • Patent number: 9358075
    Abstract: A surgical robot system for a single port surgery includes: a first robot arm in which a joint-type instrument is installed and providing a motion displacement to the joint-type instrument with respect to a remote center of motion (RCM); and a second robot arm pairing the first robot arm, in which a non-joint-type instrument is installed and providing a motion displacement to the non-joint-type instrument with respect to the RCM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-joo Kim, Yo-an Lim
  • Patent number: 9358076
    Abstract: A system for conducting denervation of the neural plexus adjacent the renal artery, comprises a pre-shaped ablative element operatively coupled to an elongate deployment member configured to be navigated into the renal artery, the pre-shaped ablative element comprising one or more RF electrodes disposed in an arcuate pattern; and an energy source operatively coupled to the one or more RF electrodes and being configured to cause current to flow from the pre-shaped ablative element and cause localized heating sufficient to denervate nearby neural tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HANSEN MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic H. Moll, Randall L. Schlesinger, Farzad Soleimani, Daniel T. Wallace
  • Patent number: 9358077
    Abstract: A vascular closure assembly configured to seal a puncture in a vessel that is accessible through a tissue tract. The vascular closure assembly includes a vascular closure device comprising a handle assembly, an insertion shaft, an anchor assembly, and at least one suture member. The insertion shaft extends distally from the handle assembly and carries a plurality of needles. The needles are operable to position at least one suture across the vessel puncture. The anchor assembly is positioned distal of the insertion shaft. The at least one suture member is positioned distal of the insertion shaft. The insertion shaft extends into the tissue tract to position the anchor assembly through the puncture and into the vessel and includes a first depth indicator on an outer surface thereof that indicates a depth of the tissue tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC
    Inventor: Zachary J. Tegels
  • Patent number: 9358078
    Abstract: An imaging system comprising an image capture apparatus, arranged to capture a stereoscopic image of an operator work site, in communication with a display system; the display system arranged to receive and display said stereoscopic image on a display screen to said operator; wherein said display system is arranged such that the display screen is placed intermediate the operator's eyes and the work site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Beng Hai Lim, Timothy Poston, James Kolenchery Rappel
  • Patent number: 9358079
    Abstract: A bur for use with a machine comprises a head and a shank that are made of dissimilar materials with a joint between the head and the shank. The material of the head has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the material of the shank. The shank has a recess in one end. The head has a working surface and a projecting portion that cooperates with the recess. The joint is formed at an interface between the projecting portion and the recess whereby a portion of the head that includes the projecting portion is compressively stressed. The projecting portion may have a cone-like shape and the recess may have a cup-like shape. The material of the shank may be stainless steel and the material of the head may comprise metal carbide. The bur may be a dental bur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sybron Canada LP
    Inventors: Steven Shuwen Sun, Allison Olegario, Keith Leslie Stewart, Sai Wai Ip
  • Patent number: 9358080
    Abstract: A dental separator ring includes an elastic body having a first end and an opposed second end spaced from the first end. The body has three axes defined by a front to rear reference line of the body, a side to side reference line of the body, and a top to bottom reference line of the body. A first surface engager is connected to the first end of the body by a first connector, and a second surface engager is connected to the second end of the body by a second connector. The first connector allows motion of the first surface engager in all three axes, and the second connector allows motion of the second surface engager in all three axes. A third surface engager and a fourth surface engager that allow motion in all three axes may also be included in the separator ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: David J. Clark
  • Patent number: 9358081
    Abstract: A lingual bracket has a bracket body (1) and a movable wing (2). The bracket body (1) includes a bracket seat (11) with non-skid pattern on its lower surface and a stationary wing (12) integrally and protrudingly provided onto an end of the bracket seat. A through hole (13) is arranged along the central axis of the stationary wing (12). A movable wing (2) has an arch wire hook (21) at an end and a fixed portion (22) at the other end. The fixed portion end of the movable wing passes through the through hole in the stationary wing, and a spring (3) is sleeved on the section of the movable wing passing through the through hole. One end of the spring (3) is engaged against the stationary wing (12), and the other end is retained on the fixed portion of the movable wing. The arch wire hook (21) of the movable wing (2) can hook an arch wire (4) by constant orthodontic force provided by the spring (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Qifeng Chen
  • Patent number: 9358082
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program of planning a dental prosthesis in a patient are disclosed, including steps, units or code segments for virtually planning a dental prosthesis. Envelope data is provided of an envelope guide, including data corresponding to a support surface for facial tissue, which is desired to result when the dental prosthesis is installed in the oral cavity of the patient. An outer envelope of a desired dental prosthesis in the oral cavity is simulated based on the envelope data. A desired dental restoration is provided and adjusted in a virtual environment relative to the simulated outer envelope, and dental prosthesis data is generated based on the adjusted desired dental restoration usable for producing the dental prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NOBEL BIOCARE SERVICES AG
    Inventor: Urban Nilsson
  • Patent number: 9358083
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of designing a number of dental restorations for a patient, wherein the method includes: selecting a composed set of teeth including a number of teeth, where the number of teeth are arranged spatially relative to each other forming a high aesthetic composition; applying the composed set of teeth to a virtual three dimensional representation of the patient's present oral situation to obtain an initial set of teeth; optionally modifying one or more parameters of one or more of the teeth in the initial set of teeth to obtain a finalized set of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: 3SHAPE A/S
    Inventors: Tais Clausen, Rune Fisker, Sven Nonboe
  • Patent number: 9358084
    Abstract: A lidded plastic container has a plunger in the lid which pushes clear trays (that usually float) down into a cleaning solution. The container may include vent holes in its lid to allow gas evolving cleaning agents to vent without building up pressure inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Mary Julia Prewitt
  • Patent number: 9358085
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a dental appliance is disclosed. The device includes a holding container including an upper portion and a lower portion, the holding container adapted to receive at least one dental appliance; an electrolytic cell for generating chlorine dioxide from a chlorine dioxide precursor; and an electrical current supply including a circuit operably connecting the electrical current supply to the electrolytic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alexander F. Doll, Mario Elmen Tremblay, Alan David Willey, Luisa Navarro Cerda
  • Patent number: 9358086
    Abstract: An intraoral device includes a flexible body having an upper front flap including evacuation holes and a upper edge; an upper rear flap forming an upper pocket with the upper front flap and including internal channels and a upper edge separated from the upper edge of the upper front flap to form an upper pocket opening, the internal channels terminating in grooves along the upper edge; a lower front flap including evacuation holes and a lower edge; a lower rear flap forming a lower pocket with the lower front flap and including internal channels and a lower edge separated from the lower edge of the lower front flap to form an lower pocket opening, the internal channels terminating in grooves along the lower edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Innerlite, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Hirsch
  • Patent number: 9358087
    Abstract: The power appliance (10) for cleaning teeth includes a drive system (16) and a substrate (10) for supporting a field of bristles (14) which contact teeth for cleaning. The drive system is connected to the substrate, moving the substrate in operation to produce an action of the bristle field against the teeth. The assembly, which includes internal stiffeners (60, 62, 64) in one embodiment, has two physical states, including a first state in which the substrate is softened so as to be formable to conform to the geometry of the teeth, and a second hardened state following its conformance to the teeth in which the substrate is sufficiently rigid to effectively transmit a driving motion to the bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Miller, Patrick A. Headstrom, Bethany Joyce Johnson, Ian Gordon Blanch, Tijn Pieter Lodewijk Huttenhuis
  • Patent number: 9358088
    Abstract: An oral hygiene implement attachable to a handle of an oral hygiene device is provided. The implement includes a housing; a functional element movably mounted at the housing such that it can be driven into a motion; a motion transmitter element coupled with the functional element; and an adhesive layer provided at the motion transmitter element for adhesively coupling the motion transmitter element with a drive shaft of the handle when being attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Schaefer, Daniel Dietzel
  • Patent number: 9358089
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Perimetrics, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Earthman, Cherilyn G. Sheets
  • Patent number: 9358090
    Abstract: A syringe for remotely treating an animal with medicine including a cylindrical barrel, a soft plunger which moves longitudinally within the cylindrical barrel in response to air pressure within the barrel, a tailpiece end cap, a tailpiece, a safety cap, and a needle for penetrating the target upon impact; wherein the tailpiece provides stabilization of the syringe in flight over greater distance and in inclement weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventors: Tommy Taylor, John Gober
  • Patent number: 9358091
    Abstract: A container suitable for storing biological material which is laser etched with a two-dimensional bar code and methods for producing the same. The container can be in the form of a straw having a thickness between about 0.1 mm and about 0.3 mm or can be in the form of another container that holds multiple straws. The laser etched mark can be in the form of a two-dimensional bar code may be located on an exterior surface of the container, and when the container is a straw, it remains unwarped and impermeable to fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Inguran, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas B. Gilligan, Sam Hogue, Juan Moreno, Johnathan Charles Sharpe
  • Patent number: 9358092
    Abstract: Generally, polymeric members and laser marking methods for producing visible marks on polymeric members, such as on thin and/or curved surfaces. The laser marking methods can include methods of laser marking straws with the step of matching laser source properties to the properties of straws being marked or with the step of laser marking straws having photochromic dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Inguran, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Thomas B. Gilligan, Richard W. Lenz, Juan F. Moreno
  • Patent number: 9358093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bioimplantable device having a superhydrophobic surface and a method for manufacturing the same. The bioimplantable device, which includes a biocompatible substrate and a superhydrophobic nanostructure formed on the surface of the biocompatible substrate, is capable of preventing blood clot formation by blocking contact with proteins, water, blood platelets, etc. when used for blood vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Soo Hyun Kim, Jin Ik Lim, Youngmee Jung
  • Patent number: 9358094
    Abstract: The devices and methods described herein relate to improved structures for removing obstructions from body lumens. Such devices have applicability in through-out the body, including clearing of blockages within the vasculature, by addressing the frictional resistance on the obstruction prior to attempting to translate and/or mobilize the obstruction within the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Lazarus Effect, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian B. Martin, Martin S. Dieck
  • Patent number: 9358095
    Abstract: A prosthesis and a method for controlling flow through a bodily lumen in a first direction and a second direction are provided. The prosthesis includes a body having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a body lumen extending therethrough. The prosthesis also includes a first valve for controlling flow through the body lumen in a first direction where the first valve forms a first opening in the prosthesis. The prosthesis includes a second valve for controlling flow through the body lumen in a second direction where the second valve includes a portion that contacts the body in a closed configuration and the portion is spaced apart from the body in an open configuration to form the second opening. The first opening is positioned apart from the second opening and the second opening opens in response to a higher pressure than the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Vincent McHugo
  • Patent number: 9358096
    Abstract: A drug eluting stent can include a stent body having a polymeric coating with a lipophilic and/or hydrophilic element. A drug that has a bioactivity that inhibits cell proliferation can be disposed in the polymeric coating. The drug can be present in the polymer at an amount greater than or equal to about 150 ?g/cm2. The polymeric coating and drug are configured to cooperate so as to form a diffusion pathway with tissue when the stent is disposed in a body lumen such that the drug preferentially diffuses into the tissue over a body fluid passing through the body lumen such that a maximum systemic blood concentration of the drug is less than about 40 ng/ml.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Kent C. B. Stalker, Winnette S. McIntosh, Dudley S. Jayasinghe, Gregory C. Orr, John E. Papp, Lewis B. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9358097
    Abstract: A stent graft leg extension (10) to extend from a bifurcated aortic stent graft into an iliac artery. The stent graft has a tubular body. (12) of a biocompatible graft material and a plurality of self-expanding stents (14) joined to and supporting the tubular body. An uncovered tubular self-expanding stent assembly (26) extends from a first end of the tubular body and is fastened thereto. The uncovered tubular self-expanding stent assembly (26) provides a smooth transition from the leg extension into the iliac artery to reduce the chance of kinks causing problems in the leg extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. M. Chuter, Roy K. Greenberg
  • Patent number: 9358098
    Abstract: Described, in certain aspects, are medical devices that can be used to anchor graft materials to bodily structures. These devices comprise an implantable graft structure and tissue ingrowth material. This implantable graft structure is comprised of a body of persistent material having a first face and one or more openings defined therein, wherein the persistent material body first face is configured for opposing a bodily structure wall upon implantation. This tissue ingrowth material is positioned at the one or more persistent material body openings, and is configured for receiving tissue ingrowth from the bodily structure wall effective to anchor the graft structure to the bodily structure wall. The invention also provides methods utilizing these and other inventive medical devices, for example, to anchor graft materials to vascular vessel walls and/or other bodily structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Brian Pak-Yun Feng
  • Patent number: 9358099
    Abstract: A stent graft provides for a fenestration to be created by a side branch fenestration creation device. A kit comprises a side branch fenestration creation device and a stent graft in which a fenestration may be created thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BIFLOW Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Naor, Haim Ackerman
  • Patent number: 9358100
    Abstract: A hair transplantation material prepared by a process comprising: refrigerating a hair portion comprising a hair shaft, a hair root, and a cell-collagen layer; and sterilizing the refrigerated hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Hee Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9358101
    Abstract: An intraocular lens comprising a lens optic coupled to at least one haptic and at least one deformable connecting bar positioned between the lens optic and the at least one haptic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: James Stuart Cumming
  • Patent number: 9358102
    Abstract: A method for insertion of an intraocular lens into the eye of a patient, the method including removably attaching loop extensions to loops of an intraocular lens prior to insertion of the intraocular lens into the eye of a patient, initially inserting into the eye of the patient the loop extensions, pulling on the loop extensions through sclerectomies formed in the sclera of the eye of the patient, inserting the intraocular lens into the eye of the patient, positioning the intraocular lens in a desired position in the eye of the patient by pulling on the loop extensions through the sclerectomies, and fixing the loops to the sclera of the eye of the patient at the sclerectomies and detaching the loop extensions from the loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Visioncare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Eli Aharoni
  • Patent number: 9358103
    Abstract: A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in an eye includes a housing structure and a ring structure. The housing structure includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, a fourth side opposite the third side, a posterior side including a refractive surface, an anterior side opposite the posterior side, and a longitudinal axis. The first side, the second side, the third side, the fourth side, the posterior side, and the anterior side at least partially define a cavity configured to contain an intraocular device (e.g., an IOL). The anterior side includes an opening. The ring structure includes a ring structure portion extending radially outward from proximate one of an end of the first side and an end of the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Omega Ophthalmics LLC
    Inventors: Gary N. Wortz, Rick William Ifland
  • Patent number: 9358104
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating a nasal valve condition including surgically forming an access path to create a pocket on a side of the patient's nose. The pocket is positioned between a soft tissue layer and opposing surfaces of upper and lower cartilages of the nose. The pocket spans a junction between the upper and lower cartilages. An implant is placed through the access path into the pocket with a length oriented to span the junction. A delivery system for placement of the implant includes a surgical tool for forming the access path and for delivering the implant into the access path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Vassallo, Susan L. Critzer
  • Patent number: 9358105
    Abstract: A support device for implanting a stentless heart valve prosthesis having three leaflets adapted for coapting and defining three corresponding commissures is disclosed. The support device includes a shaft defining a manipulation axis, the shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and three support formations integrally formed and extending from the proximal end of the shaft, the support formations angularly distributed about the manipulation axis of the shaft, such that each of the support formations correspond to locations of each of the commissures of the stentless heart valve prosthesis. The shaft includes a connection portion flexibly connecting the shaft and the support formations to permit a displacement of the manipulation axis with respect to the support formations. The shaft, the plurality of support formations and the connection portion are integrally formed from a single tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Marchisio, Giovanni Rolando, Paolo Gaschino
  • Patent number: 9358106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for performing valvuloplasty. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an expandable braid valvuloplasty device. In some embodiments, the methods and apparatus may be used as an adjunct to percutaneous heart valve replacement. In some embodiments, the apparatus and methods may provide a medical practitioner with feedback, monitoring or measurement information, e.g., information relevant to percutaneous transcatheter heart valve replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.
    Inventors: Amr Salahieh, Dwight P. Morejohn, Daniel K. Hildebrand, Tom Saul
  • Patent number: 9358107
    Abstract: Systems, dies, and methods are provided for processing pericardial tissue. The method includes positioning a die-cut assembly over the pericardial tissue, the die-cut assembly including a die having a plate, a die pattern, and an opening, the die pattern attached to the plate, the opening formed in the plate to provide access to the pericardial tissue, and measuring a thickness of the tissue through the opening. The die-cut assembly may be mounted for automated vertical movement, and a platen on which the tissue is placed is capable of automated horizontal movement. Different target areas on the tissue can be assessed by measuring the thickness through the die, and when an area is deemed suitable the die pattern cuts a shape therefrom. The system is useful for cutting uniform thickness heart valve leaflets, and can be automated to speed up the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Oanh H. Nguyen, Ivan Jankovic, Diane Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Juan C. Velez, Jon Boomgarden
  • Patent number: 9358108
    Abstract: A system for implanting a heart valve includes a radially self-expandable tubular body having a preformed groove disposed at an outer surface of the tubular body, and a valve disposed within the tubular body. The preformed groove extends at least partially around the tubular body, and has a circumferential opening facing radially outward. A trapping member is configured to be disposed within the preformed groove on the outer surface of the tubular body and form at least a partial loop around the tubular body. The circumferential opening of the preformed groove is relatively larger when an outflow end of the tubular body has been deployed from a catheter and an inflow end of the tubular body is disposed within the catheter, and the circumferential opening of the preformed groove is relatively smaller when both the outflow end and the inflow end are fully deployed from the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HIGHLIFE SAS
    Inventors: Georg Börtlein, Malek Nasr
  • Patent number: 9358109
    Abstract: A transcorporeal delivery system and method provide the ability to perform minimally invasive valve replacement surgery. The transcorporeal delivery system provides a device and method for transcorporeal (traversing the body surface) low profile delivery of a replacement valve, intracorporeal (inside the body) stabilization for suture placement, and minimal change to current valve replacement surgical implantation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Vinay Badhwar
  • Patent number: 9358110
    Abstract: Medical devices and delivery systems for delivering medical devices to a target location within a subject. In some embodiments the medical devices can be locked in a fully deployed and locked configuration. In some embodiments the delivery systems are configured with a single actuator to control the movement of multiple components of the delivery system. In some embodiments the actuator controls the independent and dependent movement of multiple components of the delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: David J. Paul, Benjamin T. Sutton, Brian K. McCollum, Brian D. Brandt, Emma Leung, Kenneth M. Martin, Amr Salahieh, Daniel K. Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 9358111
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty. One of the methods includes positioning at least two discrete, flat first anchor elements along a first side of a tissue of the mitral valve annulus in stacked relationship and at least two other discrete, flat first anchor elements along the second side of the tissue of the mitral valve annulus in stacked relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MITRALIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Paul A. Spence, Donald S. Baim, Edward I. McNamara, Hiroatsu Sugimoto, Joseph P. Lane, Jason H. Robinson, Aaron M. Call, Steven D. Cahalane, Mark Maguire, Kate E. Cutuli