Patents Issued in May 28, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200163719
    Abstract: Provided are systems, devices, and methods of planning a medical procedure. An exemplary method includes receiving image data of a patient's chest, identifying the patient's lungs in the image data, determining locations of fissures of the patient's lungs in the image data, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the patient's lungs based on the image data, the 3D model showing the fissures of the patient's lungs, displaying a view of the 3D model including the fissures of the patient's lungs for viewing by a clinician, receiving input from the clinician regarding a plan for the medical procedure, and displaying the plan for the medical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: William S. Krimsky
  • Publication number: 20200163720
    Abstract: A method including generating a 3-D model of an unstenosed geometry of a blood vessel responsive to a 3-D model of an actual geometry of the blood vessel, establishing a parametric description of a stent that is expanded from a collapsed configuration to a final configuration that apposes the unstenosed geometry, developing a design for the stent by varying parameters of the parametric description responsive to a design heuristic that includes risk of stent strut breakage during a plastic deformation between the collapsed configuration and the final configuration, embodying the stent according to the design for the stent, inserting the stent into a blood vessel in its collapsed configuration, maneuvering the stent through the blood vessel to a stenosis, and expanding the stent to its final configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Julia S. Baldauf, Darcy J. Beurle, Matthew Downton, Kerry J. Halupka, Stephen M. Moore, Christine Schieber
  • Publication number: 20200163721
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing alignment of instruments and/or prostheses in various surgical operations are provided herein. The systems and methods generally include one or more sensors coupled to a patient's bones or other surgical tools, the sensors can detect their position and orientation in space and communicate this information to a processor. The processor can utilize the information to display data to a surgeon or other user regarding the position, angle, and alignment of a patient's bones, surgical tools, and prostheses. Further, the one or more sensors can be aligned to the patient's anatomy using a patient-specific alignment guide that interfaces with a portion of the patient's anatomy in a single position/orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Mehran S. Aghazadeh
  • Publication number: 20200163722
    Abstract: A system and method of diagnosing tissue integrity related to a joint of a patient may include imaging a first bone of the joint of the patient, determining a bone density profile of the first bone based on results of the imaging step, comparing the bone density profile of the first bone to at least one reference bone density profile of a reference first bone, and predicting an integrity of a tissue with respect to the first bone based on the comparison. The first bone may be a tibia and the bone density profile of the tibia may include a bone density profile of a sulcus of a medial tibial condyle of the tibia. The tissue may be an anterior cruciate ligament (“ACL”) and the predicting step may include predicting the integrity of both an anteromedial bundle and a posterolateral bundle of the ACL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gokce Yildirim, John Parker
  • Publication number: 20200163723
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including tracking a tool portion and a patient marker from a first line of sight, using a first tracking device disposed upon a first head-mounted device that includes a display. The tool portion and the patient marker are tracked from a second line of sight, using a second tracking device. When a portion of the patient marker and the tool portion are both within the first line of sight, an augmented reality image is generated upon the first display based upon data received from the first tracking device and without using data from the second tracking device. When at least the patient marker portion and the tool portion are not both within the first line of sight, a virtual image of the tool and anatomy of the patient is generated using data received from the second tracking device. Other applications are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Stuart Wolf, Nissan Elimelech
  • Publication number: 20200163724
    Abstract: A Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) Tracker comprises an Imaging System, for creating a LAL image by imaging a LAL implanted into an eye; and an Image Recognition System, coupled to the Imaging System, for determining a disk cross-correlator with the LAL image; determining an edge cross-correlator with the LAL image; and determining a LAL position by determining a combined cross-correlator from the disk cross-correlator and the edge cross-correlator. A Tracking-based Illumination Control System comprises the LAL Tracker for tracking a LAL implanted in an eye, including an Imaging System, and an Image Recognition System; and an Illumination Controller, coupled to the LAL Tracker, configured for determining a LAL misalignment factor, corresponding to a LAL misalignment that characterizes a misalignment of the LAL position with a LAL illumination pattern, and generating an illumination control signal in relation to the determined LAL misalignment factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: RxSight, Inc.
    Inventors: John Kondis, Ilya Goldshleger, Ronald M. Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20200163725
    Abstract: A precision detection method for detecting the precision of a surgical robot positioning system includes: acquiring spatial position coordinates of a first detection point and a second detection point; acquiring information of a spatial axis for a surgical robot reaching a planned path, wherein the planned path is formed based on the first detection point and the second detection point; and calculating a first distance from the first detection point to a spatial axis and a second distance from the second detection point to the spatial axis. The precision detection method for a surgical robot positioning system can accurately detect the precision of the surgical robot positioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Weijun ZHANG, Yinyan LI, Weiyan KONG
  • Publication number: 20200163726
    Abstract: Systems and methods for introducing and driving flexible members in a patient's body are described herein. In one embodiment, a robotic method includes positioning a flexible elongated member that has a preformed configuration, wherein at least a part of the flexible elongated member has a first member disposed around it, and wherein the first member includes a first wire for bending the first member or for maintaining the first member in a bent configuration, releasing at least some tension in the first wire to relax the first member, and advancing the first member distally relative to the flexible elongated member while the first member is in a relaxed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Neal A. Tanner, Teresa Miller, Christopher M. Sewell, Sean P. Walker
  • Publication number: 20200163727
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided that provide assistance in selecting appropriate interventions for treatment of disease and injury to the eye. Systems of the inventive concept provide cloud-based processing and storage of clinical and patient-specific data, which can provide treatment recommendations and projected outcomes to a practitioner using a local device. Systems, devices, and methods can generate interactive physiomechanical models of the eye of a specified individual, which are derived measurements of mechanical properties of structures of the eye. The physiomechanical model is interactive, and can be used to emulate the effects of one or more medical interventions in the eye in order to implement an optimized treatment plan for the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Douglas Patton
  • Publication number: 20200163728
    Abstract: A system for performing a medical procedure comprises a robotic introducer assembly including: a base unit, the base unit including a proximal base portion and a base extension extending from the proximal base portion; and a probe assembly operably and removably coupled to the base unit. The probe assembly includes an articulating probe. The base unit is constructed and arranged to control a movement of the articulating probe. The system further comprises a sterile barrier system positioned over at least a portion of the robotic introducer assembly, the sterile barrier system providing isolation between any non-sterile portion of the robotic introducer assembly and the sterile field or any sterile operators (e.g. to prevent exposure of any non-sterile portion to the sterile field and/or sterile operators).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: William A. Dalpe, David Zitnick, Andras Pungor, Leland Witherspoon
  • Publication number: 20200163729
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing dental surgery includes a central processing unit that controls automated operation of the apparatus and a display that renders an image of a target tooth requiring surgical intervention. The image of a target tooth being created from an image file received from the central processing unit. An input device receives surgical instructions from a user for providing the surgical intervention. The instructions are provided to the central processing unit for process. The surgical instructions include visual indications on the image of a target tooth that is to be treated. A robotic arm that includes an end effector is in communication with the central processing unit. The central processing unit controls the robotic arm to remove a region of the target tooth. The system also simultaneously mills the final tooth restoration in a separate milling chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher John CIRIELLO, Robert Joseph CIRIELLO, James Alexander FARWELL
  • Publication number: 20200163730
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes at least one robot arm, at least one instrument, and a plurality of drive motors configured to drive the at least one robot arm and at least one instrument. The system also includes a laparoscopic port having a plurality of fiducials, a sensor configured to detect the plurality of fiducials, and a controller configured to control the plurality of drive motors. The controller includes a processor that determines a current distance between each fiducial among the plurality of fiducials, determines a location of the laparoscopic port based on the distance between each fiducial, determines a position of the at least one robot arm and the at least one instrument relative to the location of the laparoscopic port, and controls the plurality of drive motors to align the at least one robot arm or the at least one instrument with the laparoscopic port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Chowaniec, Xingrui Chen
  • Publication number: 20200163731
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reassigning control by a master controller between a plurality of teleoperational instruments is provided herein. An exemplary method includes detecting activation of an instrument reassignment input, computing proxy positions of at least a first instrument and a second instrument of the plurality of teleoperational instruments, and computing a proxy position of the master controller. The exemplary method may also include receiving input from the master controller associating the proxy position of the master controller with the proxy position of the second medical instrument and assigning control of the second instrument to the master controller based on the association between the proxy position of the master controller with the proxy position of the second instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Pushkar Hingwe
  • Publication number: 20200163732
    Abstract: A LUS robotic surgical system is trainable by a surgeon to automatically move a LUS probe in a desired fashion upon command so that the surgeon does not have to do so manually during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. A sequence of 2D ultrasound image slices captured by the LUS probe according to stored instructions are processable into a 3D ultrasound computer model of an anatomic structure, which may be displayed as a 3D or 2D overlay to a camera view or in a PIP as selected by the surgeon or programmed to assist the surgeon in inspecting an anatomic structure for abnormalities. Virtual fixtures are definable so as to assist the surgeon in accurately guiding a tool to a target on the displayed ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hasser, Russell H. Taylor, Joshua Leven, Michael Choti
  • Publication number: 20200163733
    Abstract: Described herein are various method of using a direct drive system to perform procedures at a distance. One exemplary method include tying a knot or suturing at a distance with a first and second end effector. The direct drive system can enable sufficient end effector dexterity, including the ability to control various degrees of freedom of end effector movement, and allow a user to perform complicated task at a distance. In one aspect the direct drive system includes flexible tools that permit access to surgical site via a natural orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. SMITH, Barry WEITZNER, Kurt GEITZ
  • Publication number: 20200163734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical instrument holding container. The medical instrument holding container may comprise: a perimeter wall with at least one transparent portion; a holding shelf disposed within the perimeter wall, the holding shelf moveable between a resting position and an activated position; and a control mechanism coupled to the holding shelf and capable of being activated so as to move the holding shelf between the resting position and the activated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jean Snyder, Nicole Marie Weikert, Nikolai Poulsen, Matthew Ibarra
  • Publication number: 20200163735
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly, and a torque wrench integrally connected with the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly has an acoustic waveguide extending therethrough and the end effector projects distally from the shaft assembly. The acoustic waveguide has a proximal end portion configured to rotatably couple with an ultrasonic transducer assembly. The torque wrench is configured to transmit torque applied to the acoustic waveguide up to a predetermined torque. A portion of the torque wrench is configured to deflect upon receipt of torque greater than the predetermined torque. Accordingly, the portion of the torque wrench slips relative to the acoustic waveguide for limiting coupling of the acoustic waveguide to the ultrasonic transducer assembly to the predetermined torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jason R. Lesko, Matthew C. Miller
  • Publication number: 20200163736
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic tension measurer, comprising: a band lengthily formed in a longitudinal direction; a main body formed to allow the band to be guided thereinto such that one-side end portion of the band is fixed and the other-side end portion thereof is drawn to the outside; a marking part implemented in the main body, and formed so as to enable marking in the band at a specific position in response to the tension applied to the band; and a stopper formed in the main body, and stopping the band at a specific position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicants: JSR MEDICAL CO., LTD., RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jae Hwang Kim, Min Ho Jung, Chang Young Chae
  • Publication number: 20200163737
    Abstract: An ocular lighting assembly (10) including an anchor (16) and a plurality of light guides (14). The anchor is configured to mount to a surface of an eye (30) and to maintain the position of the plurality of discrete light guides. The plurality of light guides are arranged to guide light from a light source into the interior of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Rishi P. Singh, Joe Dombrowski, Peter Broer, Randolph J. Hagler, David G. Felty, Andrew W. Browne
  • Publication number: 20200163738
    Abstract: A surgical light is provided, the surgical light comprising a light head including at least one illuminant configured to generate an illuminated area on a surgical site, and a sensor attached to the light head, wherein the sensor is configured to identify items used in surgery, and the sensor is attached to the light head such that a detection volume of the sensor is directed to the illuminated area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Erkan BURSALIOGLU, Lena DIEDRICH, Andreas HUBER, Matthias JAEGER, Verena KETTELHACK, David Lance RIBBLE, Clementine PIRIO
  • Publication number: 20200163739
    Abstract: A positioning marker, consisting of a base having a retroreflective surface. The marker also has a cover, which is fitted over and fastened to the base and has a plurality of openings through which the retroreflective surface is visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Messinger, Stuart Wolf, Nissan Elimelech
  • Publication number: 20200163740
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for attaching a dental implant surgical guide and a dental implant to a dental surgical site including: assembling an implant combination, positioning the dental implant surgical guide including a double open-ended guide cylinder at the dental surgical site; rotating the implant combination through the double open-ended guide channel; and attaching a cap comprising a hollow cylinder to the double open-ended guide channel so the rim of the implant mount body is sandwiched between the dental surgical guide and the cap. The disclosure further relates to a dental prosthesis apparatus including: an abutment; a dental implant; a dental implant surgical guide including a first and a second double open-ended guide cylinder connected by a support bar; an implant mount including a rim; and a cap operable to engage the dental implant surgical guide and sandwich the rim between the cap and the dental implant surgical guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel R. Llop
  • Publication number: 20200163741
    Abstract: A method for producing partial dental prosthesis having at least one surface for forming a chewing surface of a posterior tooth is provided. The method includes (i) providing a composite material with at least one organic binding agent and solid particles that consist of glass as filler; and (ii) applying a laser to at least some regions of a surface of the chewing surface such that the at least one organic binding agent is burnt off in laser-treated regions and the solid particles are melted and fused together to form a continuous enamel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Stephan Lampl
  • Publication number: 20200163742
    Abstract: An unimpeded distalizing jig, comprising a pair of tooth bond pads, an intra dental arch telescoping assembly, comprising a rod-like insertion and a tubular shell, which constrains the rod-like insertion to move with respect to the tubular shell along an elongated axis, which may be a radial path; and a force generating structure configured to supply an off-axis distalizing force to the intra dental arch telescoping assembly, such that the distalizing force is provided to the posterior tooth substantially without applying an anteriorizing force on the anterior tooth. The force generating structure may be an elastic band fixed by a hook to the tubular shell on one side, and to a molar on an opposing dental arch on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony T Suriano, Justin T. Suriano
  • Publication number: 20200163743
    Abstract: A dental traction device comprises an extension main-body, a tractive-body, a blocking-stopping-body, and a seat-body. When using, the dental orthotics are firstly set and the dental correction archwire connection is set, and the bone nail is set at the gum; then, the seat-body is fixed on the dental correction archwire; one end of the elastic element is bypass the blocking-stopping-body to stick and engage on the tractive-body and the other end is stuck and engaged on the bone nail; then the blocking-stopping-body is cooperated with the tractive-body to fix the elastic element to avoid falling-off; and the contraction elastic force of the elastic element generates the pulling force to the dental correction archwire and the teeth by using the extension main-body as the force moment to produce the traction correction effect; and so as to achieve the practicality and progressiveness which is convenient in use and avoids falling-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Wen Chen, Hsi-Yuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20200163744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the non-invasive fragmentation of residual biomaterial after bone augmentation, and to a device specifically adapted for said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Florian DRAENERT
  • Publication number: 20200163745
    Abstract: A prosthetic tooth includes an artificial tooth body and a liner at least partly coupled to the tooth body. The liner includes an elastically deformable material that will at least allow the tooth body to move from an unloaded position under a load, and cause the tooth body to move back towards the unloaded position when the load is reduced. Dentures (full and partial) containing one or more of the described prosthetic teeth, and associated methods of making a prosthetic tooth and a denture are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Rigoberto Lopez
  • Publication number: 20200163746
    Abstract: A dental dressing to promote hemostasis, reduce inflammation, alleviate pain, and lower incidence of infection associated with dental surgical procedures. The dressing comprises a three-dimensional absorbent matrix to assist in the removal of exudate associated with iatrogenic trauma, and embedded cannabinoid-infused therapeutic phytoconstituents to provide substantially localized therapy to the surgical site. The cannabinoid-infused therapeutic phytoconstituents are substantially contained within a porous dressing pouch shapeable to substantially engage the iatrogenic trauma while fitting generally over and about the surgical site. At least part of the dressing matrix substantially conforms to the surgical site, thereby engaging the therapeutic phytoconstituents intimately with the iatrogenic trauma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: David M. Tumey, Harry Panahi
  • Publication number: 20200163747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bellows framework having a concave-convex structure on at least one of outer and inner sides using three-dimensional printing technology and a method of producing thereof, and an artificial tracheal replacement comprising an epithelium part formed on the inner side of the bellows framework and an annular cartilage part formed along the circumference of concave-convex grooves on the outer side and a method of producing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jeong Hun PARK, Dong-Woo CHO, Jung-Seob LEE, Ju Young PARK, Min Jun AHN, Inn Chul NAM, Sung Won KIM, Jae Yeon Lee, Jin Woo LEE, Sun Hwa PARK, Byeong Gon YUN
  • Publication number: 20200163748
    Abstract: “An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Publication number: 20200163749
    Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for treating urinary calculi. For example, ureteral orifice devices and methods for using ureteral orifice devices to treat urinary calculi present within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Matthew T. Gettman
  • Publication number: 20200163750
    Abstract: A method for forming pleats in a stent graft, includes forming pleats in a graft material of the stent graft by compressing the stent graft, applying heat to the stent graft to thermally set the pleats in the graft material, and extending the stent graft to uncompress the stent graft after the pleats are thermally set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Dale Ehnes
  • Publication number: 20200163751
    Abstract: A device for treating disease along a main vessel and at least one branch vessel extending from the main vessel includes a branch member for deployment in the branch vessel, the branch member having a branch lumen; and a main body for deployment in the main vessel. The main body has a generally tubular wall extending generally longitudinally between opposite first and second ends. The wall has an internal surface defining a main lumen and an opposite outer surface. The wall has a recessed portion that is recessed relative to the outer surface of the wall and positioned between the first and second ends of the main body. The main body has an opening formed in the recessed portion of the wall for receiving the branch member therethrough such that the branch lumen is in fluid communication with the main lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Dake, Joshua J. Lovekamp, Michael C. Nilson, Edward E. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20200163752
    Abstract: A device for regenerating musculoskeletal tissue having a scaffold comprised of fiber layers adapted to provide mechanical integrity to the scaffold in the form of increased tensile and compressive resistance and one or more other layers adapted to provide mechanical integrity and to provide a suitable biochemical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: STC.UNM
    Inventors: Christina Salas, Sherif Hassan Abdelkader Aboubakr, Steven Nery, Christopher Buksa, Alexander Hamilton
  • Publication number: 20200163753
    Abstract: In various embodiments, disclosed herein is an artificial cornea, comprising an optic zone that is similar in thickness to a natural cornea and a peripheral skirt having a thickness less than the thickness of the optic zone, where the surfaces of the optic zone and peripheral skirt comprise one or more microstructures or nanostructures. In various embodiments, further disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing nanostructures on an artificial cornea, as well as treating a disease by providing an artificial cornea having one or more microstructures and/or nanostructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Albert Yee, Marjan Farid, Roger Steinert, Elena Liang, Mary Nora Dickson
  • Publication number: 20200163754
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for implanting an intraocular lens into an eye are described. For example, an intraocular lens injector may include a passage formed in a distal end portion of the intraocular lens injector. The passage may define an interior surface, and a ramp may be formed on the interior surface so as to cause a leading haptic of an intraocular lens (IOL) being advanced through the passage to lift above a surface of an optic of the IOL to ensure proper folding of the IOL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle Brown, Tu Cam Tran, Yinghui Wu, Stephen J. Van Noy
  • Publication number: 20200163755
    Abstract: An intraocular lens system comprising a single lens comprising two optical surfaces selected to maintain image quality at the foveal centre whilst reducing image aberration at preferred retinal locus locations outside of the fovea region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Muhammad A. QURESHI, Pablo Artal, Scott Robbie
  • Publication number: 20200163756
    Abstract: Intraocular lens delivery devices and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: PowerVision, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel HILDEBRAND, Claudio ARGENTO, Gregory Vinton MATTHEWS
  • Publication number: 20200163757
    Abstract: An articulated prosthesis, left in the patient's heart for repairing a tricuspid or mitral valve, is conceived so as to grip simultaneously all the three leaflets of the tricuspid valve, or the two of the mitral valve, so as to make them lay distended fully in the valve plane and assume a final configuration as in the common surgical procedure. It is also disclosed a related catching device and a device for repairing a tricuspid or mitral valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: STAR TRIC S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michele DE BONIS, Elisabetta LAPENNA, Ottavio ALFIERI, Federico PAPPALARDO, Angelo PASSANANTE
  • Publication number: 20200163758
    Abstract: A method of augmenting the length of a native leaflet to improve leaflet coaptation includes delivering a cutting tool to a surgical site adjacent the native leaflet, cutting a slit through the native leaflet, inserting a collapsible and expandable occlusion device into the slit, expanding the occlusion device, engaging a first surface of the first disk with a first surface of the native leaflet, and engaging a second surface of the second disk with a second surface of the native leaflet opposite the first surface. The occlusion device includes a first disk, a second disk, and an intermediate portion coupling the first disk to the second disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Reimer, Brandon Moore, Chad Joshua Green, Paul E. Ashworth, Neelakantan Saikrishnan
  • Publication number: 20200163759
    Abstract: An intraluminal support structure having a delivery configuration that is a crimped open configuration to increase flexibility while maneuvering in the anatomy and having a small scarring signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Doron CARMI, Eitan BERGER
  • Publication number: 20200163760
    Abstract: A unitary flexible sheet is folded to defines a panel, and first and second tabs. Each of the tabs has an inner layer and an outer layer. Commissural portions of prosthetic leaflets are sandwiched between inner layers of the first and second tabs. The tabs protrude from a first side of the panel, and are shaped such that progressively downstream parts of each tab protrude progressively further away from the panel portion. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ilia HARITON, Meni IAMBERGER, Aviram BAUM
  • Publication number: 20200163761
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatus including a percutaneous delivery capsule and prosthetic valve. The prosthetic valve includes a frame assembly that includes a tubular portion, and a plurality of atrial arms that extend away from the tubular portion. A plurality of prosthetic leaflets are attached to the tubular portion, and are disposed within a lumen defined by the tubular portion. When the prosthetic valve is in a compressed state and is housed by the capsule, each of the atrial arms extends, in a serpentine shape, along the capsule and away from the tubular portion. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ilia HARITON, Boaz HARARI
  • Publication number: 20200163762
    Abstract: A medical device handle may include a handle housing including a cavity disposed within the handle housing. The medical device handle may include a carriage assembly disposed within the cavity and operatively connected to the tubular member and the medical implant, the carriage assembly being longitudinally movable between a distal position and a proximal position by rotation of a control knob with respect to the handle housing, the control knob being disposed around a proximal end of the handle housing. The carriage assembly may include a carriage member, a first sliding member, a second sliding member, and a locking element configured to releasably fix the first sliding member and the second sliding member relative to the carriage member. The locking element may be rotatable relative to the handle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Michael P. Calomeni, Takashi H. Ino, Owen Raybould, Randy S. Gamarra, Dwight J. Knab, JR., Andrew J.H. Backus, Floriza Q. Escalona
  • Publication number: 20200163763
    Abstract: A first part of an annuloplasty structure is anchored to an annulus of a valve of a heart by using a driver to screw a tissue-coupling element of a first anchor into a first site of the annulus, such that the tissue-coupling element enters cardiac tissue in a direction parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the driver through the distal end of the anchor driver. The same is subsequently done for second and third parts of the annuloplasty structure using second and third anchors at second and third sites of the annulus, mutatis mutandis. Between anchors, the driver is retracted out of the heart. Subsequently, the valve is treated by reducing a distance between the first site and the second site, and a distance between the second site and the third site, by tightening a flexible and elongate contracting member of the annuloplasty structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yuval Zipory, Oz Cabiri, Yosef Gross, Tal Hammer, Amir Gross, Francesco Maisano, Eran Miller, Yoseph Weitzman, Aram Ayvazian
  • Publication number: 20200163764
    Abstract: Devices and related methods of use are provided for improving heart function. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device includes a ring-like structure configured to be secured to a heart valve; at least one elongate member extending from the ring-like structure, wherein an end of the elongate member is configured to be secured to heart geometry other than a heart valve; and an adjustment mechanism for simultaneously altering a dimension of the ring-like structure and a length of the elongate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Donald E. Bobo, JR., Assaf Bash, Louis A. Campbell, Alison S. Curtis, Tak G. Cheung, John F. Migliazza
  • Publication number: 20200163765
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve can include an outer support assembly, an inner valve assembly, which define between them an annular space, and a pocket closure that bounds the annular space to form a pocket in which thrombus can be formed and retained. Alternatively, or additionally, the outer support assembly and the inner valve assembly can be coupled at the ventricle ends of the outer support assembly and the inner valve assembly, with the outer support assembly being relatively more compliant in hoop compression in a central, annulus portion than at the ventricle end, so that the prosthetic valve can seat securely in the annulus while imposing minimal loads on the inner valve assembly that could degrade the performance of the valve leaflets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Tendyne Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christianson, Chad Perrin, Zachary Tegels, Craig Ekvall, Robert Vidlund, Son Mai, Michael Evans
  • Publication number: 20200163766
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for use with a guidewire, the apparatus including a tissue anchor, and a tool for facilitating implanting of the tissue anchor. The tool includes a sheath, and an atraumatic tip, which is removably engaged to a distal end of the sheath, and which is shaped so as to define a body that defines a recess for housing the tissue anchor during guiding of the tool through vasculature of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: 4Tech Inc.
    Inventor: Idan Tobis
  • Publication number: 20200163767
    Abstract: A device for percutaneous venous valve repair generally including a catheter and a retractable and extendable member for deploying an object that affixes a portion of a venous valve leaflet to an adjacent vein wall. A related method for percutaneous venous valve repair is revealed to include percutaneously inserting a device as described herein into a peripheral vasculature of a living subject so as to affix at least a portion of a leaflet of a venous valve to an adjacent vein wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Martin Griffin, Paul Quentin Escudero
  • Publication number: 20200163768
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to medical devices, systems and methods to treat a regurgitating cardiac valve, including, for example a tricuspid or mitral valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Kalyna L. Apkarian, Thomas P. Jancaric, Reggie Roth, Umang Anand, Dennis B. Werner, Jason A. Kilvington, James K. Cawthra, Jr.