Having Means Expanding Body Orifice Or Canal (e.g., Dilator, Retaining Means, Etc.) Patents (Class 604/104)
  • Patent number: 11871917
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing the seeding of cancerous cells during morcellation of a tissue specimen inside a patient's body and removal of the tissue specimen from inside the patient through a minimally-invasive body opening to outside the patient are provided. One system includes a cut-resistant tissue guard removably insertable into a containment bag. The tissue specimen is isolated and contained within the containment bag while the cut-resistant tissue guard protects the containment bag and surrounding tissue from incidental contact with sharp instrumentation used during morcellation and extraction of the tissue specimen. The cut-resistant tissue guard is adjustable for easy insertion and removal such that it securely anchors to the body opening. Protection-focused and containment-based systems for tissue removal are provided that enable minimally invasive procedures to be performed safely and efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Steven C. Kessler, Tracy Breslin
  • Patent number: 11819644
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for treatment of bleeding and/or microbial infection of the genitourinary tract including a catheter and an insertable and removable medicament-delivery sheath for introducing a hemostatic and/or anti-microbial substance or the like. Some embodiments further include a light-delivery sheath and/or light-delivery-and-imaging sheath having a light-propagation channel, and a source of anti-microbial and/or imaging light in one or more wavelength bands, for example UVC light and/or light in the visible violet, blue or green wavelength ranges. Some embodiments include a display for captured images, and/or a motorized sheath-movement device configured to move one or more light-output ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CJMI, LLC
    Inventors: Carmin Kalorin, Jack Slovick, Michael Weddington, Ian Udell, Laura Helton
  • Patent number: 11813228
    Abstract: A stabilization device for a low-profile feeding device may include a pad and a stabilizer body. The low-profile feeding device may have a tube, an external bolster, and an internal bolster. The pad may include an opening extending from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof and configured for receiving the tube therethrough. The stabilizer body may be fixedly attached to the top surface of the pad and configured for extending over the external bolster. The stabilizer body may include a cavity configured for receiving a base portion of the external bolster therein, an opening extending from the cavity to a top surface of the stabilizer body and configured for allowing access to an access port of the external bolster, and a slit extending from the top surface toward a bottom surface of the stabilizer body and from the opening to a first end of the stabilizer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Refined Medical Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Dennis F. Hiller, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11806032
    Abstract: Described are methods, systems, devices for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature. A catheter advancement device includes a flexible elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a single lumen extending therebetween. The flexible elongate body has a proximal segment, an intermediate segment, and a tip segment. The proximal segment includes a hypotube coated with a polymer. The intermediate segment includes an unreinforced polymer having a durometer of no more than 72 D. The tip segment is formed of a polymer different from the intermediate segment and has a durometer of no more than about 35 D and a length of at least 5 cm. The tip segment has a tapered portion that tapers distally from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter over a length of between 1 and 3 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Route 92 Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony M. Chou, Scott D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11779727
    Abstract: A urinary catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter having a proximal part with an insertion tip, a distal part and a tubular shaft extending between the insertion tip and the distal part. A package having at least a first compartment with an opening is provided to enclose the proximal part and at least a part of the tubular shaft therein in a curved or curled state during storage. A protective sleeve arrangement is arranged around the distal part of the urinary catheter, and a distal end of the protective sleeve arrangement is connected to the urinary catheter, at or in the vicinity of a distal end of the catheter. The protective sleeve arrangement includes at least two sleeves that are telescopically displaceable in relation to each other, and the protective sleeve arrangement is transformable between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY IH AB
    Inventors: Karsten Eriksson, Michael Sandberg, Niklas Dahlberg, Benny Svendsen
  • Patent number: 11602429
    Abstract: A prosthetic valve may be used to repair a diseased or otherwise damaged heart valve such as the mitral valve. The prosthetic valve may include atraumatic anchor tabs which may be radiopaque or echogenic. A cinching mechanism may also be coupled to the prosthetic valve to control radial expansion of the prosthetic valve. The cinching mechanism may include a wire lasso or a belt. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable frame which has a reduced number of strut connection nodes to allow a lower profile collapsed configuration and tighter crimping. The commissure posts of the prosthetic valve may extend beyond an edge of the ventricular skirt portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Neovasc Tiara Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Soun-Sang Fung, Kathleen Hung, Karen Tsoek-Ji Wong, Aaron J. Chalekian, Connor Lucas Haberl, Anson Wai Chung Cheung, Kellen Bodell, Christopher Brodeur
  • Patent number: 11576691
    Abstract: Described are methods, systems, devices for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature. A catheter advancement device includes a flexible elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a single lumen extending therebetween. The flexible elongate body has a proximal segment, an intermediate segment, and a tip segment. The proximal segment includes a hypotube coated with a polymer. The intermediate segment includes an unreinforced polymer having a durometer of no more than 72D. The tip segment is formed of a polymer different from the intermediate segment and has a durometer of no more than about 35D and a length of at least 5 cm. The tip segment has a tapered portion that tapers distally from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter over a length of between 1 and 3 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Route 92 Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony M. Chou, Scott D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11547545
    Abstract: An infusion filter design combines a fluid infusion device and a blood filtration device that filter blood during a thrombolysis procedure while allowing for complete filter removal on procedure completion. In one embodiment, a wire comprises a proximal, non-infusible length that extends partially outside of the patient and within the vein. The wire further comprises an infusible length distally from the non-infusible length that is extends within the vein so as to be placed at the section of the vein requiring medication. The wire also comprises a distal filter component at a distal end of the wire that is employed to filter the blood in the event that during the period that clot is dissolved it migrates toward the central circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Stanley Batiste
  • Patent number: 11529157
    Abstract: A clot capture device for restoring blood flow to a vessel occluded by a clot including a plurality of struts formed by interconnected fibers terminating in a distal end. An open proximal end includes a clot capture space larger than the distal end. The device includes an expanded deployed configuration and a retracted delivery configuration whereby the device is advanceable through a microcatheter across the clot, and the device is configured such that upon deployment the device is deployed distal to the clot and then withdrawn to remove the clot from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NEURAVI LIMITED
    Inventors: Eamon Brady, David Vale, Michael Gilvarry, Mahmood Razavi, John O'Shaughnessy
  • Patent number: 11517712
    Abstract: Described are drainage catheter hub devices which seal the hub from leakage when connected to a catheter. The catheter hub includes a hub body having an aperture with a sealing element mounted therein and a fluid passageway that communicates with the aperture. The fluid passageway and sealing element are configured to receive a tension member. A lever arm attached to the hub body is operable to secure the position of the tension member in the sealing element in a locked position or allow movement of the tension member through the sealing element in an unlocked position. The lever arm is configured to engage and compress the sealing element to block fluid flow through the sealing element and the aperture when the lever arm is in any position. The hub body may include a centering tab to align the tension member along a longitudinal axis of the hub body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Wen Hong Neoh, Gregory A. Frankland, Scott K. Philhower, Arman H. Valaie
  • Patent number: 11504142
    Abstract: A delivery system can be provided with an ability to change its configurations to achieve both access to target anatomy and treatment thereof. Such treatments can include directing interventional devices around an occlusion. By providing different functionality at different stages, the need to exchange and replace tools at different stages can be reduced or eliminated. Accordingly, such operations can be completed more rapidly, efficiently, and safely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ReFlow Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Outhit Bouasaysy, John Fulkerson, Isa Rizk, Fadi Saab
  • Patent number: 11458290
    Abstract: A catheter system for delivering ultrasonic energy to a treatment site within a body lumen, the catheter comprises a tubular body having a proximal end, a distal end and an energy delivery section positioned between the proximal end and the distal end and a plurality of ultrasound radiating members in the energy delivery section. The plurality of ultrasound radiating members are allocated into electrical groups comprising more than one ultrasound radiating member. Members of one electrical group are spatially interdigitated with members of another electrical group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: EKOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Curtis Genstler, Douglas R. Hansmann
  • Patent number: 11433222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel design for sheaths intended for medical procedures. The sheath includes structures that anchor the sheath in a cavity or space when deployed but are at the same time retractable such that the sheath can be removed without tearing the tissue defining the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yaniv Bar-Cohen, Gerald Loeb
  • Patent number: 11413066
    Abstract: Selectively lockable holding arrangements for a surgical access assembly are disclosed. One holding arrangement includes a body portion, an engagement barrel and a retaining member configured as a hook at a distal end of the body portion. The engagement barrel is position on a proximal end of the body portion and is configured to be selectively rotated about the body portion when operatively connected to a surgical holding arrangement. A rotation brake is mounted on the body section. The rotation brake is selectively operable to lock the engagement barrel against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Nico Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph L. Mark, Brian C. Dougherty, Douglas Gyure, Jordan Jacobs, Inder Jarial
  • Patent number: 11389627
    Abstract: A balloon protector is disclosed for use with a balloon catheter including a shaft and a drug-coated balloon. The balloon protector includes a balloon-covering section configured to cover the drug-coated balloon with a running clearance fit, and a shaft-covering section coupled to the balloon-covering section. The shaft-covering section is configured to contact at least a portion of the shaft in a sliding or location clearance fit. The shaft-covering section is configured to separate from the shaft without separating from the balloon-covering section to permit translation of the balloon-covering section from a first position over the drug-coated balloon to a second position over the shaft-covering section. A catheter assembly with the balloon protector and methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Lutonix Inc.
    Inventor: Colin P. Hart
  • Patent number: 11350953
    Abstract: A device for fracturing calcifications in heart valves includes a tube formed with at least two longitudinal slits that form at least two struts. Each of the struts includes two or more pairs of notches formed on opposite sides of the strut. The struts have a contracted orientation in which the struts are not expanded outwards from the tube and an outwardly expanded orientation in which the struts are expanded outwards from the tube and have sufficient strength and rigidity to impact and fracture a calcification in a heart valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Pi-Cardia Ltd.
    Inventors: Raphael Benary, Erez Golan, Ofir Gal-Or
  • Patent number: 11344408
    Abstract: An assembly can comprise a radially expandable and compressible annular frame, at least one linear actuator assembly coupled to the frame and at least one locking mechanism coupled to the frame. The linear actuator can be configured to apply a distally directed force and/or a proximally directed force to the frame to radially expand or compress the frame. The locking mechanism can comprise a first sleeve member connected to the frame at a first location, a second sleeve member having internal threads and being connected to the frame at a second location, and a first screw configured to engage the internal threads of the second sleeve member to retain the frame in a radially expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: David Maimon, Boaz Manash, Eyal Leiba, Ziv Yohanan, Yair A. Neumann, Anatoly Dvorsky, Jonathan Bar-Or, Oren Cohen, Ofir Witzman, Liron Tayeb, Elazar Levi Schwarcz, Noam Miller, Tomer Saar
  • Patent number: 11298504
    Abstract: A medical device is configured to treat a body cavity. The medical device includes a tubular sheath portion, a foreign substance capturing catheter configured to be movable inside the sheath portion, the foreign substance capturing catheter having a capturing portion configured to capture a foreign substance inside the body cavity, a treatment catheter configured to be movable inside the foreign substance capturing catheter, the treatment catheter having a treatment portion configured to treat the body cavity. The medical device is configured to be inserted into the body cavity in a state in which the treatment catheter is set inside the foreign substance capturing catheter and the foreign substance capturing catheter is set inside the sheath portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: KAWASUMI LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dai Yamanouchi, Akira Bonkohara
  • Patent number: 11291797
    Abstract: A drainage or infusion catheter and methods of use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the catheter includes a tube body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of ports arranged along the tube body from the distal end to the proximal end. The distal end of the tube body is configured to deform around itself into a substantially spiral shape so as to cover at least one of the plurality of ports located near the proximal end of the tube body. In another embodiment, a flap is configured to erupt from apertures arranged in the tube and extend outwardly around the tube body so as to cover at least one of the plurality of ports located near the proximal end of the tube body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventor: Muath Bishawi
  • Patent number: 11273287
    Abstract: Embolization particles can be safely delivered to the left gastric artery of a patient by introducing the distal end of a catheter in the patient's left gastric artery, inflating a balloon located near the distal end of the catheter so that the balloon prevents blood from flowing through the left gastric artery, and injecting a mixture of particles and contrast agent into the proximal end of the catheter so that they flow through the catheter. In addition, a path is provided for blood to flow into the catheter through an opening in the sidewall of the catheter at a position that is proximal to the balloon, and out through the distal end of the catheter. This blood flow helps to carry the particles along to their destination in the distal portion of the left gastric artery. The particles are also prevented from flowing into portions of the patient's artery system that are proximal of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Endobar Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas Kipshidze, Ronald Jay Solar
  • Patent number: 11241325
    Abstract: A tissue manipulation system comprises a reconfigurable hood structure. The hood structure is asymmetric and has a low profile delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration which defines an open area bounded at least in part by the hood structure and by an interface surface extending across the hood structure distal end and configured to engage against a tissue region. The open area is in fluid communication with an environment external to the hood structure. The system also includes a catheter in communication with the open area such that introduction of a fluid through the catheter purges the open area of bodily fluid. The interface surface is slanted relative to the catheter longitudinal axis when the hood structure is fully expanded in the expanded deployed configuration. The system also includes an imaging element positioned on the hood structure such that the open area is visualized through the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David Miller, Ruey-Feng Peh, Vahid Saadat
  • Patent number: 11241322
    Abstract: A drug-eluting stent whose main body is made of a metal or a polymeric material, the surface of which is coated with a mixture including cilostazol and a bioabsorbable polymer, wherein the molecular weight of the bioabsorbable polymer is 40,000 to 600,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: JIMRO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Matsuya Manabe
  • Patent number: 11241223
    Abstract: A device for occluding a vasculature of a patient including a micrograft having an absorbent polymeric structure with a lumen of transporting blood. The micrograft has a series of peaks and valleys formed by crimping. The occluding device is sufficiently small and flexible to be tracked on a guidewire and/or pushed through a microcatheter to a site within the vasculature of the patient. Delivery systems for delivering the micrografts are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Neurogami Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Hebert, Bartosz Bojanowski
  • Patent number: 11213317
    Abstract: Trocar components and methods of use are described, wherein the trocar components are configured to provide access to intraperitoneal space via the rectouterine pouch to surgical tools, which optionally include one or more surgical robot members. The surgical tools are optionally 5 mm or more in diameter. In some embodiments, a cannula part has a lumen sized to provide to a plurality of the surgical tools simultaneous transvaginal access to the intraperitoneal space via the rectouterine pouch. In some embodiments, an incision sized to receive a distal aperture of the cannula is created, optionally using one or two dilators. The dilators are sized to create (optionally starting from a puncture by a needle 2 mm in diameter or less) an oblong aperture. In some embodiments, the oblong aperture is at least twice as wide across a long diameter as across a short diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Memie Innovative Surgery Ltd.
    Inventors: Dvir Cohen, Yaron Levinson, Eyal Maimon, Idan Rotem
  • Patent number: 11197685
    Abstract: An obstruction removal device is configured to be inserted through a catheter and at least partially extended into a vasculature from a distal end of the catheter. The obstruction removal device includes: a base member configured to engage one or more guide stops at the distal end of the catheter; a tubular member coupled to the base member and configured to apply a suction force from the catheter to an obstruction to remove the obstruction from the vasculature; and an expandable member surrounding the tubular member. The expandable member is configured to transition from a contracted state to an expanded state after the expandable member is at least partially extended into the vasculature from the distal end of the catheter. The expandable member is further configured to at least partially surround the obstruction as the obstruction is being removed from the vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Brett Allen Follmer, Arturo S. Rosqueta, Tiffany Tran Ngo, Kirk Zeller
  • Patent number: 11090174
    Abstract: A temporary expandable tissue support device includes a plurality of helical filaments superimposed on top of one another to form a tubular body. A first end of the tubular body is coupled to an inner shaft, and a second end of the tubular body is coupled to an outer shaft slidably disposed over the inner shaft. Actuation of the inner and outer shafts in a first direction compresses the plurality of filaments thereby radially expanding the tubular body into an expanded configuration adapted to engage and support tissue at a treatment site without obstructing a fluid from flowing past the tubular body. Actuation of the shafts in a second direction opposite the first direction tensions the plurality of filaments thereby radially collapsing the tubular body into a collapsed configuration that is adapted to be delivered to or removed from the treatment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Amaitus, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Nikanorov, Hugh Qinghong Zhao
  • Patent number: 11064985
    Abstract: Tissue plugs for occlusion of hollow anatomical structures and methods for their use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherif A. Eskaros, John M. Herman
  • Patent number: 11058853
    Abstract: Some embodiments of an anchor device may include bendable anchor mechanism that is deployable in a subcutaneous layer to releasably secure the anchor device to a patient's body. Certain embodiments of the anchor mechanism may include one or more barbs that flexibly bend in response to an insertion or removal force. As such, the anchor mechanism may be inserted into a subcutaneous layer, and removed from the subcutaneous layer, without the need for a separate actuation device to extend or retract the barbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERRAD Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Rosenberg, Timothy J. Claude
  • Patent number: 11006965
    Abstract: An occluding device for occluding fluid flow through a lumen of a body vessel. The device comprises a coil and fibers attached to the coil. The coil has about 5 to 60 grams of initial tension to facilitate the coil to fold when deployed. The fibers extend from the coil at a length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert I. White, Jr., Thomas A. Osborne, Kurt J. Tekulve
  • Patent number: 10994096
    Abstract: A balloon catheter for use with a guidewire includes an elongated, tubular shaft extending in a longitudinal direction, said shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. An inflatable balloon is connected to the distal end of the shaft, the balloon including a working surface. A radiopaque identifier is provided for identifying the working surface. A receiver adjacent the proximal end of the shaft is adapted for allowing the shaft to move relative to the receiver in at least the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Pat Byrne, Angela Kay Jensen, Andrew Schaffer
  • Patent number: 10993723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical implant for closure of a defect aperture, a vessel, an organ path or another aperture in a human or animal body, comprising a base body and at least one fibre, wherein the base body can be reversibly transformed against elastic material forces from a secondary shape into a primary shape, wherein in the primary shape the base body has an elongated shape and in the secondary shape is at least partially coiled and comprises a cone shape, which is characterized in that the at least one fibre is connected to the base body such that the fibre in the secondary shape of the base body extends at least once, preferably a plurality of times, transversely through the cone shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: PFM MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Joachim Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10987235
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for marking and/or reinforcing fenestrations in grafts are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a radiopaque marker for a graft is provided. The marker can be secured to the graft in the area near a fenestration such that the marker is visible via radiographic imaging. The radiopaque marker can be in the form of a radiopaque thread, a radiopaque bead, a radiopaque additive, or a radiopaque adhesive. In some embodiments, the radiopaque marker is in the form of a circular disc shaped and sized to surround a fenestration, the circular disc being formed of a radiopaque material. The radiopaque marker can be configured to or can be attached to a reinforcement member configured to reinforce a fenestration such that one or more edges of the fenestration are protected and/or to aid in engagement with and sealing to a mating stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Aortica Corporation
    Inventors: Shannon E. Eubanks, Edward Wulfman, Jay Miazga, Daniel Piha
  • Patent number: 10974026
    Abstract: Tissue transfer devices suitable for transfer of tissues include a cannula, a plurality of tissue separating members outwardly extendable from the cannula, a tissue reservoir disposed in fluid communication with the cannula and a pump disposed in fluid communication with the tissue reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Surgistem Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Simeon Wall, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10960188
    Abstract: Treatment methods and devices are provided for percutaneously accessing a patient's thoracic region via a controlled opening in the aorta, so that cardiac procedures, such as a coronary bypass procedure, can be performed in a minimally invasive manner. Advantageously, it may be possible to perform the procedure without placing the patient on cardiopulmonary bypass. The method may include percutaneously delivering at least one catheter into an aorta of a heart, forming a controlled opening in the aorta and pericardium via the at least one catheter to access a thoracic region within the patient's chest, and performing at least one coronary bypass graft procedure through the controlled opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ACCESS FLOW SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: L. Van Thomas Crisco
  • Patent number: 10945786
    Abstract: A medical device and related methods of use or manufacture are disclosed. The medical device may include an intravascular catheter for nerve modulation. The medical device includes an elongate shaft having a proximal end region, a distal end region, and a lumen extending therebetween. An expandable member is coupled to the distal end region of the elongate shaft. One or more electrical conductors extend from the proximal end region of the elongate shaft to the expandable member. The one or more electrical conductors may have a distal end region secured directly to an outer surface the expandable member. One or more energy delivery regions are positioned on the expandable member and coupled to the one or more electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Martin R. Willard, Derek C. Sutermeister, Kenneth R. Larson, Timothy A. Ostroot, Patrick A. Haverkost
  • Patent number: 10933057
    Abstract: Synergistic compositions and medical devices for use in treatment during gynecological procedures are provided. A gynecological device for treatment of cervical blockages without general anesthesia thereby suitable for out-patient service, saving time and money to the patients is provided. Synergistic compositions that enable the practioners to perform gynecological procedures without pain or bleeding to the patients are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Pathyil Damoderam Krishna Kumar
  • Patent number: 10926062
    Abstract: A ureteral catheter includes a drainage lumen having a proximal portion configured to be positioned in at least a portion of a patient's urethra and/or bladder and a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's kidney, renal pelvis, and/or in the ureter adjacent to the renal pelvis. The distal portion includes a retention portion for maintaining positioning of the distal portion of the drainage lumen. The retention portion includes a plurality of sections, each section having one or more openings on a sidewall of the retention portion for permitting fluid flow into the drainage lumen. A total area of openings of a first section of the plurality of sections is less than a total area of openings of an adjacent second section of the plurality of sections. The second section is closer to a distal end of the drainage lumen than the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: David E. Orr, Jacob L. Upperco, John R. Erbey, II
  • Patent number: 10918373
    Abstract: The present teachings provide devices and methods of locating a mitral valve commissure, and implanting tissue anchors at or near the mitral valve commissure. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides devices and methods for locating a mitral valve commissure percutaneously and allowing a guide wire to be placed across a mitral annulus at the mitral valve commissure. Another aspect of the present teachings provides methods for deploying a tissue anchor across a mitral annulus at a mitral valve commissure, including near the P1 or P3 regions of the posterior mitral annulus. Another aspect of the present teachings further provides methods of plicating a mitral annulus between two or more tissue anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: John Alexander, Megan Holmes, Richard D. Hudson, Christopher Lee, Steven D. Cahalane
  • Patent number: 10918401
    Abstract: A medical device, a medical system, and a treatment method are disclosed, which are capable of effectively crushing an object in a body lumen. The medical device can be used after being inserted into a capturing device capturing thrombi in a blood vessel and removing the thrombi to the outside of a body has at least two elongated shaft portions spaced apart from each other side by side and a cutting unit extending to a distal side from distal portions of at least two shaft portions, the cutting unit has linear portions inclined with respect to the shaft portions and a distal continuous portion extending to the distal side from distal portions of at least two linear portions, and at least the linear portions have sharp cutting blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koichi Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 10912569
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusive device having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The occlusive device may comprise an elongated member wound about the longitudinal axis to form a series of loops, wherein along at least some of the loops, the elongated member includes a first peak and a second peak axially offset from the first peak, the first peak being axially between the second peak and the proximal end. The first peak may be convex towards the distal end, and the second peak may be convex towards the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews, Etelvina Rivas, Hieu Dang
  • Patent number: 10905432
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an occlusive device having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The occlusive device may comprise an elongated member wound about the longitudinal axis to form a series of loops, wherein along at least some of the loops, the elongated member includes a first peak and a second peak axially offset from the first peak, the first peak being axially between the second peak and the proximal end. The first peak may be convex towards the distal end, and the second peak may be convex towards the proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Christopher Andrews, Etelvina Rivas, Hieu Dang
  • Patent number: 10905461
    Abstract: An introducer sheath includes a tubular body configured to be percutaneously inserted into a body lumen and a hub that is connected to a proximal portion of the tubular body, wherein the tubular body contains a polyamide resin having a structural unit derived from a cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbon, and a wall thickness/inner diameter ratio of the tubular body is 1/14 or less, and a kink radius/outer diameter ratio of the tubular body is less than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tuo Zhou, Ryo Okamura
  • Patent number: 10881589
    Abstract: A bariatric device and procedure configured to control the amount of food and nutrients entering a person's duodenum and reduce the weight of the person, in one aspect, comprises a gastrostomy tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a feeding tube assembly, said assembly including a feeding tube having a proximal end and a distal end; a gastrostomy tube anchor for securing the distal end of said gastrostomy tube inside the stomach; and a first feeding tube anchor designed to be expanded after the pyloric sphincter so as to anchor the distal end of said feeding tube in the duodenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CapsForAll, LLC
    Inventor: Muhammad Sami Ismail
  • Patent number: 10874769
    Abstract: Medical devices that are flushable in a standard toilet are disclosed. The medical devices are made at least in part of material that when introduced into water (of a toilet) disintegrate and/or fragment or are fragmentable before or after introduction into water such that they can be easily carried by the water through the disposal system. At least a portion of the device is intended for insertion into a patient or subject wherein the body-insertable portion retains its structural integrity while in use but is fragmentable once outside the body and exposed to a selected condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hollister Incorporated
    Inventors: John T. Clarke, Jerome A. Henry, Adam J. Foley, Shamsedin Rostami, Enda F. Carter, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas
  • Patent number: 10857329
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for a catheter having a side-port through which a wire may be advanced. The catheter comprises a catheter body, the catheter body defining at least a primary catheter lumen and at least one side-port in communication with the primary catheter lumen, and a distal portion of the catheter extending distal to the at least one side-port, the side-port being configured to allow travel of a wire or other component therethrough, wherein the distal portion of the catheter is radially collapsible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Baylis Medical Company Inc.
    Inventors: Gareth Davies, Anna Strachan, Linus Leung, Yun Uhm
  • Patent number: 10792471
    Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an elastic outer tubular layer and an inner tubular layer having a thick wall portion integrally connected to a thin wall portion. The inner tubular layer can have a compressed or folded condition wherein the thin wall portion folds onto an outer surface of the thick wall portion under urging of the elastic outer tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer stretches and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. Once the implant passes, the outer tubular layer again urges the inner tubular layer into the compressed condition with the sheath reassuming its smaller profile. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion and collapse, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Pu Zhou, Erik Bulman, Timothy A. Geiser, Michael G. Valdez, Yidong M. Zhu, Baigui Bian, Sonny Tran, Richard D. White, Thanh Huy Le, Tung T. Le, Alpana Kiran Gowdar
  • Patent number: 10786354
    Abstract: An introducer provides access to a surgical site in a patient. The introducer includes a proximal housing configured to be positioned outside the patient and a sheath extending from the proximal housing to a distal end of the introducer. One or more handles may be housed at least partially within the proximal housing and configured to translate axially in proximal and distal directions with respect to the proximal housing. A securing element may be slideably coupled to the sheath and may have a flange extending radially outwardly from the sheath. A radially expanding portion of the sheath may have a first edge, a second edge, and a middle section extending from the first edge to the second edge. The sheath portion may have a rolled configuration in which the middle section at least partially overlies the first edge, and the second edge at least partially overlies the middle section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob John Daly, Aaron J. Chalekian
  • Patent number: 10779977
    Abstract: A variable scale medical implant deployment device comprising a variable inner diameter scale sleeve insert is provided. Also described are kits containing the variable scale medical implant deployment device and methods for deploying a medical implant into a body lumen using a variable scale medical implant deployment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: QUALIMED INNOVATIVE MEDIZINPRODUKTE GMBH
    Inventors: Eric K. Mangiardi, Dennis L. Steffen
  • Patent number: 10765834
    Abstract: A method is provided for facilitating urine output from the kidney, including: (a) inserting a catheter including: a drainage lumen including a distal portion configured to be positioned in a patient's kidney, renal pelvis and/or in the ureter adjacent to the renal pelvis and a proximal portion, the distal portion including a retention portion including a funnel support including at least one sidewall, wherein the funnel support includes a first diameter and a second diameter, the first diameter being less than the second diameter, the second diameter being closer to an end of the distal portion of the drainage lumen than the first diameter, wherein the proximal portion of the drainage lumen is essentially free of or free of openings; and (b) applying negative pressure to the proximal portion of the drainage lumen for a period of time to facilitate urine output from the kidney.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Strataca Systems Limited
    Inventors: John R. Erbey, II, Jacob L. Upperco, David E. Orr, Lance Michael Black, Michael Alan Fisher, Patrick William Strane
  • Patent number: 10758256
    Abstract: A catheter includes a wave guide for transmitting ultrasonic energy from a transducer, and which is also rotated to facilitate enhanced disruption of the concerned obstruction in a transverse direction. Embodiments of waveguide include distal anchors that help focus the energy transmitted to a treatment site, and may also include a deployable filter that may open distal of the obstruction to capture any dislodged debris. Selectively inflatable balloons may cordon off a treatment site, and the wave guide may comprise a tube that may serve the dual purposes of inflating the balloon(s), as well as to transmit ultrasonic energy to an obstruction. A portion of an ultrasonic catheter may include plural curved portions to space an exposed portion of the wave guide away from the catheter body to enhance the vibratory action provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Boyle, Andrzej J. Chanduszko, Michael Randall, Peng Zheng