Implanted Connecting Means Patents (Class 604/175)
  • Patent number: 11849926
    Abstract: A bone marrow access apparatus includes a bone penetrating member having an internal channel having an opening at a proximal end and an opening at a distal end. A valve cap is engaged with the bone penetrating member, the valve cap defining an interior cavity in which part of the bone penetrating member is situated. The valve cap includes a valve having an opening having an open state in which the channel is not obstructed and a closed state to prevent flow of a material through the channel. The valve is repeatedly switchable between the open and closed states. The bone penetrating member has an upper surface and a seat which is below the upper surface, the seat being located at an interior of the bone penetrating member, and the seat being engageable with an installation or removal instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: APERTURE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Bob Rioux, Khoder Jaber
  • Patent number: 11793974
    Abstract: Fixation devices are disclosed herein that can be used to secure to a catheter. The fixation devices include a body having a central bore extending therethrough to receive a catheter and at least one end having a tapered profile tapering inwardly a distal edge thereof. The body can include an expanded intermediate portion, such as one or more bulbous portions. The fixation devices can also include suture openings or grooves to secure the devices to tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ALCYONE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: P J Anand, Deep Arjun Singh, Andrew East, Thomas T. Washburn, Rahul Veetekat, Nicole Bettè, Chris Fleege, Matthew J. Lapinski, Burt Raymond
  • Patent number: 11759615
    Abstract: An access port for providing subcutaneous access to a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, the port includes an internal body defining a fluid cavity that is accessible via a septum. A compliant outer cover including silicone is disposed about at least a portion of the body. A flange is included with the port body and is covered by the outer cover. The flange radially extends about a perimeter of the port body proximate the septum so as to impede penetration of a needle substantially into the outer cover in instances where the needle misses the septum. The flange can further include both an anchoring feature for securing the outer cover to the port body and an identification feature observable via x-ray imaging technology for conveying information indicative of at least one attribute of the access port. The outer cover provides a suitable surface for application of an antimicrobial/antithrombotic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Martha R. Wiley, Jodie L. Noyce, David M. Cise, William R. Barron, Kelly J. Christian, Amir Orome
  • Patent number: 11737816
    Abstract: A catheter has a composite and segmented construction in a distal section that includes deflectable members and support member arranged in alternating sequence, with each support member carrying a ring electrode and the deflectable members being flexible to allow deflection of the distal section as a whole. Carried on an outer surface of the support member is a coil location sensor. The distal section is configured with a distal irrigation fluid path extending axially through the deflectable members and the support members to deliver irrigation fluid to the ring electrode and the tip electrode. A method of constructing a catheter includes building a section of the catheter from the inside out by mounting the support members on a tubing at predetermined locations and filling gaps in between with a more flexible material to form the deflectable members by extrusion segments or injection molding over assembled components internal to the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Schultz
  • Patent number: 11678969
    Abstract: The invention relates to generally to a vascular access graft that includes a magnetic element disposed about a flow tube for guiding a blood flow between an arterial end adapted for arterial anastomosis to a portion of an artery, and a venous end adapted for venous anastomosis to a portion of a vein. The magnetic element may include a plurality of magnets disposed about the flow tube so that a magnetic field may be applied to blood flowing therein; the magnetic element may alternatively include a circuitry configured to generate a magnetic field applied to the flow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Henry Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 11596773
    Abstract: The present invention includes the provision and use of a novel method and apparatus for anchoring a catheter line to the tissue of a patient (e.g., the internal fascia of a patient) for pain pump drug delivery. In one preferred form of the invention, the invention includes the provision and use of a catheter line fixation device including a housing and a collet assembly. The catheter line fixation device is intended to be adjustably secured to a catheter line, and the catheter line fixation device is intended to be secured to the tissue of a patient (e.g., the internal fascia of a patient), so as to secure the catheter line to the tissue of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Anchor Innovation Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Sorensen, Daniel Morgan, Christopher Runnells, Lee Griffith
  • Patent number: 11534590
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for controlled arterial/venous access are provided. The apparatus and methods may include a lumen anastomosed to a bodily lumen. A lumen clamping means may utilize a clamp manipulator to effectively seal the tubing, and the manipulator may be operated by two fingers. A needle receptor may be utilized, and the receptor may utilize a compressible member to seal tightly against a needle inserted from outside the body, in order ensure secure placement into a channel. The channel may be in liquid communication with the tubing. The manipulator and the needle receptor may be palpable from outside the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Tomislav Deur
  • Patent number: 11504456
    Abstract: A percutaneous drainage device for draining a fluid collection located under the skin of a patient is disclosed. The percutaneous drainage device includes a penetration component slidably engaged with a cannula. The penetration component has a piercing end adapted to penetrate tissue of a patient and introduce an open end of the cannula to a subcutaneous fluid collection site. The cannula may be held in place in the patient by an anchoring means. The cannula provides a passage through which a fluid collection may be drained from a patient. The cannula may be in fluid communication with a collection vessel, which collects fluid collection transported away from the subcutaneous fluid collection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: INOVA MEDICAL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Narciso Vila Ramirez, Ming Khoon Yew, Melanie White, Natasha Ahuja, Alex Hayes
  • Patent number: 11478622
    Abstract: A venous access port assembly having a base, a peripheral surface, and a septum. The base defines an interior reservoir. The peripheral surface includes integrally molded X-ray discernable indicia identifying that the assembly is rated for power injection. The X-ray discernable indicia may extend through a height of the peripheral surface from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof. According to one aspect, the peripheral surface may be formed from X-ray discernable material, and the X-ray discernable indicia may be formed from the X-ray discernable material, or they may be formed by voids in the X-ray discernable material. According to another aspect, the peripheral surface may be formed from a radiotransparent or radiolucent material and applied with a radiopaque agent, and the X-ray discernable indicia may be one or more voids in the radiopaque agent or may be portions of the peripheral surface applied with the radiopaque agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Schweikert, Raymond R. Bizup, Kevin E. Sanford, Kenneth M. Zinn
  • Patent number: 11471308
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for extravascularly bypassing an occlusion within a patient's blood vessel. An upstream bypass stent may be implanted at an implant site upstream of the occlusion and a downstream bypass stent may be implanted at an implant site downstream of the occlusion, wherein an outlet of the upstream stent and an inlet of the downstream stent are coupled extravascularly to permit blood to extravascularly bypass the occlusion. The upstream stent further may include an additional outlet that directs blood to flow through the occluded blood vessel. A kit including a percutaneous tumescence tunneler for implanting the extravascular bypass system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Wei Cheong Steven Kum
  • Patent number: 11471572
    Abstract: A percutaneous drainage device for draining a fluid collection located under the skin of a patient is disclosed. The percutaneous drainage device includes a penetration component slidably engaged with a cannula. The penetration component has a piercing end adapted to penetrate tissue of a patient and introduce an open end of the cannula to a subcutaneous fluid collection site. The cannula may be held in place in the patient by an anchoring means. The cannula provides a passage through which a fluid collection may be drained from a patient. The cannula may be in fluid communication with a collection vessel, which collects fluid collection transported away from the subcutaneous fluid collection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: INOVA MEDICAL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Narciso Vila Ramirez, Ming Khoon Yew, Melanie White, Natasha Ahuja, Alex Hayes
  • Patent number: 11452575
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing access to a target within the body, such as placing an access needle into a renal capsule into the human body. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for performing a percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedure accurately and efficiently while minimizing exposure of the medical professional to harmful radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Subodh Morey, Ashish Jain, Timothy P. Harrah, Rajivkumar Singh
  • Patent number: 11337744
    Abstract: A system and method for installation of a k-wire through a scaphoid or other fractured bone can include a guide block for accurate trajectory of a k-wire. A support frame for a guide block can be casted and/or secured into place, and a CT scan is obtained, so the fractured bone and the location of the window can be known in the same three-dimensional space. An ideal k-wire trajectory can be plotted through the fractured bone, and a guide block with a lumen can be designed and printed using a three-dimensional printer. The guide block can be inserted into the frame so the lumen aligns with the ideal k-wire trajectory, and a k-wire can be inserted through the lumen into the fractured bone. The net effect would be ideal placement of the k-wire that would facilitate the ultimate insertion of a percutaneous screw to provide fixation of the fractured bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic and The Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Matthew C. DeWolf, Alexander Hartov, Lance G. Warhold
  • Patent number: 11273044
    Abstract: A spacer for a knee replacement prosthesis may be provided. The spacer may include a lower surface, the lower surface having a locking component adapted to interlock with a tibial tray; an upper surface, the upper surface having an optional central femoral guide and a pair of condyle support platforms, each of the condyle support platforms being disposed on an opposite side of the central femoral guide, each of the condyle support platforms being smooth, the surface of each of the condyle support platforms further having a shallow concavity; and a body incorporating the upper and lower surfaces, the body having a hollow outer portion surrounding an internal reservoir, the body being impermeable to fluid; the body further having one or more ports, each with a channel, each channel extending through the hollow outer portion of the body directing the flow of fluid in and out of the port(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ForCast Orthopedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Ruben Hillel Foran, Jeffrey Paul Castleberry
  • Patent number: 11241564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-reservoir port, catheter, and non-coring needle system that supports high-flow applications such as hemodialysis and apheresis. In particular, the invention relates to improvements to provide optimal flow rates, septum life, and septum/needle stability when introducing fluid into the multi-reservoir port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Damon Casiello, Mark Girard
  • Patent number: 11241565
    Abstract: A medical device comprising an implantable subcutaneous access port having a septum penetrable by a needle; the septum having a cavity located between an outer wall and an inner wall, the cavity containing a flowable media comprising a plurality of displaceable particles arranged to move in response to the needle being inserted through the outer wall and into the cavity and reposition around the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: PRIMO MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11235133
    Abstract: A surgical port includes an end face with a channel extending through the end face. The channel has a cross section shaped to receive a surgical instrument cannula. A lateral wall extends around a perimeter of the end face. The lateral wall and end face enclose an open volume. A rim extends radially inward from the lateral wall and projects into the open volume. An apron portion extends radially outward from the lateral wall and in a direction axially away from the end face. Surgical systems may include surgical ports. Methods relate to using surgical ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Crews, Sam T. Crews, Craig R. Gerbi, Michael Hurst, Sumona Adhya
  • Patent number: 11229753
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to subcutaneous insertion systems comprising a surface device to be applied to a patient's skin and an insertion system for applying the surface device to the patient, wherein the applying can include subcutaneous insertion of a cannula or other element, and related devices and methods. The surface device comprises a surface for application to the skin of a patient and a subcutaneous element, such as a cannula, wire, filament or other device, extending from the skin's surface at an angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Albert Cote, Mark Henry Faust, David Andrae Justmann
  • Patent number: 11229780
    Abstract: A medical device comprises a flexible member that can be adhesively attached to a housing of the medical device, allowing implantation of the medical device into a body through an incision of reduced size. The flexible member can be attached to the housing either before or after implantation into the body. The flexible member comprises suture locations, including a permeable membrane or a suture hole, for suturing the medical device to tissue of the body. The suture holes can be filled with a substance penetrable by a suture needle, to minimize tissue ingrowth before or after suturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: George Bourne, James Culhane
  • Patent number: 11224729
    Abstract: An access portal is provided including a housing, a body defining a fluid reservoir, and a septum enclosing the fluid reservoir. A stem in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir extends from the fluid reservoir. The access portal also includes a reservoir insert disposed within the fluid reservoir, in which the reservoir insert decreases the fluid fill volume of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: PRIMO MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Arden Eliasen
  • Patent number: 11167076
    Abstract: A medical device for use with an associated tube inserted into an incision formed in skin or tissue of a patient includes a dressing including an opening sized to receive and allow movement of the associated tube. A valve is operatively connected with the opening of the dressing and includes a main body; and an opening formed in a portion of the main body. The opening is sized and dimensioned to accommodate the surgical tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: EHK Medical, LLC
    Inventor: Eric A. Espinal
  • Patent number: 11160966
    Abstract: Described herein are implantable ports including a housing with a fluid receptacle, a port stem in fluid communication with the fluid receptacle, and a septum covering the fluid receptacle. The ports may be configured to reduce the priming volume by including a plurality of fluid-locked chambers and/or one or more base mats. The ports may also include a hydrophobic coating on one or more surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Barron, Terri C. Bateman, Jared M. Crosby, Aaron M. Krimme, Jonathan R. Oldham, Jorge L. Saltos
  • Patent number: 11160682
    Abstract: A method for accessing matter within an intestine, includes creating an opening extending through an abdominal wall of an abdominal cavity, accessing an intestinal end segment of an intestine within the abdominal cavity, positioning the intestinal end segment of the intestine in registration with the opening extending through the abdominal wall, attaching the intestinal end segment to cutaneous tissue surrounding the opening to establish fluid communication between a lumen of the intestine and the opening through the abdominal wall, securing an access device adjacent the opening through the abdominal wall and connecting a receptacle to the access device configured to be in fluid communication with the lumen of the intestine to collect matter within the intestine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: AVVLN Srinivasa Murthy Aravalli
  • Patent number: 11122795
    Abstract: The invention provides, in various embodiments, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to aortic cannulas for use in perfusion systems to return perfusate to the heart or delivering perfusate from the heart while the organ is sustained ex vivo at physiologic or near-physiologic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSMEDICS, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Ritchie, Vincent Lambert, II, Richard Bringham, John Sullivan, Waleed H. Hassanein
  • Patent number: 11116908
    Abstract: An add-on for a self-injector including an adaptor and a bent fluid path is provided. The adaptor includes at least one coupling sized and shaped to couple the adaptor to a fluid reservoir. The bent fluid path is configured at a first end to penetrate tissue and coupled at a second end to the adaptor. The add-on coupled to the fluid reservoir forms an integral self-injector cartridge unit configured to be sterilized and filled with an injectable. The adaptor is configured to couple to a self-injector at least one of a plurality of reservoirs having different sizes and tip types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: WEST PHARMA. SERVICES IL, LTD.
    Inventors: Oz Cabiri, Paul H. Norton, Ran Hezkiahu, Richard Brough
  • Patent number: 11097090
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses relate to an implantable device for providing contractile assistance to an organ. The device may include an actuator and anchors located on either side of the actuator. The anchors engage with oppositely positioned tissue walls of an organ chamber, and provide contractile assistance to the organ, repeatedly, at appropriate times. For example, the device may be implanted within the right ventricle, anchored to the right ventricular free wall and the ventricular septum. The device may function to bring the opposing walls of the ventricle toward one another, synchronized with the pacing of the heart, resulting in an improved ejection fraction of blood from the chamber. In some embodiments, the actuator includes a bladder that is configured to contract upon receiving an inflow of pressurized fluid therein. When the fluid exits therefrom, the bladder relaxes back to an initial, extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. del Nido, Tonatiuh M. Lievano Beltran, Erik A. Kraus, Nikhil Mehandru, Evelyn J. Park, Conor J. Walsh, Isaac Wamala, Markus Horvath
  • Patent number: 11090176
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a compressed, inflatable, detachable single-lobed metal balloon attached to a catheter and methods of use for occluding blood vessels or treating vascular aneurysms are disclosed. The balloon can be made with ductile metals such as gold, platinum, or silver so that the balloon will conform to the shape of the void space during inflation and so that the balloon can be subsequently shaped by the application of an external force. The balloon can be configured such that it can be detached from the catheter by physical means or by electrolysis. The surface of the balloon can be configured to promote the growth of tissue into the wall of the balloon and to release drugs or pharmacologically active molecules, so that vessel occlusion or the sealing of an aneurysm will be maintained over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Artio Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Nicholas Franano, Katherine J. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11065154
    Abstract: Fluid is drained from a bleb using a device including a tubular member having opposed open ends to enable the fluid to flow from end to end through the tubular member. Inward from one end is a stop element enabling the one end to be inserted in one direction through a wall of the bleb but preventing the inserted end from being pulled in the opposite direction through the bleb wall. The opposed remote end of the tubular member is inserted into the retrobulbar space to enable fluid exiting the tubular member at this remote end to drain into the tissue. Along an exterior of the tubular member is an anchoring element enabling the device to be sutured in position. An ophthalmic product has a bleb drainage feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: William Eric Sponsel, A. Mateen Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11033419
    Abstract: A medical device for performing ileostomies and/or jejunostomies, includes a tubular element defining a transit channel having a plurality of entry openings for the faeces, insertable inside the intestine of a patient, and an exit opening for the faeces, positionable outside the intestine. The tubular element includes a first section having the entry openings and a second section having the exit opening. First obstruction means is associated with the tubular element, insertable inside the intestine, and movable between tight and widened configurations. The entry openings are positioned upstream of the first obstruction means, the latter being placed between the first and the second sections. External retention means cooperate with the patient's body to block the position of the first obstruction means with respect to the body itself. Stiffening means are integrally associated with one another at respective extremities and prevent the first section from bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: Evoluzione S.r.L., Sidam S.r.l
    Inventor: Enrico Mariani
  • Patent number: 11013893
    Abstract: Anchors for securing a medical device relative to a body portal, wherein the anchors may accommodate most any implantation trajectory through the portal. Such anchors may further secure the device along any such trajectory without imparting undesirable biasing forces that may shift the device from its intended implanted location. In some embodiments, the anchor is configured as a burr hole anchor including a spherical member contained in a socket of the anchor such that orientation of the spherical member is permitted about three mutually perpendicular axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Nelson, Jeffrey P. Bodner
  • Patent number: 11013516
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical devices comprising a single-lobed, thin-walled, expandable body (“ballstent” or “blockstent”) and a flexible, elongated delivery device (“delivery catheter”) and systems and methods of use for treating saccular vascular aneurysms and methods of use for occluding segments of blood vessels and other biological conduits. Expandable bodies comprising gold, platinum, or silver that can be compressed, positioned in the lumen of an aneurysm or blood vessel, and expanded to conform to the shape of the aneurysm or segment of blood vessel or biological conduit are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Artio Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Nicholas Franano, Katherine Stephenson
  • Patent number: 10980587
    Abstract: A adaptor is used with a driver, a drill, and a cannula to facilitate removal of material from bone and placement of the cannula in the bone. The adaptor includes an end portion provided at a proximal first end that is configured to engage a portion of the drill; a body portion attached to the end portion and extending from the end portion toward a distal second end; a head portion provided at the distal second end and attached to the body portion; and a passageway for receiving the drill that extends through the adaptor. Furthermore, the head portion includes a distal surface and at least one coupler provided on or adjacent the distal surface for releasably engaging, the cannula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC HOLDING COMPANY SÀRL
    Inventors: Travis J. Nolan, Calin Druma, Neil S. Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10967175
    Abstract: An implantable therapy lead is disclosed herein. The lead includes an elongated lead body having a suture sleeve. The suture sleeve is supported on the lead body and has each of an outer surface and an inner surface radially inward of the outer surface. The inner surface defines a lumen through which the elongated lead body extends. The suture sleeve further includes a structure projecting radially inward and/or outward from the inner surface. The suture sleeve is compressible from a first state into a second state by applying a constrictive force to the outer surface of the suture sleeve such that, when in the second state, the structure contacts the elongated lead body, at least in part, to resist movement of the elongated lead body relative to the suture sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Tyler Smith, Matthew Malone
  • Patent number: 10960185
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that secures a medical instrument (such as a catheter or the like) in place relative to a skin penetration point using subcutaneous anchors. In some implementations, the anchor device can be installed using a technique in which the subcutaneous anchors undergo relatively little or no flexing when being inserted through the skin into the subcutaneous region between the skin and underlying muscle tissue which may be occupied by fatty tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERRAD Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Rosenberg, Mark R. Christianson, Kyle P. Taylor, Andrew T. Forsberg
  • Patent number: 10946182
    Abstract: A subcutaneous vein access port implanted into a living body to be connected to a subcutaneous vein, includes: a housing formed therein with a receiving portion to which a medicine is supplied; a cover membrane disposed at an upper end of the housing and sealing an upper side of the receiving portion; a conduit provided to the housing and inserted into the subcutaneous vein to connect the subcutaneous vein to the receiving portion; and a light source emitting light such that the light from the light source is discharged outside through the cover membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MEDI TULIP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Woong Kang
  • Patent number: 10932709
    Abstract: Sensor devices including dissolvable tissue-piercing tips are provided. The sensor devices can be used in conjunction with dissolvable needles configured for inserting the sensor devices into a host. Hardening agents for strengthening membranes on sensor devices are also provided. Methods of using and fabricating sensor devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DEXCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, Jennifer Blackwell, Sebastian Bohm, Michael J. Estes, Jeff Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Jack Pryor, Daiting Rong, Sean T. Saint, Disha B. Sheth, Shanger Wang
  • Patent number: 10933183
    Abstract: A system for hemodialysis can include a first dialysis system and a second dialysis system configured to be used in alternate fashion to provide hemodialysis for a patient, wherein the first dialysis system is configured to be worn by the patient, and wherein the second dialysis system is configured to be positioned on a support independent of the patient. The first dialysis system can be configured to be coupled to a belt worn by the patient around a waist of the patient during its operation. The second dialysis system can configured to be coupled to a stationary support during its operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Victor Gura
  • Patent number: 10925633
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fluoroscopic needle guide device for use in medical procedures that facilitate the direct targeting of a pre-identified target in a subject and methods for reaching the same with a medical device. The present disclosure includes fluoroscopic needle guide devices including detachable alignment indicators and methods for using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Christopher Page, Anurag Purwar, Pranav Korrapati
  • Patent number: 10905867
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a vascular port comprising: first and second portions that are not monolithic with each other; wherein: (a)(i) the first portion includes a first arcuate surface to contour to a first portion of a vessel and the second portion includes a second arcuate surface to contour to a second portion of the vessel; (a)(ii) the first and second portions couple to one another around the vessel when implanted to form a central chamber that houses the vessel; (a)(iii) the first portion includes a port that includes a funnel with a funnel surface that narrows as the funnel surface approaches the central chamber; (a)(iv) the central chamber includes a central longitudinal axis and the funnel includes a central vertical axis that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; (a)(v) the second portion includes a hardened, non-compliant surface that intersects the vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: VOYAGER BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Glowczwski, Robert Smith, Peter Smith, Nathan Borgfeld
  • Patent number: 10905866
    Abstract: A medical device is provided which comprises an implantable vascular access port including a fluid passage operable to introduce fluid to a host and/or remove fluid from the host, the fluid passage accessible through a fluid passage access opening and at least a portion of the fluid passage defined by a needle configured to penetrate cutaneous tissue of the host; and an implantable vascular access catheter connectable with the vascular access port; wherein the vascular access catheter and the vascular access port are connectable to each other within the vascular access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Versago Vascular Access, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Tallarida, John M. Butziger, Richard P. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 10856892
    Abstract: Some of the present methods include, and some embodiments of the present systems are configured for gaining access to a patient's vessel by way of the vessel (i.e. from the inside out). Some embodiments facilitate gaining access to an occluded vessel, where part of the access path is through the occlusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John Gurley
  • Patent number: 10821270
    Abstract: A dialysis catheter is provided. A first lumen extends through a first tubular member from a proximal portion to a distal portion, and a first orifice at the distal portion provides an opening through the first tubular member to the first lumen. The first tubular member further includes an inflation lumen extending longitudinally at least partially through a length of the first tubular member. A balloon is operably connected to an outer surface of the first tubular member proximal to the first opening, is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen. A second tubular member has a proximal portion connected to the outer surface of the first tubular member. A distal portion of the second tubular member is connected to the balloon wall. A second lumen extends through the second tubular member, and a second orifice provides an opening through the second tubular member at the distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph G. Rusnak, Raymond Zygaj, John Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 10806900
    Abstract: An insertion assembly and method of manufacturing an insertion assembly. The method includes forming a catheter assembly including a catheter hub and a catheter, inserting a needle into the catheter assembly such that a distal tip of the needle extends distal of a distal end of the catheter, and permanently adhering an interface pad to the catheter hub. The interface pad can include a foam material including a haemostatic agent. The haemostatic agent can include microdispersed oxidized cellulose. The foam material can further include an antimicrobial agent such as chlorhexidine gluconate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: C. R. Bard. Inc.
    Inventors: Glade H. Howell, Anthony S. Elangovan, Lindsey E. Corum
  • Patent number: 10792484
    Abstract: A vascular access port includes a base with a floor. A cap is engaged with the base to form a reservoir above the floor as a septum seals the reservoir in a fluid-tight manner. An outlet is in fluid communication with the reservoir. At least one of the base and cap is formed by metal injection molding. The cap and base may be engaged with a snap fit connection or a rotatable connection. The fluid communication may be along a non-tangential non-radial flow path. The flow path may be asymmetrical and may also include textured walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Praxis Powder Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Houde, Joseph A. Grohowski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10773010
    Abstract: Ports for accessing a vessels within a patient include passageways that can guide needles or other access devices directly into the vessels. The ports can be implanted subcutaneously within a patient. Some ports may be used in the creation and use of vascular access buttonholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Advent Access Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Phillips, Nathaniel P. Young, Trent J. Perry, Duane D. Blatter, Mark A. Crawford, G. Doug Smith, Steven Johnson
  • Patent number: 10736745
    Abstract: A lubrication device for lubricating a joint of a human or mammal patient, which is entirely implantable in a patient's body, comprises a reservoir for storing a lubricating fluid and a fluid connection for introducing the lubricating fluid into the joint when the device is implanted in the patient's body. Further, the fluid connection comprises a fluid connection device connecting the reservoir with the joint such that a lubricating fluid flow is established from the reservoir into the joint. The fluid connection comprises either an infusion needle adapted to be intermittently placed into the joint for injecting the lubricating fluid, or a tube adapted to be permanently placed into the joint for continuously injecting the lubricating fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 10682144
    Abstract: Aneurysms are treated by placing a scaffold across an aneurysmal sac to provide a blood flow lumen therethrough. An aneurysmal space surrounding the scaffold is filled with one or more expandable structures which are simultaneously or sequentially expanded to fill the aneurysmal space and reduce the risk of endoluminal leaks and scaffold migration. The expandable structures are typically inflatable and delivered by delivery catheter, optionally with an inflation tube or structure attached to the expandable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Endologix, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Evans, Gwendolyn A. Watanabe, Amy Lee, Steven L. Herbowy
  • Patent number: 10667898
    Abstract: The invention relates to generally to a vascular access graft that includes a magnetic element disposed about a flow tube for guiding a blood flow between an arterial end adapted for arterial anastomosis to a portion of an artery, and a venous end adapted for venous anastomosis to a portion of a vein. The magnetic element may include a plurality of magnets disposed about the flow tube so that a magnetic field may be applied to blood flowing therein; the magnetic element may alternatively include a circuitry configured to generate a magnetic field applied to the flow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Henry Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10632295
    Abstract: A medical device comprises a flexible member that can be adhesively attached to a housing of the medical device, allowing implantation of the medical device into a body through an incision of reduced size. The flexible member can be attached to the housing either before or after implantation into the body. The flexible member comprises suture locations, including a permeable membrane or a suture hole, for suturing the medical device to tissue of the body. The suture holes can be filled with a substance penetrable by a suture needle, to minimize tissue ingrowth before or after suturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: George Bourne, James Culhane
  • Patent number: 10610207
    Abstract: A catheter guiding device includes a bolt including a shaft configured to be inserted within a hole drilled in a bone and a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough along a bolt axis and a guide member received within the passageway of the bolt and extending longitudinally along a guide axis. The guide member includes a guide channel extending therethrough along the guide axis, wherein, in a first configuration, the guide member is arrangeable to a desired position relative to the bolt to align the guide axis with a target area and, in a second configuration, the guide member is fixed in the desired position relative to the bolt such that the guide axis is at a desired angle relative to the bolt axis within a permitted range of angulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabelle Pretre, Samuel Leuenberger, Jens Richter, Urs Hulliger