Conduit With Self-propelled Or Remote Control Means Patents (Class 604/95.01)
  • Patent number: 12233551
    Abstract: A control system for a continuum robot including at least one curvable unit driven by a wire and configured to be curvable, and a driving unit driving the wire includes: a position control unit performing control so that an error between a target displacement of push-pull driving of the wire by the driving unit and a displacement of a wire holding mechanism holding the wire obtained from a continuum robot is compensated; a force control unit performing control so that an error between a target generated force corresponding to a target tension of the wire output from the position control unit and a generated force corresponding to a tension of the wire obtained from the continuum robot is compensated; and wherein a first loop control system including the force control unit and a second loop control system including the position control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Takagi
  • Patent number: 12186500
    Abstract: An introducer sheath assembly having a handle portion including a distal end and a proximal end, and an introducer sheath extending outwardly from the distal end of the handle portion, the introducer sheath including a device lumen configured to slidably receive a corresponding device, a guidewire lumen configured to slidably receive a corresponding guidewire, and at least one steering cable disposed within at least one steering cable lumens that are disposed radially outwardly from the device lumen, and the handle portion including at least one steering assembly for modifying the tension of at least one of the at least one steering cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Keystone Heart Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaime Eduardo Sarabia
  • Patent number: 12185965
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to endoscopic medical devices with distally actuated axial displacement configured to impart in-plane or rotational ultrasonic reciprocation to an end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura E. Richards, Kyla Killinger, Kirsten Linnabary, James J. Scutti
  • Patent number: 12185924
    Abstract: Systems and methods for image-based guidance for facilitating navigation of tubular networks. A region of interest in three-dimensional image data may first be segmented. An endoscopic instrument may be detected in two-dimensional intraoperative image data of the region of interest. A centerline of the detected endoscopic instrument may then be determined. The endoscopic instrument and the centerline may be backprojected to generate a three-dimensional backprojected volume. A device path of the endoscopic instrument may be generated based at least in part on the three-dimensional backprojected volume and the three-dimensional image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schafer, Randolph M. Setser, Maddalena Strumia
  • Patent number: 12178973
    Abstract: A delivery apparatus includes a steerable guide sheath. The steerable guide sheath has a steerable portion, a pull ring located in the distal portion, and a pull wire coupled at one end to the pull ring and coupled at the opposite end to a control handle. The pull wire extends longitudinally through a pull-wire conduit. The steerable guide sheath further includes a compression-resistance portion made of metal and located in the distal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew T. Winston, Christopher J. Olson, Asher L. Metchik, Tri D. Tran, Alexander J. Siegel
  • Patent number: 12171407
    Abstract: A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter has a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft. The drive assembly includes a fiber optic rotating junction and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the fiber optic rotating junction and a processor configured to obtain the detected rotational position and stop the motor only when the fiber optic rotating junction is in a predetermined rotational position. In some embodiments, the motor includes a hollow shaft through which at least a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Avinger, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Brian Chiu, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Priyanshu Gupta
  • Patent number: 12156755
    Abstract: For position sensors, e.g., a fiber-based system, that build a shape of an elongated member, such as a catheter, using a sequence of small orientation measurements, a small error in orientation at the proximal end of the sensor will cause large error in position at distal points on the fiber. Exemplary methods and systems are disclosed, which may provide full or partial registration along the length of the sensor to reduce the influence of the measurement error. Additional examples are directed to applying selective filtering at a proximal end of the elongated member to provide a more stable base for distal measurements and thereby reducing the influence of measurement errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean P. Walker, Serena H. Wong, June Park, Neal A Tanner
  • Patent number: 12150669
    Abstract: A system for axial positioning of a rotating shaft is provided herein. The system includes a first wheel. The system also includes a second wheel positioned adjacent to the first wheel such that the first wheel and second wheel are configured to rotate in opposite directions. The second wheel is also positioned such that first wheel and second wheel are configured to exert axial force tangential to the first wheel and the second wheel to a shaft positioned between the first wheel and the second wheel. Each of the first wheel and the second wheel each comprise a plurality of rollers positioned tangentially along a circumference of the first wheel and the second wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: Pavel Menn
  • Patent number: 12138409
    Abstract: A catheter having a head with a head orifice and a head channel connected to the head orifice, a primary lumen wall that defines an internal primary lumen volume, an adjustable neck that connects the head channel to the internal primary lumen volume, an adjustment system partially enclosed in the primary lumen wall that provides an articulation of the adjustable neck between an extended position to a contracted positon, wherein the articulation from the extended position to the contracted position provides a flexible tip catheter while the articulation from the contracted position to the extended position provides an ability to angulate toward a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventor: Hassan Mohammed A. Al Bisher
  • Patent number: 12138116
    Abstract: An intraluminal medical imaging interface device includes an arm assembly comprising one or more longitudinal members and one or more joints coupled to the one or more longitudinal members, and a head assembly coupled to a distal portion of the arm assembly and comprising a proximal portion coupled to the distal portion of the arm assembly and a distal portion. The distal portion of the head assembly includes a mechanical coupling and an electrical coupling configured to separably connect to an intraluminal imaging catheter and to transmit electrical signals between a console and the intraluminal imaging catheter. The arm assembly is configured to couple to a surface to maintain the head assembly at a first position and an orientation with respect to a patient without continued support by an operator. Associated devices, systems, and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Ashen Gulsen, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Andrew Mitchell, Godefridus Antonius Harks, Stephen Charles Davies, Dirk Jan Nelly Vananderoye
  • Patent number: 12102534
    Abstract: Stabilizer for a medical delivery system is provided, wherein the medical delivery system has at least two portions translatable relative each other. The stabilizer includes a base and a sled coupled to the base. The sled includes a distal arm including a distal attachment for receiving a first portion of the medical delivery system, and a proximal arm including a proximal attachment for receiving a second portion of the medical delivery system. The sled is translatable relative to the base and the proximal attachment is translatable relative to the proximal arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: EVALVE, INC.
    Inventors: Koji J. Kizuka, Alexander C. Chu, Richard Childs, Dylan Van Hoven, Gabriel Gonzales
  • Patent number: 12059812
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a first member that extends along a rotational axis and has a surface disposed circumferentially about the rotational axis. A conductive element is disposed on the surface of the first member and disposed about the rotational axis. A second member extends along the rotational axis. A rotational position between the first member and the second member is adjustable. A target is mounted to and rotatable with the second member and is movable relative to the second member between first and second positions. The target is spaced apart from the conductive element in both the first and second positions and is spaced further from the conductive element in the second position compared to the first position. The conductive element detects a change in movement of the target from the first position to the second position for any rotational position between the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Philip Robert Woods, Cory J. Welch, Mark A Wasserman
  • Patent number: 12023279
    Abstract: An ophthalmic device including a cannula having a cannula distal end, a lumen, and one or more orifices coupled to the lumen is provided. The cannula is configured to deliver a fluid. A sleeve is disposed around the cannula and has a sleeve distal end. A handle is coupled to the sleeve and the cannula, the handle having an actuator. An internal mechanism is coupled to the actuator and configured to retract the sleeve relative to the cannula. The internal mechanism includes a follower fixedly coupled to the sleeve and moveable between distal and proximal positions, and a release member movable between an activated position and a release position. The release member is coupled to the actuator and configured to release a force that urges the follower from the distal position to the proximal position when the release member moves from the activated position to the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NEW WORLD MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Malik Y. Kahook, Eric Porteous, Carlos A. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 12020796
    Abstract: An intravenous (IV) therapy selection system, may include a processor; a memory device to maintain an electronic medical record database comprising a plurality of medical records related to a plurality of patients; a clinician training module to provide training services and credentials to a plurality of clinicians; an IV therapy recommendation module to provide, via a display device, an IV device recommendation based on data descriptive of a first patient and a first clinician; and a placement location recommendation module to provide, via the display device, a recommendation on where to introduce the IV device into the first patient's body based on data descriptive of the first patient and the first clinician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kathryn Willybiro, Huy Tran, Jacob Watts, Brian Douglas Roper, Yiping Ma, Bart D. Peterson, Joseph Spataro
  • Patent number: 12016824
    Abstract: A long, thin, flexible medical apparatus, a kit, and a method placing, confirming, and visualizing placement of a gastric tube. The apparatus comprises an elongate body portion, a handle, and a distal tip portion. An ability to insert and remove the body and distal tip portions in relation to the gastric tube over the length of the long, thin, flexible structure provides a positive indication that the lumen is not blocked, obstructed, or otherwise compromised over that length. pH indicator sensors and, additionally or alternatively, radiopaque markers may be retained by the distal tip portion. The pH sensors exhibit a verifiable color change in response to contact with a predetermined subject fluid. The radiopaque markers enable a determination with certainty of the location and orientation of the distal tip portion of the apparatus and of the distal portion of a gastric tube in which the apparatus is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Glenn Gerald Strawder
  • Patent number: 12017015
    Abstract: A urinary catheter conveying device includes a sleeve member, a conveying assembly and a controller. The sleeve member is for sleeving onto a glans of a penis and has a guiding hole to be registered with an external urethral orifice of the glans. The conveying assembly includes a casing removably mounted to the sleeve member, and a conveying mechanism for advancing the urinary catheter to the guiding hole such that the urinary catheter is inserted into the external urethral orifice. The controller controls the conveying mechanism to advance the urinary catheter to the guiding hole. A urinary catheterization system and a method of using the urinary catheterization system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chung-Cheng Wang, Ming-Chien Chiu
  • Patent number: 12016590
    Abstract: A flexible puncture needle device includes a puncture needle (10). The puncture needle (10) includes an outer tube (11) and a central tube (13). The outer tube (11) includes a puncture needle head (111) and a plurality of segments (112). The puncture needle head (111) includes a needle tip at front end and a pair of notches (1122) or a pair of protrusions (1121) at rear end, and a pair of protrusions (1121) and a pair of notches (1122) are formed at two ends of the segment (112), respectively. A pair of protrusions (1121) or a pair of notches (1122) at an end of the segment (112) are engaged with a pair of notches (1122) or a pair of protrusions (1121) at rear end of the puncture needle head (111) to form a needle head joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING SURGERII ROBOTICS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Yuyang Chen
  • Patent number: 11998294
    Abstract: A slave-end apparatus for an interventional robot includes: a body, and a front clamper, a first drive mechanism, a second drive mechanism and a third drive mechanism that are mounted on the body; wherein in a case that the first guide wire runs into the second catheter, the second catheter runs into the first catheter, and the first guide wire, the second catheter and the first catheter are moved along on the body to a desired position, the front clamper and the second drive mechanism take over to clamp the first catheter and the second catheter, the third catheter is caused to run into the second catheter and the second guide wire is caused to run into the third catheter, and the third catheter and the second guide wire are respectively clamped by the second drive mechanism and the third drive mechanism and move on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ROBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghong Ou, Wenyong Ren
  • Patent number: 11992273
    Abstract: A system and method of displaying images from an imaging device includes a display device and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to track movement of an imaging device, determine a display-device-to-imaging-window transform based on the tracked movement and a corresponding command to move the imaging device, and render an image received from the imaging device on the display device at a position and orientation on the display device based on the display-device-to-imaging-window transform. In some embodiments, the display-device-to-imaging-window transform is determined based on at least one of a difference between: a commanded and an actual position of the imaging device, a commanded and an actual orientation of the imaging device, a commanded and an estimated position of the imaging device, or a commanded and an estimated orientation of the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Gabriel F. Brisson
  • Patent number: 11992362
    Abstract: A device and method for directing a cannula toward a target location under a patient's skin. The device is handheld and the device operations may be automated. The device includes an imaging probe for imaging the target location, a positioning unit for manipulating a cannula towards the target location, and a processor. The processor receives imaging data from the imaging probe, cannula pose data from at least one cannula position sensor, and device pose data from at least one device position sensor. The target location is identified from the imaging data, and a trajectory for manipulating the cannula towards the target location is determined based on the imaging data, the cannula pose data, and the device pose data. The processor may determine that the trajectory becomes misaligned with the target position, and may update to a corrected trajectory based on the imaging data, cannula pose data, and the device pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Martin L. Yarmush, Alvin Chen, Max Balter, Joshua Leipheimer
  • Patent number: 11986608
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a housing; a catheter shaft and an actuator coupled to the catheter shaft and configured to move longitudinally relative to the housing and longitudinally move the catheter shaft in response to force imparted by a user. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may also include a piston assembly arranged within the housing and configured to receive the actuator and allow longitudinal movement of the actuator relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A Gibson, Charles E. Brown
  • Patent number: 11990026
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for haptics communication are described. In some examples, a method may be performed by a device. The method may include detecting an indication to create a haptic message. The method may also include displaying a field for entering sentiment information based at least in part on the detecting the indication. The method may also include displaying a plurality of haptic indicators for selection, the plurality of haptic indicators associated with the sentiment information. The method may also include obtaining one or more selected haptic indicators from the plurality of haptic indicators. Additionally, the method may include generating the haptic message as an association between the sentiment information and the one or more selected haptic indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INFINITE SET TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Mark A. Salada
  • Patent number: 11963821
    Abstract: A device and method for directing a cannula toward a target location under a patient's skin. The device is handheld and the device operations may be automated. The device includes an imaging probe for imaging the target location, a positioning unit for manipulating a cannula towards the target location, and a processor. The processor receives imaging data from the imaging probe, cannula pose data from at least one cannula position sensor, and device pose data from at least one device position sensor. The target location is identified from the imaging data, and a trajectory for manipulating the cannula towards the target location is determined based on the imaging data, the cannula pose data, and the device pose data. The processor may determine that the trajectory becomes misaligned with the target position, and may update to a corrected trajectory based on the imaging data, cannula pose data, and the device pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Martin L. Yarmush, Alvin Chen, Max Balter, Joshua Leipheimer
  • Patent number: 11968003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector for connection through a flexible barrier. The connector comprises at least a device pad and at least a landing pad. The device pad is arranged in close proximity to the landing pad for contactless connection through the flexible barrier to transmit and/or receive data and/or power between each other. The device pad and the landing pad are configured to attach and/or align to each other. Furthermore, a system for connection through a flexible barrier, an according method, computer program element and computer readable medium are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Hubertus Franciscus Deurenberg, Alfons Wouter Groenland, Albert Hendrik Jan Immink, Andrew Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11931112
    Abstract: Shape-sensing systems and methods for medical devices. The shape-sensing system can include a medical device, an optical interrogator, a console, and a display screen. The medical device can include an integrated optical-fiber stylet having fiber Bragg grating (“FBG”) sensors along at least a distal-end portion thereof. The optical interrogator can be configured to send input optical signals into the optical-fiber stylet and receive FBG sensor-reflected optical signals therefrom. The console can be configured to convert the reflected optical signals into plottable data for displaying plots thereof on the display screen. The plots can include a plot of curvature vs. time for each FBG sensor of a selection of the FBG sensors in the distal-end portion of the optical-fiber stylet for identifying a distinctive change in strain of the optical-fiber stylet as a tip of the medical device is advanced into a superior vena cava of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chase Thompson, Shayne Messerly, Anthony K. Misener
  • Patent number: 11925774
    Abstract: A catheter comprises a flexible polymer catheter body including a proximal shaft section and a distal working section, a wire support structure embedded within the distal working section of the catheter body, a proximal adapter mounted to the proximal shaft section of the catheter body, and a wire disposed within the catheter body. The wire has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the wire being operably connected to the proximal adapter, and the distal end of the wire is anchored to the wire support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Bogusky
  • Patent number: 11911003
    Abstract: A computer-assisted surgical system simultaneously provides visible light and alternate modality images that identify tissue or increase the visual salience of features of clinical interest that a surgeon normally uses when performing a surgical intervention using the computer-assisted surgical system. Hyperspectral light from tissue of interest is used to safely and efficiently image that tissue even though the tissue may be obscured in the normal visible image of the surgical field. The combination of visible and hyperspectral images are analyzed to provide details and information concerning the tissue or other bodily function that were not previously available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian E. McDowall, Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Brian D. Hoffman, William Jason Culman
  • Patent number: 11871987
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for treating heart failure. In some variations, a catheter for forming an anastomosis in a heart may comprise a first catheter comprising an electrode. A second catheter may be slidably disposed within the first catheter. The second catheter may comprise a barb and a dilator comprising a mating surface configured to engage the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Alleviant Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Pate, Zachary R. Berman
  • Patent number: 11844627
    Abstract: A device including a base sized to be hand-held, the base defining a longitudinal axis between first and second opposing longitudinal ends, a cover reversibly fastened to the base in a closed position; a sheath clamp coupled to the base, the sheath clamp capturing a sheath handle of a sheath to immobilize the sheath handle relative to the base, wherein the sheath clamp is an aperture formed in corresponding abutting edges of the cover and the base, the aperture being formed when the cover and the base are in the closed position; a catheter clamp capturing a catheter, a remote end of the catheter configured to deliver a catheterized medical procedure; the catheter clamp aligned to be substantially co-axial with the sheath clamp; and a linear actuator effecting back-and-forth linear motion of the catheter clamp relative to the sheath clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: The University of Western Ontario
    Inventors: Daniel Gelman, Allan Skanes, Maria Drangova
  • Patent number: 11806491
    Abstract: The invention describes a sinus balloon catheter and methods of use. Specifically a sinus balloon catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen is provided with a tip that can be extended. The catheter comprises a guide tube with a proximal and distal end, a sleeve member, a balloon disposed upon the sleeve member and a rounded tip arranged at the distal end and extendable along with the extension of the sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Entellus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lesch, Aaron Piddie, Peter T. Keith, Anthony J. Hanson, John R. Drontle
  • Patent number: 11793578
    Abstract: An optical shape sensing system includes an attachment mechanism (130) being configured to secure an optical shape sensing fiber to an instrument, the optical shape sensing fiber being connected to the instrument and configured to identify a position and orientation of the instrument. An optical shape sensing module (115) is configured to receive feedback from the optical shape sensing fiber and register the position of the instrument relative to an operating environment. A position response module (144) is configured to provide feedback to an operator based on position or orientation of the instrument to guide usage of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: David Paul Noonan, Molly Lara Flexman, Aleksandra Popovic
  • Patent number: 11786214
    Abstract: An interventional device includes an elongate member configured to be inserted into a body of a patient, the elongate member comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, a sensing element disposed at the distal portion of the elongate member and configured to obtain measurement data associated with a body lumen; a stiffening mechanism coupled to the elongate member and configured to change the stiffness of the elongate member during a medical procedure. Associated devices, systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Valerie Sharman, Eve Lambert-Fliszar
  • Patent number: 11780093
    Abstract: A method of controlling an industrial actuator, the method including receiving a manual input in the form of a displacement of an input element; in response to the manual input being a displacement of the input element from the neutral position in a first input direction, controlling the industrial actuator to move in a forward direction along a movement path and with a speed corresponding to a magnitude or a speed of the displacement from a neutral position; and in response to the manual input being a displacement of the input element from the neutral position in a second input direction, controlling the industrial actuator to move in a backward direction along the movement path and with a speed corresponding to a magnitude or a speed of the displacement from the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Martin Nordvall, Jonas Brönmark, Håkan Fortell
  • Patent number: 11779776
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for decalcifying aortic valves and/or other valves, blood vessels, and/or cardiac tissues in a mammalian (e.g., a human) patient (e.g., a patient having or suspected of having calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD)). A transcatheter (aortic) valve decalcification system/method can include applying one or more pulsed magnetic fields to the calcium deposit(s) within a valve or other vessel or tissue within the patient. The system can include a catheter having pulsed magnetic field ribbons disposed therein, and the catheter can be provided to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Sharan D. Ramaswamy, Markondeyaraj Pulugurtha
  • Patent number: 11771457
    Abstract: A device for introduction into a body vessel includes a shaft, a balloon positioned at the distal end of the shaft, a guidewire disposed longitudinally within the shaft to receive a guidewire during use, a balloon disposed at the distal end of the shaft, and longitudinal scoring wires to score a vascular lesion attached to the distal end of the shaft, disposed over the balloon and disposed within the shaft. The proximal ends are welded or otherwise affixed to a spring mounted in the handle. The balloon expands when fluid is delivered to the balloon through the inflation lumen. This expansion pushes the scoring wires against the vascular lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Boyle, Corey Rousu, Mark Nicholas Wright
  • Patent number: 11766291
    Abstract: An arthroscopy system includes both a motorized handpiece and a detachable probe. The motorized handpiece includes a rotating driver which is configured to engage a rotatable drive coupling within a hub of the probe. The probe has a shaft with an articulating distal region, and the rotatable drive coupling is configured to convert the rotary motion of the rotating driver to an articulating motion within the articulating region of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Relign Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Jan Echeverry, Jeff Norton
  • Patent number: 11684350
    Abstract: A lead delivery catheter having a slittable pull ring is described. The lead delivery catheter includes a deflection wire attached to the slittable pull ring to deflect the catheter. The slittable pull ring has several ring holes arranged in a pattern. The pull ring is located distal to a tubular braid of the lead delivery catheter, and a size and pattern of the ring holes can be similar to a size and pattern of holes in the tubular braid. The structural similarity between the pull ring and the tubular braid facilitates use of a consistent cutting force to slit through the tubular braid and the pull ring of the lead delivery catheter. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Weber, Jennifer Heisei
  • Patent number: 11678788
    Abstract: The following describes various applications and uses for a controllably rigidizable flexible device or sheath. Such rigidizing mechanisms can allow for a transition between a rigid state and a flexible state of a sheath. Rigidization can be applied along an entire length of a flexible sheath or along select portions of the sheath, and the rigidization can be of varying stiffness. Rigidization can be user controlled or automatically controlled using computer processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph D. Bogusky, Kyle R. Miller, Randall L. Schlesinger, Serena H. Wong
  • Patent number: 11627959
    Abstract: A surgical instrument comprising an end effector, an articulation system, a firing system, a closure system, a lock system, and a control unit is disclosed. The end effector comprises a pair of movable jaws. The articulation system articulates the end effector when the articulation system is in an active state. The closure system is actuatable to move the pair of jaws. The lock system prevents the closure system from actuating when the lock system is in a locked state. The control unit controls the supply of power from a power source to the articulation system, the firing system, and the lock system. The control unit transitions the lock system to the locked state and prevents the supply of power from the power source to the firing system when the articulation system is in the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 11622745
    Abstract: A controller for displaying a puncture site of an intra-atrial septum for heart repairs includes a memory and a processor (710). The processor (710) executes instructions (784) to perform a process based on image data of a heart that includes a mitral valve and an intra-atrial septum. The process includes defining a mitral valve annulus plane along a mitral valve annulus of the mitral valve and a normal vector perpendicular to the mitral valve annulus plane. The process also includes defining an offset plane that intersects with the intra-atrial septum and that is parallel to the mitral valve annulus plane. A safe zone for the puncture site is identified and displayed on the intra-atrial septum. The safe zone is between a lower boundary plane (456) and an upper boundary plane (455) that are each parallel to the offset plane by specified distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
    Inventors: Alexander Haak, Robert Quaife, John Dougher Carroll, Marco Verstege, Niels Nijhof, Onno Wink
  • Patent number: 11623068
    Abstract: An introducer sheath assembly having a handle portion including a distal end and a proximal end, and an introducer sheath extending outwardly from the distal end of the handle portion, the introducer sheath including a device lumen configured to slidably receive a corresponding device, a guidewire lumen configured to slidably receive a corresponding guidewire, and at least one steering cable disposed within at least one steering cable lumens that are disposed radially outwardly from the device lumen, and the handle portion including at least one steering assembly for modifying the tension of at least one of the at least one steering cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kesytone Heart Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaime Eduardo Sarabia
  • Patent number: 11617564
    Abstract: Medical tool positioning and control devices, systems, and methods. Handle assemblies that allow a steerable shaft to be steered, while allowing the separate movement of a medical tool. The handle assemblies can allow for rotation and axial movement of the medical tool, and optionally with an actuator disposed distal to a second actuator that controls steering of the steerable shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NuVera Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Schaer, Todor Jeliaskov, Douglas Wildes, Bruno Haider, Mark Kane
  • Patent number: 11607328
    Abstract: The device is a body with a truncated anterior portion and a cylindrical posterior portion, which are interconnected such that the cylindrical posterior portion of the body is rotatable about its own axis. The inside surface of the cylindrical posterior portion of the body is provided with a thread that is capable of engaging a lip of a slider disposed on guides inside the posterior portion of the body. The slider is connected to a barrel of a gripper having vanes with elastic elements at a delivery system gripping point such that the gripper is rotatable about its own axis, wherein the vanes of the gripper have protuberances disposed in a clamping cylinder which is arranged inside the body of the device and squeezes and releases the vanes of the gripper under the action of a release member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEVEN SONS LTD.
    Inventors: Sergei Alexandrovich Saranin, Anton Alexandrovich Kobak
  • Patent number: 11596770
    Abstract: Systems and method for controlling the bending of a robotic catheter. A control backbone of the robotic catheter is coupled to a linear movement stage by a spring and linear movement of the control backbone causes a controllable bending of the robotic catheter. A sensor monitors a deflection of the spring and the bending of the catheter is controlled based on the spring deflection signal from the sensor. The spring allows passive bending of the robotic catheter without movement of the active linear movement stage and, conversely, allows external forces applied to the robotic catheter to limit a bending movement of the robotic catheter caused by—movement of the active linear movement stage. In some implementations, the robotic catheter includes a selectively deployable tip mechanism for deploying a steerable tip or for selectively exposing side windows on the catheter for increasing traction for clot removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Nabil Simaan, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Colette Abah, Rohan V. Chitale
  • Patent number: 11583358
    Abstract: A method of scaling a desired velocity of a tool of a surgical robot with a processing unit includes receiving an input signal, determining a position of the tool relative to a boundary of a surgical site, and scaling a desired velocity of movement of the tool when the tool is within a predetermined distance of the boundary of the surgical site. The input signal includes the desired velocity of movement of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: William Peine, Mathew Livianu, Burak Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 11517718
    Abstract: A delivery apparatus includes a steerable shaft having a pull-wire conduit. A pull wire extends through the pull-wire conduit. The steerable shaft includes one or more layers. A compression-resistance portion is incorporated into at least one of the one or more layers. A cross-section of the compression-resistance portion has an arcuate shape that extends along a portion of a cross-section of the steerable shaft. The compression-resistance portion has a hardness that is greater than a hardness of the one or more layers that the compression-resistance portion is incorporated into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew T. Winston, Christopher J. Olson, Asher L. Metchik, Tri D. Tran, Alexander J. Siegel
  • Patent number: 11517714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical device comprising an actuator restraining assembly configured to assist in restraining a catheter shaft in a deflected configuration. The actuator restraining assembly may include a brake element, a release element, a connecting sheath, and a connecting rod disposed in a catheter handle, wherein the connecting sheath and connecting rod are attached to an actuator mechanism, and wherein the at brake element is attached to the connecting sheath and the release element is attached to the connecting rod. The brake element is sized and configured to contact an inner wall of the handle to thereby provide resistance to movement of actuator mechanism in a proximal direction with respect to the handle. In one embodiment, the actuator restraining assembly is configured to allow for temporary, i.e., reversible, restraining of the catheter shaft in the deflected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett A. Hillukka, Evan M. Leingang, Richard A. Thompson, II
  • Patent number: 11517184
    Abstract: A medical device includes an elongate device and one or more processors coupled to the elongate device. The elongate device includes a steerable distal end and a shape sensor located along a length of the elongate device. While the elongate device is being traversed through one or more passageways of a patient, the one or more processors are configured to, based on information from a sensor, monitor an insertion motion of the elongate device, detect a data collection event, and capture, in response to detecting the data collection event, a plurality of points along the length of the elongate device using the shape sensor. The data collection event is at least partially based on a change in direction of the insertion motion of the elongate device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tao Zhao, Federico Barbagli, Timothy D. Soper
  • Patent number: 11471311
    Abstract: A stent delivery device having a delivery configuration for delivering a stent to a treatment location and a deployment configuration for deploying the stent at the treatment location may include an outer sheath, an inner shaft slidably disposed within a lumen of the outer sheath, and a distal tip member fixedly attached to a distal end of the inner shaft. A distal portion of the outer sheath may include a plurality of longitudinal strips circumferentially disposed about the lumen of the outer sheath. At least a portion of the distal tip member may be configured to slide over a distal end of the outer sheath in the delivery configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Martyn G. Folan
  • Patent number: 11439354
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for three-dimensionally mapping a heart, comprising: a mapping catheter including three or more optical cores each of which has a plurality of FBGs disposed in the lengthwise direction of a catheter body, and a plurality of electrodes disposed in the lengthwise direction of the catheter body and exposed on the outer circumferential surface of the catheter body, wherein the electrodes make contact with the inner wall of the heart; and a mapping processor for calculating coordinates of the FBGs by wavelength information of reflected light received from the three or more optical cores, and calculating coordinates of the electrodes from the coordinates of the FBGs so as to build a three-dimensional shape of the heart by using a sample point at which the plurality of electrodes make contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: THE ASAN FOUNDATION, UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Chang Mo Hwang, Young Hak Kim, Gi Byoung Nam, Jae Soon Choi, Gi Seok Jeong