Patents
US 10307340 B2: Devices for clearing blockages in artificial and natural lumens
- Granted
- 2019-06-04
- Filed
- 2016-07-29 application 15223787
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An occlusion clearing device for a patient has a housing with a motor(s) that generates repetitive motion, which is reciprocating, rotational or both. A clearing stem including a sheath that has a lumen, wherein aspiration is conducted through the sheath lumen. A wire is located in the sheath lumen and receives repetitive motion from the controller. The sheath terminates in a sheath end having at least one sheath opening. The wire terminates in a wire tip, which may be flat, helical, or tubular. The wire tip is positioned within the sheath end, in proximity to the sheath opening(s), and movement of the wire tip and/or sheath end relative to each other creates shearing forces that break up an adjacent occlusion.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190604.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuated Medical, Inc. 29 patents | US company or organization | Bellefonte, PA | Actuated Medical, Inc. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state Actuated Medical, Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger B. Bagwell | Bellefonte, PA | 23 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ryan S. Clement | State College, PA | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Katherine M Erdley | Boalsburg, PA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Maureen L. Mulvihill | Bellefonte, PA | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Casey A. Scruggs | Middleburg, PA | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Douglas R. Dillon | Port Matilda, PA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy J. Higgins | Mingoville, PA | 13 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61J | Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes; devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms; devices for administering food or medicines orally; baby comforters; devices for receiving spittle | A61J15/0026 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B17/22012 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61M | Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body ; devices for transducing body media or for taking media from the body ; devices for producing or ending sleep or stupor | A61M3/0279 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BAGWELL, ROGER B signed 2016-02-11 CLEMENT, RYAN S signed 2016-02-11 DILLON, DOUGLAS R signed 2016-02-11 ERDLEY, KATHERINE M signed 2016-02-11 HIGGINS, TIMOTHY J signed 2016-02-11 MULVIHILL, MAUREEN L signed 2016-02-11 SCRUGGS, CASEY A signed 2016-02-11 KLAUS, JEFFREY P signed 2016-05-16 | ACTUATED MEDICAL, INC. BELLEFONTE, PA | 41225/135 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2016-10-31 | Government interest Confirmatory license | ACTUATED MEDICAL, INC. signed 2016-10-28 | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT BETHESDA, MD | 40513/145 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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