IP Library Granted Patent US 12,178,442
Granted Patent B2
US 12,178,442 · App. 16/536,936 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Appendage clamp deployment assist device

Inventors: Salvatore Privitera (Mason, OH); Matthew Monti (Cincinnati, OH); Adam Harp (Cincinnati, OH); Kenneth Lance Miller (Hamilton, OH); Jason Iain Glithero (McDonough, GA)
Assignee: AtriCure, Inc.
A61B17/1227A61B17/1285A61B34/30A61B2017/00526Y10T29/49826
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Patent No.
US 12,178,442
App. No.
16/536,936
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An occlusion device including a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion operatively coupled to one another via a U-shaped urging member, a fabric cover circumscribing the first clamping portion, the second clamping portion, and the U-shaped urging member, the fabric cover including an attachment wing extending away from at least one of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, the attachment wing including a through orifice.

Claims (8)

1. An occlusion device comprising:

a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion operatively coupled to one another via a U-shaped urging member;

a fabric cover circumscribing the first clamping portion, the second clamping portion, and the U-shaped urging member; and,

an attachment wing fabricated from fabric that circumscribes one of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, the attachment wing including a through orifice.

2. An occlusion device comprising:

a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion operatively coupled to one another via a U-shaped urging member;

a fabric cover circumscribing the first clamping portion, the second clamping portion, and the U-shaped urging member; and,

an attachment wing fabricated from fabric that circumscribes at least a portion of the fabric cover and one of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, the attachment wing being repositionable along a length of the fabric cover, the attachment wing including a through orifice.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2024
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK, A DIVISION OF FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
To: ATRICURE, INC.; ATRICURE, LLC; ENDOSCOPIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; NCONTACT SURGICAL, LLC; SENTREHEART LLC
Reel/Frame 066256/0797 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2024
From: ATRICURE, INC.; ATRICURE, LLC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066267/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2022
From: PRIVITERA, SALVATORE; HUGHETT, JAMES DAVID, SR; GLITHERO, JASON IAIN; HARP, ADAM; MONTI, MATTHEW; MILLER, KENNETH LANCE
To: ATRICURE, INC
Reel/Frame 061746/0826 →
SUPPLEMENT TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENTS Recorded Feb 5, 2021
From: ATRICURE, INC.; ATRICURE, LLC; ENDOSCOPIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; NCONTACT SURGICAL, LLC; SENTREHEART, LLC
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 055229/0400 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14585712 · Dec 30, 2014
Continuation 13282775 · Oct 27, 2011
Provisional Application 61407150 · Oct 27, 2010
Related Publication 20190357912A1 · Nov 28, 2019