公开(公告)号：US12185912B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US17487196

申请日：2021-09-28

Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Inventor： James English ,  Liam Ryan ,  Robert Hannon ,  Mark Mirigian ,  Adam Larouche ,  Steven Delfosse ,  Stephen Hale

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an elevator of a medical device comprises using an additive manufacturing method, forming a pivot portion at a proximal end of the elevator. The pivot portion tapers proximally such that a proximalmost end of the elevator is thinner than more distal portions of the pivot portion. The method further comprises using the additive manufacturing method, forming a body of the elevator that is distal to the pivot portion. The elevator body includes a surface configured to contact an instrument inserted in a working channel of the medical device.

公开(公告)号：US20240057850A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18452014

申请日：2023-08-18

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Mark David Mirigian ,  Liam Ryan ,  Robert Hannon ,  James Michael English ,  Barbara Belisa Soffiati ,  Shane McGrath

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B1/06

CPC classification number: A61B1/00096 ,  A61B1/0011 ,  A61B1/051 ,  A61B1/0676 ,  A61B1/0684

Abstract: The present disclosure provides to encapsulate the distal components of a scope to form a distal cap assembly, which removes the need for adhesives and potting often used in conventional distal cap assemblies. In particular, the present disclosure provides a spline structure configured to hold the distal end components in a predefined arrangement. The spline structure, along with the distal end components, is inserted into a mold and the spline structure along with the distal end components is encapsulated (e.g., in a polymer using hot melt, or the like) to form a distal cap. The distal cap locks the distal end components into the spline structure and protects the distal end components from moisture and relative movement. As a benefit, the present encapsulation techniques and distal cap assembly is faster to manufacture and provides less room for error than conventional methods.

公开(公告)号：US11284902B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US16264941

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor： Kelsey Rae Cooper ,  Reggie Roth ,  Liam Ryan ,  Robert Hannon ,  James Michael English

IPC: A61B17/12 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  A61B17/00

Abstract: A method of making a vascular occlusion device may include cutting a tubular member to form an expandable frame including a first hub integrally formed with the expandable frame adjacent a first end of the expandable frame, and a plurality of longitudinally-oriented struts extending in a direction opposite the first end; heat-setting the expandable frame to define an expanded configuration of the expandable frame; sliding a constrainment member over the plurality of longitudinally-oriented struts, the constrainment member being formed using additive manufacturing technology; fixedly securing the constrainment member to the plurality of longitudinally-oriented struts to define a second hub of the expandable frame; and cutting the plurality of longitudinally-oriented struts adjacent the constrainment member and opposite the first end relative to the constrainment member.