Harry R Smouse

US Patent:

20100070047, Mar 18, 2010

Filed:

Sep 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/559946

Inventors:

Harry R. Smouse - Peoria IL, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/82

US Classification:

623 237

Abstract:

A nephroureteral catheter is provided that comprises a detachable portion such that when the detachable portion is removed, the catheter converts into an internal stent. Catheter allows drainage of urine into the bladder and externally into a bag. The catheter includes a tube having a circular cross section, a detachable portion, a locking mechanism, an inner tube, a first pigtail curl, a second pigtail curl, and a marker. The marker indicates the tube end. The tube includes a first end, a second end, and a plurality of holes. The detachable portion is attached to the tube with the inner tube, as the inner tube is placed and is friction sealed to the walls of a hollow portion that extends through both the detachable portion and a section of the tube. The inner tube may be removed from within the tube, past the marker that indicates the end of the tube, so that detachable portion is now removable from within the patient's body. When the detachable portion is attached to the catheter, the catheter is a nephroureteral catheter. When the detachable portion is removed from the catheter, the catheter becomes a stent.

US Patent:

20130131776, May 23, 2013

Filed:

Nov 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/679376

Inventors:

Harry Robinson Smouse - Peoria Heights IL, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/95

US Classification:

623 111

Abstract:

A repair device includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member, and a seal member. The first elongate member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defines a lumen therebetween. The second elongate member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and is movably disposed within the lumen. The distal end portion of the second elongate member is configured to puncture an endoluminal stent graft disposed within an artery of a patient and to be inserted, at least partially, into an aneurysm sac. The seal member is releasably coupled to the distal end portion of the first elongate member. The seal member is configured to be coupled to the endoluminal stent graft to seal an opening formed by the distal end portion of the second elongate member.

US Patent:

20100069818, Mar 18, 2010

Filed:

Sep 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/559728

Inventors:

Harry R. Smouse - Peoria IL, US

International Classification:

A61M 25/00
A61M 1/14

US Classification:

604 616

Abstract:

A hemodialysis catheter is provided with an exterior surface that has two or more lumens, wherein at least one large hole extends through the exterior surface for dialysis and at least one small hole extends through the exterior surface, in proximity to the large hole. A first lumen serves as a blood outflow path from the arteriovenous system and a second lumen serves as an inflow path for blood to be returned to the system. The large holes provide for blood exchange and the small holes are strategically placed in proximity to and around the large holes and may comprise an angled wall so as to allow for a jetting of blood or a sterile solution at high force over the surface of the catheter that strips off the biofilm as it is formed on the exterior surface of the catheter.

US Patent:

20160045303, Feb 18, 2016

Filed:

Oct 26, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/922424

Inventors:

- Peoria Heights IL, US
Harry Robinson SMOUSE - Peoria Heights IL, US

Assignee:

ELGCO, LLC - Peoria Heights IL

International Classification:

A61F 2/07
A61F 2/95
A61B 17/068

Abstract:

A repair device includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member, and a seal member. The first elongate member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defines a lumen therebetween. The second elongate member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and is movably disposed within the lumen. The distal end portion of the second elongate member is configured to puncture an endoluminal stent graft disposed within an artery of a patient and to be inserted, at least partially, into an aneurysm sac. The seal member is releasably coupled to the distal end portion of the first elongate member. The seal member is configured to be coupled to the endoluminal stent graft to seal an opening formed by the distal end portion of the second elongate member.

US Patent:

20140135941, May 15, 2014

Filed:

Jan 20, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/159221

Inventors:

Harry R. Smouse - Peoria IL, US
Tim H. Williams - Campbell CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 27/00

US Classification:

623 237

Abstract:

A nephroureteral catheter is provided that comprises a detachable portion such that when the detachable portion is removed, the catheter converts into an internal stent. The catheter includes a tube with two retention features, a detachable portion, and an inner tube. The inner tube is removably insertable into both the tube and the detachable portion, and a wire extends through at least a portion of a lumen of the inner tube and through the tube, to keep the pieces attached. The wire may be removed to remove the inner tube and then the detachable portion from the tube. When the detachable portion is attached to the tube, the catheter is a nephroureteral catheter. When the detachable portion is removed from the tube, the catheter becomes a stent.