Mark S Girard

US Patent:

8277425, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Mar 24, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/807590

Inventors:

Mark Girard - Waltham MA, US
Benjamin Bell - Haverhill MA, US
Todd Beaupre - Reading MA, US

Assignee:

Navilyst Medical, Inc. - Marlborough MA

International Classification:

A61M 31/00
A61M 37/00

US Classification:

60428804

Abstract:

A port for subcutaneous implantation, comprising a housing including first and second wells formed therein and a substantially F-shaped flow element including first and second lumens extending therethrough wherein, when in an operative configuration the F-shaped flow element is coupled to the housing with a proximal end of each of the lumens in fluid communication with a respective one of the first and second wells for receiving fluid therefrom, and wherein distal ends of each of the lumens form outlets, each outlet being coupleable to a lumen of a medical catheter, the F-shaped flow element including first and second arms extending from a trunk with the first lumen extending through the first arm to the trunk and the second lumen extending through the second arm to the trunk, the first and second lumens being separated from one another within the trunk.

US Patent:

8366687, Feb 5, 2013

Filed:

Jan 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/752257

Inventors:

Mark Girard - Waltham MA, US
Todd Beaupre - Reading MA, US
Benjamin Bell - Haverhill MA, US
Mark Wolfson - Wellesley MA, US
Richard Nisil - Blackstone MA, US
Jeffrey J. Crowley - Milford MA, US
Nathan Murphy - Westborough MA, US

Assignee:

Angio Dynamics - Latham NY

International Classification:

A61M 37/00

US Classification:

60428802, 604175

Abstract:

An access port comprises a housing with a first opening and a self sealing septum sealing the first opening, the septum including an attachment portion for securing the septum to the housing, the attachment portion including a chamfer which, when the septum is mounted within the housing is subject to a force oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to a plane of the outer surface, the chamfered portion redirecting a portion of the force to compress the outer surface. A septum for an access port comprises an attachment portion for abutting a septum seat of the access port and an operative surface permitting penetration by a needle and resealing itself after removal of the needle in combination with a chamfered portion providing a transition between the attachment portion and the operative surface, the chamfered portion re-directing a component of a force applied to the chamfered portion to compress the operative surface.

US Patent:

20070118110, May 24, 2007

Filed:

Nov 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/282928

Inventors:

Mark Girard - Medway MA, US
Tom Casey - Grafton MA, US
Kimbolt Young - Newtonville MA, US
Nathan Murphy - South Boston MA, US
Robert Rioux - Ashland MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 18/18

US Classification:

606045000

Abstract:

A system for resecting tissue includes a loop structure configured for cutting tissue, at least a portion of the loop structure formed by an elongate structure having a first end and a second end, wherein a length of the loop structure is adjustable by positioning the first end relative to the second end, wherein a first portion of the loop structure comprises a first electrode, and a second portion of the loop structure comprises a second electrode. A system for resecting tissue includes a loop structure configured for cutting tissue, the loop structure formed by an elongate structure having a first end and a second end, wherein a length of the loop structure is adjustable by positioning the first end relative to the second end, and a support structure coupled to a portion of the elongate structure and having a surface for contacting tissue.

US Patent:

20080051759, Feb 28, 2008

Filed:

Aug 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/895192

Inventors:

Nathan Murphy - Winmalee, AU
Mark Girard - Medway MA, US
Thomas Fisk - Natick MA, US

Assignee:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. - Maple Grove MA

International Classification:

A61M 25/00

US Classification:

604523

Abstract:

A central venous access device comprising an extruded catheter shaft having one or more lumens, said catheter shaft comprising a polycarbonate polyurethane having a weight average molecular weight in excess of 90,000.

US Patent:

20090036768, Feb 5, 2009

Filed:

Nov 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/941314

Inventors:

Ashley Seehusen - Newton MA, US
Christopher Nardone - N. Chelmsford MA, US
Mark Girard - Medway MA, US
Mark L. Adams - Sandy UT, US
Todd Beaupre - Reading MA, US
Raymond J. Lareau - Westford MA, US

Assignee:

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. - Maple Grove MN

International Classification:

A61B 6/12
A61M 29/02
A61M 25/098
B05D 5/00

US Classification:

600424, 606200, 604529, 427 211

Abstract:

Medical devices with radiopaque markers, and related systems and methods are disclosed.

US Patent:

20090234324, Sep 17, 2009

Filed:

Sep 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/208579

Inventors:

Robert F. Rioux - Ashland MA, US
Mark Girard - Waltham MA, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/162

US Classification:

604513, 604175

Abstract:

A power injection system comprises an introducer needle including a lumen extending therethrough to a non-coring distal tip and an anchoring device extendable laterally from the introducer needle distal tip, the anchoring device including a port contacting surface engaging one of an inner surface of the port and an inner surface of a septum to anchor the introducer needle within a subcutaneous port.

US Patent:

20230029443, Jan 26, 2023

Filed:

Aug 18, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/240430

Inventors:

- Latham NY, US
Mark Girard - Medway MA, US
Benjamin Bell - Shrewsbury MA, US

Assignee:

Angiodynamics, Inc. - Latham NY

International Classification:

A61M 39/24
F16K 15/14
F16K 27/02

Abstract:

A valve comprises a first housing including a first lumen extending therethrough and defining a first disk-facing surface and a second housing including a second lumen extending therethrough and defining a second disk-facing surface, the second housing being mated to the first housing so that the second disk-facing surface faces the first disk-facing surface in combination with a flexible disk gripped between gripping portions of the first and second disk-facing surfaces, the disk including a slit extending therethrough which, when acted upon by a fluid pressure of at least a predetermined threshold level opens to permit fluid flow between the first and second lumens and which, when acted upon by a fluid pressure less than the threshold level remains sealed preventing fluid flow between the first and second lumens and a relief well between opposing portions of the first and second housings radially outside the gripping portions, a width of the relief well exceeding a width of a radially outer portion of the flexible disk so that the radially outer portion of the disk is free to move therewithin.

US Patent:

20190070399, Mar 7, 2019

Filed:

Nov 2, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/179498

Inventors:

- Latham NY, US
Mark Girard - Medway MA, US

Assignee:

AngioDynamics, Inc. - Latham NY

International Classification:

A61M 39/04
A61L 31/06
A61M 1/36
A61M 39/02

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a multi-reservoir port, catheter, and non-coring needle system that supports high-flow applications such as hemodialysis and apheresis. In particular, the invention relates to improvements to provide optimal flow rates, septum life, and septum/needle stability when introducing fluid into the multi-reservoir port.