Mark Warren Godfrey

US Patent:

6585703, Jul 1, 2003

Filed:

Jul 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/626237

Inventors:

Michael Kassel - Cambridge MA
Mark Godfrey - Encinitas CA
Scott Wells - Newburyport MA

Assignee:

Span-America Medical Systems, Inc. - Greenville SC

International Classification:

A61M 500

US Classification:

604263, 604192, 604198

Abstract:

An introducer catheter and needle guard assembly combination used with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is disclosed. The needle guard assembly includes a sliding needle hub for positively locking a needle in the needle guard assembly. The introducer catheter includes a tube portion and connector that can be divided into two halves. The needle guard assembly is secured to the introducer catheter and the extended needle and introducer catheter are inserted into the body of a patient. The needle and needle guard assembly can then be removed from the introducer catheter. A PICC line or other similar line can then be inserted through the catheter tube and into the patient. The tube portion and connector of the catheter are then divided into two halves so that the entire introducer catheter can be removed from the PICC line, or other similar line, that is inserted into the body of a patient.

US Patent:

6878134, Apr 12, 2005

Filed:

Nov 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/289127

Inventors:

Bob Rogers - San Diego CA, US
Mark Godfrey - Ramona CA, US

Assignee:

Aragon Medical - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61M005/178
A61M005/00

US Classification:

60416401, 604110, 604198

Abstract:

Provided is an assembly in which a needle is safely housed in a cover. A safety mechanism prevents the needle from being removed from a device, unless the needle is in a “needle safe position”.

US Patent:

6979323, Dec 27, 2005

Filed:

Feb 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/361506

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA, US
Mark W. Godfrey - Ramona CA, US

Assignee:

Aragon Medical Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61M025/00

US Classification:

604284, 604523

Abstract:

The invention concerns catheterization assemblies designed to reduce the risk of infection, transmission of bloodborne pathogens, loss of blood, and development of embolisms in a patient. Embodiments of the invention are directed to a catheterization assembly having a catheter hub with multiple access ports. In some embodiments, the catheter hub is permanently attached to a catheter and a valve. The catheter hub provides fluid communication between the valve and the catheter. The catheter hub may also be provided with a sealing member that provides access to a fluid passageway of the catheter hub but which prevents leakage of fluids from the catheter hub. In other embodiments, the catheter hub includes a passageway and an air vent for allowing air to pass out of the catheterization assembly.

US Patent:

7811261, Oct 12, 2010

Filed:

May 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/474980

Inventors:

Sergio Rubinstein - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Samuel Kanosky Rosenberg - Orange Village OH, US
Russell R. Stepke - Chicago IL, US
Richard Mazursky - Riverwoods IL, US
Todd Herlitz - Chicago IL, US
Josh Harker - Elk Grove Village IL, US
Mark W. Godfrey - Murrieta CA, US
Stephen M. Jokela - Murrieta CA, US

Assignee:

STA-Med, LLC - Irvine CA

International Classification:

A61M 5/32

US Classification:

604198, 604263

Abstract:

A single-use cover assembly that obscures a substantial majority or an entirety of an injection needle from view before, during, and after an injection procedure. The cover assembly includes a housing and a needle sleeve that retracts and extends by sliding axially within the housing. The needle sleeve carries a locking collar that moves from a first position to a second position once the needle sleeve is fully retracted. In the first position the locking collar allows retraction of the needle sleeve from a fully extended position. In the second position, a portion of the locking collar covers a tip of the needle, thereby preventing retraction of the needle sleeve from the fully extended position.

US Patent:

8162882, Apr 24, 2012

Filed:

Jun 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/822106

Inventors:

Sergio Rubinstein - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Samuel Rosenberg - Orange Village OH, US
Theodore Mosler - Raleigh NC, US
Tianhong Ouyang - Cary NC, US
David Foshee - Apex NC, US
Mark W. Godfrey - Murrieta CA, US

Assignee:

Sta-Med, LLC - Irvine CA

International Classification:

A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604110

Abstract:

A single-use needle cover configured to obscure, protect, or hide at least a portion of a needle from view before, during, and/or after an injection and/or aspiration procedure is disclosed. In some embodiments, the cover includes a housing at least partially containing the needle and configured to couple to a syringe, wherein the housing includes an axis and a guide member. In some embodiments, a sleeve has a plurality of tracks configured to slidingly receive the guide member, wherein the sleeve is configured to retract, extend, and rotate with respect to the housing. In some embodiments, after the sleeve has been retracted and extended one time, a first locking member inhibits further retraction of the sleeve and a second locking member inhibits rotation of the sleeve.

US Patent:

20040059296, Mar 25, 2004

Filed:

Sep 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/251687

Inventors:

Mark Godfrey - Ramona CA, US

International Classification:

A61M005/178

US Classification:

604/164050, 604/171000

Abstract:

A peel-away introducer cannula having a sheath tube, cannula hub, and peel-away blood flow reducing valve to prevent backflow of blood is provided. The sheath tube is weakened along opposed axial lines to allow for the sheath tube to be split in two. Similarly, the cannula hub is weakened along opposed axial lines, which align with the opposed axial lines in the sheath tube. The blood flow reducing valve is disposed within the cannula hub, wherein the blood flow reducing valve is also weakened along opposed axial lines, which align with the weakened opposed axial lines of the sheath tube and said cannula hub. Optionally, a splittable handle is attached to the hub such that the handle may be split and drawn apart to split the sheath tube, blood flow reducing valve, and hub along the weakened axial lines. Methods of introducing a vascular device are similarly provided.

US Patent:

20040073171, Apr 15, 2004

Filed:

Oct 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/269106

Inventors:

Bobby Rogers - San Diego CA, US
Mark Godfrey - Ramona CA, US

International Classification:

A61M005/178

US Classification:

604/164130, 604/167010

Abstract:

An indwelling catheter assembly including a needle-free valve assembly having a valve body, wherein the body has a first end and a second end, the body defines a passageway extending between said first and second ends, and the body defines a sealing surface in the passageway; a guidewire entry port defined by the valve body; a fitting permanently attached to the first end of the needle-free valve assembly; a length of catheter tubing affixed to the fitting; and a stiffening member threaded through the guidewire entry port and disposed within the needle-free valve, wherein the stiffening member extends through the length of catheter tubing is disclosed. Methods of manufacturing the indwelling catheter assembly having a needle-free valve permanently attached thereto are similarly provided. Additionally, methods for preventing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens and nosocomial infections are recited. Furthermore, methods of aspirating fluids or delivering fluids through a catheter assembly having a needle-free valve permanently affixed thereto are provided.

US Patent:

20060155258, Jul 13, 2006

Filed:

Dec 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/318079

Inventors:

Bobby Rogers - San Diego CA, US
Mark Godfrey - Ramona CA, US

Assignee:

Aragon Medical Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61M 31/00

US Classification:

604508000, 604284000, 604264000

Abstract:

The invention concerns catheterization assemblies designed to reduce the risk of infection, transmission of bloodborne pathogens, loss of blood, and development of embolisms in a patient. Embodiments of the invention are directed to a catheterization assembly having a catheter hub with multiple access ports. In some embodiments, the catheter hub is permanently attached to a catheter and a valve. The catheter hub provides fluid communication between the valve and the catheter. The catheter hub may also be provided with a sealing member that provides access to a fluid passageway of the catheter hub but which prevents leakage of fluids from the catheter hub. In other embodiments, the catheter hub includes a passageway and an air vent for allowing air to pass out of the catheterization assembly.