Stephen L Meade

US Patent:

20090182357, Jul 16, 2009

Filed:

Jan 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/352497

Inventors:

Daniel Rogers BURNETT - San Francisco CA, US
Hugh NARCISO - Santa Barbara CA, US
Paul PASPA - Los Gatos CA, US
David WISER - Ventura CA, US
Stephen L. MEADE - Camarillo CA, US

Assignee:

BAROnova, Inc. - Goleta CA

International Classification:

A61B 17/08

US Classification:

606157

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member includes an apron member surrounding a first occluding member, which is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device of the present invention is arranged transluminally, with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve. In certain embodiments, a reservoir may be included for releasing a substance of interest, for example for releasing insulin from a reservoir disposed in the distal member. Sensors, actuators, and data transmission devices may also be included.

US Patent:

20090182358, Jul 16, 2009

Filed:

Jan 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/352508

Inventors:

Daniel Rogers BURNETT - San Francisco CA, US
Hugh NARCISO - Santa Barbara CA, US
Paul PASPA - Los Gatos CA, US
David WISER - Ventura CA, US
Stephen L. MEADE - Camarillo CA, US

Assignee:

BAROnova.Inc. - Goleta CA

International Classification:

A61B 17/08

US Classification:

606157

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member includes an apron member surrounding a first occluding member, which is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device of the present invention is arranged transluminally, with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve. In certain embodiments, a reservoir may be included for releasing a substance of interest, for example for releasing insulin from a reservoir disposed in the distal member. Sensors, actuators, and data transmission devices may also be included.

US Patent:

20090198210, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Sep 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/205403

Inventors:

Daniel Rogers BURNETT - San Francisco CA, US
Hugh NARCISO - Santa Barbara CA, US
Paul PASPA - Los Gatos CA, US
David WISER - Ventura CA, US
Stephen L. MEADE - Camarillo CA, US

Assignee:

BAROnova, Inc. - Goleta CA

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61M 29/02

US Classification:

604502, 606192, 60410302, 604503

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member includes an apron member surrounding a first occluding member, which is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device of the present invention is arranged transluminally, with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve. In certain embodiments, a reservoir may be included for releasing a substance of interest, for example for releasing insulin from a reservoir disposed in the distal member. Sensors, actuators, and data transmission devices may also be included.

US Patent:

20190091053, Mar 28, 2019

Filed:

Oct 11, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/157975

Inventors:

- San Carlos CA, US
Hugh NARCISO - Santa Barbara CA, US
Paul PASPA - Los Gatos CA, US
David WISER - Ventura CA, US
Stephen L. MEADE - Camarillo CA, US

Assignee:

BAROnova, Inc. - San Carlos CA

International Classification:

A61F 5/00
A61B 17/12
A61M 5/172
A61M 5/142
A61M 31/00
A61B 5/06
A61B 17/00
A61B 17/22

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member includes an apron member surrounding a first occluding member, which is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device of the present invention is arranged transluminally, with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve. In certain embodiments, a reservoir may be included for releasing a substance of interest, for example for releasing insulin from a reservoir disposed in the distal member. Sensors, actuators, and data transmission devices may also be included.

US Patent:

20150011969, Jan 8, 2015

Filed:

Sep 24, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/495371

Inventors:

- Goleta CA, US
Hugh NARCISO - Santa Barbara CA, US
Paul PASPA - Los Gatos CA, US
David WISER - Ventura CA, US
Stephen MEADE - Camarillo CA, US

Assignee:

BARONOVA, INC. - Goleta CA

International Classification:

A61F 5/00
A61B 5/06
A61M 31/00
A61B 17/12

US Classification:

604503, 606191, 604514

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device for intermittently obstructing a bodily opening, such as a gastric opening, and includes a proximal member connected to a distal member by a tether. The proximal member includes an apron member surrounding a first occluding member, which is formable from an elongated and narrower configuration to a contracted or expanded but wider configuration. When employed in the stomach, the device of the present invention is arranged transluminally, with the distal member disposed in the duodenum and the proximal member disposed against the pyloric valve, intermittently occluding the pyloric valve and preventing or delaying the flow of gastric contents through the pyloric valve. In certain embodiments, a reservoir may be included for releasing a substance of interest, for example for releasing insulin from a reservoir disposed in the distal member. Sensors, actuators, and data transmission devices may also be included.