DR. JAMES WILLIAM VETTER, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Solana Rd, Menlo Park, CA

2006022, Oct 5, 2006

Oct 6, 2005

11/245998

James Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US
Ary Chernomorsky - Walnut Creek CA, US
Christopher Daniel - Palo Alto CA, US
Mark Clifford - Los Altos CA, US
Scott Anderson - Sunnyvale CA, US

A61B 10/00, A61B 6/00, A61B 17/32

600564000, 600431000, 606168000

The device is used to remove tissue from a patient and to also place a marker in the patient. The device has an opening through which tissue enters the device. The tissue which enters the opening is cut and the tissue is removed. The device may be used a number of times to remove a number of tissue masses. The device also includes a marker which the user may release in the patient at the desired time.

2012010, May 3, 2012

Jan 6, 2012

13/345555

James W. Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US

A61B 17/32

606170

The device is used to remove tissue from a patient and to also place a marker in the patient. The device has an opening through which tissue enters the device. The tissue which enters the opening is cut and the tissue is removed. The device may be used a number of times to remove a number of tissue masses. The device also includes a marker which the user may release in the patient at the desired time.

6849080, Feb 1, 2005

Jan 31, 2002

10/066437

Roberta Lee - Redwood City CA, US
James W. Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US

Rubicon Medical, Inc. - Redwood City CA

A61B 1722

606159

An excisional biopsy device includes a tubular member having a window near a distal tip thereof; a cutting tool, a distal end of the cutting tool being attached near the distal tip of the tubular member, at least a distal portion of the cutting tool being configured to selectively bow out of the window and to retract within the window; and a tissue collection device externally attached at least to the tubular member, the tissue collection device collecting tissue excised by the cutting tool as the biopsy device is rotated and the cutting tool is bowed. An excisional biopsy method for soft tissue includes the steps of inserting a generally tubular member into the tissue, the tubular member including a cutting tool adapted to selectively bow away from the tubular member and an external tissue collection device near a distal tip of the tubular member; rotating the tubular member; selectively varying a degree of bowing of the cutting tool; collecting tissue severed by the cutting tool in the tissue collection device; and retracting the tubular member from the soft tissue. The tubular member may include an imaging transducer and the method may include the step of displaying information received from the transducer on a display device and the step of varying the degree of bowing of the cutting tool based upon the displayed information from the imaging transducer. Alternatively, the imaging transducer may be disposed within a removable transducer core adapted to fit within the tubular member.

7744852, Jun 29, 2010

Feb 9, 2007

11/673510

Ary S. Chernomorsky - Walnut Creek CA, US
Sean Chris Daniel - Palo Alto CA, US
James W. Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US

Rubicor Medical, LLC - Redwood City CA

A61K 51/00, A61K 49/00, A61K 9/28, A61K 33/00

424 137, 424 92, 424471, 424600

A method of marking a cavity in a breast for subsequent visualization may include steps of providing a device having a delivery opening, a first marker and a second marker, the first and second markers being movable through the delivery opening, the first marker being configured to be visualized by ultrasound and the second marker configured to be radiopaque, the first and second markers being free to move relative to one another; introducing the device into a breast so that the delivery opening is positioned in a cavity formed in the breast; and moving the first marker and the second marker through the delivery opening and into the cavity in the breast, the first and second markers being free to move relative to one another when delivered into the cavity so that the first and second markers may take a number of different positions relative to one another when positioned within the cavity.

6081738, Jun 27, 2000

Jan 15, 1998

9/007434

Tomoaki Hinohara - Portola Valley CA
Matthew R. Selmon - Woodside CA
James W. Vetter - Portola Valley CA
Charles F. Milo - Union City CA

LuMend, Inc. - Redwood City CA

A61B 505

600407

Described herein is a catheter method and apparatus for the guided intraluminal bypass of a coronary occlusion. A method is described employing an intraluminally operable catheter shaft including an optionally steerable working element, combined with an extraluminally operable locator including an imaging device, to selectively direct the working element to create a fluid path from the artery proximal to the occlusion into the vein and further from the vein back into the artery distal to the occlusion, to perfuse myocardium distal to the occlusion. Methods are described for creating a fluid path from the artery proximal to the occlusion into an adjacent vein and thereafter either stent grafting the fluid path to the vein, directing arterial blood distally within the vein, or stenting the fluid path and occluding the vein proximal thereto, in either case arterializing the venous system distal to the stent or stent graft. A catheter shaft is described for creating and perfusing the fluid path. Conical, guide wire and tissue-penetrating working elements are described.

7329253, Feb 12, 2008

Dec 9, 2003

10/732670

Daniel M. Brounstein - Fremont CA, US
Sean C. Daniel - Foster City CA, US
Meir H. Moshe - El Sobrante CA, US
Scott C. Anderson - Sunnyvale CA, US
James W. Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US

Rubicor Medical, Inc. - Redwood City CA

A61B 18/18

606 41

A suction sleeve is configured to couple to the shaft of an RF device to evacuate hot gasses, fluids and/or other aspirates. The suction sleeve may be configured to be disposed coaxially around the shaft between the first end of the shaft and the work element (e. g. , an RF cutting element) thereof. The suction sleeve defines a suction port and a plurality of openings near the work element, and is configured to enable suction in through the plurality of openings and out through the suction port.

2006022, Oct 12, 2006

Mar 28, 2006

11/391791

James Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US
Ary Chernomorsky - Walnut Creek CA, US
Mark Clifford - Los Altos CA, US
Dan Brounstein - Fremont CA, US
Scott Anderson - Sunnyvale CA, US

Rubicor Medical, Inc. - Redwood City CA

A61B 17/32

606180000

Devices and methods for cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue. The device may include an integrated cut and collect assembly. The integrated cut and collect assembly includes a cutting portion and a collection portion that includes a flexible membrane. The collection portion of the assembly is attached to the cutting portion thereof. The cutting portion is configured to cut the specimen from the mass of tissue and the collection portion is configured to collect the cut specimen and to encapsulate and isolate the cut specimen within the membrane to enable its safe retraction from the mass of tissue.

8491630, Jul 23, 2013

Aug 1, 2012

13/564713

Ary S. Chernomorsky - Walnut Creek CA, US
James W. Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US
Simon Chernomorsky - Brighton MA, US

Encapsule Medical, LLC. - San Francisco CA

A61B 17/08

606213

An implant for filling a cavity created by an excisional procedure includes first and second portions. The first portion may include a first collagenous matrix that defines a first selected crosslinking density and the second portion may include a second collagenous matrix that defines a second selected cross-linking density that is different than the first cross-linking density. The first and second cross-linking densities may be selected so as to cause the first and second portions to swell in such a manner that the implant swells into a size and a shape that is similar to the predetermined size and shape of the cavity when the implant is implanted. An aqueous solution may be added to the cavity if the cavity is not sufficiently aqueous to cause the implant to swell.

2013022, Aug 29, 2013

Mar 29, 2013

13/853933

John K. SOO HOO - Union City CA, US
James W. VETTER - Portola Valley CA, US

TransMed7, LLC - Portola Valley CA

A61F 2/12

623 8

Methods, devices and systems for in situ formation of an implant within a post-surgical cavity. A balloon is provided within the cavity and a gelling initiator such as a cross-linking agent is introduced into the balloon. A polymer susceptible to solidifying in the presence of the gelling initiator is then introduced into the balloon. The introduced polymer is allowed solidify through contact with the introduced gelling initiator to form the implant while the balloon isolates the solidifying implant from the cavity. The balloon is then ruptured and extracted from the cavity such that the formed implant remains within and directly contacts an interior surface of the cavity.

2007029, Dec 27, 2007

Sep 5, 2007

11/850033

Ary CHERNOMORSKY - Walnut Creek CA, US
James Vetter - Portola Valley CA, US
Simon Chernomorsky - Orinda CA, US

RUBICOR MEDICAL, INC. - Redwood City CA

A61F 2/02

623023720

An implant for filling a cavity created by an excisional procedure includes first and second portions. The first portion may include a first collagenous matrix that defines a first selected crosslinking density and the second portion may include a second collagenous matrix that defines a second selected cross-linking density that is different than the first cross-linking density. The first and second cross-linking densities may be selected so as to cause the first and second portions to swell in such a manner that the implant swells into a size and a shape that is similar to the predetermined size and shape of the cavity when the implant is implanted. An aqueous solution may be added to the cavity if the cavity is not sufficiently aqueous to cause the implant to swell.