Patents by Inventor Alex Buddery

Alex Buddery has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9408689
    Abstract: An iliac artery stent graft has a substantially inverted Y shape comprising a second arm terminating in a second end, and first and third arms terminating respectively in a first end and a third end. Each of the arms comprising a tubular graft of biocompatible graft material and the three arms joined being at a junction to allow fluid flow from the second arm into the first and third arms. In use the first end is deployed within the common iliac artery extending towards the external iliac artery, the second end is deployed within the common iliac artery extending towards the iliac bifurcation and the third end is within the common iliac artery and extends towards the internal iliac artery. Each of the three arms are mutually at an angle of approximately 120 degrees to each other. In use the first and second legs form a U shape to allow a deployment device to be smoothly deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alex Buddery, Kelly Coverdale, Werner Dieter Ducke, Jacqui Faber, Johnny LeBlanc, Nhi Dong Thi Nguyen-Smith, Janelle Thomas
  • Publication number: 20150018932
    Abstract: An iliac artery stent graft has a substantially inverted Y shape comprising a second arm terminating in a second end, and first and third arms terminating respectively in a first end and a third end. Each of the arms comprising a tubular graft of biocompatible graft material and the three arms joined being at a junction to allow fluid flow from the second arm into the first and third arms. In use the first end is deployed within the common iliac artery extending towards the external iliac artery, the second end is deployed within the common iliac artery extending towards the iliac bifurcation and the third end is within the common iliac artery and extends towards the internal iliac artery. Each of the three arms are mutually at an angle of approximately 120 degrees to each other. In use the first and second legs form a U shape to allow a deployment device to be smoothly deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Alex Buddery, Kelly Coverdale, Werner Dieter Ducke, Jacqui Faber, Johnny LeBlanc, Nhi Dong Thi Nguyen-Smith, Janelle Thomas