Patents by Inventor Brennan Marilla

Brennan Marilla 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).

  • Publication number: 20080262597
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for endoluminally advancing a tubular prosthesis and a plurality of fasteners to a site in a lumen in a human body and passing the fasteners from an inner surface of the prosthesis through the prosthesis and a wall of the lumen to secure the prosthesis to the wall. Embodiments include simultaneous deployment of fasteners using a graft alone or in conjunction with a stent graft. Another arrangement includes guide lines to guide the end of the fixation deployment device to a specific location of the wall of the prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Hua Xiao, Brennan Marilla
  • Publication number: 20070208256
    Abstract: A tubular prosthesis having an opening formed in a side wall thereof is positioned in a first passageway in a human body with the opening facing and providing fluid flow to a first branch passageway that branches from the first passageway. A portion of the prosthesis that is in the vicinity of the juncture between the first passageway a second branch passageway is located and a second opening is formed in the located portion of the prosthesis so that the second opening faces the second branch passageway. In another embodiment, a tubular prosthesis is endovascularly delivered and positioned in a first passageway in a human body in the vicinity of a second passageway that branches from the first passageway. An imaging device, which is positioned in the prosthesis, locates the juncture between the first passageway and the second passageway after which a piercing member is advanced from the imaging device to a portion of the prosthesis adjacent to the juncture to form an opening in that portion of the prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventor: Brennan Marilla