Patents by Inventor Carl Nick Van Zyl

Carl Nick Van Zyl 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).

  • Inflatable insertion device for percutaneous insertion
    Patent number: 11304835
    Abstract: The invention provides an inflatable insertion device capable of being percutaneously introduced into a patient's body. The insertion device comprises an inflatable element having a distal end and a proximal end and which is operable between a collapsed condition and an inflated condition by introducing an inflating fluid therein. An elongate member extends internally of the inflatable element from its distal end. The internal member is capable of being withdrawn towards the proximal end of the inflatable element to result in the distal end of the element being withdrawn towards the proximal end internally of the element. The invention further provides a locating device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube fitted with one or more inflatable insertion devices at a distal end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Strait Access Technologies Holdings (PTY)
    Inventors: Giuseppe Geldenhuys, Fourie Gildenhuys, Braden Sydney Clive Van Breda, Kenneth Stuart Park, Carl Nick Van Zyl, Jandré De Villiers, Peter Paul Zilla, Deon Bezuidenhout
  • AN INFLATABLE INSERTION DEVICE FOR PERCUTANEOUS INSERTION
    Publication number: 20190053928
    Abstract: The invention provides an inflatable insertion device capable of being percutaneously introduced into a patient's body. The insertion device comprises an inflatable element having a distal end and a proximal end and which is operable between a collapsed condition and an inflated condition by introducing an inflating fluid therein. An elongate member extends internally of the inflatable element from its distal end. The internal member is capable of being withdrawn towards the proximal end of the inflatable element to result in the distal end of the element being withdrawn towards the proximal end internally of the element. The invention further provides a locating device comprising a catheter having a catheter tube fitted with one or more inflatable insertion devices at a distal end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: STRAIT ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Giuseppe Geldenhuys, Fourie Gildenhuys, Braden Sydney Clive Van Breda, Kenneth Stuart Park, Carl Nick Van Zyl, Jandré De Villiers, Peter Paul Zilla, Deon Bezuidenhout