Patents by Inventor Charles Garrell

Charles Garrell 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).

  • Catheter advancing single-handed soft passer
    Patent number: 6197003
    Abstract: Catheter advancing assembly having a stylet including a shaft, and a catheter advancing piece including a rod having a bore therethrough. The bore of the rod accommodates a portion of the shaft of the stylet. A holding unit affixed to the proximal end of the shaft, to be used in conjunction with a grasping unit affixed to the rod, allows for the holding and manipulation of the catheter advancing assembly with only one hand. A method for making a catheter advancing assembly of the invention is disclosed, as well as a method for advancing a ventricular catheter within a ventricular catheter in a “soft” manner using only one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Howard, III, Charles Garrell, Patrick Hitchon, Christopher Loftus