Patents by Inventor Daniel HARVEY-PONCELET

Daniel HARVEY-PONCELET 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).

  • Medical device with adjustable flexibility
    Patent number: 9730755
    Abstract: A system and method for the delivery of a medical device to a treatment location. The device may include an elongate body, the elongate body including a plurality of annular segments and a jacket disposed about the plurality of annular segments and defining an interior space, and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the interior space of the jacket. When a vacuum is applied to the interior space of the jacket, the jacket may constrict about the plurality of annular elements, thereby increasing the frictional forces between the plurality of segments and between the plurality of segments and an inner surface of the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic CryoCath LP
    Inventors: Dan Wittenberger, George D. Mallin, Claudia Lueckge, Mihai-Alexandru Ionescu, Daniel Harvey-Poncelet
  • DEFLATION MECHANISM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150245861
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering coolant to a medical device having an expandable element, a guidewire lumen movable within the medical device, and an actuator element coupled to the guidewire lumen for manipulation of longitudinal movement thereof is provided, including transferring a fluid from a console to the medical device to inflate the expandable element; manipulating the actuator element, and initiating a predetermined fluid control sequence of the console in response to the manipulation of the actuator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel HARVEY-PONCELET, Teresa Ann MIHALIK, Rachid MAHROUCHE, Dan WITTENBERGER
  • MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE FLEXIBILITY
    Publication number: 20150216589
    Abstract: A system and method for the delivery of a medical device to a treatment location. The device may include an elongate body, the elongate body including a plurality of annular segments and a jacket disposed about the plurality of annular segments and defining an interior space, and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the interior space of the jacket. When a vacuum is applied to the interior space of the jacket, the jacket may constrict about the plurality of annular elements, thereby increasing the frictional forces between the plurality of segments and between the plurality of segments and an inner surface of the jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Medtronic CryoCath LP
    Inventors: Dan WITTENBERGER, George D. MALLIN, Claudia LUECKGE, Mihai-Alexandru IONESCU, Daniel HARVEY-PONCELET
  • DEFLATION MECHANISM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110092967
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering coolant to a medical device having an expandable element, a guidewire lumen movable within the medical device, and an actuator element coupled to the guidewire lumen for manipulation of longitudinal movement thereof is provided, including transferring a fluid from a console to the medical device to inflate the expandable element; manipulating the actuator element, and initiating a predetermined fluid control sequence of the console in response to the manipulation of the actuator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC CRYOCATH LP
    Inventors: Daniel HARVEY-PONCELET, Teresa Ann MIHALIK