Patents by Inventor Diana Joan Vincent

Diana Joan Vincent 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).

  • Insitu formable and self-forming intravascular flow modifier (IFM), catheter and IFM assembly, and method for deployment of same
    Publication number: 20020133190
    Abstract: An intravascular flow modifier (IFM) for use in a vessel has an outer layer formed of a strand configured as a longitudinally oriented coil of adjacent helical loops extending between a first end and a second end of the outer layer. The outer layer is secured in the vessel by at least some of the helical loops pressing against a portion of the interior surface of the vessel. The IFM also has an inner layer formed of a strand configured as a longitudinally oriented coil of adjacent helical loops extending between a first end and a second end of the inner layer. At least a portion of the outer layer surrounds at least a portion of the inner layer so that at least some of the loops of the outer layer overlap and contact at least some of the loops of the inner layer. An assembly and method for deploying are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Horton, Diana Joan Vincent
  • Insitu formable and self-forming intravascular flow modifier (IFM) and IFM assembly for deployment of same
    Patent number: 6190402
    Abstract: An intravascular flow modifier (IFM) for use in a vessel has an outer layer formed of a strand configured as a longitudinally oriented coil of adjacent helical loops extending between a first end and a second end of the outer layer. The outer layer is secured in the vessel by at least some of the helical loops pressing against a portion of the interior surface of the vessel. The IFM also has an inner layer formed of a strand configured as a longitudinally oriented coil of adjacent helical loops extending between a first end and a second end of the inner layer. At least a portion of the outer layer surrounds at least a portion of the inner layer so that at least some of the loops of the outer layer overlap and contact at least some of the loops of the inner layer An assembly and method for deploying are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Musc Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Joseph A. Horton, Diana Joan Vincent