Patents by Inventor Giorgio Cattaneo

Giorgio Cattaneo 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: 20230132863
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical system for treating stenosis in intracranial blood vessels including a compressible and self-expandable implant for covering the stenosis, said implant having a lattice structure, at least some sections of which are provided with a cover made of an electrospun fabric, wherein the fabric has irregularly sized pores, and a balloon catheter for dilating the stenosis and/or introducing the implant into the blood vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Büchert, Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20230044123
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical kit for the treatment of vascular malformations, in particular aneurysms and/or fistulas, having a permanently implantable covering device, in particular a stent, for covering the vascular malformation, the covering device having a tubular, self-expandable lattice structure and a covering made of an electrospun fabric, the covering being connected to the lattice structure and overlapping the lattice structure at least in part such that, when implanted, the covering is placed over the vascular malformation; and an embolisation means, which can be applied by a feed means in the implanted state for treatment of the vascular malformation, the covering forming a porous membrane which can be penetrated by the feed means for application of the embolisation means and which is designed to lie against the outer periphery of the feed means in the penetrated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Büchert, Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 11478369
    Abstract: A medical device, having a body that is tubular at least in some sections. The body can be transferred from a compressed state into an expanded state and has a circumferential wall having at least one first lattice structure and one second lattice structure. The first lattice structure and the second lattice structure form separate layers of the circumferential wall, which are arranged coaxially one inside the other and connected to each other at least at points in such a way that the first lattice structure and the second lattice structure can be moved relative to each other at least in some sections. A system having such a device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ACANDIS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, Otto Baidinger
  • Publication number: 20220280275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical kit for the treatment of aneurysms, including a main catheter and a cover device for temporarily covering as aneurysm, which cover device can be moved through the main catheter to a place of treatment. The cover device includes a self-expanding lattice structure that has a cylindrical portion, open at a distal end and at least partially provided with a cover, and a funnel-type portion that is permanently connected to a transport wire, movable inside the main catheter, and a total lateral area of which is not covered so that when the lattice structure is expanded, blood can flow through it in the direction of its longitudinal axis. The invention further relates to a medical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Büchert, Eugen Schönberger, Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20220280165
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical set for treating aneurysms, including a main catheter and a covering device which can be moved through the main catheter to a treatment site and is intended to cover an aneurysm. The covering device is connected or can be connected to a transporting wire and includes a self-expandable grid structure made up of webs that are connected to one another in one piece and delimit inner cells and outer cells. The outer cells form at one longitudinal end of the grid structure a closed outer-cell ring, which is connected only on one side to inner cells. The grid structure is provided with a covering made of a fabric which has pores of irregular sizes, wherein at least one inner cell of the grid structure is at least partially, in particular mostly, free from the covering. A production process and a medical system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Büchert, Eugen Schönberger, Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20220273472
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device for treating aneurysms, in particular a stent, including a compressible and expandable grid structure made up of grid elements. The grid structure has at least one closed cell ring which includes at most 12, in particular at most 10, in particular at most 8, in particular at most 6 cells directly adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction of the grid structure. The grid structure is provided at least in certain portions with a covering made of an electrospun fabric which has pores of irregular sizes. The covering includes over a surface area of 100 000 ?m2 at least 10 pores which have a size of at least 15 ?m2. The covering has a biocompatible, in particular antithrombogenic and/or endothelialization-promoting coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Büchert, Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Publication number: 20220142798
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an intravascular functional element, in particular an implant, more particularly a Stent, flow diverter, stent graft and intravascular occlusion device, having a radially self-expandable lattice structure which is tubular at least in some regions and which has a wire or a plurality of wires, wherein the wire/at least one of the wires includes a superelastic material, in particular a superelastic material of an alloy with the alloy elements nickel and titanium, wherein a mixed oxide layer is formed on the surface of the wire the wires with a layer thickness of 150 nm to 400 nm, in particular 200 nm to 350 nm, in particular 250 nm to 300 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, Andreas Schüssler, Martin Strobel, Christoph Janisch
  • Publication number: 20220071787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device, in particular a stent, having a radially self-expandable lattice structure (10) which is tubular at least in some sections and which is made of a single wire (11), which is interwoven with itself and which comprises a core material (11a) which is visible under X-ray and a superelastic jacket material (11b) and forms meshes (12) of the lattice structure (10). The invention is characterised in that a plurality of meshes (12) arranged directly adjacently in the circumferential direction of the lattice structure (10) form a mesh ring (13), and the lattice structure (10), in a fully self-expanded state, has an expansion diameter Dexp, the mesh ring (13) having a mesh number n, and the core material (11a) having a core diameter dKern, and the following being true for the core diameter dKern: dKern=f·(Dexp/n), with the following being true for a visibility factor f: 0.05?f?0.08.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, Andreas Schüssler
  • Publication number: 20220047373
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical device, in particular a flow diverter, having a radially self-expandable lattice structure (10) which is tubular at least in some regions and which is composed of a plurality of interwoven individual wires (11) which form meshes (12) of the lattice structure (10), wherein at least some of the individual wires (11) have an X-ray visible core material (11a) and a superelastic mantle material (11b), wherein a plurality of directly adjacent meshes (12) in the circumferential direction of the lattice structure (10) form a mesh ring (13), wherein in a fully self-expanded state, the lattice structure (10) has an expansion diameter Dexp, the mesh ring (13) has a mesh number n, and the core material (11a) has a core diameter dcore, and wherein for the core diameter dcore, the following holds: dcore=f·(Dexp/n) wherein the following holds for a visibility factor f: 0.08?f?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, Andreas Schüssler
  • Publication number: 20220031444
    Abstract: A medical device for inserting into a hollow organ of the body, said medical device having a compressible and expandable lattice structure made of webs, which are integrally connected to each other by web connectors and which bound closed cells of the lattice structure, wherein the web connectors each have a connector axis extending between two cells which, in a longitudinal direction of the lattice structure, are adjacent to each other. During the transition of the lattice structure from the production state to a compressed state, the web connectors rotate in such a way that an angle between the connector axis and a longitudinal axis of the lattice structure changes, in particular increases, during the transition of the lattice structure from a completely expanded production state to a partially expanded intermediate state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Giorgio CATTANEO, Michael BÜCHERT, Heinrich SCHIMA, Christian GRASL
  • Patent number: 10959878
    Abstract: A medical catheter for hypothermic treatment with a catheter tube has at least one through-channel and at least two temperature control channels, at least one heat exchange element, in particular an expandable balloon, which is arranged in a distal catheter portion of the catheter tube and is fluidically connected to the temperature control channels in such a way that a temperature control circuit is formed. The catheter tube has a smaller external diameter in the distal catheter portion than in a proximal catheter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ACANDIS GMBH
    Inventors: Julia Wolfertz, Giorgio Cattaneo, Michael Büchert
  • Publication number: 20210085835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device for use in human vessels, in particular in the carotid artery, comprising: a self-expandable mesh structure which at least partially forms a curved wall, and has, in a radially compressed state, a cross-sectional diameter of not more than 2.5 mm, wherein the mesh structure is formed of at least one mesh structural element which has a height that is no more than 200 ?m, in particular no more than 150 ?m, preferably no more than 70 ?m, where the height is measurable along a diameter of the mesh structure, and wherein the mesh structure is at least partially formed of a nickel titanium alloy and is at least partially coated in fibrin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Giorgio CATTANEO, Hans Peter WENDEL
  • Publication number: 20200405514
    Abstract: A medical device, having a body that is tubular at least in some sections. The body can be transferred from a compressed state into an expanded state and has a circumferential wall having at least one first lattice structure and one second lattice structure. The first lattice structure and the second lattice structure form separate layers of the circumferential wall, which are arranged coaxially one inside the other and connected to each other at least at points in such a way that the first lattice structure and the second lattice structure can be moved relative to each other at least in some sections. A system having such a device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Giorgio CATTANEO, Otto BAIDINGER
  • Patent number: 10709588
    Abstract: A medical device, having a body that is tubular at least in some sections. The body can be transferred from a compressed state into an expanded state and has a circumferential wall having at least one first lattice structure and one second lattice structure. The first lattice structure and the second lattice structure form separate layers of the circumferential wall, which are arranged coaxially one inside the other and connected to each other at least at points in such a way that the first lattice structure and the second lattice structure can be moved relative to each other at least in some sections. A system having such a device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ACANDIS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, Otto Baidinger
  • Publication number: 20190388255
    Abstract: Medical device having compressible and expandable, circular cylindrical lattice structure, which includes circumferential segments having closed cells. The cells are bounded by four respective webs, which are coupled to each other and every two oppositely arranged webs to form a web pair. The webs of a first pair have a different shape and/or a web width at least in some sections than the webs of a second pair. The webs of the first pair can be deformed more greatly than the webs of the second pair. During the transition of the lattice structure from the expanded to the compressed state, each web of the first pair is coupled to a respective web of the second pair in such a way that two connection points oppositely arranged in the longitudinal direction (LR) of the lattice structures are moved away from each other in the circumferential direction (UR) of the lattice structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: ACANDIS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Giorgio CATTANEO
  • Publication number: 20190091064
    Abstract: A medical catheter for hypothermic treatment has a catheter tube, which has at least two inner lumina. At least one inner lumen forms a temperature control duct that is suitable for in particular provided for, conveying a cooling liquid. A reinforcement is associated with at least one inner lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Acandis GmbH
    Inventors: Giorgio CATTANEO, Michael BÜCHERT, Julia WOLFERTZ
  • Publication number: 20180303663
    Abstract: A balloon catheter for the endovascular temperature control of blood, with a catheter tube and at least one heat exchanger balloon which is convertible from an expanded operational state into a compressed insertion state. A temperature-control fluid can flow through the heat exchanger balloon, wherein the catheter tube includes at least one occlusion balloon which is arranged in series with the heat exchanger balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Giorgio CATTANEO, Michael BÜCHERT
  • Publication number: 20180256176
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical aspiration system having a catheter with at least two lumens, wherein a first lumen forms an aspiration lumen which is connected to an aspiration unit for suction removal of substances from a blood vessel through an inlet opening in the aspiration lumen, and a second lumen forms an infusion lumen through which a substance can be supplied to the blood vessel through an outlet opening in the infusion lumen, wherein the outlet opening in the infusion lumen is arranged in a region between the inlet opening of the aspiration lumen and a position proximal to the inlet opening in the aspiration lumen. The invention is characterized in that the infusion lumen is connected to a cooling unit, which supplies a cooled liquid for administration through the infusion lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 10058449
    Abstract: A medical system for endovascular temperature control of blood and for recanalization of a blood vessel, the medical system having a catheter, a radially compressible treatment device, in particular a recanalization device, which, in the compressed state, is arranged to be longitudinally movable in the catheter and, by being released from the catheter, is radially expandable for the recanalization of the blood vessel, and a temperature control element for controlling the temperature of blood, wherein the treatment device, in particular the recanalization device, can be positioned distally with respect to the temperature control element in such a way that, during use, blood which is temperature-controlled by the temperature control element flows to the recanalization site in the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Acandis GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Giorgio Cattaneo
  • Patent number: 9855157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical device for inserting into a hollow organ of the body. The device has a compressible and expandable lattice structure made of webs, which are integrally connected to each other by web connectors and which bound closed cells of the lattice structure, wherein the web connectors each have a connector axis extending between two cells which, in a longitudinal direction of the lattice structure, are adjacent to each other. During the transition of the lattice structure from the production state to a compressed state, the web connectors rotate in such a way that an angle between the connector axis and a longitudinal axis of the lattice structure changes, in particular increases, during the transition of the lattice structure from a completely expanded production state to a partially expanded intermediate state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ACANDIS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Giorgio Cattaneo, David Klopp, Frank Nagl