Patents by Inventor Gunther Ruttgers

Gunther Ruttgers 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).

  • Device and method for sealing puncture wounds
    Patent number: 5830130
    Abstract: A device is proposed for inserting hemostatic material through a tissue channel and against the outside wall of a blood vessel of a patient, wherein the blood vessel wall has a puncture therein adjacent the tissue channel. The device includes a charge of hemostatic material and a hollow sheath adapted to pass through the tissue channel, the sheath having a cross sectional profile larger than the puncture. The device places the hemostatic material in the hollow sheath and advances the hemostatic material through the sheath to the outside of the vessel wall around the puncture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Datascope Investment Corp.
    Inventors: Ernst Janzen, Gunther Ruttgers, Lawrence Saper, Sid Wolvek