Patents by Inventor Herbert Imig

Herbert Imig 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: 20090112305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stent-graft prosthesis with a toroidally expandable sleeve (34) which has at least two opening attachments (36 and 37) and is made of flexible material for internal lining of an arterial aneurysm (1) and, where appropriate, with an aortic insert (23) associated with the sleeve (34), in the form of a vascular prosthesis with expandable supporting structures (39, 40) for fixing the aortic insert (23) in the sleeve (34) in the region of the opening attachments (36 and 37) thereof. The sleeve is designed as foldable toroid. The shape of the sleeve in the unfolded state is adapted to the shape of an aneurysm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Goldmann, Herbert Imig, Michael Morlock, Anne Gebert