Patents by Inventor Jan Kent Olsen

Jan Kent Olsen 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).

  • Apparatus for making a catheter
    Patent number: 9320869
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a catheter for medical purposes, such as for insertion into a body opening for draining fluids, wherein the catheter comprises a flexible tube having a distal end region wherein the tube is provided with at least one draining opening, characterised in that the peripheral edge on the outside of the tube is provided with a curvature for creating a smooth transition between the exterior surface of the tube and the substantially radially oriented cut constituting the opening side and wherein said curvature is a rounded edge with a curvature radius between 0.2-0.6 mm. The invention further concerns a method of making such catheter and an apparatus for performing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Jan Kent Olsen
  • APPARATUS FOR MAKING A CATHETER
    Publication number: 20160030706
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a catheter for medical purposes, such as for insertion into a body opening for draining fluids, wherein the catheter comprises a flexible tube having a distal end region wherein the tube is provided with at least one draining opening, characterised in that the peripheral edge on the outside of the tube is provided with a curvature for creating a smooth transition between the exterior surface of the tube and the substantially radially oriented cut constituting the opening side and wherein said curvature is a rounded edge with a curvature radius between 0.2-0.6 mm. The invention further concerns a method of making such catheter and an apparatus for performing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Jan Kent Olsen
  • Apparatus for making a catheter
    Patent number: 9186480
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a catheter for medical purposes, such as for insertion into a body opening for draining fluids, wherein the catheter comprises a flexible tube having a distal end region wherein the tube is provided with at least one draining opening, characterized in that the peripheral edge on the outside of the tube is provided with a curvature for creating a smooth transition between the exterior surface of the tube and the substantially radially oriented cut constituting the opening side and wherein said curvature is a rounded edge with a curvature radius between 0.2-0.6 mm. The invention further concerns a method of making such catheter and an apparatus for performing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Jan Kent Olsen
  • CATHETER AND A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING SUCH CATHETER
    Publication number: 20100280498
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a catheter for medical purposes, such as for insertion into a body opening for draining fluids, wherein the catheter comprises a flexible tube having a distal end region wherein the tube is provided with at least one draining opening, characterised in that the peripheral edge on the outside of the tube is provided with a curvature for creating a smooth transition between the exterior surface of the tube and the substantially radially oriented cut constituting the opening side and wherein said curvature is a rounded edge with a curvature radius between 0.2-0.6 mm. The invention further concerns a method of making such catheter and an apparatus for performing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Jan Kent Olsen