Patents by Inventor Jon S. Stinson

Jon S. Stinson 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).

  • Self-expanding medical device for centering radioactive treatment sources in body vessels
    Patent number: 6267775
    Abstract: A medical device for treating a body vessel with a radioactive source includes an elongated tubular catheter and an axially flexible support structure on a distal end of the catheter. The catheter has proximal and distal ends, and a lumen for receiving a radioactive source. The support structure is formed from a plurality of filaments which are helically wound and interwoven in a braided configuration and has a plurality of alternately spaced unconstricted and constricted regions. The unconstricted regions are radially compressible and self-expandable from a positioning diameter when the device is in a positioning state to a vessel-engaging, treatment diameter which is greater than the positioning diameter when the device is in the treatment state. The constricted regions are engaged with the catheter and concentric with the unconstricted regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Schneider (USA) Inc.
    Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Jon S. Stinson
  • Self-expanding medical device for centering radioactive treatment sources in body vessels
    Patent number: 6059812
    Abstract: A medical device for treating a body vessel with a radioactive source includes an elongated tubular catheter and an axially flexible support structure on a distal end of the catheter. The catheter has proximal and distal ends, and a lumen for receiving a radioactive source. The support structure is formed from a plurality of filaments which are helically wound and interwoven in a braided configuration and has a plurality of alternately spaced unconstricted and constricted regions. The unconstricted regions are radially compressible and self-expandable from a positioning diameter when the device is in a positioning state to a vessel-engaging, treatment diameter which is greater than the positioning diameter when the device is in the treatment state. The constricted regions are engaged with the catheter and concentric with the unconstricted regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Schneider (USA) Inc.
    Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Jon S. Stinson