Patents by Inventor Ken Gardeski

Ken Gardeski 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).

  • Vessel position and configuration imaging apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 8473030
    Abstract: One or more markers or sensors are positioned in the vasculature of a patient to facilitate determining the location, configuration, and/or orientation of a vessel or certain aspects thereof (e.g., a branch vessel), determining the location, configuration and/or orientation of a endovascular devices prior to and during prosthesis deployment as well as the relative position of portions of the vasculature and devices, generating an image of a virtual model of a portion of one or more vessels (e.g., branch vessels) or devices, and/or formation of one or more openings in a tubular prosthesis in situ to allow branch vessel perfusion when the prosthesis is placed over one or more branch vessels in a patient (e.g., when an aortic abdominal artery stent-graft is fixed to the aorta superior to the renal artery ostia).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Greenan, Dwayne Yamasaki, Walter Bruszewski, Ken Gardeski, David Simon
  • Vessel Position and Configuration Imaging Apparatus and Methods
    Publication number: 20080171934
    Abstract: One or more markers or sensors are positioned in the vasculature of a patient to facilitate determining the location, configuration, and/or orientation of a vessel or certain aspects thereof (e.g., a branch vessel), determining the location, configuration and/or orientation of a endovascular devices prior to and during prosthesis deployment as well as the relative position of portions of the vasculature and devices, generating an image of a virtual model of a portion of one or more vessels (e.g., branch vessels) or devices, and/or formation of one or more openings in a tubular prosthesis in situ to allow branch vessel perfusion when the prosthesis is placed over one or more branch vessels in a patient (e.g., when an aortic abdominal artery stent-graft is fixed to the aorta superior to the renal artery ostia).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Greenan, Dwayne S. Yamasaki, Walter Bruszewski, Ken Gardeski, David Simon