Patents by Inventor Mikhail Mezhirov

Mikhail Mezhirov 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).

  • Introducer apparatus with eversible sleeve
    Patent number: 7967798
    Abstract: Disclosed is an introducer apparatus comprising an sleeve fixation mechanism or introducer member, such as a catheter, introducer, or ring-like structure, which is attached to a protective sleeve comprising a thin flexible material such a polymeric film. The sleeve is inverted into the passageway of a second member, such as a catheter, feeding tube, introducer, etc., that is advanced through the passageway of the introducer member and is introduced into a bodily passage of a patient, such as the bile duct, nasal passages, colon, etc. The sleeve everts from the passageway of the second member during its advancement to lay down a friction-reducing surface. The sleeve prevents frictional contact between the second member and delicate or sensitive tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Boris Reydel, Mikhail Mezhirov, Jason D. Foushee
  • Introducer apparatus with eversible sleeve
    Publication number: 20060173422
    Abstract: Disclosed is an introducer apparatus comprising an sleeve fixation mechanism or introducer member, such as a catheter, introducer, or ring-like structure, which is attached to a protective sleeve comprising a thin flexible material such a polymeric film. The sleeve is inverted into the passageway of a second member, such as a catheter, feeding tube, introducer, etc., that is advanced through the passageway of the introducer member and is introduced into a bodily passage of a patient, such as the bile duct, nasal passages, colon, etc. The sleeve everts from the passageway of the second member during its advancement to lay down a friction-reducing surface. The sleeve prevents frictional contact between the second member and delicate or sensitive tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Boris Reydel, Mikhail Mezhirov, Jason Foushee
  • Introducer apparatus with eversible sleeve
    Publication number: 20010044595
    Abstract: Disclosed is an introducer apparatus comprising an sleeve fixation mechanism or introducer member, such as a catheter, introducer, or ring-like structure, which is attached to a protective sleeve comprising a thin flexible material such a polymeric film. The sleeve is inverted into the passageway of a second member, such as a catheter, feeding tube, introducer, etc., that is advanced through the passageway of the introducer member and is introduced into a bodily passage of a patient, such as the bile duct, nasal passages, colon, etc. The sleeve everts from the passageway of the second member during its advancement to lay down a friction-reducing surface. The sleeve prevents frictional contact between the second member and delicate or sensitive tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Wilson-Cook Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Reydel, Mikhail Mezhirov, Jason D. Foushee