Patents by Inventor Orit Hirszowicz

Orit Hirszowicz 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).

  • Patent number: 8388574
    Abstract: A system comprising a catheter having an expandable element, which when expanded, has an annular shape surrounding a passageway. The expandable element in the expanded state is rollable along at least a portion of the shaft of the catheter without slipping. The system may be used for delivering an object to a site in the body, retrieving an object from a body, removing debris and/or other particulate matter from a blood vessel, and distending and/or expanding a pathologically-involved region of a blood vessel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Angioslide Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Hirszowicz, Orit Hirszowicz, Yoav Turgeman, Omri Mairon
  • Publication number: 20110040365
    Abstract: A system comprising a catheter having an expandable element, which when expanded, has an annular shape surrounding a passageway. The expandable element in the expanded state is rollable along at least a portion of the shaft of the catheter without slipping. The system may be used for delivering an object to a site in the body, retrieving an object from a body, removing debris and/or other particulate matter from a blood vessel, and distending and/or expanding a pathologically-involved region of a blood vessel wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: ERAN HIRSZOWICZ, Orit Hirszowicz, Yoav Turgeman, Omri Mairon
  • Patent number: 7824370
    Abstract: A system comprising a catheter (12) having an expandable element (18), which when expanded, has an annular shape surrounding a passageway. The expandable element in the expanded state is rollable along at least a portion of the shaft of the catheter without slipping. The system may be used for delivering an object to a site in the body, retrieving an object from a body, removing debris and/or other particulate matter from a blood vessel, and distending and/or expanding a pathologically-involved region of a blood vessel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Angioslide Limited
    Inventors: Eran Hirszowicz, Orit Hirszowicz, Yoav Turgeman, Omri Mairon
  • Publication number: 20080051706
    Abstract: A system comprising a catheter (12) having an expandable element (18), which when expanded, has an annular shape surrounding a passageway. The expandable element in the expanded state is rollable along at least a portion of the shaft of the catheter without slipping. The system may be used for delivering an object to a site in the body, retrieving an object from a body, removing debris and/or other particulate matter from a blood vessel, and distending and/or expanding a pathologically-involved region of a blood vessel wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Eran Hirszowicz, Orit Hirszowicz, Yoav Turgeman, Omri Mairon