Patents by Inventor Phebe T. Cababaro

Phebe T. Cababaro 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).

  • Catheter with rotatable balloon
    Patent number: 6540719
    Abstract: An intraluminal catheter having a catheter shaft and distal member rotatable relative to at least a section of the catheter shaft. In one embodiment, the catheter has a catheter shaft, a distal member, which in a presently preferred embodiment is a balloon mounted on a distal portion of the shaft, and a tubular sealing member having an expandable portion disposed at least in part within a section of the distal member. The tubular sealing member has an expanded configuration, and an unexpanded configuration expandable into contact with the section of the distal member, so that the distal member is rotatable relative to at least a section of the catheter shaft and to the tubular sealing member when the tubular sealing member is in the unexpanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bigus, Phebe T. Cababaro, Steven B. Choi
  • Catheter with rotatable balloon
    Publication number: 20020072755
    Abstract: An intraluminal catheter having a catheter shaft and distal member rotatable relative to at least a section of the catheter shaft. In one embodiment, the catheter has a catheter shaft, a distal member, which in a presently preferred embodiment is a balloon mounted on a distal portion of the shaft, and a tubular sealing member having an expandable portion disposed at least in part within a section of the distal member. The tubular sealing member has an expanded configuration, and an unexpanded configuration expandable into contact with the section of the distal member, so that the distal member is rotatable relative to at least a section of the catheter shaft and to the tubular sealing member when the tubular sealing member is in the unexpanded configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bigus, Phebe T. Cababaro, Steven B. Choi