Patents by Inventor Sandra Tartaglino

Sandra Tartaglino 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).

  • Adjustably stiffenable convertible catheter assembly
    Publication number: 20060129178
    Abstract: A stiffenable balloon catheter assembly capable of being converted from an “over-the-wire” mode with respect to a quidewire extending therethrough to a “rapid-exchange” mode with respect to a guidewire extending therethrough, and vice versa. The catheter has a plurality of lumens, one lumen however, having a side opening with an obstructable galp, the orientation of which, determines the utilization “mode” of the catheter assembly. Stiffening stylets may be adjustably locked into the lumens, depending upon the “mode”, to control the stiffness of the catheter assembly during its utilization within a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Nikolaus Reifart, Erik Andersen, John Abele, Sandra Tartaglino, Timothy Wheeler
  • Adjustably stiffenable convertible catheter assembly
    Publication number: 20050027249
    Abstract: A stiffenable balloon catheter assembly capable of being converted from an “over-the-wire” mode with respect to a guidewire extending therethrough to a “rapid-exchange” mode with respect to a guidewire extending therethrough, and vice versa. The catheter has a plurality of lumens, one lumen however, having a side opening with an obstructable galp, the orientation of which, determines the utilization “mode” of the catheter assembly. Stiffening stylets may be adjustably locked into the lumens, depending upon the “mode”, to control the stiffness of the catheter assembly during its utilization within a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Nikolaus Reifart, Erik Andersen, John Abele, Sandra Tartaglino, Timothy Wheeler