Patents by Inventor Steve P. Bernath

Steve P. Bernath 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).

  • Extendable guidewire assembly
    Patent number: 5275173
    Abstract: An extendable guidewire assembly comprising: a guidewire having a tapered proximal end; an extension wire having a tapered distal end; a first polymeric tubular sleeve that is fixedly attached about the tapered distal end of the extension wire such that the tapered distal end of the extension wire extends partly through the sleeve lumen, said lumen having a diameter that is smaller than the untapered diameter of the guidewire and wherein said lumen expands radially when the sleeve is under axial compression and contracts radially when the sleeve is under axial tension; and a second polymeric sleeve to guide the guidewire into the first polymeric sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Target Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Samson, Bobbie H. P. Hsi, Steve P. Bernath