Patents Represented by Law Firm Popvich & Wiles
  • Vein harvesting system and method
    Patent number: 7211040
    Abstract: A system and a method for harvesting a section of a blood vessel from a patient's body for further use. The system includes an expandable hood that creates a workspace for the dissection and removal of the vessel and a telescoping device that has tools at its distal end. The blood vessel is cut at a distal location and a light catheter inserted to illuminate the area of dissection. The system can remove a section of the saphenous vein for use in coronary bypass surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Embro Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Knighton, Vance D. Fiegel
  • Method and device for filtering body fluid
    Patent number: 7048752
    Abstract: Medical devices for filtering fluids flowing through a lumen and a method of forming medical devices. The devices can be used in vascular channels, urinary tracts, biliary ducts and the like, and filter emboli and other debris generated at a treatment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: ev3 Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Mazzocchi, Timothy Claude, James Segermark
  • Retaining wall block system
    Patent number: 6149352
    Abstract: A retaining wall block includes blocks of different sizes that are configured to be compatible with each other in the construction of a retaining wall or free-standing wall. Each block has at least three faces which are textured to produce the appearance of natural stone. The faces have varying sizes based on variations in width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Keystone Retaining Wall Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. MacDonald
  • Multilumen tubing for centrifugal blood separator
    Patent number: 5501840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple-duct tube for centrifugal separators for blood in particular, suitable for connecting a rotating connector to a stationary connector. The multiple-duct tube comprises, in a monolithic structure, a plurality of ducts which have parallel axes. The outer surface of the tube is defined by blended portions of walls of the peripheral ducts, so as to assume a lobate shape in a transverse cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Dideco S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Mantovani, Stephano Sarti, Ivo Panzani