Patents Assigned to CCH Associates, LLC
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Patent number: 7331981
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a preformed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back through the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: CCH Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Patent number: 6162240
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a performed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back though the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: CCH Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney