Patents Assigned to Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20070299498
    Abstract: Methods and devices for facilitating the repair of vasculature. The methods and devices described accomplish engagement of components employed during in situ assembly of repair devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Juan Perez, Masoud Molaei, Shahrokh Farahani, Michael Wei, Shuji Uemura, Natalie Fawzi
  • Publication number: 20070276462
    Abstract: The present invention embodies an endovascular graft having an attachment frame connection mechanism that allows placement of the main body component in vasculature in combination with limb components. Various limb component-to-main body component attachment mechanisms are provided which ensure a reliable bond while facilitating a smaller delivery profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Octavian Iancea, Timothy Chuter, Arnold Escano, Reid Hayashi, Robin Eckert, Matthew Fitz, Shahrokh Farahani, Juan Perez, Richard Newhauser, David Pollock, Aleta Tesar
  • Publication number: 20070255395
    Abstract: An improved hook provides for the attaching of endoluminal prosthesis within corporeal lumens. The hook is integrally formed with framing structure and is preset into an outward bend, but is resiliently flexible so as to form a substantially straight profile when compressed. The hook is capable of impinging upon the corporeal lumen and thereby securing the prosthesis. The hook may be configured for intraluminal delivery and deployment. A novel method of manufacturing said hook is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: EndoVascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Pollock, Peter Johansson
  • Patent number: 7261733
    Abstract: A endovascular graft having sensing devices attached thereto to facilitate measurement of pertinent parameters within the vasculature into which the graft is implanted. Power sources and transmitters may be attached to the graft to facilitate transmission of measurements to a receiving device outside the patient's body. The sensing devices, may be electrically passive or integrated devices with measurement and transmission capability. The sensing devices may be attached to specific locations on the graft material or attached to the lumen, thereby providing pertinent parameters from critical points inside the vasculature, or may be dispersed over the surface of the graft material or within the lumen to provide a profile of pertinent parameters. The sensing devices may be attached to the graft material with one suture using a running stitch to minimize graft bulk and may be coated with a material to inhibit or control tissue growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Brown, Mark T. Lemere, Kimberly Barkman, Tim Kovac
  • Publication number: 20070191866
    Abstract: An extraction device for the removal of clots and foreign bodies from vasculature. The extractor device is connected to an elongate mandrel and is located within a longitudinally extending lumen defined by a catheter. A clot or foreign material extracted from a vessel by moving the extraction device and catheter proximally until the clot or foreign material does not perfuse a critical organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Olin Palmer, David Hancock, Larry Voss, Christopher Ken
  • Publication number: 20070179591
    Abstract: An intraluminal grafting system having a delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and a capsule mounted on the distal extremity of the tubular member and including a graft disposed within the capsule. The graft is comprised of a tubular body configured to be secured to a blood vessel by a self expanding attachment system. The attachment system comprises a generally sinusoidal wire frame having apices which extend longitudinally outward from the end of the tubular body apices which are secured within the tubular body. Both the protruding apices and the base apices are formed with helices which bias the attachment system radially outward. The attachment system further includes a plurality of lumen piercing members that are oriented in a responsive relationship to the radially outward bias of the attachment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Baker, Dinah Quiachon, Alec Piplani, Wesley Sterman, Ronald Williams
  • Patent number: 7235083
    Abstract: Methods and devices for facilitating the repair of vasculature. The methods and devices described accomplish engagement of components employed during in situ assembly of repair devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan I. Perez, Masoud Molaei, Shahrokh R. Farahani, Michael F. Wei, Shuji Uemura, Natalie Fawzi
  • Patent number: 7226474
    Abstract: The present invention embodies an endovascular graft having an attachment frame connection mechanism that allows placement of the main body component in vasculature in combination with limb components. Various limb component-to-main body component attachment mechanisms are provided which ensure a reliable bond while facilitating a smaller delivery profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Octavian Iancea, Timothy A. M. Chuter, Arnold M. Escano, Reid Hayashi, Robin W. Eckert, Matthew J. Fitz, Shahrokh R. Farahani, Juan I. Perez, Richard Newhauser, David T. Pollock, Aleta Tesar
  • Patent number: 7195639
    Abstract: An intraluminal grafting system having a balloon catheter assembly, a capsule catheter assembly and capsule jacket assembly is used for deploying in the vessel of an animal body a bifurcated graft having a plurality of attachment systems. The deployment catheters contain an ipsilateral capsule assembly, a contralateral capsule assembly and a distal capsule assembly, wherein the attachment systems of the bifurcated graft are disposed within the three capsule assemblies. A removable sheath of the capsule jacket assembly covers the bifurcated graft and capsule assemblies to provide a smooth transition along the length of the deployment catheters. The bifurcated graft is comprised of a main tubular member and two tubular legs, having attachment systems with wall engaging members secured to the superior end of the main tubular member and the inferior ends of the tubular legs. An inflatable membrane configured on the balloon catheter is used to firmly implant the attachment systems within the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinah B. Quiachon, Alec A. Piplani, Richard S. Williams, Steve G. Baker, Peter K. Johansson
  • Patent number: 7179273
    Abstract: An extraction device for the removal of clots and foreign bodies from vasculature. The extractor device is connected to an elongate mandrel and is located within a longitudinally extending lumen defined by a catheter. A clot or foreign material extracted from a vessel by moving the extraction device and catheter proximally until the clot or foreign material does not perfuse a critical organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Olin J. Palmer, Katherine Hancock, legal representative, Larry Voss, Christopher G. M. Ken, David Hancock, deceased
  • Patent number: 7175655
    Abstract: A process for assembling a medical device made from a nickel-titanium alloy for use in a mammalian body while avoiding the formation of stress-induced martensite and a medical device used in combination with a delivery system for deployment into the mammalian body are disclosed. By heating the nickel-titanium alloy of the medical device to a temperature above Md, and deforming and installing the device into a delivery system or holding capsule, it is possible to avoid the formation of stress-induced martensite in the stent, which stays in the austenitic phase throughout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Masoud Molaei
  • Patent number: 7166125
    Abstract: An intraluminal grafting system having a delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and a capsule mounted on the distal extremity of the tubular member and including a graft disposed within the capsule. The graft is comprised of a tubular body configured to be secured to a blood vessel by a self expanding attachment system. The attachment system comprises a generally sinusoidal wire frame having apices which extend longitudinally outward from the end of the tubular body apices which are secured within the tubular body. Both the protruding apices and the base apices are formed with helices which bias the attachment system radially outward. The attachment system further includes a plurality of lumen piercing members that are oriented in a responsive relationship to the radially outward bias of the attachment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven G. Baker, Dinah B. Quiachon, Alec A. Piplani, Wesley D. Sterman, Ronald G. Williams
  • Patent number: 7160323
    Abstract: A stent shaped as a three-dimensional body which is formed by interlaced threads (1) arranged in multistart turns of a helical line. The threads (1) are arranged in at least two groups (2 and 3) of the helical turns featuring opposite senses of helix. The stent ends are established by sections (5) where the turns of one helical line merge into those of the other helical line, said sections appearing as a single length of the thread (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: EndoVascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergei Appolonovich Pulnev, Andrei Vladimirovich Karev, Sergei Vladimirovich Schukin
  • Patent number: 7147662
    Abstract: An improved hook provides for the attaching of endoluminal prosthesis within corporeal lumens. The hook is integrally formed with framing structure and is preset into an outward bend, but is resiliently flexible so as to form a substantially straight profile when compressed. The hook is capable of impinging upon the corporeal lumen and thereby securing the prosthesis. The hook may be configured for intraluminal delivery and deployment. A novel method of manufacturing said hook is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Pollock, Peter Johansson
  • Patent number: 7135037
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for forming in vivo a junction between a first and a second element of a modular endovascular prosthesis used for repairing defects in vessels and other lumens within the body of a patient. The first element is adapted to have a receiving element, and the second element is adapted to have a protruding element. In the final deployed configuration of the endovascular prosthesis, the protruding element of the second element is adapted to be engaged with the receiving element of the first element, substantially preventing axial separation of the elements relative to each other. The receiving element of the invention may have various forms, and may include a fold in the wall of the first element, an expandable framework having protruding struts, or a flexible thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy A. M. Chuter, David T. Pollock, Tamara L. Trayer
  • Patent number: 7122051
    Abstract: A bifurcated graft having a trunk portion and two limb portions, each defined by a docking end and a non-docking end, that is assembled in-situ. The trunk and limb portions are supported by a combination of full and partial stent structures that are connected by longitudinal stent struts to form a continuous stent lattice. The diameters of the docking sections may be standardized such that any limb portion may be inserted into any trunk portion, providing the same degree of mechanical interference for trunk and limb portions having non-docking ends of various diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Dallara, John Pazienza, Bennie Gladdish, Alfred Concemi
  • Patent number: 7118594
    Abstract: An apparatus for repairing a vessel using a multicapsule catheter having first, second and third capsules for releasably retaining each terminal end of a bifurcated graft. The method for repairing the vessel includes the steps of performing a surgical technique to gain remote access to the vessel, advancing the multicapsule catheter within the vessel and releasing the bifurcated graft within the vessel to thereby repair the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinah B. Quiachon, Alec A. Piplani, Steve G. Baker, Ronald G. Williams, Richard S. Williams, Kenneth L. Osborn, Ted W. Layman, Peter K. Johansson
  • Patent number: 7112055
    Abstract: An apparatus for heating and setting elements of a stent. The apparatus is a mandrel having a central core cylinder with an outer surface including a plurality of raised forms and gaps in-between the raised forms. The mandrel also includes a first and second outer cylinder, each having a curved radial end with a cut-out design similar to the shape of the plurality of raised forms. Once a stent is placed on the central core cylinder, the first and second outer cylinders are positioned on the central core cylinder such that the curved radial ends of the first and second outer cylinders align with the plurality of raised forms, shaping the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Anukhin, Masoud Molaei, David T. Pollock
  • Patent number: 7025778
    Abstract: An endovascular graft having one or more sensors attached to its internal and external surface, one or more power sources attached to its external surface and one or more transmitters attached to its external surface, the sensors capable of measuring pertinent parameters and each transmitter capable of transmitting signals containing pertinent parameters to one or more receiving devices located outside the patient's body. The sensors may measure pressure, temperature, blood flow, electrical potential, or any combination thereof. The sensors may be attached at specific locations on the graft material, thereby providing pertinent parameters from critical points inside the vasculature, or may be attached to form an array of sensors over the internal and external surface of the graft material, thereby providing a complete profile of pertinent parameters throughout the vasculature covered by the endovascular graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reid K. Hayashi, Alfred Concemi
  • Patent number: 7014626
    Abstract: A system and method for introducing medical devices within vasculature that incorporates a dual lumen introducer allowing a plurality of guidewires to be introduced without entanglement. The introducer further includes slits formed in the dual lumen introducer and a dilator or an inner member with grooves that facilitate easy removal of the introducer and dilator from vasculature. The dual lumen introducer maintains separation between guidewires. The slits in the dual lumen introducer and the dilator grooves allow removal from the guidewires by slipping the device off the guidewires without retracting them the entire guidewire length. A peel-away sheath protects the vasculature from the guidewires, prevents the dilator from slipping off the guidewires, and maintains access to an expanded vessel for the introduction of medical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Endovascular Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David K. Sanderson