Patents Examined by Rosilund Kearney
  • Method for cryogenic inhibition of hyperplasia
    Patent number: 5971979
    Abstract: Post-angioplasty hyperplasia in blood vessels is treated using a cryosurgical balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is positioned at a target region within the blood vessel, and the balloon inflated by expanding a cryogenic fluid, such as liquid nitrogen, across an expansion orifice into a balloon. The balloon will be constructed so that cooling is achieved primarily in the central regions of the balloon, with the proximal and distal regions being less cold and acting to insulate adjacent regions of the blood vessel from excessive cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Odyssey Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Joye, Ronald Williams
  • Implant for suspension of the urinary bladder in cases of incontinence of urine in women
    Patent number: 5840011
    Abstract: An implant for suspension of the urinary bladder in bases of incontinence of urine in women has a flat, flexible basic structure. Two first projections (5, 6) and two second projections (7, 8) start from a triangle-like to elongated oval basis (1). The two first projections (5, 6) run on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis (L--L) of the base (1), and the two second projections (7, 8) likewise run on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis (L--L) of the base (1), but generally in the opposite direction to the two first projections (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Susanne Landgrebe, Lothar Schilder