Patents by Inventor Alain F. Sadaka

Alain F. Sadaka 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).

  • Medical device including actuator
    Patent number: 8303520
    Abstract: An actuating medical device and methods for making and using the same. The actuating medical device may include a proximal shaft portion having a distal end region, an actuating shaft portion attached to the distal end region, one or more actuating members coupled to or otherwise disposed adjacent the actuating shaft portion, and a distal shaft portion attached to the actuating shaft portion. The actuating shaft portion may include a shape memory material and may be adapted to shift between a first configuration and a second configuration. Using the actuating medical device may include positioning the actuating medical device in a blood vessel and shifting the actuating shaft portion between the first and second configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajitkumar B. Nair, Alain F. Sadaka
  • MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20080319403
    Abstract: An actuating medical device and methods for making and using the same. The actuating medical device may include a proximal shaft portion having a distal end region, an actuating shaft portion attached to the distal end region, one or more actuating members coupled to or otherwise disposed adjacent the actuating shaft portion, and a distal shaft portion attached to the actuating shaft portion. The actuating shaft portion may include a shape memory material and may be adapted to shift between a first configuration and a second configuration. Using the actuating medical device may include positioning the actuating medical device in a blood vessel and shifting the actuating shaft portion between the first and second configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: AJITKUMAR B. NAIR, ALAIN F. SADAKA
  • Medical device including actuator
    Patent number: 7416534
    Abstract: An actuating medical device and methods for making and using the same. The actuating medical device may include a proximal shaft portion having a distal end region, an actuating shaft portion attached to the distal end region, one or more actuating members coupled to or otherwise disposed adjacent the actuating shaft portion, and a distal shaft portion attached to the actuating shaft portion. The actuating shaft portion may include a shape memory material and may be adapted to shift between a first configuration and a second configuration. Using the actuating medical device may include positioning the actuating medical device in a blood vessel and shifting the actuating shaft portion between the first and second configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajitkumar B. Nair, Alain F. Sadaka