Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Dusbabek

Andrew J. Dusbabek 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).

  • Stent delivery system having stent securement apparatus
    Patent number: 5968069
    Abstract: A system/assembly for delivery and deployment of an inflation expandable stent within a vessel, comprising a catheter having proximal and distal ends; a stent, inflation expandable from a delivery diameter to a deployment diameter, such that the delivery diameter is reduced from the deployment diameter for conforming the stent to the catheter, such that the stent, in its delivery diameter, is coaxially mounted on the catheter near the catheter distal end; an expandable inflation means coaxially mounted on the catheter axially within the stent, for expansion of the stent from the delivery diameter to the deployment diameter upon application of fluid deployment pressure to the inflation means; and a securement component coaxially mounted on the catheter, axially within the expandable inflation means, the securement component designed and adapted to provide a securement pressure to the stent in the delivery diameter to maintain the stent in position on the catheter during delivery to the deployment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Dusbabek, Louis G. Ellis, Christopher R. Larson, Terry V. Brown, Charles L. Euteneuer, Steven P. Mertens, Richard C. Mattison, David J. Blaeser, Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Martin R. Willard, Fernando Di Caprio, Stanley A. Nordin