Patents by Inventor Andrew L. Lerchl

Andrew L. Lerchl 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).

  • Publication number: 20040092787
    Abstract: A transfer device usable in a system for intraluminal treatment of a selected site in a body of a patient in which the transfer device comprises an integral pump for pressurizing and circulating fluid through a fluid path defined by the transfer device and associated catheter. A removable fluid cartridge is provided including a reservoir from which fluid is drawn by the pump and into which fluid is returned after being circulated through the fluid path. The pump may be a peristaltic pump and the fluid cartridge may include an elongated fluid pick-up having an inlet through which fluid is introduced into the transfer device. The fluid pick-up is sized in length so that the inlet is always submerged in the fluid regardless of the orientation of the transfer device. A removable treatment cartridge having a lumen forming part of the fluid path may also be provided, and a storage sleeve for the treatment cartridge may be of a radiation-blocking material, such as quartz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Novoste Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Hughett, Robert Michael Webster, Douglas Layland Armstrong, Byron Lee Boylston, Gregg T. Juett, Richard A. Hillstead, Jack C. Griffis, Andrew L. Lerchl, Mark Dehdashtian, Marvin A. Guiles