Patents by Inventor Andrew Morris

Andrew Morris 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).

  • Patent number: 8617235
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen and, in particular, to an axially nested, diametrically expandable, slide and lock vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The axially nested vascular device desirably achieves both competitive crossing profiles while maintaining other key features, such as, for example, radial strength and luminal patency. The collapsed profile can also be made very thin without compromising radial strength. Thus, the vascular device can advantageously be deployed in small and difficult to reach areas or vessels. The axial nesting substantially eliminates radial overlap between mating structural elements thereby desirably allowing for a low, uniform profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, John D. Nguyen, Orlando Padilla, Andrew Morris, Daniel Moore, Thomas R. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20130297185
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling fuel consumption in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle having a driver-actuated accelerator pedal includes an economy mode activation module and a standard fueling module. The economy mode activation module is configured to compare throttle input data with defined limits. The throttle input data is controllable by a driver of the vehicle via positioning of the accelerator pedal. The economy mode activation module is configured to control the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine via an economy fuel map if the throttle input data falls within the defined limits for a defined amount of time. The standard fueling mode activation module is configured to control the fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine via a standard fuel map if the throttle input data does not fall within the defined limits for the defined amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Andrew A. Morris
  • Patent number: 8545547
    Abstract: An expandable slide and lock stent is provided that comprises a plurality of radial elements interconnected to form a tubular member. Each radial element can comprise a helical backbone and at least one elongate member extending from the helical backbone in a circumferential direction. Each backbone can have at least one slot that can be configured to receive an elongate member of an adjacent radial element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Reva Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Keith Weier, Craig Bonsignore, Keith Esser, Steven C. Howard, Joseph A. DiPari
  • Publication number: 20130253631
    Abstract: The invention relates to an expandable stent comprising circumferentially adjacent modules. The modules comprise longitudinally adjacent slide-and-lock radial elements which permit one-way sliding of the radial elements from a collapsed diameter to an expanded/deployed diameter, but inhibit radial recoil from the expanded diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: REVA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, John D. Nguyen, Steven C. Howard, Orlando M. Padilla, Andrew Morris, Robert F. Eisele, Joseph Anthony DiPari, David G. Matsuura, Philip J. Simpson, Walter D. Gillespie, Daniel Moore, Thomas R. Jackson, Joan Zeltinger, Keith Allen Esser, Donald K. Brandom
  • Patent number: 8540762
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. Some embodiments of these implants comprise a circumferentially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as rotating, translating, and/or slide and lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Orlando Padilla
  • Patent number: 8512394
    Abstract: An intraluminal, balloon expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen is disclosed. The present invention provides a lumen support stent with an unobstructed through-lumen for use in a blood vessel. A constraining mechanism is provided for securely maintaining the stent in the collapsed condition during delivery. The stent is preferably formed with a series of interconnected slide and lock mechanisms for permitting movement from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition and inhibiting radial recoil from the expanded condition. The stent may be formed from a shape memory alloy for providing crush-recovery after deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Reva Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, Andrew Morris, John Nguyen, Robert F. Eisele, Steven C. Howard, Orlando M. Padilla, Philip J. Simpson
  • Patent number: 8460363
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise an axially-radially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as translating and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the axially-radially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Reva Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Morris, Eric Schmid, Jeffrey T. Sheriff, Keith Esser
  • Patent number: 8292944
    Abstract: The invention relates to an expandable stent comprising circumferentially adjacent modules. The modules comprise longitudinally adjacent slide-and-lock radial elements which permit one-way sliding of the radial elements from a collapsed diameter to an expanded/deployed diameter, but inhibit radial recoil from the expanded diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, John D. Nguyen, Steven C. Howard, Orlando M. Padilla, Andrew Morris, Robert F. Eisele, Joseph Anthony DiPari, David G. Matsuura, Philip J. Simpson, Walter D. Gillespie, Daniel Moore, Thomas R. Jackson, Joan Zeltinger, Keith Allen Esser, Donald K. Brandom
  • Patent number: 8287597
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for correcting sagittal imbalance in a spine including instruments for performing the controlled release of the anterior longitudinal ligament through a lateral access corridor and hyper-lordotic lateral implants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: NuVasive, Inc.
    Inventors: Luiz Pimenta, Andrew Morris, Brian Snider, Michael Serra
  • Patent number: 8277500
    Abstract: The invention relates to an expandable stent comprising circumferentially adjacent modules. The modules comprise longitudinally adjacent slide-and-lock radial elements which permit one-way sliding of the radial elements from a collapsed diameter to an expanded/deployed diameter, but inhibit radial recoil from the expanded diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, John D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120221097
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. Some embodiments of these implants comprise a circumferentially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as rotating, translating, and/or slide and lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: REVA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Orlando Padilla
  • Patent number: 8172894
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise a circumferentially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as rotating, translating, and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the circumferentially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Reva Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Orlanda Padilla
  • Publication number: 20110282434
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise an axially-radially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as translating and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the axially-radially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: REVA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Morris, Eric Schmid, Jeffrey T. Sheriff, Keith Esser
  • Publication number: 20110245909
    Abstract: An expandable slide and lock stent is provided that comprises a plurality of radial elements interconnected to form a tubular member. Each radial element can comprise a helical backbone and at least one elongate member extending from the helical backbone in a circumferential direction. Each backbone can have at least one slot that can be configured to receive an elongate member of an adjacent radial element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: REVA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Keith Weier, Craig Bonsignore, Keith Esser, Steven C. Howard, Joseph A. DiPari
  • Patent number: 7988721
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise an axially-radially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as translating and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the axially-radially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Reva Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Morris, Eric Schmid, Jeffrey T. Sheriff, Keith Esser
  • Publication number: 20110172759
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen and, in particular, to an axially nested, diametrically expandable, slide and lock vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The axially nested vascular device desirably achieves both competitive crossing profiles while maintaining other key features, such as, for example, radial strength and luminal patency. The collapsed profile can also be made very thin without compromising radial strength. Thus, the vascular device can advantageously be deployed in small and difficult to reach areas or vessels. The axial nesting substantially eliminates radial overlap between mating structural elements thereby desirably allowing for a low, uniform profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: REVA MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, John D. Nguyen, Orlando Padilla, Andrew Morris, Daniel Moore, Thomas R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 7947071
    Abstract: An expandable slide and lock stent is provided that comprises a plurality of radial elements interconnected to form a tubular member. Each radial element can comprise a helical backbone and at least one elongate member extending from the helical backbone in a circumferential direction. Each backbone can have at least one slot that can be configured to receive an elongate member of an adjacent radial element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Keith Weier, Craig Bonsignore, Keith Esser, Steven C. Howard, Joseph A. DiPari
  • Patent number: 7914574
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen and, in particular, to an axially nested, diametrically expandable, slide and lock vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The axially nested vascular device desirably achieves both competitive crossing profiles while maintaining other key features, such as, for example, radial strength and luminal patency. The collapsed profile can also be made very thin without compromising radial strength. Thus, the vascular device can advantageously be deployed in small and difficult to reach areas or vessels. The axial nesting substantially eliminates radial overlap between mating structural elements thereby desirably allowing for a low, uniform profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, John D. Nguyen, Orlando Padilla, Andrew Morris, Daniel Moore, Thomas R. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20100292773
    Abstract: An intraluminal, balloon expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen is disclosed. The present invention provides a lumen support stent with an unobstructed through-lumen for use in a blood vessel. A constraining mechanism is provided for securely maintaining the stent in the collapsed condition during delivery. The stent is preferably formed with a series of interconnected slide and lock mechanisms for permitting movement from a collapsed condition to an expanded condition and inhibiting radial recoil from the expanded condition. The stent may be formed from a shape memory alloy for providing crush-recovery after deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric V. Schmid, Andrew Morris, John Nguyen, Robert F. Eisele, Steven C. Howard, Orlando M. Padilla, Phillip J. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20100211159
    Abstract: Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. These implants comprise a circumferentially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as rotating, translating, and/or slide and lock. One advantage of the circumferentially nested stent is that it maintains the expanded size, without significant recoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Andrew Morris, Orlando Padilla