Patents by Inventor Andrew Nicolaides

Andrew Nicolaides 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).

  • Method and extravenous corrector for simultaneous repair of multiple incompetent valves
    Patent number: 7776082
    Abstract: A method and device for repairing incompetent venous valves and more specifically relates to repair method and an implantable support device—extravenous corrector (3), which is positionable about a dilated veins of the Sapheno-Femoral Junction (SFJ) (1) with the aim to apply an external compression force on the insufficient veins of SFJ and especially in the area of the venous valves. There are proposed several embodiments of a extravenous corrector for external correction of insufficient valves in venous junctions. The corrector is adapted to be placed immediately around the junction with venous valves, in abutting contact with its external area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Valcor Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward Shifrin, Gennady S. Nichelshpur, Andrew Nicolaides, Wesley S. Moore
  • CAROTID PLAQUE IDENTIFICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20100106022
    Abstract: A method of classification of plaques using the gray level distribution of pixels in ultrasonic images of carotid plaques. The method and algorithm classifies plaques into 12 classes. Each class is associated with a different level of risk of developing symptoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Nicolaides, Efthyvoulos Kyriacou
  • Method and Extravenous Corrector for Simultaneous Repair of Multiple Incompetent Valves
    Publication number: 20070293877
    Abstract: A method and device for repairing incompetent venous valves and more specifically relates to repair method and an implantable support device—extravenous corrector (3), which is positionable about a dilated veins of the Sapheno-Femoral Junction (SFJ) (1) with the aim to apply an external compression force on the insufficient veins of SFJ and especially in the area of the venous valves. There are proposed several embodiments of a extravenous corrector for external correction of insufficient valves in venous junctions. The corrector is adapted to be placed immediately around the junction with venous valves, in abutting contact with its external area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Shifrin, Gennady Nichelshpur, Andrew Nicolaides, Wesley Moore