Patents by Inventor Bradley R. White

Bradley R. White 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).

  • Braided, branched, implantable device and processes for manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 6652571
    Abstract: A braided, branching implantable device, such as a stent, a graft, or a composite stent-graft, for deployment in a lumen, the device comprising a body that branches into a plurality of legs. At least a first leg portion of each leg comprises a discrete plurality of continuous strands braided together and at least a first body portion of the body comprises at least one of said continuous strands from each discrete plurality of continuous strands braided together. Processes for fabricating the device and a method for using the device are also claimed. One fabrication process comprises braiding a first plurality of continuous strands to individually form at least a portion of a first leg; braiding at least a second plurality of continuous strands to individually form at least a portion of a second leg; and braiding at least one strand from each of the first plurality of continuous strands and the second plurality of continuous strands together to form at least a portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley R. White, Paul F. Chouinard, Dennis A. Peiffer, Patrick A. Haverkost