Patents by Inventor C. Danielle Pinson

C. Danielle Pinson 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).

  • Catheter system for vascular re-entry from a sub-intimal space
    Patent number: 7004173
    Abstract: A catheter system and corresponding methods are provided for accessing a blood vessel true lumen from a sub-intimal plane of the vessel. The catheter system includes visualization elements for determining the orientation of the true lumen with respect to the sub-intimal plane at an identified entry site from a position in the sub-intimal plane. The entry site is distal to a chronic total occlusion (CTO). The catheter system also includes a system for physically securing tissue of the sub-intimal plane at the entry site to the catheter system. The attaching system reduces or eliminates catheter float within the sub-intimal space. The catheter system further includes re-entry devices to establish and maintain a path from the sub-intimal plane back into the vessel true lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: LuMend, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt D. Sparks, Jeffrey L. Emery, Brent D. Seybold, David J. Kupiecki, C. Danielle Pinson, Allen W. Madsen, Michael D. Keleher, Sergio Salinas, Benjamin J. Clark, Matthew R. Selmon
  • Catheter system for vascular re-entry from a sub-intimal space
    Publication number: 20020103459
    Abstract: A catheter system and corresponding methods are provided for accessing a blood vessel true lumen from a sub-intimal plane of the vessel. The catheter system includes visualization elements for determining the orientation of the true lumen with respect to the sub-intimal plane at an identified entry site from a position in the sub-intimal plane. The entry site is distal to a chronic total occlusion (CTO). The catheter system also includes a system for physically securing tissue of the sub-intimal plane at the entry site to the catheter system. The attaching system reduces or eliminates catheter float within the sub-intimal space. The catheter system further includes re-entry devices to establish and maintain a path from the sub-intimal plane back into the vessel true lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Kurt D. Sparks, Jeffrey L. Emery, Brent D. Seybold, David J. Kupiecki, C. Danielle Pinson, Allen W. Madsen, Michael D. Keleher, Sergio Salinas, Benjamin J. Clark, Matthew R. Selmon