Patents by Inventor Christopher U. Cates

Christopher U. Cates 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 system for sealing percutaneous punctures
    Patent number: 8845683
    Abstract: A device for sealing a puncture in a patient includes a sealing component including an elongate control member configured to pass through a puncture in skin of a patient. The sealing component also includes an expandable member disposed near a distal end of the control member, and a tip releasably attached to the elongate control member distal to the expandable member. The device also includes a sealing material delivery component including a delivery tube through which the control member of the sealing component is configured to extend. The delivery tube is configured to deliver sealing material through an opening in a distal end of the delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas P. Killion, Robert M. Vidlund, Christopher U. Cates
  • Method and system for sealing percutaneous punctures
    Patent number: 8506592
    Abstract: A device for sealing a puncture in a patient includes a sealing component including an elongate control member configured to pass through a puncture in skin of a patient. The sealing component also includes an expandable member disposed near a distal end of the control member, and a tip releasably attached to the elongate control member distal to the expandable member. The device also includes a sealing material delivery component including a delivery tube through which the control member of the sealing component is configured to extend. The delivery tube is configured to deliver sealing material through an opening in a distal end of the delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas P. Killion, Robert M. Vidlund, Christopher U. Cates
  • Percutaneous puncture sealing system
    Publication number: 20110106147
    Abstract: A method of sealing percutaneous punctures in a patient's body that open into an internal body cavity using a sealing material such as a fibrin adhesive while preventing the sealing material from entering the body cavity. An apparatus for delivering the sealing material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, Robert C. Hornak, Frank H. Stephens, JR.
  • Percutaneous Puncture Sealing System
    Publication number: 20110015671
    Abstract: A method of sealing percutaneous punctures in a patient's body that open into an internal body cavity using a sealing material such as a fibrin adhesive while preventing the sealing material from entering the body cavity. An apparatus for delivering the sealing material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, Robert C. Hornak, Frank H. Stephens, JR.
  • Percutaneous Puncture Sealing System
    Publication number: 20110015670
    Abstract: A method of sealing percutaneous punctures in a patient's body that open into an internal body cavity using a sealing material such as a fibrin adhesive while preventing the sealing material from entering the body cavity. An apparatus for delivering the sealing material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, Robert C. Hornak, Frank H. Stephens, JR.
  • Method and system for sealing percutaneous punctures
    Publication number: 20100211000
    Abstract: A device for sealing a puncture in a patient includes a sealing component including an elongate control member configured to pass through a puncture in skin of a patient. The sealing component also includes an expandable member disposed near a distal end of the control member, and a tip releasably attached to the elongate control member distal to the expandable member. The device also includes a sealing material delivery component including a delivery tube through which the control member of the sealing component is configured to extend. The delivery tube is configured to deliver sealing material through an opening in a distal end of the delivery tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Douglas P. Killion, Robert M. Vidlund, Christopher U. Cates
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Publication number: 20080161849
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a preformed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back through the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Patent number: 7331981
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a preformed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back through the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: CCH Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney
  • Percutaneous puncture sealing method
    Patent number: 6818008
    Abstract: A method of sealing percutaneous punctures in a patient's body that open into an internal body cavity using a sealing material such as a fibrin adhesive while preventing the sealing material from entering the body cavity. The apparatus for delivering the sealing material is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: CCH Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, Robert C. Hornak, Frank H. Stephens, Jr.
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Publication number: 20040172060
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a preformed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back through the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Patent number: 6699261
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a preformed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back through the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: CCH Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Patent number: 6162240
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a performed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back though the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: CCH Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney
  • Blood vessel sealing system
    Patent number: 6056768
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an applicator which inserts a preformed sealing material into the access opening over the control member to keep the control member and expandable member centered in the access opening and withdrawing the collapsed expandable member back through the sealing material after the access opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventors: Christopher U. Cates, William D. Knopf, Douglass G. Whitney