Patents by Inventor Clark Leiter

Clark Leiter 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).

  • Selectively positionable catheter cuff
    Patent number: 9669190
    Abstract: Devices and methods for securing a catheter with the body of a patient are generally disclosed. In particular, selectively positionable cuffs and methods for attaching selectively positionable cuffs to long-term tunneled catheters are disclosed. In one embodiment, a slidable, selectively-positionable cuff comprises an adhesive on a foldable tab. In another embodiment, a slidable, selectively positionable cuff comprises an activatable adhesive that is convertible from a nonadherent state to an adherent state beneath the skin of the patient. Additionally, the present disclosure teaches a wrappable sheet comprising a harvested extracellular matrix with an adhesive positioned on a side thereon and arranged to be adhered to the surface of a catheter so as to form a cuff. Methods of securing and/or positioning a cuff on a catheter, kits, and other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Olivia J. Ryan, Melissa R. Taylor, Steven Hough, Clark Leiter, Creasy Clauser, Katherine Dostal
  • SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE CATHETER CUFF
    Publication number: 20140148788
    Abstract: Devices and methods for securing a catheter with the body of a patient are generally disclosed. In particular, selectively positionable cuffs and methods for attaching selectively positionable cuffs to long-term tunneled catheters are disclosed. In one embodiment, a slidable, selectively-positionable cuff comprises an adhesive on a foldable tab. In another embodiment, a slidable, selectively positionable cuff comprises an activatable adhesive that is convertible from a nonadherent state to an adherent state beneath the skin of the patient. Additionally, the present disclosure teaches a wrappable sheet comprising a harvested extracellular matrix with an adhesive positioned on a side thereon and arranged to be adhered to the surface of a catheter so as to form a cuff. Methods of securing and/or positioning a cuff on a catheter, kits, and other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Olivia J. Ryan, Melissa R. Taylor, Steven Hough, Clark Leiter, Creasy Clauser, Katherine Dostal