Patents by Inventor Colm P. McGuinness

Colm P. McGuinness 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).

  • Low profile stent
    Patent number: 6485508
    Abstract: A stent having a hollow, cylindrical body made with a plurality of rings. The rings each extend circumferentially around the cylindrical body and include an undulating series of angulated peaks and valleys. The rings are joined together by a series of links, the rings and links being shaped and arranged to promote a very low compressed profile and longitudinal flexibility during stent delivery on the catheter and effective scaffolding after deployment. The rings are provided with inflection points on some portions of the rings which extend in a generally circumferential direction for a short distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Colm P. McGuinness
  • Endoluminal stents and their manufacture
    Patent number: 6350279
    Abstract: Tubular stents are formed from a sheet of material having longitudinally extending margins and an expandable pattern between the margins. The sheet can be formed to a tube with the margins overlapped and secured. The margins may be provided with means to facilitate registration of the margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: AVE Connaught
    Inventor: Colm P. McGuinness
  • Helically wrapped interlocking stent
    Patent number: 6156062
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an expandable stent for supporting a body lumen formed from an elongate strip of biocompatible material that is helically wrapped into a tubular shape. The strip is formed with a tongue extending along one edge and a groove along the other. The tongue is slidably received in the groove as the strip is wound into helical wraps that form a tube. The tongue and groove engagement interlocks the wraps to maintain the tubular shape. Sliding of the tongue within the groove permits the wraps to slide relative to each other causing the diameter of the stent to be increased or decreased. An increase in the stent diameter corresponds to a decrease in the length of the stent and vice versa. Thus the stent can be delivered to a vessel site in reduced diameter long length configuration, then deployed by compressing its length to cause expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Ave Connaught
    Inventor: Colm P. McGuinness
  • Endoluminal stents and their manufacture
    Patent number: 6102943
    Abstract: Tubular stents are formed from a sheet of material having longitudinally extending margins and an expandable pattern between the margins. The sheet can be formed to a tube with the margins overlapped and secured. The margins may be provided with means to facilitate registration of the margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Ave Connaught
    Inventor: Colm P. McGuinness