Patents by Inventor Curtis E. Anderson

Curtis E. Anderson 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).

  • Stent delivery system with storage sleeve
    Patent number: 6123720
    Abstract: A delivery system for implantation of a medical device in a body lumen including an elongate flexible catheter for delivering the medical device to a predetermined location in a lumen. The medical device surrounds the flexible catheter near its distal end and is held in a delivery configuration where the medical device has a reduced radius along its axial length by a storage sleeve. The storage sleeve surrounds the medical device. Where the catheter has an outer sleeve, the storage sleeve not only provides a means for retaining the medical device in its delivery configuration, but also protects the outer sleeve from creep during storage and/or elevated temperature conditions. The storage sleeve is removed from the system prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis E. Anderson, Brian J. Brown
  • Stent delivery system with storage sleeve
    Patent number: 5800517
    Abstract: A delivery system for implantation of a medical device in a body lumen consists of an elongate flexible catheter for delivering the medical device a predetermined location in a lumen. The medical device surrounds the flexible catheter near its distal end and is held in a delivery configuration where the medical device has a reduced radius along its axial length by a storage sleeve. The storage sleeve surrounds the medical device. Where the catheter has an outer sleeve, the storage sleeve not only provides a means for retaining the medical device in its delivery configuration, but also protects the outer sleeve from creep during storage and/or elevated temperature conditions. The storage sleeve is removed from the system prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis E. Anderson, Brian J. Brown