Patents by Inventor Daniel E. Hass

Daniel E. Hass 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 apparatus for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient
    Patent number: 8221440
    Abstract: An introducer and method for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient. The introducer includes a delivery tube having a distal end adapted to be inserted into the patient and a lumen that receives the prosthetic fabric. A loader may be provided to reconfigure the prosthetic fabric from a first configuration to a collapsed configuration and/or to insert the collapsed fabric into the lumen of the delivery tube. A plunger may be provided to push the prosthetic fabric through the delivery tube and into the patient. The loader and plunger may be combined in a dual-purpose component that is reversible to either load the fabric into the delivery tube or push the fabric through the delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen E. Kullas, Daniel E. Hass, Thomas J. Capuzziello, Dennis J. Coffey, David C. Calabrese
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A PROSTHETIC FABRIC INTO A PATIENT
    Publication number: 20110054485
    Abstract: An introducer and method for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient. The introducer includes a delivery tube having a distal end adapted to be inserted into the patient and a lumen that receives the prosthetic fabric. A loader may be provided to reconfigure the prosthetic fabric from a first configuration to a collapsed configuration and/or to insert the collapsed fabric into the lumen of the delivery tube. A plunger may be provided to push the prosthetic fabric through the delivery tube and into the patient. The loader and plunger may be combined in a dual-purpose component that is reversible to either load the fabric into the delivery tube or push the fabric through the delivery tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen E. Kullas, Daniel E. Hass, Thomas J. Capuzziello, Dennis J. Coffey, David C. Calabrese
  • Method and apparatus for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient
    Patent number: 7846171
    Abstract: An introducer and method for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient. The introducer includes a delivery tube having a distal end adapted to be inserted into the patient and a lumen that receives the prosthetic fabric. A loader may be provided to reconfigure the prosthetic fabric from a first configuration to a collapsed configuration and/or to insert the collapsed fabric into the lumen of the delivery tube. A plunger may be provided to push the prosthetic fabric through the delivery tube and into the patient. The loader and plunger may be combined in a dual-purpose component that is reversible to either load the fabric into the delivery tube or push the fabric through the delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen E. Kullas, Daniel E. Hass, Thomas J. Capuzziello, Dennis J. Coffey, David C. Calabrese