Patents by Inventor Danielle Rae SCHMIDT

Danielle Rae SCHMIDT 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).

  • Ureteral stent and method
    Patent number: 10278806
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ureteral stent, having an elongated tube configured to be inserted into a ureter; a first end having a retainer portion configured to be inserted into a kidney; and a second end configured to be inserted into a bladder, the second end having an anchor portion fluidicly coupled with the first end, the second end having a collapsible wall expandable to a cross-sectional size greater than the cross-sectional size of the ureter; a tube port fluidicly coupled with the first end; and a flapper valve having at least two valve ends coupled to the anchor portion over the port; and a flexible middle portion between the at least two valve ends configured to flex toward the port to cover the port with a predetermined amount of ambient pressure in the bladder and flex away from the port when ambient pressure is lower than the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Charles Wesley McMahon, Corrine Audrey Nief, Danielle Rae Schmidt, Lisa Jin Choe, Maria Guadalupe Aponte, Sara L. Pelayo
  • URETERAL STENT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180243073
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ureteral stent, having an elongated tube configured to be inserted into a ureter; a first end having a retainer portion configured to be inserted into a kidney; and a second end configured to be inserted into a bladder, the second end having an anchor portion fluidicly coupled with the first end, the second end having a collapsible wall expandable to a cross-sectional size greater than the cross-sectional size of the ureter; a tube port fluidicly coupled with the first end; and a flapper valve having at least two valve ends coupled to the anchor portion over the port; and a flexible middle portion between the at least two valve ends configured to flex toward the port to cover the port with a predetermined amount of ambient pressure in the bladder and flex away from the port when ambient pressure is lower than the predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Charles Wesley McMAHON, Corrine Audrey NIEF, Danielle Rae SCHMIDT, Lisa Jin CHOE, Maria Guadalupe APONTE, Sara L. PELAYO