Patents by Inventor Darin Gene Schaeffer

Darin Gene Schaeffer 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 with ring architecture and axially displaced connector segments
    Patent number: 6786922
    Abstract: An expandable stent is provided. The stent has a ring architecture in which a plurality of connector segments join a plurality of ring structures to form the stent. The ring structures are an endless pattern of unit structures, each of which has two lateral arms and a central portion, and is inverted with respect to the immediately adjacent unit structures of the same ring structure. The connector segments have an undulating portion and are preferably axially displaced relative to other, circumferentially adjacent connector segments when the stent is in an unexpanded configuration. A delivery system that includes a stent accordingly to the present invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Cook Incorporated
    Inventor: Darin Gene Schaeffer
  • Stent with ring architecture and axially displaced connector segments
    Publication number: 20040068316
    Abstract: An expandable stent is provided. The stent has a ring architecture in which a plurality of connector segments join a plurality of ring structures to form the stent. The ring structures are an endless pattern of unit structures, each of which has two lateral arms and a central portion, and is inverted with respect to the immediately adjacent unit structures of the same ring structure. The connector segments have an undulating portion and are preferably axially displaced relative to other, circumferentially adjacent connector segments when the stent is in an unexpanded configuration. A delivery system that includes a stent accordingly to the present invention is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: Cook Incorporated
    Inventor: Darin Gene Schaeffer