Patents by Inventor Darren Hopkins

Darren Hopkins 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).

  • A Mechanism to Ensure Placement of Ostial Renal Stents
    Publication number: 20070239252
    Abstract: A method of using a delivery system includes advancing a stent to be located within an ostium of a vessel; advancing a basket actuation button of a handle to deploy a basket of the basket assembly; moving the basket into engagement with a parent vessel, the basket having a larger diameter than a diameter of the ostium; deploying the stent within an ostial lesion of the vessel; and contracting the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Hopkins, Jack Chu, Jonathan Morris, James Machek, Prema Ganesan, Matthew Rust, Trevor Greenan, James Moriarty