Patents by Inventor David K. Wrolstad

David K. Wrolstad 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).

  • Catheter with enhanced reinforcement
    Patent number: 6562022
    Abstract: An intracorporeal catheter such as a guiding catheter employed for intravascular procedures which generally has an elongated catheter shaft with a polymeric wall with a multistrand reinforcing structure wherein the strands at a plurality of cross point locations of the reinforcing structure are secured together to hold at least part of the braided reinforcing structure in a desired shape for utilization. The strands may be metallic or polymeric or mixtures thereof. The strands can be secured together at the cross points thereof by a variety of ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Hoste, Howard Graham, David K. Wrolstad, Bruce Wilson
  • Catheter with enhanced reinforcement
    Publication number: 20020072729
    Abstract: An intracorporeal catheter such as a guiding catheter employed for intravascular procedures which generally has an elongated catheter shaft with a polymeric wall with a multistrand reinforcing structure wherein the strands at a plurality of cross point locations of the reinforcing structure are secured together to hold at least part of the braided reinforcing structure in a desired shape for utilization. The strands may be metallic or polymeric or mixtures thereof. The strands can be secured together at the cross points thereof by a variety of ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: John H. Hoste, Howard Graham, David K. Wrolstad, Bruce Wilson