Patents by Inventor Dean T. Corcoran

Dean T. Corcoran 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).

  • Methods of achieving lung volume reduction with removable anchored devices
    Publication number: 20040143282
    Abstract: An intra-bronchial device placed and anchored in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion associated with the air passageway. The device includes a support structure, an obstructing member carried by the support structure that reduces ventilation to the lung portion by preventing air from being inhaled into the lung portion, and at least one anchor carried by the support structure that anchors the obstruction device within the air passageway. The anchor may engage the air passageway wall by piercing or friction, include a stop dimensioned for limiting the piercing of the air passageway wall, and may be releasable from the air passageway for removal of the intra-bronchial device. The anchors may be carried by a peripheral portion of the support structure, or by a central portion of the support structure. The obstructing member may be a one-way valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: David H. Dillard, Hugo X. Gonzalez, Seung Yi, Lauri J. DeVore, Mia Park, Dean T. Corcoran, Jenni Rimbaugh
  • Removable anchored lung volume reduction devices and methods
    Publication number: 20030216769
    Abstract: An intra-bronchial device placed and anchored in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion associated with the air passageway. The device includes a support structure, an obstructing member carried by the support structure that reduces ventilation to the lung portion by preventing air from being inhaled into the lung portion, and at least one anchor carried by the support structure that anchors the obstruction device within the air passageway. The anchor may engage the air passageway wall by piercing or friction, include a stop dimensioned for limiting the piercing of the air passageway wall, and may be releasable from the air passageway for removal of the intra-bronchial device. The anchors may be carried by a peripheral portion of the support structure, or by a central portion of the support structure. The obstructing member may be a one-way valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: David H. Dillard, Hugo X. Gonzalez, Seung Yi, Lauri J. DeVore, Mia Park, Dean T. Corcoran, Jenni Rimbaugh
  • Constriction device including tear resistant structures
    Publication number: 20030163024
    Abstract: A constriction device that constricts body tissue and is formed of relatively thin elastic material includes a tear resistance structure to preclude an inadvertent tear in the device from propagating through the device. The tear resistance structure includes a plurality of intersecting ribs formed in the elastic material. The ribs circumscribe the device and define rectangular, square, diamond, wavy, or knurled patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean T. Corcoran
  • Constriction device including tear resistant structures
    Patent number: 6589161
    Abstract: A constriction device that constricts body tissue and is formed of relatively thin elastic material includes a tear resistance structure to preclude an inadvertent tear in the device from propagating through the device. The tear resistance structure includes a plurality of intersecting ribs formed in the elastic material. The ribs circumscribe the device and define rectangular, square, diamond, wavy, or knurled patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean T. Corcoran
  • CONSTRICTION DEVICE INCLUDING TEAR RESISTANT STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20030078469
    Abstract: A constriction device that constricts body tissue and is formed of relatively thin elastic material includes a tear resistance structure to preclude an inadvertent tear in the device from propagating through the device. The tear resistance structure includes a plurality of intersecting ribs formed in the elastic material. The ribs circumscribe the device and define rectangular, square, diamond, wavy, or knurled patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean T. Corcoran