Patents by Inventor Demetrios Revelas

Demetrios Revelas 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).

  • Method and apparatus for implanting a graft in a vessel of a patient
    Patent number: 5968053
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an apparatus for implanting a graft into a vessel of a patient. The apparatus includes a mechanical delivery mechanism for delivering the graft to a desired location inside the vessel and then withdrawing from the vessel. The apparatus also has an anchoring mechanism for anchoring the graft to the interior surface of the vessel from the inside of the vessel. The anchoring mechanism is connected to the delivery mechanism. The present invention pertains to a method of implanting a graft in a vessel of a patient. The method includes the steps of delivering a graft to a desired location inside the vessel with a delivery mechanism. Next, there is the step of piercing the vessel from the interior of the vessel with anchors connected to the graft from inside the vessel. Then, there is the step of anchoring the anchors in the vessel to hold the graft in the vessel by changing the shape of the anchors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Cardiac Assist Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Demetrios Revelas