Patents by Inventor Dennis Vaughan

Dennis Vaughan 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).

  • Patent number: 11972336
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a machine learning platform and system for data analysis including for purposes of providing digital evaluations and therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cognoa, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Vaughan, Abdelhalim Abbas, Dennis Wall
  • Patent number: 9254201
    Abstract: A loading device for self-expanding stents that utilizes a rod with a stop on one end, a compressible sleeve that is slidably mounted on the rod and a compressible member slidably mounted on the rod and configured to increase the diameter of the compressible sleeve when forced against it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Cordis Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ellsworth, Israel James Jessop, Dennis Vaughan
  • Patent number: 8308792
    Abstract: A device upon which a self-expanding stent may be crimped is utilized to safely load the self-expanding stent directly into a transfer tube or a delivery tube. The device comprises a compliant member, an expandable member, an expansion member and a retrieval member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ellsworth, Israel James Jessop, Dennis Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20090299451
    Abstract: A device upon which a self-expanding stent may be crimped is utilized to safely load the self-expanding stent directly into a transfer tube or a delivery tube. The device comprises a compliant member, an expandable member, an expansion member and a retrieval member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ellsworth, Israel James Jessop, Dennis Vaughan
  • Publication number: 20070156223
    Abstract: A stent delivery system that helps equalize delivery forces throughout a vascular prosthesis during delivery thereof to an intended treatment site. The delivery system comprises a catheter having a lumen therethrough, an inner core over which the one or more stents or stent grafts is mounted for delivery from the catheter, and an outer sheath overlying the one or more stent or stent graft and the inner core. The inner core of the further comprises a series of outwardly flared members that engage segments or fill voids in or between the stent, stents or stent grafts, respectively. The outwardly flared members of the inner core thus help maintain the segments of the stent or the one or more stents or stent grafts in spaced relation with respect to one another as delivery thereof occurs and as removal of the outer sheath occurs to position the one or more stents or stent grafts at the intended treatment site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Dennis Vaughan