Patents by Inventor DeWitte T. Cross, III

DeWitte T. Cross, III 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).

  • Apparatus and method for internally inducing a magnetic field in an aneurysm to embolize aneurysm with magnetically-controllable substance
    Patent number: 6540657
    Abstract: The present invention involves a magnetic detachable embolization apparatus and method for embolizing an aneurysm of a blood vessel. The apparatus includes an element adapted to be detachably connected to a distal portion of a catheter for insertion within an aneurysm of a blood vessel, the element being shaped to be retained within the aneurysm, and one or more magnets carried by the element to internally induce a magnetic field from within the aneurysm to control a magnetic field controllable embolic to embolize the aneurysm. The method includes providing a magnetic-field controllable embolic within or adjacent to an aneurysm in a blood vessel, and internally inducing a magnetic field from within the aneurysm to control the magnetic-field controllable embolic to embolize the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: DeWitte T. Cross, III, Stephen C. Porter