Patents by Inventor Dominic SANTOIANNI

Dominic SANTOIANNI 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).

  • Balloon catheter
    Patent number: 10940036
    Abstract: A catheter is provided comprising a flexible heat transfer element provided on an outer surface of the catheter, a conduit arranged to supply an inflation fluid for inflating the flexible heat transfer element so as to form an inflated balloon, a guide wire lumen for receiving a guide wire, and an elongate cooling element arranged to cool said inflation fluid for inflating the balloon. Said cooling element and said guide wire lumen are arranged inside the flexible heat transfer element such that, when inflated the cooling element is substantially central within the balloon and said guide wire lumen is parallel to and radially offset from the cooling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Cryotherapeutics GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kyone Park, Dominic Santoianni, Stewart Maddison Fox, Peter Georg Laitenberger
  • Balloon Catheter
    Publication number: 20190209368
    Abstract: A catheter is provided comprising a flexible heat transfer element provided on an outer surface of the catheter, a conduit arranged to supply an inflation fluid for inflating the flexible heat transfer element so as to form an inflated balloon, a guide wire lumen for receiving a guide wire, and an elongate cooling element arranged to cool said inflation fluid for inflating the balloon. Said cooling element and said guide wire lumen are arranged inside the flexible heat transfer element such that, when inflated the cooling element is substantially central within the balloon and said guide wire lumen is parallel to and radially offset from the cooling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Cryotherapeutics GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kyone PARK, Dominic SANTOIANNI, Stewart Maddison FOX, Peter Georg LAITENBERGER