Patents by Inventor Douglas Smego

Douglas Smego 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).

  • Publication number: 20070249986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a kit apparatus and a methodology to prevent the primary causes of arteriovenous graft thrombosis; and provides a durable vascular access for successful long term use in hemodialysis. The invention employs a patient-customized prosthetic endograft as an subcutaneously implanted vascular access; and utilizes a surgical method for endovascular insertion of the prosthetic endograft into a pre-chosen vein, which does not require a distal anastomosis, and thus allows the distal outflow end of the implanted vascular access to remain unattached and freely floating at a precisely located anatomic position within the internal lumen the pre-chosen vein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Douglas Smego
  • Publication number: 20050203457
    Abstract: The present invention provides a kit apparatus and a methodology to prevent the primary causes of arterio-venous graft thrombosis; and provides a durable vascular access for successful long term use in hemodialysis. The invention employs a patient-customized prosthetic endograft as an subcutaneously implanted vascular access; and utilizes a surgical method for endovascular insertion of the prosthetic endograft into a pre-chosen vein, which does not require a distal anastomosis, and thus allows the distal outflow end of the implanted vascular access to remain unattached and freely floating at a precisely located anatomic position within the internal lumen the pre-chosen vein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Douglas Smego