Patents by Inventor Eamonn McDermott

Eamonn McDermott 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).

  • Elongate tubular member for use in medical device shafts
    Publication number: 20060100687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a delivery catheter assembly (100) for a self-expanding stent or other device deployed in a similar manner, comprising: an inner shaft (1) located coaxially within an outer shaft (2). Each of the shafts (1, 2) comprises an elongate spiral-cut outer hypotube (12, 14). Each of the hypotubes (12, 14) has a plurality of slots (25) cut in the side wall thereof to increase the flexibility of the hypotube, and the slots are elongate slots (25) extending about the hypotube in a spiral or circumferential path which is interrupted at intervals by solid struts (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Seamus Fahey, Eamonn McDermott, Liam Farrissey, John Gilbert, Colin Forde, Erik Trip