Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Anne Hudson

Elizabeth Anne Hudson 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).

  • Duet stent deployment system and method of performing a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting procedure using same
    Patent number: 10543117
    Abstract: A duet stent deployment system is used in a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure. The device has a versatility of adjusting to a patient's anatomy in vivo. The system includes exactly two self expanding stents mounted on an inner catheter and covered by an outer sheath that is moved among a pre-deployment configuration, a first deployment configuration and a second deployment configuration to position the stents in an overlapping configuration from the portal vein, through a shunt and into the hepatic vein, and terminating at the junction with the vena cava.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kelley Jean Riedy, Elizabeth Anne Hudson, Thomas Wayne McGhie
  • DUET STENT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNTING PROCEDURE USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190274856
    Abstract: A duet stent deployment system is used in a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure. The device has a versatility of adjusting to a patient's anatomy in vivo. The system includes exactly two self expanding stents mounted on an inner catheter and covered by an outer sheath that is moved among a pre-deployment configuration, a first deployment configuration and a second deployment configuration to position the stents in an overlapping configuration from the portal vein, through a shunt and into the hepatic vein, and terminating at the junction with the vena cava.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kelley Jean Riedy, Elizabeth Anne Hudson, Thomas Wayne McGhie
  • DUET STENT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNTING PROCEDURE USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160242943
    Abstract: A duet stent deployment system is used in a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure. The device has a versatility of adjusting to a patient's anatomy in vivo. The system includes exactly two self expanding stents mounted on an inner catheter and covered by an outer sheath that is moved among a pre-deployment configuration, a first deployment configuration and a second deployment configuration to position the stents in an overlapping configuration from the portal vein, through a shunt and into the hepatic vein, and terminating at the junction with the vena cava.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Kelley Jean Riedy, Elizabeth Anne Hudson, Thomas Wayne McGhie