Patents by Inventor Eric B. Stenzel

Eric B. Stenzel 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).

  • Method and device for providing full protection to a stent
    Publication number: 20030212410
    Abstract: A catheter comprises a catheter shaft, at least a portion of which defines a medical device receiving region, and at least one sleeve. The at least one sleeve comprises a tubular member constructed and arranged to transition between an extended state and a retracted state. The tubular member has a first portion being engaged to a portion of the catheter shaft adjacent to the medical device receiving region. In the extended state a second portion is constructed and arranged to at least partially overlay the medical device receiving region. In the retraced state the second portion is removed from about the medical device receiving region. At least one of the first portion and the second portion of the tubular member are at least partially constructed from a shape memory material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Eric B. Stenzel, Ronald A. Sahatjian, Sheng-Ping Zhong, Kinh-Luan D. Dao, Peter L. Dayton, Daniel J. Kalashian, Stephen Griffin, Thomas Yung-Hui Chien
  • Method, tool, and system for deploying an implant into the body
    Publication number: 20030208153
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention a system for maneuvering an implant to a target site and deploying the implant at the target site is provided. This system includes an inner housing and an outer housing where the inner housing is slidable within the outer housing. The outer housing may have a working channel with a first end and a second end and a piercing jaw moveably coupled to the first end. The inner housing may have a working passage with a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a piercing jaw moveably coupled to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Eric B. Stenzel
  • Locking stent
    Patent number: 6540777
    Abstract: A stent may be constructed to have at least one lockable cell which includes a first locking member and a second locking member. The first and second locking members are movable between a first position in which they are not locked together to a second position in which they are locked together and impart increased scaffolding strength to the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric B. Stenzel
  • Locking stent
    Publication number: 20020111671
    Abstract: A stent may be constructed to have at least one lockable cell which includes a first locking member and a second locking member. The first and second locking members are movable between a first position in which they are not locked together to a second position in which they are locked together and impart increased scaffolding strength to the stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Eric B. Stenzel