Patents by Inventor Eric W. Baker

Eric W. Baker 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).

  • Expandable atherectomy burr
    Patent number: 6436111
    Abstract: An expandable atherectomy burr has numerous cutting elements that expand radially outward as the burr is rotated. The cutting elements can include arms or flaps that have an abrasive surface thereon and expand as the burr is rotated. In an alternative embodiment, the burr includes a stack of cutting disks, each of which includes cutting elements that expand as the burr is rotated in order to create variably sized lumens in a vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Kadavy, Eric W. Baker, Thomas J. Hiblar, Kurt M. Laundroche
  • EXPANDABLE ATHERECTOMY BURR
    Publication number: 20020077638
    Abstract: An expandable atherectomy burr has numerous cutting elements that expand radially outward as the burr is rotated. The cutting elements can include arms or flaps that have an abrasive surface thereon and expand as the burr is rotated. In an alternative embodiment, the burr includes a stack of cutting disks, each of which includes cutting elements that expand as the burr is rotated in order to create variably sized lumens in a vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Kadavy, Eric W. Baker, Thomas J. Hiblar, Kurt M. Laundroche