Patents by Inventor Filippo Crea

Filippo Crea 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).

  • Fiber optic device for angioplasty
    Patent number: 4842390
    Abstract: A fiber optic device for the transmission and lateral irradiation of laser energy, particularly for angioplasty, comprising at least one optical fiber (1), to the inlet end of which there is coupled a laser source (4) and to the outlet end of which, after removing its coating (3), there is applied a microcapsule (5) which is transparent to laser radiation and has a substantially toroidal thickened portion (6) surrounding said end and arranged to give rise to a "corolla-shaped" output laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Stefano Sottini, Vera Russo, Filippo Crea, Giancarlo Margheri