Patents by Inventor Frederik Henricus Mattheus Wittkampf

Frederik Henricus Mattheus Wittkampf 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).

  • ABLATION CATHETER AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING CARDIAC TISSUE
    Publication number: 20190216538
    Abstract: Ablation catheter comprising an elongate member with proximal and distal ends, wherein the distal end is arranged to apply a high energy electrical shock from a plurality of locations along the length of said distal end and wherein said distal end is curved. Preferably the distal end of the elongate member extends in a circle segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Frederik Henricus Mattheus Wittkampf, Helmert Van Wessel, Richard E. Stehr, Martin M. Grasse
  • Ablation catheter and method for electically isolating cardiac tissue
    Patent number: 10166067
    Abstract: Ablation catheter comprising an elongate member with proximal and distal ends, wherein the distal end is arranged to apply a high energy electrical shock from a plurality of locations along the length of said distal end and wherein said distal end is curved. Preferably the distal end of the elongate member extends in a circle segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederik Henricus Mattheus Wittkampf, Helmert Van Wessel, Richard E. Stehr, Martin M. Grasse
  • Ablation Catheter and Method for Electrically Isolating Cardiac Tissue
    Publication number: 20120053581
    Abstract: Ablation catheter comprising an elongate member with proximal and distal ends, wherein the distal end is arranged to apply a high energy electrical shock from a plurality of locations along the length of said distal end and wherein said distal end is curved. Preferably the distal end of the elongate member extends in a circle segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Frederik Henricus Mattheus Wittkampf, Helmert Van Wessel, Richard E. Stehr, Martin M. Grasse
  • Device and Method for Transseptal Puncturing
    Publication number: 20110087261
    Abstract: Device for a medical procedure within the vasculature of a patient, comprising puncturing means provided at a distal end of the device for puncturing tissue in a supported state, and an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end provided with a puncturing means and a flexible length therebetween, wherein the elongate member is arranged to be advanced through the vasculature in an unsupported state of the puncturing means without damaging the walls of the vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: UMC UTRECHT HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Henricus Mattheus Wittkampf, Helmert Van Wessel