Patents by Inventor Gerald Castellano

Gerald Castellano 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).

  • Surgical dissector
    Patent number: 5913870
    Abstract: A method for percutaneous dissection of a segment of vascular tissue from a patient is provided which includes providing an elongated tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, and blunt dissection structure positioned adjacent the distal end of the tubular member and remotely actuable from adjacent the proximal end of the tubular member. The method further provides for percutaneously accessing a first end portion of the vascular tissue segment, the blunt dissection structure is positioned adjacent the vascular tissue segment and is actuated to bluntly dissect the vascular tissue segment from surrounding body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan A. DeFonzo, H. Jonathan Tovey, Keith Ratcliff, Salvatore Castro, Gerald Castellano