Patents by Inventor Gerry D. Ouellette

Gerry D. Ouellette 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).

  • Soft tip catheter
    Patent number: 4863442
    Abstract: A guide catheter having a tubular body with a wire-braided Teflon core and a polyurethane jacket. The distal end of the jacket is removed from the core, and a soft polyurethane tip is applied to the core over the region where the jacket has been removed. The tip overlaps the core for approximately two millimeters and extends distally approximately two millimeters beyond the distal end of the core. The tip may be applied to the core as a separate tube bonded to it or be built up on the core by repeatedly dipping the top in a polyurethane slurry, or be molded onto the distal end of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. DeMello, Robert J. Ham, Michael Lang, Gerry D. Ouellette, Andrea T. Slater, Frederick W. Trombley, III