Patents by Inventor Henry N. Padilla

Henry N. Padilla 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A THERAPEUTIC DEVICE USING A CATHETER
    Publication number: 20140135818
    Abstract: The apparatus for deployment of an intravascular therapeutic device, includes an elongated, flexible pusher member and a therapeutic device connected to a severable portion of a first connector member mounted to the flexible pusher member with an elongated second connector member connected to the therapeutic device. The first connector member or second connector member may be capable of being broken by heat, and a heat source is provided for heating and breaking the first connector member or the second connector member to release the therapeutic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak R. Gandhi, Kamal Ramzipoor, Henry N. Padilla
  • Apparatus and method for deployment of a therapeutic device using a catheter
    Patent number: 8652163
    Abstract: The apparatus for deployment of an intravascular therapeutic device, includes an elongated, flexible pusher member and a therapeutic device connected to a severable portion of a first connector member mounted to the flexible pusher member with an elongated second connector member connected to the therapeutic device. The first connector member or second connector member may be capable of being broken by heat, and a heat source is provided for heating and breaking the first connector member or the second connector member to release the therapeutic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Henry N. Padilla, Deepak R. Gandhi, Kamal Ramzipoor
  • Apparatus and method for deployment of a therapeutic device using a catheter
    Patent number: 8298256
    Abstract: The apparatus for deployment of an intravascular therapeutic device, includes an elongated, flexible pusher member and a therapeutic device connected to a severable portion of a first connector member mounted to the flexible pusher member with an elongated second connector member connected to the therapeutic device. The first connector member or second connector member may be capable of being broken by heat, and a heat source is provided for heating and breaking the first connector member or the second connector member to release the therapeutic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Micrus Endovascular Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak R. Gandhi, Kamal Ramzipoor, Henry N. Padilla
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A THERAPEUTIC DEVICE USING A CATHETER
    Publication number: 20100249823
    Abstract: The apparatus for deployment of an intravascular therapeutic device, includes an elongated, flexible pusher member and a therapeutic device connected to a severable portion of a first connector member mounted to the flexible pusher member with an elongated second connector member connected to the therapeutic device. The first connector member or second connector member may be capable of being broken by heat, and a heat source is provided for heating and breaking the first connector member or the second connector member to release the therapeutic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Micrus Endovascular Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak R. Gandhi, Kamal Ramzipoor, Henry N. Padilla
  • Apparatus and method for deployment of a therapeutic device using a catheter
    Patent number: 7740637
    Abstract: The apparatus for deployment of an intravascular therapeutic device, includes an elongated, flexible pusher member and a therapeutic device connected to a severable portion of a first connector member mounted to the flexible pusher member with an elongated second connector member connected to the therapeutic device. The first connector member or second connector member may be capable of being broken by heat, and a heat source is provided for heating and breaking the first connector member or the second connector member to release the therapeutic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Micrus Endovascular Corporation
    Inventors: Deepak Gandhi, Kamal Ramzipoor, Henry N. Padilla
  • Laser device with auto-piercing tip for myocardial revascularization procedures
    Patent number: 6152918
    Abstract: The apparatus for combined mechanical/laser myocardial revascularization of a human heart includes: inserting a mechanical piercing device and an elongated flexible lasing apparatus into the chest cavity of a patient; mechanically auto-piercing, micro-tearing or spreading the epicardium of the heart; and then lasing from beneath the epicardium through the myocardium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry N. Padilla, Richard L. Mueller, Stuart D. Harman