Patents by Inventor Indu Kapadia

Indu Kapadia 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).

  • Woven vascular graft
    Patent number: 5127919
    Abstract: A vascular graft prosthesis of woven synthetic yarn where selected fill threads are woven into S-shaped lock elements about selected warp threads to provide a tubular fabric that resists fraying when cut at an oblique angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Vascutec Corporation
    Inventors: Ibrahim M. Ibrahim, Indu Kapadia
  • Prosthetic ligament
    Patent number: 4883486
    Abstract: A prosthetic ligament has an outer sheath of permeable PTFE yarn surrounding a core of synthetic filaments with stitching through the sheath and core holding the two firmly together to act as a single integral unit when placed in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Inventors: Indu Kapadia, Kemal Schankereli
  • Woven vascular graft
    Patent number: 4816028
    Abstract: A woven tubular vascular prosthesis having alternating plain/twill weave and two pairs of double leno weave of texturized synthetic fiber of 64 denier/144 filament has sufficiently low porosity that preclotting is unnecessary to avoid hemorrhaging and unravelling is prevented even where the graft is cut at an oblique angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Inventors: Indu Kapadia, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim