Patents by Inventor Jacques Merckx

Jacques Merckx 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).

  • Vascular catheter permitting the injection of a volume of the plug type
    Patent number: 10799673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-lumen vascular catheter to be inserted into a blood flow channel for the injection of a product by the venous or arterial route, comprising a tube having a hollow longitudinal body with a lumen, the lumen extending along the full length of the tube and being intended to permit the injection of a given volume of product at a prescribed flow rate the tube having lateral orifices which are of substantially identical size and are arranged in the longitudinal body substantially symmetrically about the longitudinal axis, near a distal end of the tube, an end surface at the distal end of the tube reducing a total surface area of the lumen starting from the distal end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Paris
    Inventors: Gérard Guiffant, Jacques Merckx, Patrice Flaud
  • VASCULAR CATHETER PERMITTING THE INJECTION OF A VOLUME OF THE PLUG TYPE
    Publication number: 20180147389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single-lumen vascular catheter (1) to be inserted into a blood flow channel for the injection of a product by the venous or arterial route, comprising a tube (2) having a hollow longitudinal body with a lumen (3), the lumen (3) extending along the full length of the tube (2) and being intended to permit the injection of a given volume (4) of product at a prescribed flow rate the tube (2) having lateral orifices (5) which are of substantially identical size and are arranged in the longitudinal body substantially symmetrically about the longitudinal axis, near a distal end (6) of the tube (2), an end surface (7) at the distal end (6) of the tube (2) reducing a total surface area of the lumen (3) starting from the distal end (6) of the tube (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicants: Universite Paris Diderot Paris 7, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Gérard Guiffant, Jacques Merckx, Patrice Flaud