Patents by Inventor James Joye

James Joye 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 cryogenic inhibition of hyperplasia
    Patent number: 6355029
    Abstract: Post-angioplasty hyperplasia in blood vessels is treated using a cryosurgical balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is positioned at a target region within the blood vessel, and the balloon inflated by expanding a cryogenic fluid, such as liquid nitrogen, across an expansion orifice into a balloon. The balloon will be constructed so that cooling is achieved primarily in the central regions of the balloon, with the proximal and distal regions being less cold and acting to insulate adjacent regions of the blood vessel from excessive cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Cryovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Joye, Ronald Williams
  • Apparatus and method for cryogenic inhibition of hyperplasia
    Publication number: 20020026182
    Abstract: Post-angioplasty hyperplasia in blood vessels is treated using a cryosurgical balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is positioned at a target region within the blood vessel, and the balloon inflated by expanding a cryogenic fluid, such as liquid nitrogen, across an expansion orifice into a balloon. The balloon will be constructed so that cooling is achieved primarily in the central regions of the balloon, with the proximal and distal regions being less cold and acting to insulate adjacent regions of the blood vessel from excessive cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: James Joye, Ronald Williams
  • Method for cryogenic inhibition of hyperplasia
    Patent number: 5971979
    Abstract: Post-angioplasty hyperplasia in blood vessels is treated using a cryosurgical balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is positioned at a target region within the blood vessel, and the balloon inflated by expanding a cryogenic fluid, such as liquid nitrogen, across an expansion orifice into a balloon. The balloon will be constructed so that cooling is achieved primarily in the central regions of the balloon, with the proximal and distal regions being less cold and acting to insulate adjacent regions of the blood vessel from excessive cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Odyssey Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Joye, Ronald Williams