Patents by Inventor Jan Thalens

Jan Thalens 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).

  • Ballon catheter with light-conductive basic body
    Patent number: 5891082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catheter comprising a tube-like basic catheter body with a distal and a proximal end, and a balloon member arranged at the distal end. The basic catheter body has been made so as to be at least partially light-conductive, and comprises a light receiving section at the proximal end and a light-emitting section at the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Cordis Corporation
    Inventors: James Ernest Leone, Hendikus Cornelis Geert, Marcel Gerhard Hann, Jan Thalens
  • Catheter with marker sleeve
    Patent number: 5846199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catheter comprising a tube-like basic body with a proximal and a distal end, marking means made of a material opaque to X-radiation arranged close to the distal end. The marking means may be formed by at least one tube-like marker sleeve made of a plastic material opaque to X-radiation arranged around the basic body. At the distal end a balloon member may have been arranged and the marker sleeve may substantially extend over the effective length of the balloon member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Cordis Europa N.V.
    Inventors: Lucas J. Hijlkema, Jan Thalens