Patents by Inventor Jay Soderberg

Jay Soderberg 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).

  • Anastomosis device having improved safety features
    Patent number: 8066725
    Abstract: An anastomosis device providing increased functionality, reliability and safety through the use of designs addressing potential puncture of an inflation balloon being used to hold and approximate tissue. The anastomosis device can include bladder retention structures configured to engage and retain tissue without pointed or sharpened surfaces that can rupture the inflation balloon. The anastomosis device can include a reinforced or otherwise protected inflation balloon to resist puncturing by a bladder retention structure. The anastomosis device can include a catheter wall profile selected to physically prevent bladder retention structures from being forcibly bent back so as to avoid potential contact with and puncture of the inflation balloon. The anastomosis device can include a catheter funnel with an internal spring for preventing kinking of the catheter lumen while providing for flexibility and stretch of the funnel to absorb pulling or shock force which can rupture the inflation balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: AMS Research Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent G. Copa, Sidney F. Hauschild, Suranjan Roychowdhury, Kory P. Hamel, Robert L. Rykhus, Jay Soderberg
  • Anastomosis Device Having Improved Safety Features
    Publication number: 20080097493
    Abstract: An anastomosis device providing increased functionality, reliability and safety through the use of designs addressing potential puncture of an inflation balloon being used to hold and approximate tissue. The anastomosis device can include bladder retention structures configured to engage and retain tissue without pointed or sharpened surfaces that can rupture the inflation balloon. The anastomosis device can include a reinforced or otherwise protected inflation balloon to resist puncturing by a bladder retention structure. The anastomosis device can include a catheter wall profile selected to physically prevent bladder retention structures from being forcibly bent back so as to avoid potential contact with and puncture of the inflation balloon. The anastomosis device can include a catheter funnel with an internal spring for preventing kinking of the catheter lumen while providing for flexibility and stretch of the funnel to absorb pulling or shock force which can rupture the inflation balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Vincent Copa, Sidney Hauschild, Suranjan Roychowdhury, Kory Hamel, Robert Rykhus, Jay Soderberg