Patents by Inventor Jennifer Wainerdi

Jennifer Wainerdi 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).

  • Balloon Expandable Stent Graft and Apparatus and Method for Expanding a Balloon Expandable Stent Graft
    Publication number: 20140249617
    Abstract: A stent-graft delivery system includes a balloon, a sleeve disposed over the balloon, and a stent graft mounted over the sleeve. The sleeve includes a weakened area between a first end and a second end of the sleeve such that when the balloon is expanded, the balloon expands from a center portion of the balloon towards the ends of the balloon. The weakened area of the sleeve may be a slit, a thinner wall section, grooves, notches, or other weakening features. The sleeve may be adhesively attached to an outer shaft of the catheter or to an outer surface of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Argentine, Stephen Gormley, Keith Perkins, Jennifer Wainerdi, James Josaitis, Thomas O'Toole, Padraic Curran, Karl Dooher