Patents by Inventor Joan Bei

Joan Bei 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).

  • Patent number: 8323327
    Abstract: A catheter system for implanting an endoprosthesis at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter includes an elongated shaft outer member and a stent sheath distal portion and a self-expanding stent radially restrained in a collapsed configuration within the stent sheath distal portion. A balloon catheter dimensioned for relative axial movement within the shaft outer member has an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen and a device receiving lumen. A stent stop secured to the balloon catheter is reversibly radially expandable to deploy from a collapsed to a radially expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, the stent stop prevents longitudinal displacement of the stent. A balloon is located on a distal shaft section is releasably locked with respect to the shaft outer member and slidably disposed therein in an unlocked configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Shstems Inc.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Patent number: 7887661
    Abstract: Embodiments include an infusion-occlusion system having a delivery catheter, a guide catheter adapted to receive the delivery catheter, and a guidewire with an occlusion device adapted to be received within the guide catheter. The guide catheter of the catheter kit may be provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the guide catheter. The delivery catheter may have an accessory lumen, coaxial or co-linear lumen, a supporting mandrel, or an occlusion device at its distal end. Moreover, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may be a single material or a composite balloon having an inner liner and an outer layer of different materials, a high compliance low pressure balloon, or a filter device that restricts particles from passing through but does not restrict fluid, such as blood. An inflation device with a large volume and low volume syringe can be used to inflate the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica G. Chiu, Gregory Waimong Chan, Gabriel Asongwe, Robert C. Esselstein, Douglas Gesswein, Srinivasan Sridharan, Nianjiong Joan Bei, William E. Webler, Stephen G. Schaible, Mina Chow, Yan Shen, Hongzhi Bai, Mark J. Bly, Thomas R. Hatten
  • Publication number: 20100331951
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an endoprosthesis such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Patent number: 7776080
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an endoprosthesis such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascualr Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Publication number: 20090018498
    Abstract: Embodiments include an infusion-occlusion system having a delivery catheter, a guide catheter adapted to receive the delivery catheter, and a guidewire with an occlusion device adapted to be received within the guide catheter. The guide catheter of the catheter kit may be provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the guide catheter. The delivery catheter may have an accessory lumen, coaxial or co-linear lumen, a supporting mandrel, or an occlusion device at its distal end. Moreover, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may be a single material or a composite balloon having an inner liner and an outer layer of different materials, a high compliance low pressure balloon, or a filter device that restricts particles from passing through but does not restrict fluid, such as blood. An inflation device with a large volume and low volume syringe can be used to inflate the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Jessica G. Chiu, Gregory Waimong Chan, Gabriel Asongwe, Robert C. Esselstein, Douglas Gesswein, Srinivasan Sridharan, Nianjiong Joan Bei, William E. Webler, Stephen G. Schaible, Mina Chow, Yan Shen, Hongzhi Bai, Mark J. Bly, Thomas R. Hatten
  • Publication number: 20090005733
    Abstract: Embodiments include an infusion-occlusion system having a delivery catheter, a guide catheter adapted to receive the delivery catheter, and a guidewire with an occlusion device adapted to be received within the guide catheter. The guide catheter of the catheter kit may be provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the guide catheter. The delivery catheter may have an accessory lumen, coaxial or co-linear lumen, a supporting mandrel, or an occlusion device at its distal end. Moreover, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may be a single material or a composite balloon having an inner liner and an outer layer of different materials, a high compliance low pressure balloon, or a filter device that restricts particles from passing through but does not restrict fluid, such as blood. An inflation device with a large volume and low volume syringe can be used to inflate the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Jessica G. Chiu, Gregory Waimong Chan, Gabriel Asongwe, Robert C. Esselstein, Douglas Gesswein, Srinivasan Sridharan, Nianjiong Joan Bei, William E. Webler, Stephen G. Schaible, Mina Chow, Yan Shen, Hongzhi Bai, Mark J. Bly, Thomas R. Hatten
  • Publication number: 20080269868
    Abstract: A catheter system and method for implanting an i such as a stent at a treatment site in a patient's body lumen. The catheter provides a complete system for stent delivery, dilatation, and delivery and/or recovery of an expandable device, such as an embolic protection device, adjacent to the treatment site in the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Keif Fitzgerald, Patrick C. Saxton, Zhicheng Lin, Steven A. Tyler, Joanna Lubas
  • Publication number: 20080140107
    Abstract: A balloon catheter having a pre-mounted recovery sheath for recovering an expanded device, such as an embolic protection device, in a patient's body lumen, and a method of using a balloon catheter system of the invention to recover the expanded device
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Joanna Lubas, Ana Montano-Morse
  • Publication number: 20080140051
    Abstract: A balloon catheter having a pre-mounted recovery sheath for recovering an expanded device, such as an embolic protection device, in a patient's body lumen, and a method of using a balloon catheter system of the invention to recover the expanded device
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: GUIDANT ENDOVASCULAR SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Nianjiong Joan Bei, Joanna Lubas, Ana Montano-Morse