Patents by Inventor Jody Maria Cimbalo

Jody Maria Cimbalo 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 methods for clot dissolution
    Patent number: 6929633
    Abstract: Clot disruption and dissolution are achieved using a catheter having the ability to infuse a thrombolytic agent, agitate the clot and agent, and aspirate broken-up clot from the blood vessel. A flow resistor in the catheter provides for infusion and/or aspiration to be concentrated primarily at a clot treatment area in a blood vessel while also providing optional infusion and/or aspiration distal to the treatment area. In some embodiments, infusion, aspiration and guidewire passage occur through a common lumen. The thrombolytic agent, such as tPA, streptokinase, or urokinase, is directly released into the clot at the point where the agitator is engaging the clot. In this way, the thrombolytic activity of the agent is enhanced and the dissolution of the clot is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Bacchus Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Evans, Denise Demarais, Dino De Cicco, Kelvin Ning, Alexander Khairkhahan, Tyler Jon Strang, Jody Maria Cimbalo, Stephen Leeflang
  • Apparatus and methods for clot dissolution
    Publication number: 20030139751
    Abstract: Clot disruption and dissolution are achieved using a catheter having the ability to infuse a thrombolytic agent, agitate the clot and agent, and aspirate broken-up clot from the blood vessel. A flow resistor in the catheter provides for infusion and/or aspiration to be concentrated primarily at a clot treatment area in a blood vessel while also providing optional infusion and/or aspiration distal to the treatment area. In some embodiments, infusion, aspiration and guidewire passage occur through a common lumen. The thrombolytic agent, such as tPA, streptokinase, or urokinase, is directly released into the clot at the point where the agitator is engaging the clot. In this way, the thrombolytic activity of the agent is enhanced and the dissolution of the clot is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: BACCHUS VASCULAR INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Evans, Denise Demarais, Dino De Cicco, Kelvin Ning, Alexander Khairkhahan, Tyler Jon Strang, Jody Maria Cimbalo, Stephen Leeflang