Patents by Inventor Joe Karratt

Joe Karratt 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 positioning prostheses for deployment from a catheter
    Patent number: 8083788
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include a flexible catheter shaft, an expandable member, a tubular prosthesis selectively movable in an axial direction over the expandable member, and a stop member disposed on the catheter shaft near the distal end of the catheter shaft for stopping the prosthesis at a deployment position on the expandable member. A variety of different stop members are provided according to various embodiments, such as stop members disposed outside the expandable member, stop members disposed inside the expandable member, movable stop members, and the like. Methods of delivering stents are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Xtent, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Acosta, Bernard Andreas, Stephen Kao, Joe Karratt, Steve Landreville, Eric Lang, David Sanderson, Craig Welk, David W. Snow
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING PROSTHESES FOR DEPLOYMENT FROM A CATHETER
    Publication number: 20070100423
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include a flexible catheter shaft, an expandable member, a tubular prosthesis selectively movable in an axial direction over the expandable member, and a stop member disposed on the catheter shaft near the distal end of the catheter shaft for stopping the prosthesis at a deployment position on the expandable member. A variety of different stop members are provided according to various embodiments, such as stop members disposed outside the expandable member, stop members disposed inside the expandable member, movable stop members, and the like. Methods of delivering stents are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Xtent, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Acosta, Bernard Andreas, Stephen Kao, Joe Karratt, Steve Landreville, Eric Lang, David Sanderson, Craig Welk, David Snow
  • Apparatus and methods for positioning prostheses for deployment from a catheter
    Patent number: 7182779
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include a flexible catheter shaft, an expandable member, a tubular prosthesis selectively movable in an axial direction over the expandable member, and a stop member disposed on the catheter shaft near the distal end of the catheter shaft for stopping the prosthesis at a deployment position on the expandable member. A variety of different stop members are provided according to various embodiments, such as stop members disposed outside the expandable member, stop members disposed inside the expandable member, movable stop members, and the like. Methods of delivering stents are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Xtent, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Acosta, Bernard Andreas, Stephen Kao, Joe Karratt, Steve Landreville, Eric Lang, David Sanderson, Craig Welk, David Snow
  • Apparatus and methods for positioning prostheses for deployment from a catheter
    Publication number: 20050010276
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include a flexible catheter shaft, an expandable member, a tubular prosthesis selectively movable in an axial direction over the expandable member, and a stop member disposed on the catheter shaft near the distal end of the catheter shaft for stopping the prosthesis at a deployment position on the expandable member. A variety of different stop members are provided according to various embodiments, such as stop members disposed outside the expandable member, stop members disposed inside the expandable member, movable stop members, and the like. Methods of delivering stents are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: Xtent, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Acosta, Bernard Andreas, Stephen Kao, Joe Karratt, Steve Landreville, Eric Lang, David Sanderson, Craig Welk, David Snow
  • Implantable ultrasound systems and methods for enhancing localized delivery of therapeutic substances
    Publication number: 20040267234
    Abstract: Implantable ultrasonic transducer devices and methods are provided to enhance local delivery and tissue uptake of therapeutic substances using phonophoresis. The transducers are adopted to be implanted immediately adjacent or within the target tissue to which the therapeutic substances also are delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Gill Heart, Gideon Tolkowsky, Axel Brisken, Joe Karratt