Patents by Inventor Joe Rapp

Joe Rapp 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).

  • Vascular phantoms
    Patent number: 6205871
    Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for modeling human blood vessels. Including panels of anatomically accurate vascular phantoms, such as carotid artery phantoms, comprising a range of stenotic conditions and other geometric variations; methods of making anatomically accurate vascular phantoms using stereolithography with an input data set representation of a natural vascular lumenal surface to construct an anatomically accurate vascular phantom comprising a physical representation of the surface; and methods of using the subject phantoms and panels of phantoms, such as methods of measuring a parameter of fluid flow through a panel of anatomically accurate vascular phantoms comprising a range of stenotic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David Saloner, Joe Rapp
  • Noise maker
    Patent number: D437361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Joe Rapp, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe Rapp