Patents by Inventor John A. Ormiston

John A. Ormiston 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).

  • Publication number: 20110054438
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for delivery of a stent or scaffold at a blood vessel or body lumen bifurcation. A method can include positioning a scaffold at a bifurcation of a main lumen into first and second branch lumens using a first expansion catheter, inflating a main balloon of the catheter to expand the proximal portion of the scaffold, positioning a second expansion system, and expanding the distal portion of the scaffold on a generally distal side of the bifurcation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Mark W.I. Webster, John A. Ormiston