Patents by Inventor John E. Bramfitt

John E. Bramfitt 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).

  • Method of implanting a permanent shape memory alloy stent
    Patent number: 5545210
    Abstract: A permanent tissue supporting device, and a method for supporting tissue, wherein a stent-like member comprising a shape-memory alloy is permanently positioned to support the tissue of a tubular organ of a living body. The shape-memory alloy of the positioned stent-like member is in the martensitic state and exhibits a strain on a horizontal plateau of a stress-strain curve of the shape-memory alloy when permanently positioned in the tubular organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Advanced Coronary Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Hess, John E. Bramfitt