Patents by Inventor Jonathan Sell

Jonathan Sell 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: 20070032746
    Abstract: The guide wire invention relates to improvements in magnetically navigable medical guide wires for enabling, in addition to magnetic navigation, conventional navigation without the use of a magnetic field. The distal portion of the guide wire may be navigated by either manually applying an axial rotation to the guide wire or by applying a magnetic field to modify the curvature of the distal portion to access small branch vessels in a subject body. The distal portion of the guide wire can also be straightened or aligned with the longitudinal axis of the guide wire by applying a magnetic field that straightens the bent section in the direction of the longitudinal axis, which enables the guide wire to push through a lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Stereotaxis, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Sell
  • Publication number: 20060270948
    Abstract: A guide wire for magnetically navigating a medical device through in a subject's body comprising an elongate wire having a proximal and distal end, a portion adjacent the distal end that is more flexible than the more proximal portions of the elongate wire, and a first magnetically responsive element on the distal end of the elongate wire. The guide wire further comprises one or more magnetically responsive elements spaced apart from the first magnetically responsive element and disposed on the more flexible portion of the elongate wire. The guide wire provides for bending or deflecting the distal end of the stent, to provide easier navigation of the distal end of the guide wire and the stent through the vasculature of a subject body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Raju Viswanathan, Jonathan Sell
  • Publication number: 20050273130
    Abstract: A balloon catheter comprising an elongate tube having a proximal end and a distal end, and a lumen therebetween, and a balloon at the distal end of the tube, in fluid communication with the lumen. A magnetically responsive element at the distal end of the device sized and shaped to orient the distal end of the device in an operating region in a subject upon the application of a magnetic field from an external source magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventor: Jonathan Sell
  • Publication number: 20050021063
    Abstract: Atherectomy devices are guided by and manipulated by externally applied magnetic fields to treat total or partial occlusions of a patient's vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Hall, Jonathan Sell