Patents by Inventor JOSEPH ERIK HUGHES

JOSEPH ERIK HUGHES 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).

  • Wire retention and release mechanisms
    Patent number: 10610393
    Abstract: Devices for delivering and deploying a prosthesis are disclosed and comprise a sheath, a prosthesis disposed within a distal end portion of the sheath, and a wire having a first end coupled to the prosthesis and a second end coupled to the sheath. A body portion of the wire comprises a slack in the wire, and the sheath, prosthesis, and wire are configured so that a proximal movement of the sheath relative to the prosthesis reduces the slack in the wire, and a subsequent proximal movement of the sheath relative to the prosthesis decouples the wire from the prosthesis. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Macatangay, Joseph Erik Hughes
  • WIRE RETENTION AND RELEASE MECHANISMS
    Publication number: 20170273812
    Abstract: Devices for delivering and deploying a prosthesis are disclosed and comprise a sheath, a prosthesis disposed within a distal end portion of the sheath, and a wire having a first end coupled to the prosthesis and a second end coupled to the sheath. A body portion of the wire comprises a slack in the wire, and the sheath, prosthesis, and wire are configured so that a proximal movement of the sheath relative to the prosthesis reduces the slack in the wire, and a subsequent proximal movement of the sheath relative to the prosthesis decouples the wire from the prosthesis. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: EDWIN MACATANGAY, JOSEPH ERIK HUGHES