Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Lyver

Joseph M. Lyver 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).

  • Balloon catheter tip design
    Patent number: 8303537
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to distal tip designs for catheter, wherein distal tip material is positioned about an inner shaft. The distal tip material may also be used as a tie layer for thermally bonding two incompatible materials together, such as a waist portion of a balloon to the inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Daniel Keith Tomaschko, Leo M. Klisch, Richard Olson, Joseph M. Lyver, Richard Dunn, Nie Tang, Lixiao Wang, David Griswold
  • Balloon Catheter Tip Design
    Publication number: 20090299284
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to distal tip designs for catheter, wherein distal tip material is positioned about an inner shaft. The distal tip material may also be used as a tie layer for thermally bonding two incompatible materials together, such as a waist portion of a balloon to the inner shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Daniel Keith Tomaschko, Leo M. Klisch, Richard Olson, Joseph M. Lyver, Richard Dunn, David Griswold, Nie Tang, Lixiao Wang
  • Catheter distal tip
    Patent number: 7575568
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to distal tip designs for catheter, wherein distal tip material is positioned about an inner shaft. The distal tip material may also be used as a tie layer for thermally bonding two incompatible materials together, such as a waist portion of a balloon to the inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Leo M. Klisch, Richard Olson, Joseph M Lyver, Richard Dunn, David Griswold, Nie Tang, Lixiao Wang
  • Two component sleeves
    Patent number: 6565595
    Abstract: A stent retaining sleeve which may be employed with a stent delivery system. The sleeves having two tubular components which are engaged to one another. The first component is an elastomeric tube which is designed to be disposed about the end of a stent and the portion of the catheter immediately adjacent thereto. The first component includes an inner surface which may be at least partially prelubricated with a lubricant. The second sleeve component is a second elastomeric tube which partially overlaps at least a portion of the first tube and is engaged thereto. A second portion of the second tube is constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the catheter shaft immediately adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernando DiCaprio, Joseph M. Lyver