Patents by Inventor Juan C. Parodi

Juan C. Parodi 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).

  • Apparatus for implanting a prothesis within a body passageway
    Patent number: 5709701
    Abstract: An apparatus for repairing a body passageway, includes a catheter having first and second inflatable portions, a prosthesis having first and second ends, and a first securing member associated with the first end of the prosthesis and disposed on the second inflatable portion of the catheter. A method of assembling the apparatus for repairing a body passageway, a method of repairing a body passageway, and a method for implanting a prosthesis are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Method for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5693087
    Abstract: An aortic graft for intraluminal delivery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm is provided with at least one wire which is woven into the distal, or lower, end of the graft, which wire permits the distal end of the graft to conform to, and sealingly engage, within the aortic bifurcation region of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Method for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5683452
    Abstract: An aortic graft, and method and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm includes a tubular graft which is intraluminally delivered through the aorta and secured to the aorta by the expansion and deformation of a thin-walled tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Inventors: Hector D. Barone, Julio C. Palmaz, Juan C. Parodi
  • Balloon device for use in repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5643208
    Abstract: An aortic graft for intraluminal delivery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm is provided with at least one wire which is woven into the distal, or lower, end of the graft, which wire permits the distal end of the graft to conform to, and sealingly engage, within the aortic bifurcation region of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Aortic graft for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5591229
    Abstract: An aortic graft for intraluminal delivery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm is provided with at least one wire which is woven into the distal, or lower, end of the graft, which wire permits the distal end of the graft to conform to, and sealingly engage, within the aortic bifurcation region of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Aortic graft
    Patent number: 5578071
    Abstract: An aortic graft for intraluminal delivery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm is provided with at least one wire which is woven into the distal, or lower, end of the graft, which wire permits the distal end of the graft to conform to, and sealingly engage, within the aortic bifurcation region of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Aortic graft and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5578072
    Abstract: An aortic graft, and method and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm includes a tubular graft which is intraluminally delivered through the aorta and secured to the aorta by the expansion and deformation of a thin-walled tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventors: Hector D. Barone, Juan C. Parodi, Julio C. Palmaz
  • Graft to repair a body passageway
    Patent number: 5571173
    Abstract: An aortic graft for intraluminal delivery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm is provided with at least one wire which is woven into the distal, or lower, end of the graft, which wire permits the distal end of the graft to conform to, and sealingly engage, within the aortic bifurcation region of the aneurysm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Method for repairing an artery in a body
    Patent number: 5571171
    Abstract: An aortic graft, and method and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm includes a tubular graft which is intraluminally delivered through the aorta and secured to the aorta by the expansion and deformation of a thin-walled tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventors: Hector D. Barone, Julio C. Palmaz, Juan C. Parodi
  • Method for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5522880
    Abstract: An aortic graft, and method and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm includes a tubular graft which is intraluminally delivered through the aorta and secured to the aorta by the expansion and deformation of a thin-walled tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Inventors: Hector D. Barone, Juan C. Parodi, Julio C. Palmaz
  • Aortic graft for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Patent number: 5360443
    Abstract: An aortic graft, and method and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm includes a tubular graft which is intraluminally delivered through the aorta and secured to the aorta by the expansion and deformation of a thin-walled tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Inventors: Hector D. Barone, Julio C. Palmaz, Juan C. Parodi
  • Less traumatic angioplasty balloon for arterial dilatation
    Patent number: 5250070
    Abstract: An angioplasty balloon (1) for less traumatic arterial dilation is carried on a part (5) of a catheter (2), the catheter having lumens for inflating the balloon. The surface of the balloon that contacts the endothelium of the vessel being treated is irregularly formed, defining a plurality of grooves and radially projecting parts (7) therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Inventor: Juan C. Parodi
  • Balloon device for implanting an aortic intraluminal prosthesis for repairing aneurysms
    Patent number: 5219355
    Abstract: A balloon device for implanting an aorta or aortodiiliac intraluminal prosthesis for repairing aneurysms utilizes a catheter having two inflatable balloons for expanding two stents associated with the prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Inventors: Juan C. Parodi, Hector D. Barone