Patents by Inventor Julio C. Palmaz

Julio C. Palmaz 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).

  • Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft
    Patent number: 4739762
    Abstract: An expandable and deformable intraluminal vascular graft is expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilate and expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The graft may be a thin-walled tubular member having a plurality of slots disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Expandable Grafts Partnership
    Inventor: Julio C. Palmaz
  • Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft
    Patent number: 4733665
    Abstract: An expandable intraluminal vascular graft is expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilate and expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The graft may be a wire mesh tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Expandable Grafts Partnership
    Inventor: Julio C. Palmaz