Patents by Inventor Justin E. Plessel

Justin E. Plessel 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).

  • GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER WITH A RETRACTABLE WIRE
    Publication number: 20140249508
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a guide extension catheter with a retractable wire. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal shaft having a first outer diameter. The guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath attached to the proximal shaft and having a second outer diameter greater than the first outer diameter. Further, the distal sheath may have a central lumen defined therein and a secondary lumen formed along a wall surface of the distal sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: HUISUN WANG, JAMES M. ANDERSON, JUSTIN E. PLESSEL
  • Lumen support for welding
    Patent number: 6837897
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a support member adjacent to a first member and a second member, the first and second members may be laser welded to one another by directing radiation absorbable by the first and second members at the first and second members. The support member is provided adjacent to the first member and is constructed and arranged to substantially reflect or substantially transmit radiation at one or more frequencies absorbable by at least one of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Kristi Flury, Scott A. Olson, Jan Seppala, Richard Dunn, Gina L. Sandvick, Fernando DiCaprio, Justin E. Plessel
  • Radial stent crimper
    Patent number: 6769161
    Abstract: A stent crimper comprising a plurality of crimping members extending between a first support and a second support. The first and optionally the second supports has an opening therethrough sized to allow a stent therethrough. The first and second supports extend from a base. The crimping members are disposed about the circumference of a circle everywhere along the length of the members. Finally, the flexible members extend through a bore in a die. The die is movable in an axial direction along the flexible members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry V. Brown, Andrew J. Dusbabek, Louis G. Ellis, Scott M. Hanson, Leo M. Klisch, Christopher R. Larson, Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Justin E. Plessel, Lawrence W. Ulanowski
  • Lumen support for welding
    Publication number: 20020068966
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a support member adjacent to a first member and a second member, the first and second members may be laser welded to one another by directing radiation absorbable by the first and second members at the first and second members. The support member is provided adjacent to the first member and is constructed and arranged to substantially reflect or substantially transmit radiation at one or more frequencies absorbable by at least one of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas J. Holman, Kristi Flury, Scott A. Olson, Jan Seppala, Richard Dunn, Gina L. Sandvick, Fernando DiCaprio, Justin E. Plessel