Patents by Inventor Katherine M. Bauermeister

Katherine M. Bauermeister 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).

  • Stent delivery system
    Patent number: 6517548
    Abstract: A stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of the catheter from a contracted state to an expanded state: a stent positioned around the distal portion of the catheter having a contracted condition and being expandable to an expanded condition, and being sized in the contracted condition to closely surround the catheter in the contracted state, the expandable distal portion of the catheter including a balloon within which there is included on the catheter shaft at least one body of a diameter larger than the catheter shaft to which the stent and balloon are fitted, as by crimping, for holding the stent in place until it is released therefrom by expansion of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Katherine M. Bauermeister
  • Stent delivery system
    Publication number: 20020029046
    Abstract: A stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of the catheter from a contracted state to an expanded state: a stent positioned around the distal portion of the catheter having a contracted condition and being expandable to an expanded condition, and being sized in the contracted condition to closely surround the catheter in the contracted state, the expandable distal portion of the catheter including a balloon within which there is included on the catheter shaft at least one body of a diameter larger than the catheter shaft to which the stent and balloon are fitted, as by crimping, for holding the stent in place until it is released therefrom by expansion of the balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Katherine M. Bauermeister
  • Stent delivery system
    Patent number: 6270504
    Abstract: A stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of the catheter from a contracted state to an expanded state: a stent positioned around the distal portion of the catheter having a contracted condition and being expandable to an expanded condition, and being sized in the contracted condition to closely surround the catheter in the contracted state, the expandable distal portion of the catheter including a balloon within which there is included on the catheter shaft at least one body of a diameter larger than the catheter shaft to which the stent and balloon are fitted, as by crimping, for holding the stent in place until it is released therefrom by expansion of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Katherine M. Bauermeister
  • Stent delivery system
    Patent number: 6068634
    Abstract: A stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of the catheter from a contracted state to an expanded state: a stent positioned around the distal portion of the catheter having a contracted condition and being expandable to an expanded condition, and being sized in the contracted condition to closely surround the catheter in the contracted state, the expandable distal portion of the catheter including a balloon within which there is included on the catheter shaft at least one body of a diameter larger than the catheter shaft to which the stent and balloon are fitted, as by crimping, for holding the stent in place until it is released therefrom by expansion of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda R. Lorentzen Cornelius, Katherine M. Bauermeister