Patents by Inventor Kelly Shriner

Kelly Shriner 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).

  • Devices for maintaining surgically created openings
    Publication number: 20050137518
    Abstract: Devices and methods are directed to improving the gaseous exchange in a lung of an individual having, for instance, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. More particularly, conduits may be deployed in the lung to maintain collateral openings (or channels) surgically created through airway walls. This tends to facilitate both the exchange of oxygen ultimately into the blood and decompress hyper-inflated lungs. The conduit includes a radially expandable center section having a first end, a second end, and a passageway extending from the first end to the second end. A control segment may be associated with the conduit to limit the degree of radial expansion. The conduit further includes a plurality of deflectable members extending from the ends of the center section. A tissue barrier may coaxially surround the conduit such that tissue ingrowth is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Biggs, Thomas Keast, Bryan Loomas, Don Tanaka, David Thompson, Gary Kaplan, Kelly Shriner, Halil Karabey, Russ Redmond, Claude Vidal, Mike Collinson, Cary Cole, Michael Willink
  • Methods of treating reversible obstructive pulmonary disease
    Publication number: 20040182399
    Abstract: This relates to treating an asthmatic lung and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device. This also includes additional steps of treating the airway wall, applying energy or heat to the airway wall in an asthmatic lung.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Asthmatx, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Danek, Michael Biggs, Bryan Loomas, Michael D. Laufer, Gary Kaplan, Kelly Shriner
  • Methods of treating asthma
    Publication number: 20040031494
    Abstract: This relates to treating an asthmatic lung and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device. This also includes additional steps of treating the airway wall, applying energy or heat to the airway wall in an asthmatic lung.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Broncus Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Danek, Michael Biggs, Bryan Loomas, Michael D. Laufer, Gary Kaplan, Kelly Shriner
  • Methods of treating lungs having reversible obstructive pulmonary disease
    Patent number: 6634363
    Abstract: This relates to treating a lung having at least one symptom of reversible obstructive pulmonary disease, and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device to at least reduce the ability of the lung to produce at least one of the symptoms of reversible obstructive pulmonary disease. This also includes additional steps that reduce the ability of the lung to produce at least one of the symptoms of reversible obstructive pulmonary disease and to reduce the resistance to the flow of air through a lung.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Broncus Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Danek, Michael Biggs, Bryan Loomas, Michael D. Laufer, Gary Kaplan, Kelly Shriner