Patents by Inventor Kenneth Zinn

Kenneth Zinn 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).

  • Patent number: 8298215
    Abstract: A device for application of energy within a tubular bodily structure including an optical fiber couplable to a source of laser energy and a guidewire tip. The optical fiber has a laser emitting portion remote from the source of laser energy and a distal end. The guidewire tip is operably secured to the optical fiber and extends distally outwardly away from the distal end of the optical fiber. The guidewire tip assists in advancing the device through the tubular bodily structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Vascular Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Zinn, Jeff Welch, Howard Root
  • Publication number: 20090082760
    Abstract: A device for application of energy within a tubular bodily structure including an optical fiber couplable to a source of laser energy and a guidewire tip. The optical fiber has a laser emitting portion remote from the source of laser energy and a distal end. The guidewire tip is operably secured to the optical fiber and extends distally outwardly away from the distal end of the optical fiber. The guidewire tip assists in advancing the device through the tubular bodily structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth Zinn, Jeff Welch, Howard Root
  • Publication number: 20070233017
    Abstract: A venous access port assembly (10) having a housing base (28) with a discharge port (16), a septum (14) and a cap (48). An interior reservoir (22) is defined by a well (30) in the housing base and a bottom (62) of the septum, and a passageway (20) extends from the reservoir through the discharge port (16). The housing base (28) is provided with radiopaque markings (60) on the bottom wall (44) thereof, including radiopaque indicia (70) that identify an attribute of the assembly (10) after its implantation and clearly appear on an X-ray of the patient in a manner informing the radiologist or technologist and the medical practitioner of that particular attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Zinn, Raymond Bizup, Kevin Sanford, Timothy Schweikert