Patents by Inventor Kevin Felder

Kevin Felder 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).

  • Adjustable height gastric restriction devices and methods
    Patent number: 8100870
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for adjusting the height of devices in a gastric restriction system. In general, the methods and devices allow one or more implantable housings coupled to an implantable restriction device to have an adjustable height. The housing can include, for example, a fill port housing, a sensor housing, and any other type of housing that can be used in an implantable restriction system and desired to have an adjustable height. The housing can lower in profile over time, e.g., as the patient loses weight, thereby maintaining the housing in a generally predictable location where it can be found and accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy L. Marcotte, David Krumanaker, Kevin Felder
  • ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT GASTRIC RESTRICTION DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20090157106
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for adjusting the height of devices in a gastric restriction system. In general, the methods and devices allow one or more implantable housings coupled to an implantable restriction device to have an adjustable height. The housing can include, for example, a fill port housing, a sensor housing, and any other type of housing that can be used in an implantable restriction system and desired to have an adjustable height. The housing can lower in profile over time, e.g., as the patient loses weight, thereby maintaining the housing in a generally predictable location where it can be found and accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    Inventors: Amy L. Marcotte, David Krumanaker, Kevin Felder