Patents by Inventor Kristoff Nelson
Kristoff Nelson 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).
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Publication number: 20130310919Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a device within a body lumen. The delivery system includes a self-expanding stent/graft composite prosthesis and a deployment device. The deployment device includes an outer sheath which overlies the graft, and a stent retaining means for maintaining the one end of the stent in a radially compressed state. The outer sheath is retractable with respect to the graft, and the stent retaining means is removable to allow the stent end to radially expand. The deployment device may further include an inner sheath to overlie the composite and is retractable with respect to the composite. An endoluminal prosthesis including a graft attached to one stent and a second stent unattached within the graft lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: LifeShield Sciences LLCInventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Patent number: 8579961Abstract: The present invention provides a sectional crimped graft that allows graft flexibility where required and limits the overall longitudinal extension. The present invention overcomes the disadvantage of fully crimped grafts by controlling the number of crimps per unit length, crimp height, crimp geometry and their location along the graft wall, dependent on the particular end-use application. In so doing, flexibility and elongation can be controllably tailored only in areas where significant anatomical angulation is present. It may also be useful in applications other than stent grafts such as surgical grafts for aortic and peripheral areas. Limiting the overall graft longitudinal extension also facilitates the deployment of the stent-graft into the blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Lifeshield Sciences LLCInventors: Thomas V. Casey, II, Kristoff Nelson, Fergus Quigley
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Patent number: 8518096Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a device within a body lumen. The delivery system includes a self-expanding stent/graft composite prosthesis and a deployment device. The deployment device includes an outer sheath which overlies the graft, and a stent retaining means for maintaining the one end of the stent in a radially compressed state. The outer sheath is retractable with respect to the graft, and the stent retaining means is removable to allow the stent end to radially expand. The deployment device may further include an inner sheath to overlie the composite and is retractable with respect to the composite. An endoluminal prosthesis including a graft attached to one stent and a second stent unattached within the graft lumen.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Lifeshield Sciences LLCInventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Patent number: 7556643Abstract: An endoluminal self-expanding prosthesis for placement in a blood vessel, duct or lumen, to hold it open. The prosthesis includes a stent with a graft extending within the stent. The stent is an elongated self-expanding stent with an open tubular wall structure. The graft is an elongated compressible generally tubular graft. One end of the graft is secured to the inside of the stent and the graft extends therethrough. The stent is deployed allowing the free flow of blood through the open-celled structure, and the graft is freely deployed secondarily within the stent by the blood flowing therethrough. The present invention is not subject to significant distal migration during delivery and placement of the prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Thomas V. Casey, II, Kristoff Nelson, Fergus Quigley
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Patent number: 7297156Abstract: An apparatus is provided for deploying an endograft that maintains a fluid channel throughout deployment. A method for deploying an endograft maintaining a fluid channel through the deployment is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Boston Scientific CorporationInventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Publication number: 20070198079Abstract: The present invention provides a sectional crimped graft that allows graft flexibility where required and limits the overall longitudinal extension. The present invention overcomes the disadvantage of fully crimped grafts by controlling the number of crimps per unit length, crimp height, crimp geometry and their location along the graft wall, dependent on the particular end-use application. In so doing, flexibility and elongation can be controllably tailored only in areas where significant anatomical angulation is present. It may also be useful in applications other than stent grafts such as surgical grafts for aortic and peripheral areas. Limiting the overall graft longitudinal extension also facilitates the deployment of the stent-graft into the blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Thomas Casey, Kristoff Nelson, Fergus Quigley
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Publication number: 20060229703Abstract: An apparatus is provided for deploying an endograft that maintains a fluid channel throughout deployment. A method for deploying an endograft maintaining a fluid channel through the deployment is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2006Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Patent number: 7101390Abstract: An apparatus is provided for deploying an endograft that maintains a fluid channel throughout deployment. A method for deploying an endograft maintaining a fluid channel through the deployment is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Publication number: 20040243215Abstract: An apparatus is provided for deploying an endograft that maintains a fluid channel throughout deployment. A method for deploying an endograft maintaining a fluid channel through the deployment is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Publication number: 20040044395Abstract: A delivery system for delivering a device within a body lumen. The delivery system includes a self-expanding stent/graft composite prosthesis and a deployment device. The deployment device includes an outer sheath which overlies the graft, and a stent retaining means for maintaining the one end of the stent in a radially compressed state. The outer sheath is retractable with respect to the graft, and the stent retaining means is removable to allow the stent end to radially expand. The deployment device may further include an inner sheath to overlie the composite and is retractable with respect to the composite. An endoluminal prosthesis including a graft attached to one stent and a second stent unattached within the graft lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventor: Kristoff Nelson
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Publication number: 20040019375Abstract: The present invention provides a sectional crimped graft that allows graft flexibility where required and limits the overall longitudinal extension. The present invention overcomes the disadvantage of fully crimped grafts by controlling the number of crimps per unit length, crimp height, crimp geometry and their location along the graft wall, dependent on the particular end-use application. In so doing, flexibility and elongation can be controllably tailored only in areas where significant anatomical angulation is present. It may also be useful in applications other than stent grafts such as surgical grafts for aortic and peripheral areas. Limiting the overall graft longitudinal extension also facilitates the deployment of the stent-graft into the blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Applicant: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas V. Casey, Kristoff Nelson, Fergus Quigley
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Publication number: 20040019373Abstract: An endoluminal self-expanding prosthesis for placement in a blood vessel, duct or lumen, to hold it open. The prosthesis includes a stent with a graft extending within the stent. The stent is an elongated self-expanding stent with an open tubular wall structure. The graft is an elongated compressible generally tubular graft. One end of the graft is secured to the inside of the stent and the graft extends therethrough. The stent is deployed allowing the free flow of blood through the open-celled structure, and the graft is freely deployed secondarily within the stent by the blood flowing therethrough. The present invention is not subject to significant distal migration during delivery and placement of the prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Applicant: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas V. Casey, Kristoff Nelson, Fergus Quigley