Patents by Inventor Lance Ensign

Lance Ensign 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).

  • Publication number: 20110071620
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stent includes forming a wave form having a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns. Each crown connects two adjacent struts. The wave form has a central portion and two end portions located on opposite sides the central portion. Some of the struts located in the end portions have lengths longer and/or shorter than an average length of all of the struts of the wave form. The method includes wrapping the wave form about a longitudinal axis to define a plurality of turns so that an end turn is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis, a second turn is at a first pitch angle that is less than the angle that the end turn is disposed relative to the longitudinal axis, a third turn is at a second pitch angle that is less than the first pitch angle, and a fourth turn is at a third pitch angle that is less than the second pitch angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Bliss, Justin Goshgarian, Rui Lam, Padraig Savage, Erik Griswold, Gianfranco Pellegrini, Matthew Baldwin, Lance Ensign
  • Patent number: 5762211
    Abstract: An article organizer and display system constructed with a front display panel having a plurality of constricted apertures in an array and a plurality of suspension tethers each having one end that engages nd is retained by a selected constricted aperture and an opposite end that attaches to an article such as a tool or sale item to display the item against the panel, the system including a backing panel with a plurality of studs aligned with the constricted apertures with a displacement mechanism to displace the backing panel to a position proximate the display panel locking the tethers on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventor: Lance Ensign