Patents by Inventor Laveille Kao Voss

Laveille Kao Voss 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).

  • Systems for anchoring a medical device in a body lumen
    Patent number: 7160309
    Abstract: A system for securing a device in tissue, having a sheath having a plurality of side openings; a rotatable element disposed within the sheath; and a plurality of curved projections extending from the rotatable element, wherein rotation of the rotatable element within the sheath pushes distal ends of each of the curved projections outwardly through one of the plurality of openings and into the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventor: Laveille Kao Voss
  • Systems for anchoring a medical device in a body lumen
    Publication number: 20040127913
    Abstract: A system for securing a device in tissue, having a sheath having a plurality of side openings; a rotatable element disposed within the sheath; and a plurality of curved projections extending from the rotatable element, wherein rotation of the rotatable element within the sheath pushes distal ends of each of the curved projections outwardly through one of the plurality of openings and into the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Laveille Kao Voss
  • Needle for retrieving a suture
    Publication number: 20040102808
    Abstract: A needle having a shaft; a neck at the distal end of the shaft; and a tapered end at the distal end of the neck, the tapered end comprising at least three planar faces meeting at a central point, and an annular shoulder adjacent to the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Laveille Kao Voss, Erik Walberg