Patents by Inventor Leif E. BANSNER

Leif E. BANSNER 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).

  • ENTERIC FISTULA TREATMENT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120016412
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an implantable fistula closure device. The device may include an expandable longitudinally segmented body including a proximal end and a distal end. The segmented body may further include a plurality of porous bodies and a connecting member operably joining together the plurality of porous bodies. The plurality of porous bodies includes a first porous body with a proximal end and a distal end and a second porous body with a proximal end and a distal end, and the connecting member operably connects the proximal end of the first porous body with the distal end of the second porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Curaseal Inc.
    Inventors: Akshay MAVANI, Kenton Fong, Leif E. Bansner, Nathan C. Maier, Dean Hu, Moshe Pinto, Harold F. Carrison, Eliot Kim
  • Inflatable device for enteric fistula treatment
    Publication number: 20100228184
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an implantable fistula closure device. The device may include an expandable longitudinally segmented body including a proximal end and a distal end. The segmented body may further include a plurality of porous bodies and a connecting member operably joining together the plurality of porous bodies. The plurality of porous bodies includes a first porous body with a proximal end and a distal end and a second porous body with a proximal end and a distal end, and the connecting member operably connects the proximal end of the first porous body with the distal end of the second porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Curaseal Inc.
    Inventors: Akshay MAVANI, Kenton FONG, Leif E. BANSNER, Nathan C. MAIER, Dean HU, Moshe PINTO, Harold F. CARRISON, Eliot KIM