Patents by Inventor Luuk Hijlkema

Luuk Hijlkema 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).

  • Thermal regulation of a coated work-piece during the reconfiguration of the coated work-piece
    Patent number: 7010850
    Abstract: Apparatus for configuring an externally coated workpiece are provided. In one example, the apparatus includes a tubular reconfiguration chamber having a plurality of slidably mounted outer walls, the outer walls slidably mounted along individual radial lines emanating from and orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis of the tubular reconfiguration chamber; and a device for adjusting and maintaining the temperature of the external coating of a work-piece located within the tubular reconfiguration chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Luuk Hijlkema, Michael Austin, Jan Weber
  • Thermal regulation of a coated work-piece during the reconfiguration of the coated work-piece
    Publication number: 20040177805
    Abstract: Apparatus for configuring an externally coated workpiece are provided. In one example, the apparatus includes a tubular reconfiguration chamber having a plurality of slidably mounted outer walls, the outer walls slidably mounted along individual radial lines emanating from and orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis of the tubular reconfiguration chamber; and a means for adjusting and maintaining the temperature of the external coating of a work-piece located within the tubular reconfiguration chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Luuk Hijlkema, Michael Austin, Jan Weber
  • Thermal regulation of a coated work-piece during the reconfiguration of the coated work-piece
    Patent number: 6739033
    Abstract: Thermal regulation of a coated work-piece during the reconfiguration of the work-piece is provided. One method embodying the invention comprises placing an externally coated reconfigurable work-piece, whose hardness has been temporarily modified to resist damage during the reconfiguration of the work-piece, into a reconfiguration chamber of a reconfiguration apparatus and reconfiguring the work-piece from a first configuration to a second configuration via physical communication between the external coating of the reconfigurable work-piece and the reconfiguration apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Luuk Hijlkema, Michael Austin, Jan Weber
  • Thermal regulation of a coated work-piece during the reconfiguration of the coated work-piece
    Publication number: 20020143382
    Abstract: Thermal regulation of a coated work-piece during the reconfiguration of the work-piece is provided. One method embodying the invention comprises placing an externally coated reconfigurable work-piece, whose hardness has been temporarily modified to resist damage during the reconfiguration of the work-piece, into a reconfiguration chamber of a reconfiguration apparatus and reconfiguring the work-piece from a first configuration to a second configuration via physical communication between the external coating of the reconfigurable work-piece and the reconfiguration apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Luuk Hijlkema, Michael Austin, Jan Weber