Patents by Inventor Marcia A. Wise

Marcia A. Wise 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).

  • Anti-clotting methods and apparatus for indwelling catheter tubes
    Patent number: 6364867
    Abstract: Enabled or activated closure and sealing devices in the form of closure balloons, and related methods, are disclosed, which substantially preclude entry and clotting of blood at the distal end of a lumen of an indwelling catheter tube during times when flow therein is not occurring. The closure and sealing balloon is disabled or deactivated to accommodate flow, without clotting, through the lumen of the catheter tube when flow therein is resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Catheter Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia A. Wise, H. Robert Moorehead
  • ANTI-CLOTTING METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDWELLING CATHETER TUBES
    Publication number: 20020016584
    Abstract: Enabled or activated closure and sealing devices in the form of closure balloons, and related methods, are disclosed, which substantially preclude entry and clotting of blood at the distal end of a lumen of an indwelling catheter tube during times when flow therein is not occurring. The closure and sealing balloon is disabled or deactivated to accommodate flow, without clotting, through the lumen of the catheter tube when flow therein is resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: MARCIA A. WISE, H. ROBERT MOOREHEAD
  • Anti-clotting methods and apparatus for indwelling catheter tubes
    Publication number: 20010023333
    Abstract: Enabled or activated closure and sealing devices in the form of closure balloons, and related methods, are disclosed, which substantially preclude entry and clotting of blood at the distal end of a lumen of an indwelling catheter tube during times when flow therein is not occurring. The closure and sealing balloon is disabled or deactivated to accommodate flow, without clotting, through the lumen of the catheter tube when flow therein is resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Marcia A. Wise, H. Robert Moorehead
  • Anti-clotting methods and apparatus for indwelling catheter tubes
    Patent number: 6270489
    Abstract: Enabled or activated closure and sealing devices in the form of closure balloons, and related methods, are disclosed, which substantially preclude entry and clotting of blood at the distal end of a lumen of an indwelling catheter tube during times when flow therein is not occurring. The closure and sealing balloon is disabled or deactivated to accommodate flow, without clotting, through the lumen of the catheter tube when flow therein is resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Catheter Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcia A. Wise, H. Robert Moorehead