Patents by Inventor Marco ANTONIO LOURENCO

Marco ANTONIO LOURENCO 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: 20220061978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal duct and fixing system (100) for branches for endovascular endoprostheses for endovascular treatment of aneurysms or dissections of the aorta, comprising (i) an endoprosthesis (200) provided with windows (210, 220, 230, 240), (ii) one or more occlusions (215, 225, 235, 245), fixed to the endoprosthesis (200) by means of suture (216, 226, 236, 246), reversibly occluding the windows (210, 220, 230, 240), and a set of fixing and duct elements (300) that forms one or more internal channels of the endoprosthesis (200), preferably in the region adjacent to one of the windows (210, 220, 230, 240). The present invention also relates to a corresponding endoprosthesis (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Marco Antonio Lourenco
  • Patent number: 11173025
    Abstract: An internal duct and fixing system for branches for endovascular endoprostheses, and a corresponding endoprosthesis, for endovascular treatment of aneurysms or dissections of the aorta, including (i) an endoprosthesis provided with windows, (ii) one or more occlusions, fixed to the endoprosthesis by a suture, reversibly occluding the windows, and a set of fixing and duct elements that forms one or more internal channels of the endoprosthesis, preferably in the region adjacent to one of the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Marco Antonio Lourenco
  • Publication number: 20190159886
    Abstract: An internal duct and fixing system for branches for endovascular endoprostheses, and a corresponding endoprosthesis, for endovascular treatment of aneurysms or dissections of the aorta, including (i) an endoprosthesis provided with windows, (ii) one or more occlusions, fixed to the endoprosthesis by a suture, reversibly occluding the windows, and a set of fixing and duct elements that forms one or more internal channels of the endoprosthesis, preferably in the region adjacent to one of the windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Marco ANTONIO LOURENCO
  • Publication number: 20170007392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an endoprosthesis for endovascular treatment of thoracic-abdominal aortic aneurysms or dissections, wherein the endoprosthesis has a proximal region, an intermediate region and a distal region, comprising five inner cylinders parallel to the longitudinal axis of the endoprosthesis, said inner cylinders, having elliptical apertures in the intermediate region. The present invention also relates to an endoprosthesis for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms or dissections which compromise the iliac arteries, wherein the endoprosthesis has a proximal region, an intermediate region and a distal region, comprising an inner cylinder parallel to the longitudinal axis of the endoprosthesis, said inner cylinder having an elliptical aperture in the intermediate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: BIOKYRA PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO LTDA.
    Inventors: Marco Antonio LOURENÇO, Charles Cristian Facchini de Souza, Isaias Masiero Filho
  • Publication number: 20120191110
    Abstract: A minimally invasive, percutaneous endovascular positioning device used for positioning or delivering other endovascular devices, such as staples, stents or bits, inside a blood vessel or hollow organ, comprises a cylindrical, catheter-like delivery device (1) that contains a guide tube (11), one, two, three or “n” delivery tubes (12) distributed uniformly around the guide tube (11), a head (14) at the top end of said guide tube (11) and articulated rods (13) that join the guide tube (11) to the delivery tubes (12), where the top end of the rod (13) is fitted into the head (14) and the lower end (131) of the rod (13) is hingedly connected to the delivery tube (12) or to supporting rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicants: BIOKYRA PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO LTDA
    Inventors: Charles Cristian Facchini De Souza, Fernando Marcelo Pereira, Isaias Masiero Filho, Marco Antonio Lourenço
  • Publication number: 20120101521
    Abstract: “ENDOVASCULAR SUTURE STAPLE”, a component utilized for fastening a medical device to the wall of a blood vessel or inside a hollow body organ, may be specifically utilized for fastening vascular grafts on vessel walls, by means of endovascular sutures, comprised of a straight segment with its end trimmed to a pointed shape, and the posterior end(12) has a plain, straight, transversal section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicants: BIOKYRA PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO LTDA
    Inventors: Charles Cristian Facchini De Souza, Fernando Marcelo Pereira, Isaias Masiero Filho, Marco Antonio Lourenço