Patents by Inventor Mark B. Frenkel

Mark B. Frenkel 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).

  • NON-PRESSURE TRANSDUCING FLUSHABLE CATHETER
    Publication number: 20140163530
    Abstract: The present invention provides catheters whose lumen may be cleared of obstructions without transducing pressure changes to the patient compartment in which its proximal end is placed. In an illustrative embodiment, the lumen is cleared by a flush fluid supplied from or to a secondary lumen, with the patient compartment isolated with a gate mechanism. In another illustrative embodiment, the lumen is cleared by a progressively expanding balloon therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventor: Mark B. Frenkel