Patents by Inventor Mark Carl

Mark Carl 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).

  • Method for placing a cannula in a bladder
    Patent number: 10172642
    Abstract: A cannula is placed in an enlarged opening through a bladder wall and an abdominal wall by applying pulling tension to a placement guide extending through a small pathway to hold an inflated placement balloon in sealing contact with the bladder wall. The seal confines distension fluid in the bladder to establish sufficient reactive resistance to enlarge the opening through the bladder wall with blunt force dilation from an obturator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SWAN VALLEY MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ronald E. Zook, Laurence K. Sampson, Mark Carl
  • METHOD FOR PLACING A CANNULA IN A BLADDER
    Publication number: 20160135837
    Abstract: A cannula is placed in an enlarged opening through a bladder wall and an abdominal wall by applying pulling tension to a placement guide extending through a small pathway to hold an inflated placement balloon in sealing contact with the bladder wall. The seal confines distension fluid in the bladder to establish sufficient reactive resistance to enlarge the opening through the bladder wall with blunt force dilation from an obturator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: RONALD E. ZOOK, LAURENCE K. SAMPSON, MARK CARL
  • Method and apparatus for placing a cannula in a bladder
    Patent number: 9271752
    Abstract: A cannula is placed in an enlarged opening through a bladder wall and an abdominal wall by applying pulling tension to a placement guide extending through a small pathway to hold an inflated placement balloon in sealing contact with the bladder wall. The seal confines distension fluid in the bladder to establish sufficient reactive resistance to enlarge the opening through the bladder wall with blunt force dilation from an obturator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SWAN VALLEY MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ronald E. Zook, Laurence K. Sampson, Mark Carl
  • Method and Apparatus for Placing a Cannula in a Bladder
    Publication number: 20140276532
    Abstract: A cannula is placed in an enlarged opening through a bladder wall and an abdominal wall by applying pulling tension to a placement guide extending through a small pathway to hold an inflated placement balloon in sealing contact with the bladder wall. The seal confines distension fluid in the bladder to establish sufficient reactive resistance to enlarge the opening through the bladder wall with blunt force dilation from an obturator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SWAN VALLEY MEDICAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ronald E. Zook, Laurence K. Sampson, Mark Carl