Patents by Inventor Mark S. Holzapfel

Mark S. Holzapfel 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).

  • Catheter including a unibody distal guidewire port and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 9878135
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • CATHETER INCLUDING A UNIBODY DISTAL GUIDEWIRE PORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20150005705
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • Catheter including a unibody distal guidewire port and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8834509
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • CATHETER INCLUDING A UNIBODY DISTAL GUIDEWIRE PORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20120143169
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • Method of making catheter including a unibody distal guidewire port
    Patent number: 8123994
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • Catheter Including a Unibody Distal Guidewire Port and Method of Manufacture
    Publication number: 20100096077
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson
  • Proximal guidewire port
    Patent number: 7662328
    Abstract: Methods and devices incorporating a guidewire entry port subassembly for use in rapid exchange catheters. The use of a subassembly allows for stronger quality control and simpler fabrication of a rapid exchange device. In several embodiments, methods of making a molded guidewire entry port using a mold, often in conjunction with one or more mandrels, are disclosed. Several device embodiments include a separate molded guidewire port as well as molded guidewire ports which are attached, during a molding step, to segments of a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Holzapfel, Martin J. Plantenberg, Daniel K. Tomaschko, Richard J. Olson