Patents by Inventor Martin N. Adams

Martin N. Adams 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).

  • Constriction device including reinforced suture holes
    Publication number: 20040097983
    Abstract: A constriction device that constricts body tissue is configured to be safely sutured to constricted body tissue. The device includes a generally cylindrical elastic sleeve including opposed opened ends and having a wall of substantially uniform thickness that receives body tissue therein to be constricted. The sleeve includes a plurality of suture holes to receive a suture to maintain the sleeve the tissue constricted by the sleeve. The sleeve includes a suture hole reinforcement structure, as for example an increased wall thickness, about each suture hole to permit the device to be sutured to constricted body tissue without damaging the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Leslie Snyder, Joseph R. Pearce, Martin N. Adams
  • Constriction device including reinforced suture holes
    Patent number: 6632239
    Abstract: A constriction device that constricts body tissue is configured to be safely sutured to constricted body tissue. The device includes a generally cylindrical elastic sleeve including opposed opened ends and having a wall of substantially uniform thickness that receives body tissue therein to be constricted. The sleeve includes a plurality of suture holes to receive a suture to maintain the sleeve the tissue constricted by the sleeve. The sleeve includes a suture hole reinforcement structure, as for example an increased wall thickness, about each suture hole to permit the device to be sutured to constricted body tissue without damaging the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Snyder, Joseph R. Pearce, Martin N. Adams
  • Constriction device including reinforced suture holes
    Publication number: 20030065339
    Abstract: A constriction device that constricts body tissue is configured to be safely sutured to constricted body tissue. The device includes a generally cylindrical elastic sleeve including opposed opened ends and having a wall of substantially uniform thickness that receives body tissue therein to be constricted. The sleeve includes a plurality of suture holes to receive a suture to maintain the sleeve the tissue constricted by the sleeve. The sleeve includes a suture hole reinforcement structure, as for example an increased wall thickness, about each suture hole to permit the device to be sutured to constricted body tissue without damaging the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Spiration, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Snyder, Joseph R. Pearce, Martin N. Adams