Patents by Inventor Matthew Solar

Matthew Solar 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 of manufacturing a guidewire with an extrusion jacket
    Patent number: 6554942
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a guidewire having a discrete length. The method includes the steps of feeding a first end of a corewire into an extrusion device, gripping the first end of the corewire with a gripping apparatus, and extruding a first extrusion material onto an outer surface of the corewire while the gripping apparatus pulls the corewire through the extrusion device to form an extrusion jacket on the outer surface of the corewire. The corewire has a predetermined length corresponding to a length of the guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Solar, Richard Acevedo, Eric Welch, Scott Jones
  • Method of manufacturing a guidewire with an extrusion jacket
    Publication number: 20020084012
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a guidewire having a discrete length. The method includes the steps of feeding a first end of a corewire into an extrusion device, gripping the first end of the corewire with a gripping apparatus, and extruding a first extrusion material onto an outer surface of the corewire while the gripping apparatus pulls the corewire through the extrusion device to form an extrusion jacket on the outer surface of the corewire. The corewire has a predetermined length corresponding to a length of the guidewire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Scimed Life Systems,Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Solar, Richard Acevedo, Eric Welch, Scott Jones