Patents by Inventor Maurice Theodore Yvonne Verbeek

Maurice Theodore Yvonne Verbeek 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).

  • Patent number: 6592571
    Abstract: A pump for pumping drugs, medicaments or other liquids is disclosed in one embodiment having suture loops co-extensive with the outside surface of the pump. At least one depression is formed in the outside surface of the pump. A wire co-extensive with the outer dimensions of the pump passes over the depression forming a space between the wire and the outside surface of the pump in the depression. In this position, the wire forms a suture loop. The surgeon, when suturing the pump of the present invention in place within a pocket of tissue or other similar location, places a suture between the wire and the outside surface of the pump in the depression to secure the pump. In another embodiment, depressions are created in a pump and a soft material is placed in and attached to the depressions. A suture may then be placed through the material of the soft material and the tissue of the patient in a pocket in the tissue of the patient to affixed the pump in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice Theodore Yvonne Verbeek, Frans Philippens