Patents by Inventor Melissa Ann Frenkel

Melissa Ann Frenkel 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).

  • Flexible marker bands
    Patent number: 6970734
    Abstract: A catheter assembly comprises a catheter shaft having a first region and a second region. The first region is less radiopaque than the second region. The first region is constructed of a shaft material and the second region is constructed from the shaft material in combination with at least one radiopaque material. At least a portion of the shaft material of the second region defines at least one grooved region. The at least one radiopaque material is positioned at least partially within the at least one grooved region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracee E. J. Eidenschink, Scott E. Arndt, Brian J. Brown, Melissa Ann Frenkel
  • Flexible marker bands
    Publication number: 20040106913
    Abstract: A catheter assembly comprises a catheter shaft having a first region and a second region. The first region is less radiopaque than the second region. The first region is constructed of a shaft material and the second region is constructed from the shaft material in combination with at least one radiopaque material. At least a portion of the shaft material of the second region defines at least one grooved region. The at least one radiopaque material is positioned at least partially within the at least one grooved region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Tracee E.J. Eidenschink, Scott E. Arndt, Brian J. Brown, Melissa Ann Frenkel