Patents by Inventor Michael P. Winegar

Michael P. Winegar 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).

  • Apparatus and method for mounting an external scaffold to a vascular graft
    Patent number: 8353814
    Abstract: A method for securing a compliant scaffold to an outer surface of a vascular graft includes positioning the scaffold radially about an elongated support tube which includes first and second radially outwardly flared end portions respectively defining first and second open ends of the support tube. The method further includes pulling the vascular graft through a lumen of the support tube, and axially deploying the scaffold over the first end portion of the support tube and into compliant contact with the outer surface of the vascular graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Kips Bay Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel A. Villafana, Eric E. Solien, Michael P. Winegar, Michael J. Urick
  • Apparatus and Method for Mounting an External Scaffold to a Vascular Graft
    Publication number: 20100160718
    Abstract: A method for securing a compliant scaffold to an outer surface of a vascular graft includes positioning the scaffold radially about an elongated support tube which includes first and second radially outwardly flared end portions respectively defining first and second open ends of the support tube. The method further includes pulling the vascular graft through a lumen of the support tube, and axially deploying the scaffold over the first end portion of the support tube and into compliant contact with the outer surface of the vascular graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Manuel A. Villafana, Eric E. Solien, Michael P. Winegar, Michael J. Urick