Patents by Inventor Michael Szwerc

Michael Szwerc 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 and apparatus for vessel repair in a patient
    Patent number: 6221079
    Abstract: An apparatus for repairing a vessel in a patient. The apparatus includes a graft. The apparatus includes a mechanism for compressing the vessel to the graft and holding the vessel to the graft. A method of repairing a vessel of a patient. The method includes the steps of placing a first end of a graft in contact with a first side of the vessel. Then there is the step of placing a second side of the graft in contact with the second side of the vessel. Next there is the step of compressing the first side of the vessel against the first end. Then there is the step of compressing the second side of the vessel against the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Cardiac Assist Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Magovern, Wayne P. Griffin, David W. Kletzli, Michael Szwerc, Dennis R. Trumble