Patents by Inventor Michael Whetstone

Michael Whetstone 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).

  • CLOSURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120143244
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides closure devices for closing an opening in a body vessel, systems for closing an opening in a body vessel, and methods of making a closure device for closing an opening in a body vessel. The closure device may include a plug, an intravascular anchor, a suture that couples the plug to the intravascular anchor and a cinching element that provides a compressive axial force to the plug, wherein the plug and cinching element are positioned over a length of the suture and the suture is secured to the intravascular anchor with a fastening portion embedded in the intravascular anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Hill, Mark L. Jenson, Michael Whetstone, Alison Liddy