Patents by Inventor Mitch Loy

Mitch Loy 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).

  • Ureteral stents
    Patent number: 10226606
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein includes materials, devices, systems, and methods for utilizing a stent (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700), reducing movement of a stent within an ureter, securing the stent within the ureter, aiding in insertion or retrieval of a stent from the ureter, preventing irritation of the trigone, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a stent is disclosed including at least one retaining structure (228, 328, 428, 528, 628, 728) positioned at least proximate a bladder configured to irritate a trigone less than a curled retaining structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: C.R. BARD, INC.
    Inventors: Beatrice Wan, Robert H. Orr, III, Richard Reineke, Jill Walthall, Mitch Loy
  • URETERAL STENTS
    Publication number: 20170173312
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein includes materials, devices, systems, and methods for utilizing a stent (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700), reducing movement of a stent within an ureter, securing the stent within the ureter, aiding in insertion or retrieval of a stent from the ureter, preventing irritation of the trigone, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, a stent is disclosed including at least one retaining structure (228, 328, 428, 528, 628, 728) positioned at least proximate a bladder configured to irritate a trigone less than a curled retaining structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Beatrice Wan, Robert H. Orr, III, Richard Reineke, Jill Walthall, Mitch Loy