Patents by Inventor Mordechai Blisweis

Mordechai Blisweis 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).

  • Cryoplasty apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040260328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, systems, and methods utilizing cryogenic cooling in an angioplasty balloon catheter for treatment of arterial stenosis and prevention of restenosis. More particularly, the present invention relates to an angioplasty balloon catheter utilizing expansion of compressed gas to effect Joule-Thomson cooling of an angioplasty balloon, and optionally further incorporating external temperature sensors utilizable to identify a locus for treatment of arterial stenosis. The present invention further relates to angioplasty treatment systems incorporating such a catheter, and to cryogenic angioplasty methods for treating arterial stenosis and discouraging restenosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Roni Zvuloni, Mordechai Blisweis, Doris Schechter, Uri Amir, James McGlone