Patents by Inventor Morris A. Simon

Morris A. Simon 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).

  • Stent and method and apparatus for forming and delivering the same
    Patent number: 5902317
    Abstract: A stent comprising a wire skeletal frame, the frame being adapted to assume a first condition in which the frame is relatively rigid and substantially tubular in configuration and a second condition in which the frame is flexible, of reduced stress, and collapsible, such that in the second condition walls of the frame are adapted to be positioned against each other to form a stent diameter substantially equal to the combined thickness of the frame walls in abutting engagement with each other, the frame in its second condition being substantially devoid of bias therein urging the frame to assume the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Nitinol Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kleshinski, Morris A. Simon, Dmitry Rabkin
  • Stent and method and apparatus for forming and delivering the same
    Patent number: 5746765
    Abstract: A stent comprising a wire skeletal frame, the frame being adapted to assume a first condition in which the frame is relatively rigid and substantially tubular in configuration and a second condition in which the frame is flexible, of reduced stress, and collapsible, such that in the second condition walls of the frame are adapted to be positioned against each other to form a stent diameter substantially equal to the combined thickness of the frame walls in abutting engagement with each other, the frame in its second condition being substantially devoid of bias therein urging the frame to assume the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Nitinol Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kleshinski, Morris A. Simon, Dmitry Rabkin
  • Stent and method and apparatus for forming and delivering the same
    Patent number: 5540712
    Abstract: A stent including a wire skeletal frame, the frame being adapted to assume a first condition in which the frame is relatively rigid and substantially tubular in configuration and a second condition in which the frame is flexible, of reduced stress, and collapsible, such that in the second condition walls of the frame are adapted to be positioned against each other to form a stent diameter substantially equal to the combined thickness of the frame walls in abutting engagement with each other, the frame in its second condition being substantially devoid of bias therein urging the frame to assume the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Nitinol Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Kleshinski, Morris A. Simon, Dmitry Rabkin