Patents by Inventor Neal Padilla

Neal Padilla 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).

  • Intravascular Flow Modifier And Reinforcement Device And Deployment System For Same
    Publication number: 20080021535
    Abstract: A stent includes a cylindrical frame consisting of a series of helical winds containing a pattern of alternating zigzag bends. The frame may be made of resilient wire or from a piece of laser cut hypo tubing by placing the stent over a notched portion of a pusher catheter member, and retained on the pusher catheter member by a release wire threaded through the pusher catheter member and over the stent. The stent may also be deployed by placing the stent over a pusher catheter member having opposing notched portions, and retaining the stent and pusher catheter member in a delivery catheter, which can be withdrawn when stent reaches the site to be treated to release the stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: MICRUS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Leopold, Josef Friedmann, Neal Padilla