Patents by Inventor Nicholas R. DAMIANO

Nicholas R. DAMIANO 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).

  • METHOD FOR MAINTAINING PATENCY OF A PROSTATIC URETHRA LUMEN
    Publication number: 20240293215
    Abstract: Indwelling body lumen expanders which allow for the maintenance and patency of a body lumen, such as the prostatic urethra to relieve urethral obstruction, are described. Because the one or more expanders are configured to be relatively larger in diameter than the diameter of the body lumen, the expanders may become invaginated into the lumen wall thus enabling the prostheses to avoid fluid exposure which in turn prevent the prostheses from becoming encrusted or calcified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Shreya MEHTA, Nicholas R. DAMIANO, Tiffany E. CHAO, John P. WOOCK
  • INDWELLING BODY LUMEN EXPANDER
    Publication number: 20190117423
    Abstract: Indwelling body lumen expanders which allow for the maintenance and patency of a body lumen, such as the prostatic urethra to relieve urethral obstruction, are described. Because the one or more expanders are configured to be relatively larger in diameter than the diameter of the body lumen, the expanders may become invaginated into the lumen wall thus enabling the prostheses to avoid fluid exposure which in turn prevent the prostheses from becoming encrusted or calcified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIO R UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tiffany E. CHAO, Nicholas R. DAMIANO, Shreya MEHTA, John P. WOOCK
  • INDWELLING BODY LUMEN EXPANDER
    Publication number: 20150257908
    Abstract: Indwelling body lumen expanders which allow for the maintenance and patency of a body lumen, such as the prostatic urethra to relieve urethral obstruction, are described. Because the one or more expanders are configured to be relatively larger in diameter than the diameter of the body lumen, the expanders may become invaginated into the lumen wall thus enabling the prostheses to avoid fluid exposure which in turn prevent the prostheses from becoming encrusted or calcified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Tiffany E. CHAO, Nicholas R. DAMIANO, Shreya MEHTA, John P. WOOCK