Patents by Inventor Nicos Labropoulos

Nicos Labropoulos 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).

  • CLOT BUSTER ASPIRATION CATHETER
    Publication number: 20160220269
    Abstract: A medical device for breaking up and aspirating material, especially intravenous clots, having a catheter, a barrel, and a sheath is disclosed. The catheter has a lumen through which material is aspirated. The barrel has a first and second end connected by a plurality of blades that are self-biased to extend outward. The sheath provides a selective radial constraint such that the blades are constrained when the sheath covers the barrel and unconstrained when the sheath is retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Nicos Labropoulos, Antonios Gasparis, Frank J. Fischer, JR., Kurt J. Tekulve
  • CLOT BUSTER ASPIRATION CATHETER
    Publication number: 20140309672
    Abstract: A medical device for breaking up and aspirating material, especially intravenous clots, having a catheter, a barrel, and a sheath is disclosed. The catheter has a lumen through which material is aspirated. The barrel has a first and second end connected by a plurality of blades that are self-biased to extend outward. The sheath provides a selective radial constraint such that the blades are constrained when the sheath covers the barrel and unconstrained when the sheath is retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nicos Labropoulos, Antonios Gasparis, Frank Fischer, Kurt Tekulve