Patents by Inventor Pannayiotis J. Asimacopoulos

Pannayiotis J. Asimacopoulos 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).

  • Extractable variably controlled diameter stent and method of using the same
    Patent number: 6238431
    Abstract: An extractable stent which has a tubular housing with a variably controlled diameter. The housing includes first and second arms; a balloon or other removable carrier with a variably controlled diameter, in the preferred embodiment, for expanding and reducing the variably controlled diameter of the housing; and co-acting stopshoulders along or adjacent to the longitudinal edges of the first and second arms, in the preferred embodiment, for releasably holding the housing in at least one expanded diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Pannayiotis J. Asimacopoulos