Patents by Inventor Peter J. Ness

Peter J. Ness 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).

  • Steerable guide wire with torsionally stable tip
    Patent number: 8353850
    Abstract: A steerable guide wire includes a core wire having a proximal end and a distal end. A braided filament is affixed to the distal end of the core wire. An outer coil surrounds at least a portion of the core wire and the braided filament. A proximal end of the braided filament is secured to a distal end of the coil. By locating the braided filament in the distal tip portion of the guide wire, a guide wire is provided that is highly flexible, has a high degree of tensile integrity, and is highly steerable, even in tortuous vasculature. Filter and balloon catheters having braided filaments at the distal end are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas V Ressemann, Peter T Keith, Steven N Willard, Peter J Ness, Steven S. Hackett
  • STEERABLE GUIDE WIRE WITH TORSIONALLY STABLE TIP
    Publication number: 20090318835
    Abstract: A steerable guide wire includes a core wire having a proximal end and a distal end. A braided filament is affixed to the distal end of the core wire. An outer coil surrounds at least a portion of the core wire and the braided filament. A proximal end of the braided filament is secured to a distal end of the coil. By locating the braided filament in the distal tip portion of the guide wire, a guide wire is provided that is highly flexible, has a high degree of tensile integrity, and is highly steerable, even in tortuous vasculature. Filter and balloon catheters having braided filaments at the distal end are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas V. Ressemann, Peter T. Keith, Steven N. Willard, Peter J. Ness, Steven S. Hackett
  • Binary machine tool holder
    Patent number: 6749376
    Abstract: A tool holder having two distinct phases, a first phase in which the tool is held in an interference fit with sufficient mechanical interaction between the two for the tool to be rotated at high speed and perform its intended purpose on a workpiece, and a second phase in which the tool is sufficiently released from the interference fit to be rapidly removed from the holder (as by an automated apparatus).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Command Tooling Systems, LLC
    Inventors: William R Keefe, Randolf N. Johnson, Christopher M. Lodermeier, Peter J. Ness, Bradley E. Rowell, Mark A. Shannon, John Niethammer
  • Binary machine tool holder
    Publication number: 20020071728
    Abstract: A tool holder having two distinct phases, a first phase in which the tool is held in an interference fit with sufficient mechanical interaction between two for the tool to be rotated at high speed and perform its intended purpose on a workpiece, and a second phase in which the tool is sufficiently released from the interference fit to be rapidly removed from the holder (as by an automated apparatus).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: William R. Keefe, Randolf N. Johnson, Christopher M. Lodermeier, Peter J. Ness, Bradley E. Rowell, Mark A. Shannon, John Niethammer
  • Surgical cuff
    Patent number: D653343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Ness, Jacob John Daly, Peter Nicholas Braido
  • Surgical stent assembly
    Patent number: D660433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Nicholas Braido, Thomas Mark Benson, Yousef F. Alkhatib, Aaron J. Chalekian, Jacob John Daly, Peter J. Ness