Patents by Inventor Peter William Phillips

Peter William Phillips 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).

  • Surgical implants and delivery systems therefor
    Patent number: 7223280
    Abstract: A stent for occluding the human ductus arteriosus comprises a length of wire of shape memory effect or superelastic material which is expandable from a relatively straightened state for introduction into the patient to an occluding state wherein the wire defines an occluding anchor part and a spiral anchor part and a straight linking part connecting the two wherein the wire has a series of turns extending over the cross-sectional area of the occluding anchor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Anson Medical Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Walter Anson, Peter William Phillips, John Reidy, Shakeel Qureshi
  • Method of producing a surgical implant
    Patent number: 6432134
    Abstract: A stent for occluding the human ductus arteriosus comprises a length of wire of shape memory effect or superelastic material which is expandable from a relatively straightened state for introduction into the patient to an occluding state wherein the wire defines an occluding anchor part and a spiral anchor part and a straight linking part connecting the two wherein the wire has a series of turns extending over the cross-sectional area of the occluding anchor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Anson Medical Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Walter Anson, Peter William Phillips, John Reidy, Shakeel Qureshi
  • Surgical implants and delivery systems therefor
    Publication number: 20020099437
    Abstract: A stent for occluding the human ductus arteriosus comprises a length of wire of shape memory effect or superelastic material which is expandable from a relatively straightened state for introduction into the patient to an occluding state wherein the wire defines an occluding anchor part and a spiral anchor part and a straight linking part connecting the two wherein the wire has a series of turns extending over the cross-sectional area of the occluding anchor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Anthony Walter Anson, Peter William Phillips, John Reidy, Shakeel Qureshi
  • Surgical implants
    Patent number: 5725582
    Abstract: A surgical implant (20) comprises a hank formed from a single strand (21) of flexible biocompatible material (such as polyester) with at least one bight (22) at each end of the hank and a tail (25) extending from one end, and a crimpable sleeve-like element (26) encircling the overlapping end lengths (27) of the strand. The implant (20) is shown in use for the stabilization of the spine, the bights (22) being applied to hooking members (30, 39) engaged respectively with the lamina (47) of one vertebra (24) and the spinous process (23) of an adjacent vertebra, the strand material (21) being tensioned by pulling the tail (25) before crimping the sleeve-like element (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Surgicraft Limited
    Inventors: David Robin Bevan, Richard William Porter, John Anthony Norman Shepperd, Peter William Phillips