Patents by Inventor Rajagopal Kowligi

Rajagopal Kowligi 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).

  • Methods for making a supported graft
    Publication number: 20060201609
    Abstract: A method for forming a self-expanding stent-graft. The method includes coupling a shape memory member to a polymer cladding to form a polymer clad member, winding a length of the polymer clad member about a mandrel so that the polymer cladding has overlapping regions that form seams, and heating the wound polymer clad member to join and seal the overlapping regions to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Tarun Edwin, Rajagopal Kowligi, Brendan McCrea, Christopher Banas