Patents by Inventor Ray Blowick

Ray Blowick 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).

  • Medical device
    Patent number: 9883961
    Abstract: A medical device includes an expandable element for location in a blood vessel. The expandable element is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, at least a part of a longitudinal axis of the expandable element is curved in three-dimensional space. The medical device can be stent deployment device which includes an elongate catheter shaft and an inflatable balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Veryan Medical Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Heraty, Liam Mullins, Paul Gilson, Martin Burke, Ray Blowick
  • MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110257673
    Abstract: A medical device includes an expandable element for location in a blood vessel. The expandable element is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration, at least a part of a longitudinal axis of the expandable element is curved in three-dimensional space. The medical device can be stent deployment device which includes an elongate catheter shaft and an inflatable balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Heraty, Liam Mullins, Paul Gilson, Martin Burke, Ray Blowick
  • Intravascular Treatment Device
    Publication number: 20110238154
    Abstract: A collapsible treatment device (81) for treating a target area of a vessel wall within a human or animal body, having a mesh portion, preferably annular in shape (82) and with a contracted configuration allowing travel within the vessel to the target area and an expanded configuration allowing treatment of the target area. A treatment implement is on the mesh portion and protuberance either as part of the mesh or provided on a sheath which protects the vessel from contact with the implement during travel within the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: National University of Ireland, Galway
    Inventors: Bruce Philip Murphy, Ray Blowick, Liam T. Breen