Patents by Inventor Robert Lyle Carver

Robert Lyle Carver 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).

  • Arch shaped laser catheter
    Patent number: 10449000
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for removing unwanted tissue from within a patient's vasculature system are provided. Specifically, a laser ablation catheter having a tip with an open, arched-shaped cross section is described. The cross section of the tip enhances the catheter's ability to ablate, separate, and/or dilate the various layers within a patient's vasculature, thereby facilitating the removal undesirable lesions and fibrous tissue within a patient's vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: THE SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Sotak, Kenneth P. Grace, Robert Lyle Carver, George Woodrow Burton, Brandon Thomas Hendrick
  • ARCH SHAPED LASER CATHETER
    Publication number: 20150289936
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems for removing unwanted tissue from within a patient's vasculature system are provided. Specifically, a laser ablation catheter having a tip with an open, arched-shaped cross section is described. The cross section of the tip enhances the catheter's ability to ablate, separate, and/or dilate the various layers within a patient's vasculature, thereby facilitating the removal undesirable lesions and fibrous tissue within a patient's vasculature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Sotak, Kenneth P. Grace, Robert Lyle Carver, George Woodrow Burton, Brandon Thomas Hendrick