Patents by Inventor Robert W. Zytkewicz

Robert W. Zytkewicz 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).

  • Coupling system for medical devices
    Patent number: 8998976
    Abstract: Techniques are described for delivering a replacement valve to a target location in a patient. In one example, a medical device system includes an implantable medical device comprising an expandable anchor, a locking member engaged to a first end of the anchor, two posts configured to engage the locking member, each of the posts being engaged to a portion of the anchor, each post defining a hole at a distal end of the post, and a fastening element extending through each hole of a respective post and being engaged to a second end of the anchor, where, in a locked configuration, the posts are secured to the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter W. Gregg, Stanley A. Carroll, Robert W. Zytkewicz, Emma Leung
  • Coupling System for Medical Devices
    Publication number: 20130018457
    Abstract: Techniques are described for delivering a replacement valve to a target location in a patient. In one example, a medical device system includes an implantable medical device comprising an expandable anchor, a locking member engaged to a first end of the anchor, two posts configured to engage the locking member, each of the posts being engaged to a portion of the anchor, each post defining a hole at a distal end of the post, and a fastening element extending through each hole of a respective post and being engaged to a second end of the anchor, where, in a locked configuration, the posts are secured to the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Peter W. Gregg, Stanley A. Carroll, Robert W. Zytkewicz, Emma Leung