Patents by Inventor Ronald Fagan

Ronald Fagan 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).

  • Flexible catheter with stone basket and ultrasonic conductor
    Patent number: 5403324
    Abstract: A flexible catheter which has a basket at one end for the capture and removal of a calculus, such as a kidney stone. The catheter includes a plurality of wires with ends forming a basket, an elongate flexible tube through which the wires pass, a handpiece supporting the tube and having a cavity, a shaft disposed in the cavity and fixedly connecting to second ends of the wires, the tube and shaft having aligned central bores, a conductor extending through the bores, and lock means for holding the shaft in a selective position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Microsonic Engineering Devices Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Ciervo, Ronald Fagan