Patents by Inventor Sandra Monique Stam

Sandra Monique Stam 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).

  • Closing means for hollow organs
    Patent number: 8523884
    Abstract: In a closing means for longitudinally extending hollow organs having a flexible wall and a passage, comprising at least one balloon-like chamber with a chamber volume, the chamber volume being variable by the supply of a fluid, and the passage of the hollow organ being partly or completely closable depending on the chamber volume, it is provided that a fastening device is arranged at the chamber, by which the chamber may be fastened to an outer part of the wall, parts of the wall of the hollow organ being adapted to be folded around the rectilinear chamber and to be fastened to the chamber or to each other such that the chamber, when in the fastened condition, is arranged in a fold in the wall of the hollow organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Q Medical International AG
    Inventors: Sandra Monique Stam, Rainer Desombre
  • Closing Means for Hollow Organs
    Publication number: 20090105735
    Abstract: In a closing means for longitudinally extending hollow organs having a flexible wall and a passage, comprising at least one balloon-like chamber with a chamber volume, the chamber volume being variable by the supply of a fluid, and the passage of the hollow organ being partly or completely closable depending on the chamber volume, it is provided that a fastening device is arranged at the chamber, by which the chamber may be fastened to an outer part of the wall, parts of the wall of the hollow organ being adapted to be folded around the rectilinear chamber and to be fastened to the chamber or to each other such that the chamber, when in the fastened condition, is arranged in a fold in the wall of the hollow organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Sandra Monique Stam, Rainer Desombre