Patents by Inventor Saylon Lukas

Saylon Lukas 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).

  • Hybrid trigger wire for endografts
    Patent number: 10188538
    Abstract: An endovascular prosthesis delivery system is disclosed. The system comprises: an inner cannula; a prosthesis releasably secured to the inner cannula, the prosthesis having a radially-inwardly contracted delivery configuration and a radially-expanded deployed configuration, wherein the prosthesis comprises at least two suture loops secured to an outer surface of the prosthesis and circumferentially spaced from each other; a releasable trigger wire extending along at least a portion of the length of the prosthesis, wherein the releasable trigger wire is wound around at least a portion of the inner cannula and wherein the releasable trigger wire engages at least one of the at least two suture loops to retain the prosthesis in the radially-inwardly contracted delivery configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Derek Eller, Saylon Lukas
  • HYBRID TRIGGER WIRE FOR ENDOGRAFTS
    Publication number: 20170189212
    Abstract: An endovascular prosthesis delivery system is disclosed. The system comprises: an inner cannula; a prosthesis releasably secured to the inner cannula, the prosthesis having a radially-inwardly contracted delivery configuration and a radially-expanded deployed configuration, wherein the prosthesis comprises at least two suture loops secured to an outer surface of the prosthesis and circumferentially spaced from each other; a releasable trigger wire extending along at least a portion of the length of the prosthesis, wherein the releasable trigger wire is wound around at least a portion of the inner cannula and wherein the releasable trigger wire engages at least one of the at least two suture loops to retain the prosthesis in the radially-inwardly contracted delivery configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Derek Eller, Saylon Lukas