Patents by Inventor Scott R. Smith

Scott R. Smith 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).

  • Kink free catheter
    Patent number: 5460608
    Abstract: A balloon catheter having an outer shaft and an inner shaft in which the inner shaft is constructed to protect itself over its entire length and especially in its most vulnerable areas without adversely effecting its flexibility, trackability, or pushability or the catheter's deflation time. The inner shaft can be reinforced to prevent it from collapsing or breaking throughout its length and also improving the deflation time of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Lodin, Scott R. Smith
  • Time and fuel display
    Patent number: 5459666
    Abstract: A mission computer (10) stores a nominal route plan which includes information indicative of the precise arrival time at specific navigation positions, e.g., waypoints, and the planned fuel consumption during travel to the specified waypoints. The mission computer (10) provides a time and fuel display system (15) with the route plan information. The time and fuel display system (15) generates a display (200) which indicates the total distance to be traveled during the mission (202), a distance traveled indicator (212) to reflect the progress of the aircraft along the mission, and a time bar (205) and a fuel bar (207) the height of which with respect to the indicator (212) are indicative of the percentage that the current time and fuel values are over or under the planned values for the current waypoint. The distance traveled indicator (212) is labeled with a waypoint designation (215) which is indicative of the designation of the waypoint towards which the aircraft is currently flying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Patricia A. Casper, Scott R. Smith, Lorren Stiles, Jr.
  • Thrombus extraction device
    Patent number: 5419774
    Abstract: This invention is a method and device for quickly removing thrombus from the vascular system, particularly from a saphenous vein graft which can have highly organized thrombus over its entire length. Thrombus is pulled into a chamber at the distal end of the thrombus extraction device as a result of negative pressure, a severing mechanism severs the portion of the thrombus that is in the chamber, and fluid under pressure is supplied to transport and dilute the blood and thrombus, which renders the thrombus more manageable and reduces the blood loss to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd K. Willard, Robert L. Cassell, Robert J. Robinson, Brian J. Brown, Mark J. Whalen, Scott R. Smith
  • Multisegment balloon protector for dilatation catheter
    Patent number: 5137512
    Abstract: A multisegment balloon protector, includes several protectors each of which covers and tightly fits over a portion of the length of a balloon of a dilatation catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew M. Burns, Scott R. Smith
  • Top portion of a housing for a motor vehicle navigational device
    Patent number: D354475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Soren, Allan Kirson, Jeffrey D. Pitts, Stephen Kopish, Scott R. Smith
  • Telephone receptacle
    Patent number: D369359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura S. Wright, Albert L. Nagele, Richard J. Fedorowicz, Scott R. Smith