Patents by Inventor Steve Opolski

Steve Opolski 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 delivery system
    Patent number: 7226466
    Abstract: A delivery system for implanting medical devices within a lumen or body cavity of a patient, the delivery system having a wire formed from a plurality of layered strands yielding a reduced bending stiffness for improved maneuverability with no reduction in overall tensile strength compared to delivery systems using a single wire and of comparable diameter. The physical properties of the delivery system permit optimal placement and retrieval of an intracardiac occluder within a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: NMT Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Opolski
  • Hinged tissue implant and related methods and devices for delivering such an implant
    Publication number: 20070005127
    Abstract: A device for treating a heart may comprise a myocardial section configured to be positioned in a heart wall between a coronary vessel and a chamber of the heart and a vessel section configured to be positioned in the coronary vessel. The vessel section may be connected to the myocardial section and be configured to articulate relative to the myocardial section. The myocardial section and the vessel section may form an integral, single piece structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Boekstegers, Patrick Cahalan, Laurence Roth, Jianlu Ma, Earl Bardsley, Justin Callaway, James Duronio, Steve Opolski, Wendy Graczyk
  • Flexible delivery system
    Publication number: 20030045901
    Abstract: A delivery system for implanting medical devices within a lumen or body cavity of a patient, the delivery system having a wire formed from a plurality of layered strands yielding a reduced bending stiffness for improved maneuverability with no reduction in overall tensile strength compared to delivery systems using a single wire and of comparable diameter. The physical properties of the delivery system permit optimal placement and retrieval of an intracardiac occluder within a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: NMT Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Opolski