Patents by Inventor TEWODROS ADMASSU

TEWODROS ADMASSU 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).

  • Stent delivery device
    Patent number: 11026820
    Abstract: A stent delivery device has a handle and a sliding body, the sliding body is slidable with respect to the handle. The handle has a grip and a guide. The sliding body has at least two flange portions extending from the sliding body. The flange portions are offset from one another along the length of the sliding body. The operator can thereby deploy a relatively long stent by first gripping the nearest flange portion and pulling the sliding body toward the handle; subsequently, the operator can reposition his/or finger on the next-nearest flange portion and continue deployment of the stent by pulling the sliding body further toward the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Jonathan Root, Tewodros Admassu
  • STENT DELIVERY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180133041
    Abstract: A stent delivery device has a handle and a sliding body, the sliding body is slidable with respect to the handle. The handle has a grip and a guide. The sliding body has at least two flange portions extending from the sliding body. The flange portions are offset from one another along the length of the sliding body. The operator can thereby deploy a relatively long stent by first gripping the nearest flange portion and pulling the sliding body toward the handle; subsequently, the operator can reposition his/or finger on the next-nearest flange portion and continue deployment of the stent by pulling the sliding body further toward the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: CLAUDE O. CLERC, JONATHAN ROOT, TEWODROS ADMASSU
  • Stent delivery device
    Patent number: 9883958
    Abstract: A stent delivery device has a handle and a sliding body, the sliding body is slidable with respect to the handle. The handle has a grip and a guide. The sliding body has at least two flange portions extending from the sliding body. The flange portions are offset from one another along the length of the sliding body. The operator can thereby deploy a relatively long stent by first gripping the nearest flange portion and pulling the sliding body toward the handle; subsequently, the operator can reposition his/or finger on the next-nearest flange portion and continue deployment of the stent by pulling the sliding body further toward the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Jonathan Root, Tewodros A. Admassu
  • Stent Delivery Device
    Publication number: 20140018898
    Abstract: A stent delivery device has a handle and a sliding body, the sliding body is slidable with respect to the handle. The handle has a grip and a guide. The sliding body has at least two flange portions extending from the sliding body. The flange portions are offset from one another along the length of the sliding body. The operator can thereby deploy a relatively long stent by first gripping the nearest flange portion and pulling the sliding body toward the handle; subsequently, the operator can reposition his/or finger on the next-nearest flange portion and continue deployment of the stent by pulling the sliding body further toward the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Claude O. Clerc, Jonathan Root, Tewodros A. Admassu