Patents by Inventor The T. T. Tran

The T. T. Tran 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).

  • Shrinking balloon catheter having nonlinear compliance curve
    Patent number: 5500181
    Abstract: A balloon catheter, having a non-linear compliance curve, made up of a single layered balloon, that was molded from a polymeric material to have a specific nominal diameter and then shrunk to a diameter that is less than the specific nominal diameter. When the shrunk balloon is expanded it has the characteristics of a compliant balloon until its diameter has been expanded to its original specific nominal diameter after which it follows the non compliant compliance curve that it would have had it not been shrunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lixiao Wang, The T. T. Tran