Patents by Inventor Thomas Lad Merrill

Thomas Lad Merrill 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).

  • Cooling guide catheter and associated method of use
    Patent number: 8353942
    Abstract: A catheter apparatus configured to provide a delivery system for standard intervention devices typically used during emergency angioplasty and to provide rapid localized cooling to organs at risk of ischemic and reperfusion injury. The catheter apparatus including a catheter shaft having an inner core defining at least two coolant flow lumens adjacent to a blood conveyance lumen. Each coolant flow lumen in thermal contact with the blood conveyance lumen and thermally insulated from each other and the exterior surfaces of the catheter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Lad Merrill
  • Cooling Guide Catheter And Associated Method Of Use
    Publication number: 20110276115
    Abstract: A catheter apparatus configured to provide a delivery system for standard intervention devices typically used during emergency angioplasty and to provide rapid localized cooling to organs at risk of ischemic and reperfusion injury. The catheter apparatus including a catheter shaft having an inner core defining at least two coolant flow lumens adjacent to a blood conveyance lumen. Each coolant flow lumen in thermal contact with the blood conveyance lumen and thermally insulated from each other and the exterior surfaces of the catheter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas Lad Merrill