Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Jenkins

Thomas R. Jenkins 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).

  • Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orifices
    Patent number: 6529756
    Abstract: A probe that may be used to create circumferential lesions in body tissue and, in some implementations, may also be used to perform mapping functions. The probe includes a collapsible/expandable structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Huy D. Phan, David K. Swanson, Josef V. Koblish, Russell B. Thompson, Thomas R. Jenkins
  • Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body
    Publication number: 20020151889
    Abstract: A surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body. The apparatus may be catheter-based or a probe including a relatively short shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman, Josef V. Koblish, Russell B. Thompson, James G. Whayne, Thomas R. Jenkins, Edward J. Snyder
  • Surgical apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body
    Patent number: 6425895
    Abstract: A surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body. The apparatus may be catheter-based or a probe including a relatively short shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: EP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman, Josef V. Koblish, Russell B. Thompson, James G. Whayne, Thomas R. Jenkins, Edward J. Snyder
  • Loop structure including inflatable therapeutic device
    Publication number: 20020068897
    Abstract: A probe including an elongate body defining a distal region adapted to be bent into a loop and an inflatable tissue coagulation body supported on the elongate body distal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Jeffrey S. Jones
  • Loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements in contact with body tissue
    Publication number: 20020004631
    Abstract: A probe that facilitates the creation of circumferential lesions in body tissue. The probe includes a elongate body and a loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas R. Jenkins, Josef V. Koblish, Russell B. Thompson, David K. Swanson
  • Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body
    Patent number: 6152920
    Abstract: A surgical device including a relatively short shaft, a bendable spline assembly associated with the distal end of the shaft and having a predetermined configuration, the spline assembly being adapted to collapse in response to an application of an external force and to expand to the predetermined configuration in response to a withdrawal of the external force, and an operative element associated with the bendable spline assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: EP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell B. Thompson, Edward J. Snyder, Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, Thomas R. Jenkins
  • Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic a therapeutic element within the body
    Patent number: 6142994
    Abstract: A surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body. The apparatus may be catheter-based or a probe including a relatively short shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: EP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman, Josef V. Koblish, Russell B. Thompson, James G. Whayne, Thomas R. Jenkins, Edward J. Snyder