Patents by Inventor Timothy LHOTKA

Timothy LHOTKA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230248215
    Abstract: A medical device, comprising a shaft, wherein the shaft has a corrugated body, and wherein the corrugated body includes a plurality of hoops extending around a circumference of the shaft, a plurality of indentations, wherein the plurality of indentations extend around a portion of the circumference of the shaft and define a reduced-diameter portion of the shaft relative to a diameter of the plurality of hoops, and wherein each of the plurality of hoops is spaced apart from an adjacent hoop of the plurality of hoops by at least one of the plurality of indentations, and a plurality of nodes, wherein each node extends between and connects adjacent hoops of the plurality of hoops, and wherein each of the plurality of nodes is radially offset relative to adjacent nodes along a longitudinal axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Thomas STORBECK, Timothy LHOTKA, Shane GRAHAM, Matthew MACIEJ, Raymond David GESSLER, III, Pat S. PHONGSAVANH, Scott E. BRECHBIEL, Marton VARADY, Sean POWELL