Patents by Inventor Todd P. Messal

Todd P. Messal 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).

  • Self-opening filter with wire actuation
    Patent number: 8277479
    Abstract: A distal protection device that may include a guidewire having a proximal end and a distal end, a filter disposed on the guidewire, the filter including filtering material and an expandable hollow coil, and a wire at least partially disposed within the coil, wherein the filter is actuatable from a closed position to an open position by reducing tension on the wire and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd P. Messal, Timothy M. Stivland
  • MEDICAL DEVICE FOR CROSSING AN OCCLUDED BLOOD VESSEL
    Publication number: 20090264907
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using the same. An example medical device includes a tubular shaft and a crossing member disposed within the tubular shaft. The crossing member may include a loop portion. The methods for using the medical device may include advancing the medical device through the vasculature to a position where at least a portion of the device contacts an intravascular lesion and expanding the loop portion of the crossing device to displace the occlusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Vrba, Todd P. Messal
  • SELF-OPENING FILTER WITH WIRE ACTUATION
    Publication number: 20070299465
    Abstract: A distal protection device that may include a guidewire having a proximal end and a distal end, a filter disposed on the guidewire, the filter including filtering material and an expandable hollow coil, and a wire at least partially disposed within the coil, wherein the filter is actuatable from a closed position to an open position by reducing tension on the wire and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Todd P. Messal, Timothy M. Stivland