Patents by Inventor Tom Kadavy

Tom Kadavy 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).

  • Ablation burr
    Publication number: 20050149084
    Abstract: A catheter including an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an ablation burr disposed at the distal end expandable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the second position has a greater transverse dimension than in the first position. The catheter of the present invention can include a mechanism for positioning the burr eccentrically within a vessel lumen. In this context, expansion means that the burr can ablate a lumen having a larger diameter than the diameter of the lumen of the guide catheter to which the device is advanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Bill Kanz, Denise Drummond, Robert Barry, Paul Hirst, Mark Wyzgala, Gary Swinford, Edward Wulfman, Tom Clement, Tom Kadavy
  • Ablation burr
    Publication number: 20030199889
    Abstract: A catheter including an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an ablation burr disposed at the distal end expandable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the second position has a greater transverse dimension than in the first position. The catheter of the present invention can include a mechanism for positioning the burr eccentrically within a vessel lumen. In this context, expansion means that the burr can ablate a lumen having a larger diameter than the diameter of the lumen of the guide catheter to which the device is advanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Kanz, Denise Drummond, Robert Barry, Paul A. Hirst, Mark Wyzgala, Gary Swinford, Edward Wulfman, Tom Clement, Tom Kadavy
  • Steerable ablation burr
    Patent number: 6596005
    Abstract: A catheter including an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an ablation burr disposed at the distal end expandable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the second position has a greater transverse dimension than in the first position. The catheter of the present invention can include a mechanism for positioning the burr eccentrically within a vessel lumen. In this context, expansion means that the burr can ablate a lumen having a larger diameter than the diameter of the lumen of the guide catheter to which the device is advanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Kanz, Denise Drummond, Robert Barry, Paul A. Hirst, Mark Wyzgala, Gary Swinford, Edward Wulfman, Tom Clement, Tom Kadavy
  • Ablation burr
    Patent number: 6146395
    Abstract: A catheter including an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, an ablation burr disposed at the distal end which can be drawn proximally to engage with a burr deflector surface of the drive shaft in order to be displaced transversely to remove plaque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Kanz, Denise Drummond, Robert Barry, Paul A. Hirst, Mark Wyzgala, Gary Swinford, Edward Wulfman, Tom Clement, Tom Kadavy