Patents by Inventor Tomás Madden
Tomás Madden 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).
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Patent number: 9908138Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia Plans, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Publication number: 20160023234Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Issac Rodriguez-Mejia Plans, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria M. Gong
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Patent number: 9149831Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia Plans, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Patent number: 8881675Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia Plans, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Publication number: 20130241133Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia PLANS, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Publication number: 20130241131Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia Plans, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Publication number: 20130241132Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia PLANS, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Patent number: 8453598Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Isaac Rodriguez-Mejia Plans, Javier Palomar Moreno, Tomás Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria May Gong
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Publication number: 20080067728Abstract: Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate tracking a stent mounted on the holding device. The retaining fixture may include a conical protrusion and a conical recess to allow any number of retaining fixtures to engage each other and be stacked on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a tubular member having a spiral cut that enables the diameter of the tubular member to be adjusted to allow for a frictional fit on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may have a Z-shaped or T-shaped structure configured to retain a stent. The stent retaining fixture may also have a filament for retaining a stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Isaac Plans, Javier Moreno, Tomas Madden, David O'Neill, Victoria Gong