Patents by Inventor Tyler Patrick Turk

Tyler Patrick Turk 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).

  • Method of sizing internal body structure, and mechanism and system for same
    Patent number: 9119564
    Abstract: Sizing an internal body structure in a patient includes guiding a sizing mechanism via a wire guide to a target location within the internal body structure, inflating a balloon of the sizing mechanism at the target location, and injecting a contrast fluid into the internal body structure. The inflated balloon blocks a flow of the injected contrast fluid to indicate that a size of the inflated balloon is accordant with a size of the body structure. Related apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Trevor James Plassman, Tyler Patrick Turk
  • Method Of Sizing Internal Body Structure, And Mechanism And System For Same
    Publication number: 20140073918
    Abstract: Sizing an internal body structure in a patient includes guiding a sizing mechanism via a wire guide to a target location within the internal body structure, inflating a balloon of the sizing mechanism at the target location, and injecting a contrast fluid into the internal body structure. The inflated balloon blocks a flow of the injected contrast fluid to indicate that a size of the inflated balloon is accordant with a size of the body structure. Related apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Trevor James Plassman, Tyler Patrick Turk