Patents by Inventor Warren J. Cutright

Warren J. Cutright 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).

  • Medical device ameneable to fenestration
    Patent number: 9694108
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that permits a permanent aperture to be formed in a wall, or other partition, of an implantable medical device. The present invention maintains the continuity and fluid-retaining properties of the implantable medical device by providing a breachable barrier material fully covering an opening delimited by a deformable framework. The invention is accessed with conventional interventional surgical instruments that disrupt and displace the barrier material. Following disruption of the barrier material, the opening is enlarged with surgical instruments to form a permanent framed aperture in the wall of the implantable medical device. The permanent framed aperture provides fluid communication across the wall of the implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Warren J. Cutright, Craig T. Nordhausen, Michael J. Vonesh, James T. Walter
  • IMPLANTABLE PRODUCT WITH IMPROVED AQUEOUS INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20170042705
    Abstract: An implantable medical device including a porous membrane that is treated with a hydrophilic substance to obtain rapid optimum visualization using technology for viewing inside of a mammalian body. These technologies include ultrasound echocardiography and video imaging such as that used during laparoscopic procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alonzo D. Cook, Warren J. Cutright, Robert C. Krall, William D. Montgomery
  • MEDICAL DEVICE AMENEABLE TO FENESTRATION
    Publication number: 20130317601
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that permits a permanent aperture to be formed in a wall, or other partition, of an implantable medical device. The present invention maintains the continuity and fluid-retaining properties of the implantable medical device by providing a breachable barrier material fully covering an opening delimited by a deformable framework. The invention is accessed with conventional interventional surgical instruments that disrupt and displace the barrier material. Following disruption of the barrier material, the opening is enlarged with surgical instruments to form a permanent framed aperture in the wall of the implantable medical device. The permanent framed aperture provides fluid communication across the wall of the implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Warren J. Cutright, Craig T. Nordhausen, Michael J. Vonesh, James T. Walter
  • IMPLANTABLE PRODUCT WITH IMPROVED AQUEOUS INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110082536
    Abstract: An implantable medical device including a porous membrane that is treated with a hydrophilic substance to obtain rapid optimum visualization using technology for viewing inside of a mammalian body. These technologies include ultrasound echocardiography and video imaging such as that used during laparoscopic procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Alonzo D. Cook, Warren J. Cutright, Robert C. Krall, William D. Montgomery
  • Method of visualizing medical devices during implantation
    Patent number: 7871659
    Abstract: A method of rapid visualization of an implantable medical device using technology for viewing inside of a mammalian body. These technologies include ultrasound echocardiography and video imaging such as that used during laparoscopic procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Alonzo D. Cook, Warren J. Cutright, Robert C. Krall, William D. Montgomery
  • Implantable product with improved aqueous interface characteristics and method for making and using same
    Publication number: 20080213463
    Abstract: An implantable medical device including a porous membrane that is treated with a hydrophilic substance to obtain rapid optimum visualization using technology for viewing inside of a mammalian body. These technologies include ultrasound echocardiography and video imaging such as that used during laparoscopic procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Alonzo D. Cook, Warren J. Cutright, Robert C. Krall, William D. Montgomery
  • Medical device amenable to fenestration
    Publication number: 20040059406
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that permits a permanent aperture to be formed in a wall, or other partition, of an implantable medical device. The present invention maintains the continuity and fluid-retaining properties of the implantable medical device by providing a breachable barrier material fully covering an opening delimited by a deformable framework. The invention is accessed with conventional interventional surgical instruments that disrupt and displace the barrier material. Following disruption of the barrier material, the opening is enlarged with surgical instruments to form a permanent framed aperture in the wall of the implantable medical device. The permanent framed aperture provides fluid communication across the wall of the implantable medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Warren J. Cutright, Craig T. Nordhausen, Michael J. Vonesh, James T. Walter
  • Implantable product with improved aqueous interface characteristics and method for making and using same
    Publication number: 20030225439
    Abstract: An implantable medical device including a porous membrane that is treated with a hydrophilic substance to obtain rapid optimum visualization using technology for viewing inside of a mammalian body. These technologies include ultrasound echocardiography and video imaging such as that used during laparoscopic procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Alonzo D. Cook, Warren J. Cutright, Robert C. Krall, William D. Montgomery