Patents by Inventor Wayne M. Ogata

Wayne M. Ogata 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).

  • Ballon catheter for creating a longitudinal channel in a lesion and method
    Patent number: 7186237
    Abstract: A balloon catheter for performing an angioplasty procedure on a lesion in a vessel comprising a flexible elongate catheter shaft having proximal and distal extremities. A balloon is secured to the distal extremity of the catheter shaft and has an outer surface extending between proximal and distal extremities of the balloon. A flexible elongate element is provided which extends over the outer surface of the balloon. The flexible elongate element has proximal and distal extremities which are secured about the catheter shaft in positions spaced longitudinally away from the outer surface of the balloon to permit expansion of the balloon and to cause movement of the flexible elongate element into engagement with the lesion to form a longitudinal channel in the lesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Avantec Vascular Corporation
    Inventors: Steven T. Meyer, Wayne M. Ogata
  • Balloon catheter for creating a longitudinal channel in a lesion and method
    Publication number: 20030153870
    Abstract: A balloon catheter for performing an angioplasty procedure on a lesion in a vessel comprising a flexible elongate catheter shaft having proximal and distal extremities. A balloon is secured to the distal extremity of the catheter shaft and has an outer surface extending between proximal and distal extremities of the balloon. A flexible elongate element is provided which extends over the outer surface of the balloon. The flexible elongate element has proximal and distal extremities which are secured about the catheter shaft in positions spaced longitudinally away from the outer surface of the balloon to permit expansion of the balloon and to cause movement of the flexible elongate element into engagement with the lesion to form a longitudinal channel in the lesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: Intella Interventional Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Meyer, Wayne M. Ogata