Patents by Inventor Wilifrido Castaneda

Wilifrido Castaneda 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).

  • Publication number: 20100036475
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to extraluminal femoropopliteal bypass grafts and methods and instruments for inserting the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for inserting a femoropopliteal bypass graft including forming a first aperture in a first wall of a first artery, forming a second aperture in a second wall of the first artery, forming an extraluminal tract between the second aperture and a second artery, forming a third aperture in the second artery, and passing the femoropopliteal bypass graft through the first and second apertures, through the extraluminal tract, and into the third aperture. In some embodiments, the invention includes a femoropopliteal bypass graft having multiple layers. In some embodiment, the invention includes instruments used for percutaneously inserting a femoropopliteal bypass graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Wilifrido Castaneda