Dennis Vaughan

US Patent:

20020193867, Dec 19, 2002

Filed:

Apr 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/127191

Inventors:

Bennie Gladdish - Davie FL, US
Marco Nino - Miami FL, US
William Shaw - Miami FL, US
Durk Sijbolts - Fremont CA, US
Dennis Vaughan - Miami FL, US

International Classification:

A61F002/06

US Classification:

623/001150, 623/001340

Abstract:

A stent or other intraluminal medical device having markers formed from housings integral with the stent and marker inserts having a higher radiopacity than the stent provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. The housings are formed integral to the stent and the marker inserts are made from a material close in the galvanic series to the stent material and sized to substantially minimize the effect of galvanic corrosion. The housings are also shaped to minimize their impact on the overall profile of the stent.

US Patent:

20070156223, Jul 5, 2007

Filed:

Dec 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/322968

Inventors:

Dennis Vaughan - North Miami FL, US

International Classification:

A61F 2/06

US Classification:

623001110

Abstract:

A stent delivery system that helps equalize delivery forces throughout a vascular prosthesis during delivery thereof to an intended treatment site. The delivery system comprises a catheter having a lumen therethrough, an inner core over which the one or more stents or stent grafts is mounted for delivery from the catheter, and an outer sheath overlying the one or more stent or stent graft and the inner core. The inner core of the further comprises a series of outwardly flared members that engage segments or fill voids in or between the stent, stents or stent grafts, respectively. The outwardly flared members of the inner core thus help maintain the segments of the stent or the one or more stents or stent grafts in spaced relation with respect to one another as delivery thereof occurs and as removal of the outer sheath occurs to position the one or more stents or stent grafts at the intended treatment site. The outwardly flared members thus help to distribute delivery forces more evenly throughout the one or more stents or stent grafts being delivered from the catheter. The outwardly flared members further aid accurate placement of the one or more stents or stent grafts by maintaining longitudinal spacing thereof during delivery.

US Patent:

20120253455, Oct 4, 2012

Filed:

Jun 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/494416

Inventors:

Marco Nino - Miami FL, US
Durk C. Sijbolts - Fremont CA, US
Dennis B. Vaughan - Miami FL, US

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Bridgewater NJ

International Classification:

A61F 2/86

US Classification:

623 134

Abstract:

A stent or other intraluminal medical device having markers formed from housings integral with the stent and marker inserts having a higher radiopacity than the stent provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. The housings are formed integral to the stent and the marker inserts are made from a material close in the galvanic series to the stent material and sized to substantially minimize the effect of galvanic corrosion. The housings are also shaped to minimize their impact on the overall profile of the stent.