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AHUMAN NECESSITIES A61Medical science A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Flexible medical article and method of making the same
- Patent number 11,697,001
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
- Steven F. Bierman
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Methods and apparatus for an adjustable stiffness catheter
- Patent number RE49557
- Issue date Jun 20, 2023
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Edward H. Cully
Information Patent Grant
System for deploying a resistive shape memory catheterization devic...
- Patent number 11,547,585
- Issue date Jan 10, 2023
- MEMORY EFFECT MEDICAL, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Catheter tubing with tailored modulus response
- Patent number 11,478,573
- Issue date Oct 25, 2022
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Lisa Lim
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selective stiffening catheter
- Patent number 11,382,690
- Issue date Jul 12, 2022
- Syn Variflex, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selective stiffening catheter
- Patent number 11,376,065
- Issue date Jul 5, 2022
- Syn Variflex, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
System for deploying a capacitive shape memory catheterization devi...
- Patent number 11,324,616
- Issue date May 10, 2022
- MEMORY EFFECT MEDICAL, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
System for deploying a shape memory catheterization device with str...
- Patent number 11,058,565
- Issue date Jul 13, 2021
- MEMORY EFFECT MEDICAL, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible medical article and method of making the same
- Patent number 10,792,470
- Issue date Oct 6, 2020
- SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC.
- Steven F. Bierman
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Thermally controlled variable-flexibility catheters and methods of...
- Patent number 10,751,507
- Issue date Aug 25, 2020
- Syn Variflex, LLC
- Matthew A. Palmer
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for variable stiffness tethers
- Patent number 10,709,449
- Issue date Jul 14, 2020
- Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Niel F. Starksen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible medical article and method of making the same
- Patent number 10,675,446
- Issue date Jun 9, 2020
- ASSPV, LLC
- Steven F. Bierman
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selective stiffening catheter
- Patent number 10,463,427
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- Syn Variflex, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
System for deploying a resistive shape memory catheterization devic...
- Patent number 10,463,516
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- MEMORY EFFECT MEDICAL, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
System for deploying a capacitive shape memory catheterization devi...
- Patent number 10,335,300
- Issue date Jul 2, 2019
- MEMORY EFFECT MEDICAL, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selective stiffening catheter and methods for operating a selective...
- Patent number 10,159,527
- Issue date Dec 25, 2018
- Syntheon, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Elongated interventional device with variable stiffness
- Patent number 9,987,462
- Issue date Jun 5, 2018
- Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Jacob Roger Haartsen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
System for deploying an inductive shape memory catheterization devi...
- Patent number 9,974,673
- Issue date May 22, 2018
- MEMORY EFFECT MEDICAL, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Variable stiffness catheter
- Patent number 9,439,723
- Issue date Sep 13, 2016
- Abhimanyu Beri
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods for operating a selective stiffening catheter
- Patent number 9,295,511
- Issue date Mar 29, 2016
- Syntheon, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Urethral catheter assembly with a guide wire
- Patent number 8,956,340
- Issue date Feb 17, 2015
- University of South Florida
- William Lanier Pearce
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method for operating a selective stiffening catheter
- Patent number 8,491,520
- Issue date Jul 23, 2013
- Syntheon, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selectively flexible catheter and method of use
- Patent number 8,328,791
- Issue date Dec 11, 2012
- Stryker Corporation
- Stephen Griffin
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Variable stiffness heating catheter
- Patent number 8,282,677
- Issue date Oct 9, 2012
- Micrus Corporation
- Michael J. O'Connor
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Drainage catheter and method for catheterizing a patient
- Patent number 8,123,739
- Issue date Feb 28, 2012
- Cook Medical Technologies LLC
- Amy McQueen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Catheter with controllable stiffness and method for operating a sel...
- Patent number 8,083,713
- Issue date Dec 27, 2011
- Syntheon, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Method for treating intervertebral discs
- Patent number 7,896,909
- Issue date Mar 1, 2011
- NeuroTherm, Inc.
- Hugh J. Sharkey
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Selectively flexible catheter and method of use
- Patent number 7,828,790
- Issue date Nov 9, 2010
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Stephen Griffin
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Methods for operating a selective stiffening catheter
- Patent number 7,771,411
- Issue date Aug 10, 2010
- Syntheon, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Shape memory alloy actuators
- Patent number 7,658,709
- Issue date Feb 9, 2010
- Medtronic, Inc.
- David A. Anderson
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
BODY TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE, STIFFNESS-VARYING AND NON-REUSABLE INT...
- Publication number 20240335640
- Publication date Oct 10, 2024
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Jae-Woong JEONG
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE STIFFNESS TETHERS
- Publication number 20210022739
- Publication date Jan 28, 2021
- Ancora Heart, Inc.
- Niel F. STARKSEN
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Steerable Catheter with Portions of Different Stiffness
- Publication number 20200230361
- Publication date Jul 23, 2020
- ETH Zurich
- Bradley Nelson
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Catheter Tubing With Tailored Modulus Response
- Publication number 20200179572
- Publication date Jun 11, 2020
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Lisa Lim
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Selective Stiffening Catheter
- Publication number 20200015889
- Publication date Jan 16, 2020
- Syn Variflex, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Thermally Controlled Variable-Flexibility Catheters and Methods of...
- Publication number 20180289925
- Publication date Oct 11, 2018
- Syntheon Variflex, LLC
- Matthew A. Palmer
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING A SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVICE WITH STR...
- Publication number 20180228629
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- Memory Effect Medical, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Selective Stiffening Catheter
- Publication number 20180199991
- Publication date Jul 19, 2018
- SYNTHEON, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Selective Stiffening Catheter
- Publication number 20180193091
- Publication date Jul 12, 2018
- SYNTHEON, LLC
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE-STIFFNESS ACTUATOR
- Publication number 20170321666
- Publication date Nov 9, 2017
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Tetsuya MORISHIMA
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
ELONGATED INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE WITH VARIABLE STIFFNESS
- Publication number 20170119998
- Publication date May 4, 2017
- KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- JACOB ROGER HAARTSEN
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Variable Stiffness Catheter
- Publication number 20140378945
- Publication date Dec 25, 2014
- Abhimanyu Beri
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER
- Publication number 20140276642
- Publication date Sep 18, 2014
- W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
- Edward H. Cully
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING A CAPACITIVE SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVI...
- Publication number 20140207108
- Publication date Jul 24, 2014
- Memory Effect Medical, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING AN INDUCTIVE SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVI...
- Publication number 20140207109
- Publication date Jul 24, 2014
- Memory Effect Medical, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING A RESISTIVE SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVIC...
- Publication number 20140207225
- Publication date Jul 24, 2014
- Memory Effect Medical, LLC
- Christine Laramy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
URETHRAL CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH A GUIDE WIRE
- Publication number 20140171921
- Publication date Jun 19, 2014
- University of South Florida
- William Lanier Pearce
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE STIFFNESS TETHERS
- Publication number 20140155783
- Publication date Jun 5, 2014
- Guided Delivery Systems Inc.
- Niel F. Starksen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
INTRA-LUMINAL ACCESS APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
- Publication number 20140088560
- Publication date Mar 27, 2014
- Cornell University
- Robert J. Min
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Methods for Operating a Selective Stiffening Catheter
- Publication number 20130274739
- Publication date Oct 17, 2013
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER
- Publication number 20120179097
- Publication date Jul 12, 2012
- Edward H. Cully
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Device for Intraluminal Drug Delivery
- Publication number 20110224625
- Publication date Sep 15, 2011
- William J. Flickinger
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Selectively Flexible Catheter and Method of Use
- Publication number 20110054393
- Publication date Mar 3, 2011
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Stephen Griffin
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Method for Operating a Selective Stiffening Catheter
- Publication number 20100280510
- Publication date Nov 4, 2010
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20100203234
- Publication date Aug 12, 2010
- Medtronic, Inc.
- David A. Anderson
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
VARIABLE STIFFNESS HEATING CATHETER
- Publication number 20100114270
- Publication date May 6, 2010
- MICRUS CORPORATION
- Michael J. O'Connor
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
DRAINAGE CATHETER AND METHOD FOR CATHETERIZING A PATIENT
- Publication number 20100049171
- Publication date Feb 25, 2010
- Cook Incorporated
- Amy McQueen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Catheter with Controllable Stiffness and Method for Operating a Sel...
- Publication number 20090299280
- Publication date Dec 3, 2009
- Kevin W. Smith
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Reusable Cannula
- Publication number 20090182305
- Publication date Jul 16, 2009
- Kelly Tjelmeland
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR TREATING INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS
- Publication number 20080114332
- Publication date May 15, 2008
- ORATEC Interventions, Inc.
- Hugh J. Sharkey
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

which become stiffer or softer when heated

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Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Flexible medical article and method of making the same

Methods and apparatus for an adjustable stiffness catheter

System for deploying a resistive shape memory catheterization devic...

Catheter tubing with tailored modulus response

Selective stiffening catheter

Selective stiffening catheter

System for deploying a capacitive shape memory catheterization devi...

System for deploying a shape memory catheterization device with str...

Flexible medical article and method of making the same

Thermally controlled variable-flexibility catheters and methods of...

Systems and methods for variable stiffness tethers

Flexible medical article and method of making the same

Selective stiffening catheter

System for deploying a resistive shape memory catheterization devic...

System for deploying a capacitive shape memory catheterization devi...

Selective stiffening catheter and methods for operating a selective...

Elongated interventional device with variable stiffness

System for deploying an inductive shape memory catheterization devi...

Variable stiffness catheter

Methods for operating a selective stiffening catheter

Urethral catheter assembly with a guide wire

Method for operating a selective stiffening catheter

Selectively flexible catheter and method of use

Variable stiffness heating catheter

Drainage catheter and method for catheterizing a patient

Catheter with controllable stiffness and method for operating a sel...

Method for treating intervertebral discs

Selectively flexible catheter and method of use

Methods for operating a selective stiffening catheter

Shape memory alloy actuators

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

BODY TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE, STIFFNESS-VARYING AND NON-REUSABLE INT...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE STIFFNESS TETHERS

Steerable Catheter with Portions of Different Stiffness

Catheter Tubing With Tailored Modulus Response

Selective Stiffening Catheter

Thermally Controlled Variable-Flexibility Catheters and Methods of...

SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING A SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVICE WITH STR...

Selective Stiffening Catheter

Selective Stiffening Catheter

VARIABLE-STIFFNESS ACTUATOR

ELONGATED INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE WITH VARIABLE STIFFNESS

Variable Stiffness Catheter

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER

SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING A CAPACITIVE SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVI...

SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING AN INDUCTIVE SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVI...

SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING A RESISTIVE SHAPE MEMORY CATHETERIZATION DEVIC...

URETHRAL CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH A GUIDE WIRE

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE STIFFNESS TETHERS

INTRA-LUMINAL ACCESS APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

Methods for Operating a Selective Stiffening Catheter

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER

Device for Intraluminal Drug Delivery

Selectively Flexible Catheter and Method of Use

Method for Operating a Selective Stiffening Catheter

SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS

VARIABLE STIFFNESS HEATING CATHETER

DRAINAGE CATHETER AND METHOD FOR CATHETERIZING A PATIENT

Catheter with Controllable Stiffness and Method for Operating a Sel...

Reusable Cannula

METHOD FOR TREATING INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS