Jay Keith Miller

US Patent:

6402720, Jun 11, 2002

Filed:

Dec 22, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/995781

Inventors:

Jay Frederick Miller - Miramar FL
Edward J. Play - Weston FL
Nicholas Martino - Miami Lakes FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61M 2900

US Classification:

604 9601

Abstract:

A balloon catheter is provided which has a long, atraumatic tip positioned distally of the balloon. The distal edge of the tip has an annular chamfer. The balloon catheter typically is of a variety having a relatively stiff distal end or balloon assembly, and the atraumatic tip enhances tracking of such balloons along a thinner guidewire.

US Patent:

6464718, Oct 15, 2002

Filed:

Nov 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/193035

Inventors:

Jay F. Miller - Miramar FL
Edward J. Play - Weston FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61F 206

US Classification:

623 111, 606198, 606192, 606194

Abstract:

A balloon catheter and stent delivery system for medical treatment of a patient includes a balloon inflatable to an inflated shape having a cylindrical working portion, and a deflated shape that is temporarily reformed to enhance longitudinal retention of the stent while the catheter system is advanced or withdrawn. The balloon catheter provides for uniform expansion of the stent when the balloon is inflated. In addition, the balloon catheter system can be modified to initiate partial inflation of the proximal and distal ends of the stent, to further resist longitudinal motion of the stent during inflation, and to facilitate more effective tacking of the stent. One possible feature of the catheter system is that the balloon is pleated in a particular pattern when deflated, whereby the central balloon portion carrying the stent has a greater number of pleats than the pillow portions proximal and distal of the stent. Another possible feature is the formation of small channels that facilitate fluid communication from the proximal end of the balloon to the distal end, even when the balloon is deflated. The balloon may be formed to protrude partially outward among the stent interstices while in its deflated state, further enhancing stent position retention.

US Patent:

20010014821, Aug 16, 2001

Filed:

Nov 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/193170

Inventors:

MOHAMAD IKE JUMAN - MIAMI FL, US
JAY F. MILLER - MIRAMAR FL, US
EDWARD J. PLAY - WESTON FL, US

International Classification:

A61M029/00
A61F002/06

US Classification:

623/001110, 606/194000

Abstract:

A balloon catheter and stent delivery system for medical treatment of a patient includes a balloon inflatable to an inflated shape having a cylindrical working portion, and a deflated shape that is temporarily reformed to enhance longitudinal retention of the stent while the catheter system is advanced or withdrawn. The balloon catheter provides for uniform expansion of the stent when the balloon is inflated. In addition, the balloon catheter system can be modified to initiate partial inflation of the proximal and distal ends of the stent, to further resist longitudinal motion of the stent during inflation, and to facilitate more effective tacking of the stent. One possible feature of the catheter system is that the balloon is pleated in a particular pattern when deflated, whereby the central balloon portion carrying the stent has a greater number of pleats than the pillow portions proximal and distal of the stent. Another possible feature is the formation of small channels that facilitate fluid communication from the proximal end of the balloon to the distal end, even when the balloon is deflated. The balloon may be formed to protrude partially outward among the stent interstices while in its deflated state, further enhancing stent position retention. The present invention also protects the leading or distal end of the stent during advancement, and protects the proximal end of the stent during any withdrawal of the catheter system.

US Patent:

54475031, Sep 5, 1995

Filed:

Apr 28, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/234709

Inventors:

Jay F. Miller - Miami FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61M 2902

US Classification:

604280

Abstract:

An angioplasty system including a guiding catheter for inserting into and traversing a human blood vessel. The guiding catheter receives and guides a balloon catheter and/or a PTCA guidewire into an area to be treated in a blood vessel. The catheter has an elongate body with a proximal end and a distal end and is made out of a flexible and dimensionally stable material to afford an expandable lumen and spring properties at the distal end. The distal end has a longitudinal slot for enabling one side wall portion of the catheter wall to slide under the other side wall portion for achieving partially overlapping catheter wall portions and for creating a spiral fold tip. The spiral fold tip is tapered to facilitate movement of the tip through a blood vessel.

US Patent:

57797307, Jul 14, 1998

Filed:

May 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/841889

Inventors:

Jay F. Miller - Miramar FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61M 2900

US Classification:

606192

Abstract:

A balloon catheter defines a balloon having a cylindrical outer surface of a diameter essentially no greater than the diameter of the tubular shaft. Additionally, a method is disclosed in which one inserts a catheter into the arterial system of a patient, and increasingly pressurizes a balloon made of work-hardenable material to elastically expand the balloon to such a first pressure that sufficient work-hardening takes place in the expanding balloon to cause the diameter of the balloon to substantially cease its expansion in response to a pressure range increasing from the first pressure. One then terminates the increase of the pressure at that point to cause the catheter to assume a first, predetermined maximum diameter. Catheter balloons can each be expanded to two different, known, work-hardened diameters by this invention.

US Patent:

54908388, Feb 13, 1996

Filed:

Aug 23, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/294659

Inventors:

Jay F. Miller - Miramar FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61M 2900

US Classification:

604 96

Abstract:

A balloon catheter defines a balloon having a cylindrical outer surface of a diameter essentially no greater than the diameter of the tubular shaft. Additionally, a method is disclosed in which one inserts a catheter into the arterial system of a patient, and increasingly pressurizes a balloon made of work-hardenable material to elastically expand the balloon to such a first pressure that sufficient work-hardening takes place in the expanding balloon to cause the diameter of the balloon to substantially cease its expansion in response to a pressure range increasing from the first pressure. One then terminates the increase of the pressure at that point to cause the catheter to assume a first, predetermined maximum diameter. Catheter balloons can each be expanded to two different, known, work-hardened diameters by this invention.

US Patent:

62895680, Sep 18, 2001

Filed:

Nov 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/192899

Inventors:

Jay F. Miller - Miramar FL
Edward J. Play - Weston FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

B23D 1700

US Classification:

29423

Abstract:

A balloon catheter and stent delivery system for medical treatment of a patient includes a balloon inflatable to an inflated shape having a cylindrical working portion, and a deflated shape that is temporarily reformed to enhance longitudinal retention of the stent while the catheter system is advanced or withdrawn. The balloon catheter provides for uniform expansion of the stent when the balloon is inflated. In addition, the balloon catheter system can be modified to initiate partial inflation of the proximal and distal ends of the stent, to further resist longitudinal motion of the stent during inflation, and to facilitate more effective tacking of the stent. One possible feature of the catheter system is that the balloon is pleated in a particular pattern when deflated, whereby the central balloon portion carrying the stent has a greater number of pleats than the shoulder portions proximal and distal of the stent. Another possible feature is the formation of small channels that facilitate fluid communication from the proximal end of the balloon to the distal end, even when the balloon is deflated. The balloon may be formed to protrude partially outward among the stent interstices while in its deflated state, further enhancing stent position retention.

US Patent:

62939599, Sep 25, 2001

Filed:

Jan 25, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/237156

Inventors:

Jay F. Miller - Miramar FL
Edward J. Play - Weston FL

Assignee:

Cordis Corporation - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

A61M 2900

US Classification:

606194

Abstract:

A balloon catheter and stent delivery system for medical treatment of a patient includes a balloon inflatable to an inflated shape having a cylindrical working portion, and a deflated shape that is temporarily reformed to enhance longitudinal retention of the stent while the catheter system is advanced or withdrawn, with various additional features.

Address:

7620 NE 7 Ct, Miami, FL 33138

Phone:

786 486-0812

VIN:

1FMCU02739KA43563

Make:

FORD

Model:

ESCAPE

Year:

2009

Author:

Jay Miller

ISBN #:

0516010530

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Jay Miller

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