Kevin T Browne

US Patent:

58301259, Nov 3, 1998

Filed:

Mar 21, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/407886

Inventors:

Robert M. Scribner - Boulder CO
Kevin F. Browne - Lakeland FL

Assignee:

Scribner-Browne Medical Design Incorporated - Los Altos CA

International Classification:

A61B 1704

US Classification:

606139

Abstract:

An assembly is provided for suturing an incision in a tissue wall of a patient with a suture material. The assembly comprises a carrier member, a distal member interconnected to the carrier member, and a guide member positioned about and moveable along the carrier member. The guide member guides an access device through the tissue wall at two or more different locations adjacent to the incision in the tissue wall such that suture material is threadable through and into the tissue wall at a first location and through and back out of the tissue wall at a second location.

US Patent:

60539046, Apr 25, 2000

Filed:

Apr 5, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/628767

Inventors:

Robert M. Scribner - Boulder CO
Kevin F. Browne - Lakeland FL

International Classification:

A61M 2500

US Classification:

604527

Abstract:

A thin wall catheter introducer system for penetrating through intravascular tissue walls and for facilitating the introduction of a catheter through the tissue wall is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a sheath having a thin wall tubular member and a wire braid positioned about the tubular member for reinforcing the tubular member. The wire braid may include at least two intertwined wires wound about the tubular member. In another embodiment, the system includes a dilator for penetrating through an incision in an intravascular wall of a patient. The dilator may include a first tubular member and a reinforcing member which is positionable about the first tubular member to substantially inhibit buckling or kinking of the first tubular member. In yet another embodiment, the system includes a vascular access system for use in dilating and penetrating through an incision in an intravascular tissue wall and for facilitating introduction of a catheter into the incision.