GARY S. DORFMAN
Physician in South Kingstown, RI
License number
Rhode Island MD05928
Issued Date
Dec 16, 1981
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 2018
Category
Physician
Type
Allopathic Physician (MD)
Address
Address
Pob 462, South Kingstown, RI 02874
Phone
(401) 225-7012 (Work)
Professional information
Method For Deploying A Thermo-Mechanically Expandable Stent
US Patent:
6607553, Aug 19, 2003
Filed:
Nov 17, 2000
Appl. No.:
09/715215
Inventors:
Kevin E. Healy - Moraga CA
Joseph T. Walsh - Evanston IL
Gary S. Dorfman - Saunderstown RI
Joseph T. Walsh - Evanston IL
Gary S. Dorfman - Saunderstown RI
Assignee:
B. Braun Medical, Inc. - Bethlehem PA
International Classification:
A61F 206
US Classification:
623 111, 623 119, 623 121, 623 146
Abstract:
An expandable stent for use within a body lumen that is coated with a radiation-absorbing material and that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures but is expandable at a temperature between about 38° C. to 60° C. following exposure to radiation. The invention also relates to a method of deploying such a stent within the body.
Thermo-Mechanically Expandable Stent
US Patent:
6736842, May 18, 2004
Filed:
Jul 24, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/202785
Inventors:
Kevin E. Healy - Moraga CA
Joseph T. Walsh - Evanston IL
Gary S. Dorfman - Saunderstown RI
Joseph T. Walsh - Evanston IL
Gary S. Dorfman - Saunderstown RI
Assignee:
B. Braun Medical Inc. - Bethlehem PA
International Classification:
A61F 206
US Classification:
623 115, 623 119, 623 146
Abstract:
An expandable stent for use within a body lumen that is coated with a radiation-absorbing material and that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures but is expandable at a temperature between about 38° C. to 60° C. following exposure to radiation. The invention also relates to a method of deploying such a stent within the body.
Biodegradable Stent
US Patent:
5670161, Sep 23, 1997
Filed:
May 28, 1996
Appl. No.:
8/654314
Inventors:
Kevin E. Healy - Evanston IL
Gary S. Dorfman - Saunderstown RI
Gary S. Dorfman - Saunderstown RI
International Classification:
A61F 1300
US Classification:
424426
Abstract:
An expandable, biodegradable stent for use within a body lumen comprises a hollow tube made from a copolymer of L-lactide and. epsilon. -caprolactone that is not plastically expandable at normal body temperatures, and that is expandable using thermo-mechanical means at a temperature between about 38. degree. -55. degree. C. using a balloon catheter. The invention also relates to a method of making such a stent and to a method of deploying such a stent within the body.