Patents by Inventor Barry H. Chilton

Barry H. Chilton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Medical device with adherent coating, and method for preparing same
    Patent number: 8124167
    Abstract: A medical device such as a wire guide has a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating adhered to an etched, carbonaceous polymeric surface, for example a sodium-etched polymer surface. A method for preparing a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on a medical device includes etching a polymeric portion of the device to create a carbonaceous surface and applying a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on the etched surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tamisha Clark, Barry H. Chilton
  • MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ADHERENT COATING, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME
    Publication number: 20100200542
    Abstract: A medical device such as a wire guide has a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating adhered to an etched, carbonaceous polymeric surface, for example a sodium-etched polymer surface. A method for preparing a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on a medical device includes etching a polymeric portion of the device to create a carbonaceous surface and applying a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on the etched surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Tamisha Clark, Barry H. Chilton
  • Medical device with adherent coating, and method for preparing same
    Patent number: 7687144
    Abstract: A medical device such as a wire guide has a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating adhered to an etched, carbonaceous polymeric surface, for example a sodium-etched polymer surface. A method for preparing a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on a medical device includes etching a polymeric portion of the device to create a carbonaceous surface and applying a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on the etched surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Wilson-Cook Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Tamisha Clark, Barry H. Chilton