Patents by Inventor Elaine Lee

Elaine Lee 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).

  • Device and method for treatment of a vascular defect
    Publication number: 20040087998
    Abstract: A device for the occlusion of a vascular defect includes a first sheet and a second sheet which may be formed from a material which is the same as or different from the first sheet. At least one sheet functions as a securement member, and at least one sheet functions as an occluding member. The first sheet may be replaced by an alternative securement structure. At least one sheet may be coated with a biocompatible material for promoting integration with the vasculature and/or healing of the vascular defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine Lee, Robert Abrams
  • Absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive member
    Publication number: 20040024394
    Abstract: Compositions comprising absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive members are described. Also described are methods of making and using these absorbable vaso-occlusive compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Delilah Yin Hul, Elaine Lee
  • Absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive member
    Patent number: 6585754
    Abstract: Compositions comprising absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive members are described. Also described are methods of making and using these absorbable vaso-occlusive compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Delilah Yin Hui, Elaine Lee
  • Internal restraint for delivery of self-expanding stents
    Publication number: 20030050684
    Abstract: A medical device delivery system comprises a catheter having a catheter shaft with a proximal region and a distal region. The catheter shaft has a pull wire lumen therein. An expandable medical device is disposed about medical device receiving region of the catheter shaft. The expandable medical device has a reduced configuration and an expanded configuration. The system further comprises a retractable retaining wire, at least a portion of which is coiled about the expandable medical device and retains the expandable medical device in the reduced configuration. One end of the retractable retaining wire terminates in a pull-wire. The pull-wire extends into the pull-wire lumen to the proximal region of the catheter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Robert M. Abrams, Elaine Lee
  • Absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive member
    Publication number: 20020193823
    Abstract: Compositions comprising absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive members are described. Also described are methods of making and using these absorbable vaso-occlusive compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Michael P. Wallace, Delilah Yin Hui, Elaine Lee
  • Bioactive materials for aneurysm repair
    Publication number: 20020082620
    Abstract: Compositions including liquid embolics, vaso-occlusive members and combinations thereof are described. Also described are methods of using these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Elaine Lee
  • Biodegradable templates for the regeneration of tissues
    Patent number: 4947840
    Abstract: This invention relates to porous, biodegradable materials in which the pore size, biodegradation rate, and pore volume fraction are controlled and within values at which skin contraction rates around an implant-containing wound are delayed or slowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ioannis V. Yannas, Elaine Lee, Ariel Ferdman