Patents by Inventor Jeff P. Little

Jeff P. Little 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).

  • Implantable medical device coated with a bioactive agent
    Patent number: 8092819
    Abstract: The present invention provides an implantable medical device comprising a bioactive agent and poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) polymer. In one embodiment of the invention, the bioactive agent is a water-soluble material, such as an antisense agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick H. Ruane, Jeff P. Little, Andrew P. Isch
  • Mandrel and method for coating open-cell implantable endovascular structures
    Patent number: 8092864
    Abstract: Methods of coating a medical device are provided to improve coating uniformity and reduce coating irregularities while reducing direct coating of the luminal surface of the medical device. Preferably, methods of coating a tubular medical device include the steps of: positioning the tubular medical device around a mandrel coating assembly, mounting the tubular medical device on the mandrel coating assembly and spraying a coating solution including a therapeutic agent and a solvent onto the abluminal surface of the tubular medical device mounted on the mandrel coating assembly. The mandrel coating assembly may include an axial member of a diameter that is less than the diameter of the lumen of the tubular medical device and at least one annular projection extending from the axial member to an outer surface having a diameter greater than or substantially equal to the diameter of the lumen of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew P. Isch, Jeff P. Little, Patrick H. Ruane
  • MANDREL AND METHOD FOR COATING OPEN-CELL IMPLANTABLE ENDOVASCULAR STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20090061072
    Abstract: Methods of coating a medical device are provided to improve coating uniformity and reduce coating irregularities while reducing direct coating of the luminal surface of the medical device. Preferably, methods of coating a tubular medical device include the steps of: positioning the tubular medical device around a mandrel coating assembly, mounting the tubular medical device on the mandrel coating assembly and spraying a coating solution including a therapeutic agent and a solvent onto the abluminal surface of the tubular medical device mounted on the mandrel coating assembly. The mandrel coating assembly may include an axial member of a diameter that is less than the diameter of the lumen of the tubular medical device and at least one annular projection extending from the axial member to an outer surface having a diameter greater than or substantially equal to the diameter of the lumen of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MED Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Isch, Jeff P. Little, Patrick H. Ruane