Patents by Inventor Joshua Stopek

Joshua Stopek 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 for wound closure and method of use
    Patent number: 9271706
    Abstract: A wound closure device for repairing perforations and tissue wall defects is disclosed herein. The wound closure device has a barbed elongate body and a plug member. The wound closure device may further include a foam structure. The wound closure device may also include an inner member which may be a tissue scaffold. A method for closing tissue is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Steven L. Bennett, Timothy Sargeant
  • Hydrogel implants with varying degrees of crosslinking
    Patent number: 9265828
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrogel composition and methods of using the same. The hydrogel composition may include precursors that react with each other upon contact as well as precursors that react upon contact with an initiator. In embodiments, the resulting hydrogels may have varying levels of crosslinking with both denser and less dense regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Steven Bennett, Nathaniel Mast, Kevin Lavigne, Walter Skalla, Timothy Sargeant, Joshua Stopek
  • Differential loading of drug-eluting medical devices
    Patent number: 9216240
    Abstract: A medical device includes a substrate having at least one surface. The surface has a central portion and a peripheral portion. At least one bioactive agent is disposed over at least a portion of the surface. The medical device having a concentration gradient of the at least one bioactive between the central and peripheral portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Daniel Broom, Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi
  • MEDICAL DEVICE WITH INTRAPORE FILMS
    Publication number: 20150359948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical device and methods of making the same. The medical device includes a porous substrate and at least one film. The film is formed within the pore of the substrate. The film is intra-porous and does not contact adjacent pores or films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi, Daniel Broom
  • HYDROGEL IMPLANTS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF CROSSLINKING
    Publication number: 20150359927
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrogel composition and methods of using the same. The hydrogel composition may include precursors that react with each other upon contact as well as precursors that react upon contact with an initiator. In embodiments, the resulting hydrogels may have varying levels of crosslinking with both denser and less dense regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Bennett, Nathaniel Mast, Kevin Lavigne, Walter Skalla, Saumya Banerjee, Timothy Sargeant, Joshua Stopek
  • Self-detachable medical devices
    Patent number: 9211175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to self-detachable medical devices containing a detachable film layer and polymeric film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Daniel Broom, Amin Elachchabi, Thomas Casasanta, Garrett Ebersole
  • Single port device including selectively closeable openings
    Patent number: 9179934
    Abstract: A surgical port includes a port body having a lumen extending therethrough and a plate having an opening. The port body may be made from foam. The port is configured such that rotation of the plate with respect to the port body aligns the opening and lumen defining a passage therethrough for the insertion of surgical instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joshua Stopek
  • Functionalized adhesive for medical devices
    Patent number: 9180221
    Abstract: A method for adhering a medical device to biological tissue includes adhering an adhesive composition having a plurality of reactive members of a specific binding pair to tissue which has a plurality of complementary reactive members of the specific binding pair via click chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Tim Sargeant, Robert Ahmad Hadba, Joshua Stopek
  • Implantable film/mesh composite
    Patent number: 9179994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to implantable medical devices which include at least one mesh and at least one film attached to the mesh along different portions of the mesh creating at least one aperture between the mesh and the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi, Daniel Broom
  • Hydrogel implants with varying degrees of crosslinking
    Patent number: 9144611
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrogel composition and methods of using the same. The hydrogel composition may include precursors that react with each other upon contact as well as precursors that react upon contact with an initiator. In embodiments, the resulting hydrogels may have varying levels of crosslinking with both denser and less dense regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Steven Bennett, Nathaniel Mast, Kevin Lavigne, Walter Skalla, Saumya Banerjee, Timothy Sargeant, Joshua Stopek
  • Medical device with intrapore films
    Patent number: 9144634
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical device and methods of making the same. The medical device includes a porous substrate and at least one film. The film is formed within the pore of the substrate. The film is intra-porous and does not contact adjacent pores or films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi, Daniel Broom
  • SINGLE PORT DEVICE INCLUDING SELECTIVELY CLOSEABLE OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20150190169
    Abstract: A surgical port includes a port body having a lumen extending therethrough and a plate having an opening. The port body may be made from foam. The port is configured such that rotation of the plate with respect to the port body aligns the opening and lumen defining a passage therethrough for the insertion of surgical instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Joshua Stopek
  • Access assembly insertion device
    Patent number: 9017251
    Abstract: An improved access assembly is provided. The access assembly includes an inflatable port and an inflation cannula operably connected to the inflatable port to provide inflation fluid to the inflatable port. The inflatable port may be tapered in a first configuration to facilitate insertion through tissue. The inflation port defines a substantially hour-glass shape when in a second configuration to create a seal within an opening in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joshua Stopek
  • Compositions for intratumoral administration
    Patent number: 9012467
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes compositions for intratumoral administration which include a tissue-stabilizing agent and a therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joshua Stopek
  • Implantable film/mesh composite for passage of tissue therebetween
    Patent number: 9005308
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to implantable medical devices which include at least one mesh and at least one film attached to the mesh along different portions of the mesh creating at least one aperture between the mesh and the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi, Daniel Broom
  • Single port device including selectively closeable openings
    Patent number: 8986203
    Abstract: A surgical port includes a port body having a lumen extending therethrough and a plate having an opening. The port body may be made from foam. The port is configured such that rotation of the plate with respect to the port body aligns the opening and lumen defining a passage therethrough for the insertion of surgical instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Joshua Stopek
  • Therapeutic implant
    Patent number: 8980302
    Abstract: Surgical implants of the present disclosed include a film comprising a first therapeutic agent and a mesh comprising a second therapeutic agent. The surgical implant includes a film in direct contact with a mesh. The first therapeutic agent may be released at a first rate and the second therapeutic agent may be released at a second rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joshua Stopek, Amin Elachchabi, Daniel Broom, Garrett Ebersole
  • Implantable Porous Device Including a Film
    Publication number: 20150073445
    Abstract: A surgical implant includes a porous substrate defining a length along a longitudinal axis and a width along a transverse axis, and a discontinuous film disposed over a surface of the porous substrate. The discontinuous film defines a plurality of coated segments on the porous substrate that are spaced by uncoated regions of the porous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jeremy Griffin, Amin Elachchabi, Daniel Broom, Ryan Witherell, Garrett Ebersole, Joshua Stopek
  • Tissue Fixation Device
    Publication number: 20150073473
    Abstract: A tissue fixation device includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and including a proximal end and a distal end. At least two barbed segments diverge distally away from the distal end of the elongated body and a pledget is disposed at distal ends of the barbed segments. The elongated body, barbed segments, and pledget are provided in a variety of configurations depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Broom, Joshua Stopek, Timothy Sargeant, Nicholas Maiorino, Arpan Desai, Saumya Banerjee, Timothy Flavin
  • Looped Tissue Fixation Device
    Publication number: 20150066078
    Abstract: A tissue fixation device includes a barbed body in a general figure eight configuration including a first loop intersecting a second loop. The barbed body may include a third loop at a proximal end thereof, and/or a pledget at a distal end thereof. The configuration of the tissue fixation device may vary depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Broom, Joshua Stopek, Timothy Sargeant, Nicholas Maiorino, Arpan Desai, Saumya Banerjee, Timothy Flavin