Patents by Inventor Lauren Vernlund

Lauren Vernlund 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).

  • Patent number: 11382731
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical device and methods of using the same. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress formed of nucleophilic buttress components and electrophilic buttress components which react to both form the buttress and provide the buttress with self-sealing capabilities after a staple or some other fixation device is placed therethrough, thereby enhancing its hemostatic properties. In other embodiments, the medical device is a hernia patch formed of a fibrous substrate, nucleophilic precursor components and electrophilic precursor components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Walter Skalla, Lauren Vernlund
  • Publication number: 20160310633
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions suitable for use as medical devices and/or coatings thereon. In embodiments, the compositions may be used to adhere and/or seal tissue. In other embodiments, coatings may be used to at least temporarily affix a medical device to tissue. The coatings may affix a medical device to tissue without the need for additional fixation devices or, in embodiments, may be used with other fixation devices to affix a medical device to tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Lauren Vernlund, Walter Skalla, Nathaniel Mast, Steven L. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20160250013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical device and methods of using the same. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress formed of nucleophilic buttress components and electrophilic buttress components which react to both form the buttress and provide the buttress with self-sealing capabilities after a staple or some other fixation device is placed therethrough, thereby enhancing its hemostatic properties. In other embodiments, the medical device is a hernia patch formed of a fibrous substrate, nucleophilic precursor components and electrophilic precursor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Skalla, Lauren Vernlund