Patents by Inventor Lily Ayo Roberts

Lily Ayo Roberts 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).

  • METHODS FOR INCREASING A RETENTION FORCE BETWEEN A POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD AND A DELIVERY BALLOON
    Publication number: 20240025083
    Abstract: A medical device includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lily Ayo ROBERTS, Sean A. MCNIVEN, Kathleen YAN, Boyd V. KNOTT, Jeremy B. BEER, Mark C. JOHNSON
  • Methods for increasing a retention force between a polymeric scaffold and a delivery balloon
    Patent number: 11806898
    Abstract: A medical device includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING A RETENTION FORCE BETWEEN A POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD AND A DELIVERY BALLOON
    Publication number: 20220297351
    Abstract: A medical device includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Lily Ayo ROBERTS, Sean A. MCNIVEN, Kathleen YAN, Boyd V. KNOTT, Jeremy B. BEER, Mark C. JOHNSON
  • Methods for increasing a retention force between a polymeric scaffold and a delivery balloon
    Patent number: 11376762
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING A RETENTION FORCE BETWEEN A POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD AND A DELIVERY BALLOON
    Publication number: 20180361623
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • Methods for increasing a retention force between a polymeric scaffold and a delivery balloon
    Patent number: 10059034
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING A RETENTION FORCE BETWEEN A POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD AND A DELIVERY BALLOON
    Publication number: 20150059960
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • Methods for increasing a retention force between a polymeric scaffold and a delivery balloon
    Patent number: 8961848
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson
  • Methods for Increasing a Retention Force Between a Polymeric Scaffold and a Delivery Balloon
    Publication number: 20120261858
    Abstract: A medical device-includes a scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The scaffold is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes inflating the delivery balloon during a diameter reduction to improve scaffold retention and maintaining an inflated balloon during the diameter reduction and prior and subsequent dwell periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lily Ayo Roberts, Sean A. McNiven, Kathleen Yan, Boyd V. Knott, Jeremy B. Beer, Mark C. Johnson