Patents by Inventor Rachel L. Simmons

Rachel L. Simmons 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).

  • SERIALLY DEPOSITED FIBER MATERIALS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210162098
    Abstract: Fibrous materials and methods of manufacturing fibrous materials are disclosed. In particular, this application discloses methods of making and processing serially deposited fibrous structures, such as serially deposited fibrous mats. Serially deposited fibrous mats may be used in implantable medical devices with various characteristics and features. Serially deposited fibrous mats of various mat thickness, fiber size, porosity, pore size, and fiber density are disclosed. Additionally, serially deposited fibrous mats having various amounts of fiber structures (such as intersections, branches, and bundles) per unit area are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Wayne L. Mower, John William Hall, Rachel L. Simmons, Bart Dolmatch, F. Mark Ferguson
  • Serially deposited fiber materials and associated devices and methods
    Patent number: 10799617
    Abstract: Fibrous materials and methods of manufacturing fibrous materials are disclosed. In particular, this application discloses methods of making and processing serially deposited fibrous structures, such as serially deposited fibrous mats. Serially deposited fibrous mats may be used in implantable medical devices with various characteristics and features. Serially deposited fibrous mats of various mat thickness, fiber size, porosity, pore size, and fiber density are disclosed. Additionally, serially deposited fibrous mats having various amounts of fiber structures (such as intersections, branches, and bundles) per unit area are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne L. Mower, John William Hall, Rachel L. Simmons, Bart Dolmatch, F. Mark Ferguson
  • Drug-eluting rotational spun coatings and methods of use
    Patent number: 9198999
    Abstract: Drug-eluting rotational spun coatings that include one or more therapeutic agents may be used to coat a medical device. The medical devices include, for example, balloon catheters, vascular grafts and stents, which are coated with drug-eluting rotational spun materials that may be used to deliver a therapeutic agent to a target tissue or body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Hall, Rachel L. Simmons, Aaron Hopkinson, Bart Dolmatch, Zeke Eller, Robert S. Kellar
  • SERIALLY DEPOSITED FIBER MATERIALS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140273703
    Abstract: Fibrous materials and methods of manufacturing fibrous materials are disclosed. In particular, this application discloses methods of making and processing serially deposited fibrous structures, such as serially deposited fibrous mats. Serially deposited fibrous mats may be used in implantable medical devices with various characteristics and features. Serially deposited fibrous mats of various mat thickness, fiber size, porosity, pore size, and fiber density are disclosed. Additionally, serially deposited fibrous mats having various amounts of fiber structures (such as intersections, branches, and bundles) per unit area are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne L. Mower, John William Hall, Rachel L. Simmons, Bart Dolmatch, F. Mark Ferguson
  • DRUG-ELUTING ROTATIONAL SPUN COATINGS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140086971
    Abstract: Drug-eluting rotational spun coatings that include one or more therapeutic agents may be used to coat a medical device. The medical devices include, for example, balloon catheters, vascular grafts and stents, which are coated with drug-eluting rotational spun materials that may be used to deliver a therapeutic agent to a target tissue or body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Hall, Rachel L. Simmons, Aaron Hopkinson, Bart Dolmatch, Zeke Eller, Robert S. Kellar