Patents by Inventor Richard Whitbourne

Richard Whitbourne 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).

  • Antimicrobial Needle Coating For Extended Infusion
    Publication number: 20070299409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bioabsorbable polymeric coatings with antimicrobial agents that provide coated surfaces that resist protein absorption and infectious formation on coated surfaces of medical devices that are inserted or implanted in patients, and kits thereof with an antimicrobial disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Angiotech Biocoatings Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Whitbourne, Margaret Lydon, David Gravett
  • Echogenic coatings with overcoat
    Publication number: 20070255140
    Abstract: An ultrasonically visible solid device for inserting into a non-gas target medium comprises an echogenic surface having structures entrapping gas when the device is in the target medium, the entrapped gas causing the device to be ultrasonically visible, wherein the gas-entrapping structures are covered with a flexible overcoat that does not significantly reduce the compressibility of the gas trapped in the structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Angiotech Biocoatings Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Violante, Richard Whitbourne, John Lanzafame, Margaret Lydon
  • Medical devices combined with diblock copolymer compositions
    Publication number: 20070026043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a medical device combined with a polymeric coating material comprising a bioerodable diblock copolymer and optionally a therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Angiotech International AG
    Inventors: Dechi Guan, Richard Whitbourne, David Gravett