Patents by Inventor Stephanie BURKE

Stephanie BURKE 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).

  • Process of changing cross sectional shape within a textile
    Patent number: 11458669
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for changing cross-sectional sizes and/or shapes of flat braided sutures and the resulting constructs are disclosed. The flat braided sutures can have a textile first cross-sectional shape that can be changed to a textile second cross-sectional shape. The systems can have a heater and a die. The flat braided sutures can be movable through the heater and the die. When the flat braided sutures are in the heater, the flat braided sutures can be heatable from a textile first temperature to a textile second temperature greater than the textile first temperature. When the flat braided sutures are at the textile second temperature, the textile first cross-sectional shape can be changeable to the textile second cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ATEX Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Kiefer, Nathan Spangenberg, Stephanie Burke, Matthew Oltman, Thomas R. Molz
  • PROCESS OF CHANGING CROSS SECTIONAL SHAPE WITHIN A TEXTILE
    Publication number: 20220266502
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for changing cross-sectional sizes and/or shapes of flat braided sutures and the resulting constructs are disclosed. The flat braided sutures can have a textile first cross-sectional shape that can be changed to a textile second cross-sectional shape. The systems can have a heater and a die. The flat braided sutures can be movable through the heater and the die. When the flat braided sutures are in the heater, the flat braided sutures can be heatable from a textile first temperature to a textile second temperature greater than the textile first temperature. When the flat braided sutures are at the textile second temperature, the textile first cross-sectional shape can be changeable to the textile second cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: US BioDesign, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. KIEFER, Nathan SPANGENBERG, Stephanie BURKE, Matthew OLTMAN, Thomas R. MOLZ
  • PROCESS OF CHANGING CROSS SECTIONAL SHAPE WITHIN A TEXTILE
    Publication number: 20190168441
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for changing cross-sectional sizes and/or shapes of flat braided sutures and the resulting constructs are disclosed. The flat braided sutures can have a textile first cross-sectional shape that can be changed to a textile second cross-sectional shape. The systems can have a heater and a die. The flat braided sutures can be movable through the heater and the die. When the flat braided sutures are in the heater, the flat braided sutures can be heatable from a textile first temperature to a textile second temperature greater than the textile first temperature. When the flat braided sutures are at the textile second temperature, the textile first cross-sectional shape can be changeable to the textile second cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: US BioDesign, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. KIEFER, Nathan SPANGENBERG, Stephanie BURKE, Matthew OLTMAN, Thomas R. MOLZ