Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Kurtz

Steven Michael Kurtz 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).

  • Antibiotic drug release sheath
    Patent number: 10485902
    Abstract: An implantable medical device having a sheath formed of a polymer material, wherein the sheath forms a reservoir attached to or around the implantable medical device, and wherein the reservoir is sealed with a biocompatible pressure responsive coating; wherein the biocompatible coating is stable for at least 7-day post implantation into a body, and can be mechanically ruptured by application of an exterior pressure generating force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel University
    Inventors: Christopher K. Kepler, Alex Michael Sevit, Steven Michael Kurtz, Noreen J. Hickok, Flemming Forsberg, John R. Eisenbrey
  • ANTIBIOTIC DRUG RELEASE SHEATH
    Publication number: 20170056565
    Abstract: An implantable medical device having a sheath formed of a polymer material, wherein the sheath forms a reservoir attached to or around the implantable medical device, and wherein the reservoir is sealed with a biocompatible pressure responsive coating; wherein the biocompatible coating is stable for at least 7-day post implantation into a body, and can be mechanically ruptured by application of an exterior pressure generating force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel University
    Inventors: Christopher K. Kepler, Alex Michael Sevit, Steven Michael Kurtz, Noreen J. Hickok, Flemming Forsberg, John R. Eisenbrey
  • Method of local therapy using magnetizable thermoplastic implant
    Publication number: 20080319247
    Abstract: A method for local therapies using heat generating implants comprising magnetic or magnetizable features or objects distributed in a solidified moldable matrix to treat bone infection or loosening of implants by the mechanism of hyperthermia or thermoablation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Philadelphia Health & Education Corporation d/b/a Drexel University College of Medicine
    Inventors: Zachary Graham Forbes, Steven Michael Kurtz
  • Method and apparatus for determining the true stress and true strain behavior of a ductile polymer
    Patent number: 6267011
    Abstract: A small punch test apparatus is used to determine true stress and true strain in a ductile polymeric material as it undergoes deformation by the punch head. The information gathered can be used comparatively to assess the acceptability of a body implant subjected to sterilization against similar information obtained on another implant of the same polymer already known to be acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Exponent, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Kurtz, Charles William Jewett, Jude Reynold Foulds