Patents by Inventor Vincent Gueriguian

Vincent Gueriguian 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 OF FABRICATING STENTS WITH ENHANCED FRACTURE TOUGHNESS
    Publication number: 20170095360
    Abstract: Stents and methods of manufacturing a stents with enhanced fracture toughness are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Timothy A. Limon, Vincent A. Gueriguian
  • Methods of treatment with stents with enhanced fracture toughness
    Patent number: 9522503
    Abstract: Stents and methods of manufacturing a stents with enhanced fracture toughness are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Timothy A. Limon, Vincent A. Gueriguian
  • Controlling crystalline morphology of a bioabsorbable stent
    Patent number: 9211682
    Abstract: Methods to expand polymer tubing with desirable or optimum morphology and mechanical properties for stem manufacture and fabrication of a stent therefrom are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Thierry Glauser, Vincent Gueriguian, Bethany Steichen, James Oberhauser, Manish Gada, Lothar Kleiner, Mary Beth Kossuth
  • METHODS OF FABRICATING STENTS WITH ENHANCED FRACTURE TOUGHNESS
    Publication number: 20140094899
    Abstract: Stents and methods of manufacturing a stents with enhanced fracture toughness are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Timothy A. Limon, Vincent A. Gueriguian
  • METHODS OF FABRICATING STENTS WITH ENHANCED FRACTURE TOUGHNESS
    Publication number: 20140081379
    Abstract: Stents and methods of manufacturing a stents with enhanced fracture toughness are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Timothy A. Gale, Vincent A. Gueriguian
  • Controlling crystalline morphology of a bioabsorbable stent
    Patent number: 8501079
    Abstract: Methods to expand polymer tubing with desirable or optimum morphology and mechanical properties for stent manufacture and fabrication of a stent therefrom are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Glauser, Vincent Gueriguian, Bethany Steichen, James Oberhauser, Manish Gada, Lothar Kleiner, Mary Beth Kossuth
  • Controlled degradation of stents
    Patent number: 8267990
    Abstract: Stents fabricated from hydrolytically degradable polymers with accelerated degradation rates and methods of fabricating stents with accelerated degradation rates are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Vincent Gueriguian, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Implantable medical device comprising copolymer of L-lactide with improved fracture toughness
    Patent number: 8119704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to implantable medical devices comprising a L-lactide-constitutional unit-containing copolymer having a wt % percent crystallinity of 40% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yunbing Wang, James Oberhauser, Manish Gada, Thierry Glauser, Vincent Gueriguian, Bethany Steichen, Lothar Kleiner, Xiao Ma
  • Optimizing fracture toughness of polymeric stent
    Patent number: 8099849
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a stent assembly comprising radially expanding a polymeric tube to an optimal degree of radial expansion; fabricating a stent from the expanded polymeric tube; and crimping the stent onto a catheter assembly, wherein the temperature of the stent during crimping is an optimal crimping temperature, wherein the optimal degree of radial expansion and the optimal crimping temperature correspond to an optimal fracture toughness exhibited by the crimped stent upon its deployment as a function of degree of radial expansion and crimping temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David Gale, Bin Huang, Vincent Gueriguian, Syed Hossainy
  • Controlling Crystalline Morphology Of A Bioabsorbable Stent
    Publication number: 20110062638
    Abstract: Methods to expand polymer tubing with desirable or optimum morphology and mechanical properties for stent manufacture and fabrication of a stent therefrom are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Thierry Glauser, Vincent Gueriguian, Bethany Steichen, James Oberhauser, Manish Gada, Lothar Kleiner
  • Implantable Medical Device Comprising Copolymer Of L-Lactide With Improved Fracture Toughness
    Publication number: 20110022163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to implantable medical devices comprising a L-lactide-constitutional unit-containing copolymer having a wt % percent crystallinity of 40% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Yunbing Wang, James Oberhauser, Manish Gada, Thierry Glauser, Vincent Gueriguian, Bethany Steichen, Lothar Kleiner, Xiao Ma
  • Composite polymeric and metallic stent with radiopacity
    Publication number: 20080058919
    Abstract: Various embodiments of stents with a polymeric body with radiopaque metallic particles incorporated in the stent body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Pamela Kramer-Brown, David Gale, Vincent Gueriguian, Yunbing Wang
  • Bioabsorbable stent with radiopaque coating
    Publication number: 20080009939
    Abstract: Various embodiments of stents with a bioabsorbable body having a coating with a radiopaque layer are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Vincent Gueriguian, Bin Huang, David Gale
  • Degradable polymeric implantable medical devices with a continuous phase and discrete phase
    Publication number: 20070231365
    Abstract: The invention provides an implantable medical device comprising: a structural element, wherein the structural element includes: a continuous phase comprising a first polymer; a discrete phase within the continuous phase, wherein the discrete phase has a second polymer including discrete phase segments; and anchor segments that have substantially the same chemical make up as the first polymer of the continuous phase; wherein at least some of the anchor segments have partially or completely phase-separated from the discrete phase into the continuous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yunbing Wang, David Gale, Bin Huang, Syed Hossainy, Vincent Gueriguian