Patents Assigned to Incept LLC
  • Patent number: 6887974
    Abstract: Polymeric crosslinking agents are disclosed that have an inert water soluble polymeric component, biodegradable components, functional components reactive with chemical groups on a protein, for example, amine or thiol groups. The inert polymeric component may be flanked at each end with a biodegradable component which is flanked at each end with a protein reactive functional component. A polymeric crosslinking agent is disclosed having a biodegradable component, polyalkylene oxide, and at least three reactive functional groups that are each capable of forming a covalent bond in water with at least one functional group such as an amine, thiol, or carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Chandrashekhar P. Pathak
  • Patent number: 6887257
    Abstract: Vascular embolic filtering systems, as well as methods for using the same, are provided. In general, the subject invention includes a system comprised of an embolic filter assembly and a multiple lumen delivery and retrieval sheath, where the embolic filter assembly includes a guide wire with an embolic filter operatively coupled to the distal end of the guide wire for capturing emboli created during interventional procedures within a target vessel. Features of the subject invention provide for the rapid exchange and deployment of embolic filters in a patient's vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Amr Salahieh, Jackson Demond, Jeff Krolik
  • Patent number: 6818018
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for forming hydrogels in situ through a combination of physical and chemical crosslinking processes are provided in which physical crosslinking is mediated by one or more natural or synthetic components that stabilize the a hydrogel-forming precursor solutions at a deposition site for a period of time sufficient for more resilient chemical crosslinks to form. Methods of using such hydrogels as tissue coatings to prevent postsurgical adhesion formation, as tissue augmentation or luminal occlusion aids, as matrices for carrying cells, drugs or other bioactive species, as tissue sealants or adhesives, and as medical device coatings also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Publication number: 20040191277
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for forming tissue-adherent hydrogels using substantially dry precursors. The dehydrated precursors are premixed prior to in situ therapy and utilize naturally-occurring body fluids as an aqueous environment that initiates transformation, which causes dissolution and nearly simultaneous crosslinking of the precursors, thus forming an insoluble hydrogel implant. The dehydrated precursor-based hydrogels may be used as sealants for fluid leaks from tissue, as adherent drug delivery depots, as means for augmenting and/or supporting tissue, and as means for serving a variety of other usefull medical and surgical purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Amarpreet S. Sawhney, Peter G. Edelman, Steven L. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20040082968
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for retrieving a vascular filter from a vessel are provided wherein a retrieval adapter is delivered to a treatment site concurrently along with an interventional device to reduce the number of steps required to remove the vascular filter. The retrieval adapter also reduces the possibility of entangling the vascular filter with a stent disposed within the vessel during removal of the vascular filter. A separate retrieval catheter is also described for use in conjunction with the retrieval adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: INCEPT LLC
    Inventors: Jeff A. Krolik, Amr Salahieh, Jackson F. Demond, Farhad Khosravi
  • Patent number: 6703047
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for forming tissue-adherent hydrogels using substantially dry precursors. The dehydrated precursors are premixed prior to in situ therapy and utilize naturally-occurring body fluids as an aqueous environment that initiates transformation, which causes dissolution and nearly simultaneous crosslinking of the precursors, thus forming an insoluble hydrogel implant. The dehydrated precursor-based hydrogels may be used as sealants for fluid leaks from tissue, as adherent drug delivery depots, as means for augmenting and/or supporting tissue, and as means for serving a variety of other useful medical and surgical purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Amarpreet S. Sawhney, Peter G. Edelman
  • Publication number: 20040044359
    Abstract: An embolic protection filter delivery and/or retrieval assembly. In one embodiment the assembly includes a shaft having a filter coupled thereto, a sheath, and a tapering member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: INCEPT LLC
    Inventors: Richard J. Renati, Jackson F. Demond, Jeff A. Krolik
  • Publication number: 20040033264
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided to control the release of relatively low molecular weight therapeutic species through hydrogels by first dispersing or dissolving such therapeutic species within relatively hydrophobic rate modifying agents to form a mixture. The mixture is formed into microparticles that are dispersed within bioabsorbable hydrogels, so as to release the water soluble therapeutic agents in a controlled fashion. Methods of using the compositions of the present invention in therapeutic systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 6689148
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of forming hydrogel systems in situ are provided using a delivery system configured to deliver two or more fluent prepolymer solutions without premature crosslinking. The delivery system comprises separate first and second lumens coupling first and second inlet ports and first and second outlet ports, respectively, and may include a balloon, flexible distal region, mixing chamber or steerable distal end. Multi-component hydrogel systems suitable for use with the inventive methods and apparatus are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Amarpreet S. Sawhney, John Spiridigliozzi
  • Publication number: 20040009205
    Abstract: Pharmaceutically acceptable hydrogel polymers of natural, recombinant or synthetic origin, or hybrids thereof, are introduced in a dry, less hydrated, or substantially deswollen state and rehydrate in a physiological environment to undergo a volumetric expansion and to affect sealing, plugging, or augmentation of tissue, defects in tissue, or of organs. The hydrogel polymers may deliver therapeutic entities by controlled release at the site. Methods to form useful devices from such polymers, and to implant the devices are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 6673093
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of forming in situ tissue adherent barriers are provided using a sprayer capable of applying two or more viscous crosslinkable components to tissue. The sprayer comprises separate spray nozzles for each of two or more crosslinkable solutions, with each nozzle surrounded by an annular gas flow outlet. Crosslinkable solutions are stored in separate compartments and communicated under pressure to the spray nozzles. In the presence of gas flow through the annular gas flow outlets, the crosslinkable solutions are atomized and mixed in the gas flow to form a spray. Multi-component hydrogel systems suitable for use with the inventive methods and apparatus are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Publication number: 20040002456
    Abstract: Materials, methods, and compositions for making crosslinked albumin hydrogels are included in the application. Embodiments include a biocompatible material of albumin crosslinked with an n-functional crosslinking agent wherein n is at least 3. Other embodiments include a cross-linking agent having a polyalkylene oxide member. Other embodiments include a system for administering an albumin material, the system having albumin and a crosslinking agent that reacts with the albumin to form a crosslinked material made of crosslinked albumin. Another embodiment is a method of making a biocompatible material that includes a step of mixing albumin with an n-functional crosslinking agent wherein n is at least 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Chandrashekhar P. Pathak
  • Patent number: 6663651
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for retrieving a vascular filter from a vessel are provided wherein a retrieval adapter is delivered to a treatment site concurrently along with an interventional device to reduce the number of steps required to remove the vascular filter. The retrieval adapter also reduces the possibility of entangling the vascular filter with a stent disposed within the vessel during removal of the vascular filter. A separate retrieval catheter is also described for use in conjunction with the retrieval adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Jeff A. Krolik, Amr Salahieh, Jackson F. Demond, Farhad Khosravi
  • Patent number: 6632457
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided to control the release of relatively low molecular weight therapeutic species through hydrogels by first dispersing or dissolving such therapeutic species within relatively hydrophobic rate modifying agents to form a mixture. The mixture is formed into microparticles that are dispersed within bioabsorbable hydrogels, so as to release the water soluble therapeutic agents in a controlled fashion. Methods of using the compositions of the present invention in therapeutic systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 6620182
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel such as the ascending aorta, wherein a vascular device comprises a support hoop having an articulation region connected near a distal end of an elongated member, a blood permeable sac affixed to the support hoop so that the support hoop forms a mouth of the blood permeable sac, a guide wire, and a delivery sheath. The articulation region comprises a reduced thickness region of the support hoop that prevents kinks from forming in the support hoop when the apparatus is contracted to its delivery state, and curved regions that close the mouth of the sac to prevent material escaping from the sac when the apparatus is collapsed for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Farhad Khosravi, L. N. Hopkins, Amr Salahieh, Jackson F. Demond, Jeff A. Krolik
  • Patent number: 6616679
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel and performing thrombectomy and embolectomy, wherein a vascular device comprises a support hoop having an articulation region connected near a distal end of a guide wire, and a blood permeable sac affixed to the support hoop, and a delivery sheath that permits the vascular device to be deployed in a “rapid exchange” mode. The articulation region comprises a reduced thickness region of the support hoop that prevents kinks from forming in the support hoop when the apparatus is contracted to its delivery state, and curved regions that close the mouth of the sac to prevent material escaping from the sac when the apparatus is collapsed for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Incept, LLC
    Inventors: Farhad Khosravi, Richard Renati
  • Patent number: 6610033
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for making and using a medicinal polymer formed from two components. The apparatus includes a double syringe holder housing first and second syringes that is adapted to be coupled with a predetermined orientation to a double vial holder housing first and second vials. The double syringe holder and double vial holder have mating key features that prevent the first syringe from being coupled to the second vial and the second syringe from being coupled to the first vial. The apparatus also includes a delivery device having first and second inlet ports and a key feature that prevents the first syringe from being coupled to the second inlet port and the second syringe from being coupled to the first inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Incept, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Melanson, Michelle D. Lyman, Peter G. Edelman, Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 6605294
    Abstract: Pharmaceutically acceptable hydrogel polymers of natural, recombinant or synthetic origin, or hybrids thereof, are introduced in a dry, less hydrated, or substantially deswollen state and rehydrate in a physiological environment to undergo a volumetric expansion and to affect sealing, plugging, or augmentation of tissue, defects in tissue, or of organs. The hydrogel polymers may deliver therapeutic entities by controlled release at the site. Methods to form useful devices from such polymers, and to implant the devices are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventor: Amarpreet S. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 6589263
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel and performing thrombectomy and embolectomy, wherein a vascular device comprises one or more support hoops, each having an articulation region connected near a distal end of a guide wire, and a blood permeable sac affixed to the one or more support hoops so that the support hoops form a mouth of the blood permeable sac. Each articulation region comprises a reduced thickness region of the support hoop that prevents kinks from forming in the support hoop when the apparatus is contracted to its delivery state, and curved regions that close the mouth of the sac to prevent material escaping from the sac when the apparatus is collapsed for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Incept LLC
    Inventors: Leo N. Hopkins, Farhad Khosravi, Amr Salahieh, Jeff A. Krolik, Jackson F. Demond
  • Publication number: 20030100919
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel and/or performing thrombectomy and embolectomy, wherein a vascular device comprises one or more support hoops connected near a distal end of a guide wire, each support hoop having an articulation region, and a blood permeable sac affixed to the support hoop or hoops to form a mouth of the blood permeable sac. The mouth of the sac closes when the apparatus is collapsed for removal to prevent material from escaping from the sac.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: INCEPT LLC
    Inventors: L. N. Hopkins, Farhad Khosravi, Amr Salahieh, Jackson F. Demond, Jonah Lepak, Stephen Ramee, Jeff A. Krolik, Richard Renati