Patents Assigned to Innovational Holdings, LLC.
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Patent number: 9498358Abstract: A method and system for delivering drug includes a first set of holes filled with a first formulation of the drug and a second set of holes filled with a second formulation of the same drug. This dual formulation or dual release kinetic system allows the creation of specifically tailored release kinetics by summation of multiple release kinetics.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: John F. Shanley, Theodore L. Parker, Thai Minh Nguyen, Micheline Lisa Markey, Gary W. Steese-Bradley
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Patent number: 9254202Abstract: The present invention relates to method for loading a beneficial agent into an expandable medical device. The method includes the steps of sealing a plurality of openings extending through the medical device from a first side to a second side with a sealing member to substantially prevent a beneficial agent from passing through the openings, partially filling the openings with the beneficial agent delivered from an automated micro-jetting dispenser, substantially solidifying the beneficial agent, and removing the sealing member from the plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: Stephen Hunter Diaz, Kinam Park
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Patent number: 8986775Abstract: A system for delivery of a beneficial agent in the form of a viscous liquid or paste allows holes in a medical device to be loaded in a single step process. The loading of a beneficial agent in a paste form also provides the ability to deliver large and potentially sensitive molecules including proteins, enzymes, antibodies, antisense, ribozymes, gene/vector constructs, and cells including endothelial cells.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: John F. Shanley, Stephen Hunter Diaz, Theodore L. Parker
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Patent number: 8974515Abstract: A helical stent includes at least one helical winding. Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts and short struts, ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement, the struts being substantially rigid. The stent also includes at least one interconnection member connecting a hinge arrangement on one turn of the at least one winding with a hinge arrangement on an adjacent turn of the at least one winding. Fewer than all hinge arrangements on the at least one helical winding are connected to other hinge arrangements by an interconnection member.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: John F. Shanley, Prasanna Muralidharan
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Patent number: 8673336Abstract: An implantable drug delivery device loaded with a beneficial agent is provided, wherein the beneficial agent is in two different forms, a first form having a higher solubility and a second form having a lower solubility, and wherein the two different forms are present in a proportion which is selected to achieve a desired release rate.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: Theodore L. Parker, Stephen Hunter Diaz, John F. Shanley, Diane Mai Huong Dang, Thai Minh Nguyen
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Patent number: 8545545Abstract: A helical stent includes at least one helical winding. Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts and short struts, ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement, the struts being substantially rigid. The stent also includes at least one interconnection member connecting a hinge arrangement on one turn of the at least one winding with a hinge arrangement on an adjacent turn of the at least one winding. Fewer than all hinge arrangements on the at least one helical winding are connected to other hinge arrangements by an interconnection member.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: John F. Shanley, Prasanna Venkatesh Muralidharan
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Publication number: 20130209663Abstract: The implantable medical devices are configured to release at least one therapeutic agent from a matrix affixed to the implantable body with a release profile which is programmable to the agent and treatment. The matrix is formed such that the concentration of the therapeutic agent in the matrix varies as a gradient relative to a surface of the implantable body. The change in the concentration gradient of the agent in the matrix directly controls the rate of elution of the agent from the matrix. The therapeutic agent matrix can be disposed in the stent or on surfaces of the stent in various configurations, including within volumes defined by the stent, such as openings, holes, or concave surfaces, as a reservoir of agent, and alternatively as a coating on all or a portion of the surfaces of the stent structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Innovational Holdings LLCInventor: Innovational Holdings LLC
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Publication number: 20130127089Abstract: The present invention relates to method for loading a beneficial agent into an expandable medical device. The method includes the steps of sealing a plurality of openings extending through the medical device from a first side to a second side with a sealing member to substantially prevent a beneficial agent from passing through the openings, partially filling the openings with the beneficial agent delivered from an automated micro-jetting dispenser, substantially solidifying the beneficial agent, and removing the sealing member from the plurality of openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: Innovational Holdings LLCInventor: Innovational Holdings LLC
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Publication number: 20120289898Abstract: A balloon catheter for use alone or as a stent delivery system includes a balloon segment and a shaft segment having a varying flexibility. The shaft segment includes a polymer encased braid which extends along substantially the entire length of the shaft segment for added pushability and kink resistance. A flexible distal tip extends from the balloon for improved trackability.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Innovational Holdings, LLC.Inventor: Beau M. FISHER
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Patent number: 8252014Abstract: A balloon catheter for use alone or as a stent delivery system includes a balloon segment and a shaft segment having a varying flexibility. The shaft segment includes a polymer encased braid which extends along substantially the entire length of the shaft segment for added pushability and kink resistance. A flexible distal tip extends from the balloon for improved trackability.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLC.Inventor: Beau M. Fisher
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Patent number: 8187321Abstract: An expandable medical device has a plurality of elongated struts joined together to form a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter. At least one of the plurality of struts includes at least one opening extending at least partially through a thickness of said strut. A beneficial agent is loaded into the opening within the strut in layers to achieve desired temporal release kinetics of the agent. Alternatively, the beneficial agent is loaded in a shape which is configured to achieve the desired agent delivery profile. A wide variety of delivery profiles can be achieved including zero order, pulsatile, increasing, decrease, sinusoidal, and other delivery profiles.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Innovational Holdings, LLCInventors: John F. Shanley, Neal L. Eigler, Kinam Park, Elazer R. Edelman
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Publication number: 20120083873Abstract: An expandable tissue supporting device employs ductile hinges at selected points. When expansion forces are applied to the device as a whole, the ductile hinges concentrate expansion stresses and strains in small well defined areas. The expandable medical device including ductile hinges provides the advantages of low expansion force requirements, relatively thick walls which are radio-opaque, improved crimping properties, high crush strength, reduced elastic recoil after implantation, and control of strain to a desired level. The expandable tissue supporting device includes a plurality of elongated beams arranged in a cylindrical device and connected together by a plurality of ductile hinges. The ductile hinges can have a substantially constant hinge cross sectional area which is smaller than a beam cross sectional area such that as the device is expanded from a first diameter to a second diameter, the ductile hinges experience plastic deformation while the beams are not plastically deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: INNOVATIONAL HOLDINGS LLCInventor: John F. SHANLEY
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Publication number: 20120071963Abstract: An expandable medical device having a plurality of elongated struts, the plurality of elongated struts being joined together to form a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter, and the plurality of struts each having a strut width in a circumferential direction. At least one of the plurality of struts includes at least one opening extending at least partially through a thickness of said strut. A beneficial agent may be loaded into the opening within the strut. The expandable medical device may further include a plurality of ductile hinges formed between the elongated struts, the ductile hinges allowing the cylindrical device to be expanded or compressed from the first diameter to the second diameter by deformation of the ductile hinges.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Innovational Holdings LLCInventor: John F. SHANLEY
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Patent number: 8052734Abstract: An expandable issue supporting device of the present invention employs ductile hinges at selected points in the expandable device. When expansion forces are applied to the device as a whole, the ductile hinges concentrate expansion stresses and strains in small well defined areas. The expandable medical device including ductile hinges provides the advantages of low expansion force requirements, relatively thick walls which are radio-opaque, improved crimping properties, high crush strength, reduced elastic recoil after implantation, and control of strain to a desired level. The expandable tissue supporting device includes a plurality of elongated beams arranged in a cylindrical device and connected together by a plurality of ductile hinges.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Innovational Holdings, LLCInventor: John F. Shanley
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Patent number: 8052735Abstract: An expandable tissue supporting device of the present invention employs ductile hinges at selected points in the expandable device. When expansion forces are applied to the device as a whole, the ductile hinges concentrate expansion stresses and strains in small well defined areas. The expandable medical device including ductile hinges provides the advantages of low expansion force requirements, relatively thick walls which are radio-opaque, improved crimping properties, high crush strength, reduced elastic recoil after implantation, and control of strain to a desired level. The expandable tissue supporting device includes a plurality of elongated beams arranged in a cylindrical device and connected together by a plurality of ductile hinges.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Innovational Holdings, LLCInventor: John F. Shanley
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Patent number: 8011316Abstract: A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel, which is free to roll by gravity on rails which cooperate with the wheels to self-align the travel of the carrier. The carrier can move the workpieces through a series of processing steps by gravity feed and without human intervention. A laterally movable carriage receives the rolling carriers and moves the carrier for processing, and returns the carrier to the rails to again roll by gravity to another processing substation for additional processing. An elevator, which can including processing units itself, is positioned along the rails to receive carriers and raise them so they can continue to roll for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Innovational Holdings, LLCInventors: Stephen Hunter Diaz, Kenneth Joel den Dulk
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Publication number: 20110200659Abstract: A system for delivery of a beneficial agent in the form of a viscous liquid or paste allows holes in a medical device to be loaded in a single step process. The loading of a beneficial agent in a paste form also provides the ability to deliver large and potentially sensitive molecules including proteins, enzymes, antibodies, antisense, ribozymes, gene/vector constructs, and cells including endothelial cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: INNOVATIONAL HOLDINGS LLCInventors: John F. SHANLEY, Stephen Hunter DIAZ, Theodore L. PARKER
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Patent number: 7997226Abstract: A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel, which is free to roll by gravity on rails which cooperate with the wheels to self-align the travel of the carrier. The carrier can move the workpieces through a series of processing steps by gravity feed and without human intervention. A laterally movable carriage receives the rolling carriers and moves the carrier for processing, and returns the carrier to the rails to again roll by gravity to another processing substation for additional processing. An elevator, which can including processing units itself, is positioned along the rails to receive carriers and raise them so they can continue to roll for further processing.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Innovational Holdings LLCInventors: Stephen Hunter Diaz, Kenneth Joel den Dulk
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Publication number: 20110153003Abstract: A helical stent includes at least one helical winding. Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts and short struts, ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement, the struts being substantially rigid. The stent also includes at least one interconnection member connecting a hinge arrangement on one turn of the at least one winding with a hinge arrangement on an adjacent turn of the at least one winding. Fewer than all hinge arrangements on the at least one helical winding are connected to other hinge arrangements by an interconnection member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: INNOVATIONAL HOLDINGS LLCInventors: John F. SHANLEY, Prasanna Venkatesh MURALIDHARAN
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Patent number: 7955639Abstract: A system for delivery of a beneficial agent in the form of a viscous liquid or paste allows holes in a medical device to be loaded in a single step process. The loading of a beneficial agent in a paste form also provides the ability to deliver large and potentially sensitive molecules including proteins, enzymes, antibodies, antisense, ribozymes, gene/vector constructs, and cells including endothelial cells.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Innovational Holdings, LLC.Inventors: John F. Shanley, Stephen Hunter Diaz, Theodore L. Parker