Patents Assigned to Poly-Med, Inc.
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Patent number: 11957813Abstract: A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH2—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH2)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventor: Michael Aaron Vaughn
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Patent number: 11959207Abstract: A polymeric mesh is disclosed. The polymeric mesh comprises an absorbable polymeric fiber and a non-absorbable polymeric fiber knitted together to form an interdependent, co-knit mesh structure. Also disclosed are methods for making the polymeric mesh and methods for using the polymeric mesh.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Shawn J. Peniston, Georgios T. Hilas
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Patent number: 11891727Abstract: Thermally stable absorbable fiber populations, i.e. fiber populations that do not undergo thermally induced crystallization, can be intermixed with thermally unstable fibers to yield a stabilizing effect without altering morphological properties of a fiber system. Via this, one may minimize thermally induced shrinkage and maintain physical properties of electrospun materials in the as-formed state.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Seth Dylan McCullen
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Patent number: 11802203Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, James Hyde, Brian Gaerke, Brad Johns, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Gravett
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Patent number: 11739452Abstract: Thermally stable absorbable fiber populations, i.e. fiber populations that do not undergo thermally induced crystallization, can be intermixed to yield a stabilizing effect without altering morphological properties of a first fiber system. By addition of a stabilizing fiber population one may minimize thermally induced shrinkage and maintain physical properties of electrospun materials in the as-formed state. In one particular abstract, medical barrier materials may be formed from the electrospun materials to provide improved medical barriers for treatments.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Shalaby
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Patent number: 11639416Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA) wherein a macromer is photopolymerized to form a manufactured article. Representative compounds comprise a polyaxial central core (CC) and 2-4 arms of the formula (A)-(B) or (B)-(A) extending from the central core, where at least one of the arms comprise a light-reactive functional group (Q) and (A) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from trimethylene carbonate (T) and ?-caprolactone (C), while (B) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from glycolide, lactide and ?-dioxanone.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Michael Aaron Vaughn, Prabhjot Saini
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Patent number: 11578204Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, James Hyde, Brian Gaerke, Brad Johns, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Gravett
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Patent number: 11549197Abstract: A composite implant device for use in a medical application, comprising a synthetically-derived mesh that mimics particular critical aspects of a biologically-derived mesh. The composite implant device can be used for the reinforcement and reconstruction of tissues within the body and can be comprised of a majority of synthetic components and minority of naturally-derived components which mimic the structure and function of a naturally-derived mesh.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Seth Dylan McCullen, Clayton Joseph Culbreath, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Michael Scott Taylor
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Patent number: 11486058Abstract: Thermally stable absorbable fiber populations, i.e. fiber populations that do not undergo thermally induced crystallization, can be intermixed with thermally unstable fibers to yield a stabilizing effect without altering morphological properties of a fiber system. Via this, one may minimize thermally induced shrinkage and maintain physical properties of electrospun materials in the as-formed state.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Seth Dylan McCullen
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Patent number: 11478348Abstract: Medical implants that include a containment layer surrounding, or surrounded by, a biodegradable medical device provide the benefit that pieces formed during degradation of the medical device are held within a constrained place and thus do not causes injury to a hosts.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Jennifer Cartledge, Kenneth David Gray, Jr.
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Patent number: 11197749Abstract: A fabric or mesh construct, and process for making same, which allows for early wound stability and then transitions to a more compliant state exhibiting a substantially constant macro-porous pore structure through the life of the implant to promote good tissue incorporation without bridging.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Seth Dylan McCullen, Kenneth W. Clinkscales, Georgios T. Hilas
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Patent number: 11197950Abstract: Absorbable barrier composites are designed for modulated gas and water permeability depending on clinical use and are formed of at least two physicochemically distinct components, one of which is a film adjoined to a knitted mesh and/or electrostatically spun, non-woven fabric. Depending on the physicochemical properties of the barrier composite, it can be used in neurological and urinogenital surgical procedures as well as tissue engineering and/or as physical barriers to prevent adhesion formation following several types of surgical procedures.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventor: Shalaby W. Shalaby
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Patent number: 10933168Abstract: A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH2—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH2)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.Inventor: Michael Aaron Vaughn
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Patent number: 10888407Abstract: A composite implant device for use in a medical application, comprising a synthetically-derived mesh that mimics particular critical aspects of a biologically-derived mesh. The composite implant device can be used for the reinforcement and reconstruction of tissues within the body and can be comprised of a majority of synthetic components and minority of naturally-derived components which mimic the structure and function of a naturally-derived mesh.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.Inventors: Seth Dylan McCullen, Clayton Joseph Culbreath, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Michael Scott Taylor
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Patent number: 10856960Abstract: Absorbable composite medical devices such as surgical meshes and braided sutures, which display two or more absorption/biodegradation and breaking strength retention profiles and exhibit unique properties in different clinical settings, are made using combinations of at least two types of yarns having distinctly different physicochemical and biological properties and incorporate in the subject construct special designs to provide a range of unique properties as clinically useful implants.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Shalaby W. Shalaby, Shawn Peniston, Michael Scott Taylor, Douglas D. Greene
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Patent number: 10751449Abstract: Absorbable barrier composites are designed for modulated gas and water permeability depending on clinical use and are formed of at least two physicochemically distinct components, one of which is a film adjoined to a knitted mesh and/or electrostatically spun, non-woven fabric. Depending on the physicochemical properties of the barrier composite, it can be used in neurological and urinogenital surgical procedures as well as tissue engineering and/or as physical barriers to prevent adhesion formation following several types of surgical procedures.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventor: Shalaby W. Shalaby
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Publication number: 20200121441Abstract: Medical implants that include a containment layer surrounding, or surrounded by, a biodegradable medical device provide the benefit that pieces formed during degradation of the medical device are held within a constrained place and thus do not causes injury to a hosts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: POLY-MED, INC.Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Jennifer Cartledge, Kenneth David Gray, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190358365Abstract: A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH2—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH2)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: POLY-MED, INC.Inventor: Michael Aaron Vaughn
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Patent number: 10406004Abstract: A radiation and radiochemically sterilized, multi-component, fiber-reinforced composite, absorbable/disintegratable urinogenital stent, such as an endoureteral stent, with radiomodulated residence time in the biological site of 1 to 10 weeks depending on the high energy radiation dose used for sterilization.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.Inventors: Shalaby W. Shalaby, Kenneth W. Clinkscales, Kenneth David Gray
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Publication number: 20190083222Abstract: Absorbable composite medical devices such as surgical meshes and braided sutures, which display two or more absorption/biodegradation and breaking strength retention profiles and exhibit unique properties in different clinical settings, are made using combinations of at least two types of yarns having distinctly different physicochemical and biological properties and incorporate in the subject construct special designs to provide a range of unique properties as clinically useful implants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Poly-Med, Inc.Inventors: Shalaby W. Shalaby, Shawn Peniston, Michael Scott Taylor, Douglas D. Greene