Patents by Inventor ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC 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).

  • Publication number: 20130149430
    Abstract: Methods for making coatings on an implantable device such as a drug-eluting stent comprising a polymer and nano or microparticles of a drug in slow-dissolving polymorph, implantable devices produced by the methods and methods of using the coatings are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC
  • Publication number: 20130116769
    Abstract: An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen for treating an area of vulnerable plaque. The invention provides for a an intravascular stent having a plurality of cylindrical rings connected by undulating links. The stent has a high degree of flexibility in the longitudinal direction, yet has adequate vessel wall coverage and radial strength sufficient to hold open an artery or other body lumen. A central section is positioned between distal and proximal sections and is aligned with the area of vulnerable plaque to enhance growth of endothelial cells over the fibrous cap of the vulnerable plaque to reinforce the area and reduce the likelihood of rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130116380
    Abstract: Coatings for an implantable medical device and a method of fabricating thereof are disclosed, the coatings including block-polymers comprising at least one poly(hydroxyacid) or poly(hydroxy-alkanoate) block, at least one block of a biologically compatible polymer and at least one type of linking moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130098131
    Abstract: A method for making a device includes providing a tubular member which will be formed into the device, masking at least a portion of the inner surface of the tubular member with a removable sacrificial material, selectively removing a portion of the tubular member and sacrificial material using a laser device, and mechanically removing the sacrificial material from the inner surface of the tubular member. Ultrasonic energy could be applied to a workpiece which is being laser cut to prevent any generated slag from welding itself to an exposed surface of the workpiece. A compressed fluid or gas, such as air, could be used to clean the surface of the laser-cut workpiece to remove slag formation which adheres to the surface of the cut workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC
  • Publication number: 20130048872
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reduced temperature radiation sterilization of stents are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC
  • Publication number: 20130030516
    Abstract: Stent designs for use in vessels, such as the carotid and coronary arteries, are disclosed. The stents consist of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common longitudinal stent axis and interconnected by one or more interconnecting members placed so that the stent is flexible in a longitudinal direction. The cylindrical elements form a generally serpentine wave pattern transverse to the longitudinal axis between alternating valley portions and peak portions. The interconnecting members are attached to the double-curved portions to connect a cylindrical element to an adjacent cylindrical element and interconnecting members are attached to the inverted double-curved portions to connect the cylindrical element to the other adjacent cylindrical element. The stent designs include both a six crown and an eight crown stent which exhibit flexibility and sufficient radial strength to support the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC