Patents by Inventor Barry Chilton

Barry Chilton 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).

  • Medical device with adherent coating, and method for preparing same
    Publication number: 20050008869
    Abstract: A medical device such as a wire guide has a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating adhered to an etched, carbonaceous polymeric surface, for example a sodium-etched polymer surface. A method for preparing a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on a medical device includes etching a polymeric portion of the device to create a carbonaceous surface and applying a lubricious and/or therapeutic coating on the etched surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Tamisha Clark, Barry Chilton