Patents by Inventor Ben Arcand
Ben Arcand 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: 20220047280Abstract: The present disclosure discussed a device, method and/or system for temporarily closing and/or constricting one or more blood vessels upstream and/or downstream of the vascular intervention site to allow for aspiration of vascular debris resulting from a peripheral vascular surgical procedure so as to effectively remove such debris.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: John Arthur PEDERSEN, Adam TSCHIDA, Ben ARCAND
-
Patent number: 9452040Abstract: Embolic protection filtering devices and methods for making and using the same. An example embolic protection filter device may include an elongate shaft. A filter may be coupled to the shaft. The filter may include a filter frame and a filter membrane having a plurality of apertures formed therein attached to the filter frame. The filter may be configured to shift between a first collapsed configuration and a second expanded configuration. The apertures may have a first shape when the filter is in the first configuration and a second shape when the filter is in the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC.Inventors: Ben Arcand, Greg Dallman, Jim Anderson, Erin Guest, Kyle Hendrikson, Al Utke
-
Patent number: 8945198Abstract: A side catheter branch of a catheter assembly is oriented with respect to the main or side balloons of a catheter assembly. In some examples, the orientation is accomplished by connecting the side catheter branch to the main and/or side balloons or waist portions thereof. In other examples, the side catheter branch is positioned within the folds of the main or side balloons during assembly of the catheter assembly. In this manner, the side catheter branch remains in a known orientation with respect to the main and/or side balloons prior to and/or after deployment.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Zachary J. Tegels, Adam Jennings, Tom Holman, Ben Arcand
-
Publication number: 20120053517Abstract: Catheter devices having an expandable balloon for delivering a therapeutic agent to a body site. In one aspect, one or more sheaths are disposed around the balloon with the therapeutic agent being disposed within the sheath, being disposed over the sheath, being contained in the space between the sheath and the balloon, or being otherwise associated with the sheath. In another aspect, the balloon includes a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) for drug delivery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: John Chen, Raed Rizq, Kent Harrison, Daniel Horn, Gordon Kocur, Tracee Eidenschink, Ben Arcand, Derek Sutermeister, Jay Rassat, Colm McGuiness, Wendy Naimark, Ruth Cheng
-
Patent number: 7998192Abstract: An endoprosthesis includes a body defining a flow passage therethrough. The body is capable of maintaining patency in a blood vessel and includes iron or an alloy thereof. The body has a nano-structured surface comprising iron oxide in which the individual nano-structures have a height to thickness aspect ratio of at least 5:1.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Liliana Atanasoska, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ben Arcand, Robert W. Warner
-
Publication number: 20110054514Abstract: Embolic protection filtering devices and methods for making and using the same. An example embolic protection filter device may include an elongate shaft. A filter may be coupled to the shaft. The filter may include a filter frame and a filter membrane having a plurality of apertures formed therein attached to the filter frame. The filter may be configured to shift between a first collapsed configuration and a second expanded configuration. The apertures may have a first shape when the filter is in the first configuration and a second shape when the filter is in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Ben Arcand, Greg Dallman, Jim Anderson, Erin Guest, Kyle Hendrikson, Al Utke
-
Publication number: 20100152711Abstract: The invention provides a medical device delivery system comprising an offset coupling region interposed between an elongated hypotube guide member or catheter and a support segment. The medical device to be delivered is disposed about the support segment and contained and/or constrained within a containment element. The medical device may be released from the containment element by moving an actuation element from a first position to a second position. The offset coupling region allows the actuation element to exit a lumen within the guide member and to engage the containment element in the first position while traveling along a line generally coaxial with the lumen of the guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Allen Utke, Kyle Hendrikson, Peter Edelman, Ben Arcand, James Anderson, Ari Ryan
-
Publication number: 20100030140Abstract: A side catheter branch of a catheter assembly is oriented with respect to the main or side balloons of a catheter assembly. In some examples, the orientation is accomplished by connecting the side catheter branch to the main and/or side balloons or waste portions thereof. In other examples, the side catheter branch is positioned within the folds of the main or side balloons during assembly of the catheter assembly. In this manner, the side catheter branch remains in a known orientation with respect to the main and/or side balloons prior to and/or after deployment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Zachary J. Tegels, Adam Jennings, Tom Holman, Ben Arcand
-
Publication number: 20100008970Abstract: A drug-eluting endoprosthesis that includes a bioerodible metal portion and a therapeutic agent. In some aspects, the endoprosthesis includes a plurality of discrete deposits and a plurality of overlying layers each overlying one of the plurality of discrete deposits. Each discrete deposit includes one or more therapeutic agents and each overlying layer includes one or more bioerodible metals. In other aspects, the bioerodible metal portion includes at least two bioerodible metal regions having different electronegativities. The at least two bioerodible metal regions being in electrical contact with each other. The bioerodible metal erodes in a physiological environment to release the therapeutic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Barry O'Brien, Ben Arcand, James Lee Shippy, III, Liliana Atanasoska, Aiden Flanagan, John T. Clarke, Tim O'Connor, Yixin Xu, Dave McMorrow, Jan Weber, John Kremer, Michael Kuehling, Dominique Seidel
-
Publication number: 20090281613Abstract: An endoprosthesis includes a body defining a flow passage therethrough. The body is capable of maintaining patency in a blood vessel and includes iron or an alloy thereof. The body has a nano-structured surface comprising iron oxide in which the individual nano-structures have a height to thickness aspect ratio of at least 5:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Liliana Atanasoska, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ben Arcand, Robert W. Warner
-
Publication number: 20090259300Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical devices, such as intravascular stents, for delivering a therapeutic agent to the body tissue of a patient, and a method for making such medical devices. More particularly, the medical devices have a coating that includes a polymer that adheres to the surface of the medical device so that the coating is able to resist damage during loading, deployment and implantation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: William E. Dorogy, JR., Raed Rizq, Ben Arcand, Steve Kangas, Jan Weber
-
Publication number: 20090227948Abstract: Catheter devices having an expandable balloon for delivering a therapeutic agent to a body site. In one aspect, one or more sheaths are disposed around the balloon with the therapeutic agent being disposed within the sheath, being disposed over the sheath, being contained in the space between the sheath and the balloon, or being otherwise associated with the sheath. In another aspect, the balloon includes a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) for drug delivery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: John Chen, Raed Rizq, Kent Harrison, Daniel Horn, Gordon Kocur, Tracee Eidenschink, Ben Arcand, Derek Sutermeister, Jay Rassat, Colm McGuiness, Wendy Naimark, Ruth Cheng
-
Publication number: 20090227949Abstract: Catheter devices having an expandable balloon for delivering a therapeutic agent to a body site. The balloon has one or more folds which serve as a reservoir for containing the therapeutic agent. The fold may have any of various configurations to hold the therapeutic agent. In some cases, the balloon comprises one or more lobes that forms the fold(s). The therapeutic agent may be provided in various ways. For example, the therapeutic agent may be contained in packets that rupture upon expansion of the balloon, or as a plurality of discrete bulk masses, or sealed within compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: David Knapp, Timothy J. Mickley, John Chen, Derek Sutermeister, Toby Freyman, Gordon Kocur, Daniel Horn, Jim Anderson, Ben Arcand, Jay Rassat, Raed Rizq, Irina Nazarova, Dan Quillin, Jan Weber, Torsten Scheuermann
-
Publication number: 20090118815Abstract: Endoprosthesis includes coatings of selected porosity formed of particulates of ceramics, metals, drugs and/or polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Ben Arcand, Tom Holman, James Lee Shippy, III, Liliana Atanasoska