Patents by Inventor Carl P. Frick

Carl P. Frick 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).

  • COLOR CODED GUIDE WIRE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130292365
    Abstract: A color coding is applied to medical guide wires by coloring portions of the guide wire to distinguish similar guide wires and guide wire portions from a particular manufacturer. The metallic elongate core can be colored using various methods such as electrochemical processes, sputtering, electroplating, and laser inducing microstructures to alter the surface characteristics of the elongate metallic core. Alternatively, the outer layer of the guide wire can be color coded by using non-standard colors or by introducing a colored band on the guide wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Wayne E. Cornish, Travis R. Yribarren, Carl P. Frick, Jessica M. Saenz, Emmanuel C. Biagtan, Pablito Buan, David H. Burkett, John J. Nelson, Robert J. Peralta, Michelle E. Alexander, Arthur R. Tyre, John A. Simpson
  • Color coded guide wire and methods of making same
    Patent number: 8480597
    Abstract: A color coding is applied to medical guide wires by coloring portions of the guide wire to distinguish similar guide wires and guide wire portions from a particular manufacturer. The metallic elongate core can be colored using various methods such as electrochemical processes, sputtering, electroplating, and laser inducing microstructures to alter the surface characteristics of the elongate metallic core. Alternatively, the outer layer of the guide wire can be color coded by using non-standard colors or by introducing a colored band on the guide wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Wayne E. Cornish, Travis R. Yribarren, Carl P. Frick, Jessica M. Saenz, Emmanuel C. Biagtan, Pablito Buan, David H. Burkett, John J. Nelson, III, Robert J. Peralta, Michelle E. Alexander, Arthur R. Tyre, John A. Simpson
  • PARTIALLY ANNEALED STENT
    Publication number: 20130096669
    Abstract: A stent and method for manufacturing a stent that achieves both strength as well as ductility. In the manufacturing process, the material used to form the stent is only partially annealed to lower the grain size across the thickness of the stent. The material is partially annealed either prior to or after the cutting a stent pattern into a tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Rainer Bregulla, Randolf Von Oepen, Pamela A. Kramer-Brown, Carl P. Frick, Austin M. Leach
  • COLOR CODED GUIDE WIRE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20120065622
    Abstract: A color coding is applied to medical guide wires by coloring portions of the guide wire to distinguish similar guide wires and guide wire portions from a particular manufacturer. The metallic elongate core can be colored using various methods such as electrochemical processes, sputtering, electroplating, and laser inducing microstructures to alter the surface characteristics of the elongate metallic core. Alternatively, the outer layer of the guide wire can be color coded by using non-standard colors or by introducing a colored band on the guide wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Wayne E. Cornish, Travis R. Yribarren, Carl P. Frick, Jessica M. Saenz, Emmanuel C. Biagtan, Pablito Buan, David H. Burkett, John J. Nelson, III, Robert J. Peralta, Michelle E. Alexander, Arthur R. Tyre, John A. Simpson