Patents by Inventor Charity Grable

Charity Grable 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: 20130303983
    Abstract: A medical device includes an implantable structure and a coating layer including a water-insoluble therapeutic agent and one or more additives selected from heparin, heparan sulfate, dextran and dextran sulfate, and physiologically-acceptable salts thereof. The one or more additives can be present in an amount effective to increase the rate of release of the water-insoluble therapeutic agent from the coating layer. The implantable medical device structure can be an expandable structure such as a balloon or stent. Also described are methods of making and using such implantable medical devices and coating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Julia E. Barbick, Gary B. Shirley, Aparna R. Sarasam, Charity Grable, Angela R. Barnett