Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Sims

Daniel D. Sims 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).

  • Methods of making medical devices
    Patent number: 8247020
    Abstract: Scaffold-supported metal or pseudometallic film covers suitable for use as medical devices are disclosed together with methods of fabricating the devices. Methods for making the medical devices consist of either providing or forming a scaffold, then depositing a metallic or pseudometallic film cover onto the scaffold in such a manner as to form an integral, substantially monolithic junction between the deposited cover material and the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sims, Jeffrey N. Steinmetz, Conor P. Mullens, Andrew Parker Wood, Christopher E. Banas
  • STENT-GRAFT WITH PROXIMAL AND DISTAL ATTACHMENT, DELIVERY CATHETER AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20120197381
    Abstract: A metallic or pseudometallic covered stent in which the stent component and the cover component are each fabricated of biocompatible metallic or pseudometallic materials, in which the cover and the stent are joined by at least one juncture at each of a proximal and distal end of the stent and the cover. A method of joining the stent and the cover is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Palmaz Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sims, Jeffrey N. Steinmetz, Conor P. Mullens
  • Covered stent with proximal and distal attachment, delivery catheter, and method of making same
    Patent number: 8187318
    Abstract: A metallic or pseudometallic covered stent in which the stent component and the cover component are each fabricated of biocompatible metallic or pseudometallic materials, in which the cover and the stent are joined by at least one juncture at each of a proximal and distal end of the stent and the cover. A method of joining the stent and the cover is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sims, Jeffrey N. Steinmetz, Conor P. Mullens
  • METHODS OF MAKING MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20110056909
    Abstract: Scaffold-supported metal or pseudometallic film covers suitable for use as medical devices are disclosed together with methods of fabricating the devices. Methods for making the medical devices consist of either providing or forming a scaffold, then depositing a metallic or pseudometallic film cover onto the scaffold in such a manner as to form an integral, substantially monolithic junction between the deposited cover material and the scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Palmaz Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sims, Jeffrey N. Steinmetz, Conor P. Mullens, Alexander Parker Wood, Christopher E. Banas
  • Methods of making medical devices
    Patent number: 7736687
    Abstract: Scaffold-supported metal or pseudometallic film covers suitable for use as medical devices are disclosed together with methods of fabricating the devices. Methods for making the medical devices consist of either providing or forming a scaffold, then depositing a metallic or pseudometallic film cover onto the scaffold in such a manner as to form an integral, substantially monolithic junction between the deposited cover material and the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Advance Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sims, Jeffrey N. Steinmetz, Conor P. Mullens, Alexander Parker Wood, Christopher E. Banas
  • CATHETER FOR IN VIVO IMAGING
    Publication number: 20090018393
    Abstract: A catheter for in vivo imaging comprising a monolithic outer sheath terminating in a monolithic atraumatic tip having a guidewire lumen. The catheter for in vivo imaging comprising a rotary drive shaft that passes through a central lumen of the monolithic outer sheath to impart rotary motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Larry Dick, Thomas E. Milner, Daniel D. Sims