Patents by Inventor David E. Babcock

David E. Babcock 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).

  • Patent number: 11938250
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include coatings comprising an oligomerized polyphenol layer. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can be used as an intermediate coated layer on a medical device that hydrogen bonds to a synthetic or natural polymer, which in turn can be used as a top coat or further associated with another coated layer. The multilayered coatings can provide properties such as hemocompatibility or lubricity. In other embodiments, the oligomerized polyphenol layer is used on a medical device as a hemostatic layer configured to contact blood and promote coagulation. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can also be used on the inner surface (e.g., inner diameter) of a medical device to prevent bacterial adherence. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can also be used on the surface of a in vitro diagnostic article, or a cell culture device to, promote adsorption of a biological molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Sean Lundquist, Gary Opperman, Adriyn Torguson, Tim Jentz
  • Patent number: 11872325
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include lubricious medical device coatings. In an embodiment the invention includes a coating for a medical device including a first layer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatized with a photoreactive group; and a first cross-linking agent comprising at least two photoreactive groups; a second layer disposed on the first layer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatized with a photoreactive group; a second cross-linking agent comprising at least two photoreactive groups; and a polymer comprising polyacrylamide, the polymer derivatized with at least one photoreactive group. Other embodiments are included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Babcock
  • Publication number: 20230338622
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include drug delivery coatings and devices including the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a drug delivery coating including a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer can include a hydrophilic outer surface. The coating can also include a matrix contacting the hydrophilic outer surface. The matrix can include a particulate hydrophobic therapeutic agent and a cationic agent. The polymeric layer can further include a hydrophilic polymer having pendent photoreactive groups and a photo-crosslinker including two aryl ketone functionalities. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Toni M. Heyer, David E. Babcock
  • Patent number: 11529440
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include drug delivery coatings and devices including the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a drug delivery coating including a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer can include a hydrophilic outer surface. The coating can also include a matrix contacting the hydrophilic outer surface. The matrix can include a particulate hydrophobic therapeutic agent and a cationic agent. The polymeric layer can further include a hydrophilic polymer having pendent photoreactive groups and a photo-crosslinker including two aryl ketone functionalities. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Toni M. Heyer, David E. Babcock
  • Patent number: 11298451
    Abstract: A hemodialysis vascular access device includes a proximal end sized and shaped to sealably couple to a hemodialysis catheter, a movable structure coupled to the proximal end, a fixation structure coupled to the movable region and sized and shaped for fixation on a patient, an elongated sleeve coupled to the fixation structure and sized and shaped for insertion into a patient's vasculature, and a valve at a distal end of the internal lumen. When a hemodialysis catheter is inserted into the device and coupled to the proximal end, distal movement of the proximal end relative to the fixation structure biases a distal end of the hemodialysis catheter from a position inside the elongated sleeve through a valve out of the device and into the patient's blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Joe McGonigle, Anh Tri La, David E. Babcock, Bruce Jelle, Aleksey Kurdyumov, Timothy M. Kloke, Charlie Olson, Gary Maharaj, Nathan Lockwood
  • Patent number: 11174447
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include coated medical devices and coatings with salt groups. In an embodiment, a coated medical device is included, the coated medical device including a substrate and a polymeric layer disposed over the substrate. The polymeric layer includes a polymer and has an exterior surface. The coated medical device further includes a plurality of salt groups bonded to the polymer of the polymeric layer and disposed on the exterior surface of the polymeric layer. The salt groups can be the reaction product of a reactive group with an acid or base. In an embodiment, a method of making a medical device is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Joram Slager, Robert W. Hergenrother
  • Publication number: 20210260255
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include lubricious coatings. In an embodiment the disclosure includes a lubricious coating for a medical device including first and second coated layers. The first coated layer is between the second coated layer and the device surface and includes a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer and a photo reactive group. The second coated layer is in direct contact with the first coated layer and is a top coating that includes an acrylic acid polymer. The second coated layer can optionally include photoreactive groups. The coating was found to have a very low number of particulates (e.g., 10 ?m or greater) which is very desirable for in vivo use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Timothy M. Kloke, Joseph S. McGonigle
  • Publication number: 20210220525
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include lubricious medical device coatings. In an embodiment the invention includes a coating for a medical device including a first layer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatized with a photoreactive group; and a first cross-linking agent comprising at least two photoreactive groups; a second layer disposed on the first layer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatized with a photoreactive group; a second cross-linking agent comprising at least two photoreactive groups; and a polymer comprising polyacrylamide, the polymer derivatized with at least one photoreactive group. Other embodiments are included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: David E. Babcock
  • Patent number: 11000632
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include lubricious coatings. In an embodiment the disclosure includes a lubricious coating for a medical device including first and second coated layers. The first coated layer is between the second coated layer and the device surface and includes a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer and a photo reactive group. The second coated layer is in direct contact with the first coated layer and is a top coating that includes an acrylic acid polymer. The second coated layer can optionally include photoreactive groups. The coating was found to have a very low number of particulates (e.g., 10 ?m or greater) which is very desirable for in vivo use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Timothy M. Kloke, Joseph S. McGonigle
  • Patent number: 10980918
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include lubricious coatings. In an embodiment the disclosure includes a lubricious coating for a medical device including first and second coated layers. The first coated layer is between the second coated layer and the device surface and includes a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer and a photo reactive group. The second coated layer is in direct contact with the first coated layer and is a top coating that includes an acrylic acid polymer. The second coated layer can optionally include photoreactive groups. The coating was found to have a very low number of particulates (e.g., 10 ?m or greater) which is very desirable for in vivo use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Timothy M. Kloke, Joseph S. McGonigle, Nathan Lockwood, Bruce Jelle
  • Patent number: 10905802
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include lubricious medical device coatings. In an embodiment the invention includes a coating for a medical device including a first layer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatized with a photoreactive group; and a first cross-linking agent comprising at least two photoreactive groups; a second layer disposed on the first layer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatized with a photoreactive group; a second cross-linking agent comprising at least two photoreactive groups; and a polymer comprising polyacrylamide, the polymer derivatized with at least one photoreactive group. Other embodiments are included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Babcock
  • Publication number: 20200237971
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include drug delivery coatings and devices including the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a drug delivery coating including a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer can include a hydrophilic outer surface. The coating can also include a matrix contacting the hydrophilic outer surface. The matrix can include a particulate hydrophobic therapeutic agent and a cationic agent. The polymeric layer can further include a hydrophilic polymer having pendent photoreactive groups and a photo-crosslinker including two aryl ketone functionalities. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Toni M. Heyer, David E. Babcock
  • Publication number: 20200188573
    Abstract: A hemodialysis vascular access device includes a proximal end sized and shaped to sealably couple to a hemodialysis catheter, a movable structure coupled to the proximal end, a fixation structure coupled to the movable region and sized and shaped for fixation on a patient, an elongated sleeve coupled to the fixation structure and sized and shaped for insertion into a patient's vasculature, and a valve at a distal end of the internal lumen. When a hemodialysis catheter is inserted into the device and coupled to the proximal end, distal movement of the proximal end relative to the fixation structure biases a distal end of the hemodialysis catheter from a position inside the elongated sleeve through a valve out of the device and into the patient's blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Joe McGonigle, Ahn Tri La, David E. Babcock, Bruce Jelle, Aleksey Kurdyumov, Timothy M. Kloke, Charlie Olson, Gary Maharaj, Nathan Lockwood
  • Patent number: 10617793
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include drug delivery coatings and devices including the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a drug delivery coating including a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer can include a hydrophilic outer surface. The coating can also include a matrix contacting the hydrophilic outer surface. The matrix can include a particulate hydrophobic therapeutic agent and a cationic agent. The polymeric layer can further include a hydrophilic polymer having pendent photoreactive groups and a photo-crosslinker including two aryl ketone functionalities. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Toni M. Heyer, David E. Babcock
  • Patent number: 10478546
    Abstract: A hemodialysis vascular access device includes a proximal end sized and shaped to sealably couple to a hemodialysis catheter, a movable structure coupled to the proximal end, a fixation structure coupled to the movable region and sized and shaped for fixation on a patient, an elongated sleeve coupled to the fixation structure and sized and shaped for insertion into a patient's vasculature, and a valve at a distal end of the internal lumen. When a hemodialysis catheter is inserted into the device and coupled to the proximal end, distal movement of the proximal end relative to the fixation structure biases a distal end of the hemodialysis catheter from a position inside the elongated sleeve through a valve out of the device and into the patient's blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Joe McGonigle, Anh Tri La, David E. Babcock, Bruce Jelle, Aleksey Kurdyumov, Timothy M. Kloke, Charlie Olson, Gary Maharaj, Nathan Lockwood
  • Publication number: 20190330551
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include coated medical devices and coatings with salt groups. In an embodiment, a coated medical device is included, the coated medical device including a substrate and a polymeric layer disposed over the substrate. The polymeric layer includes a polymer and has an exterior surface. The coated medical device further includes a plurality of salt groups bonded to the polymer of the polymeric layer and disposed on the exterior surface of the polymeric layer. The salt groups can be the reaction product of a reactive group with an acid or base. In an embodiment, a method of making a medical device is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Joram Slager, Robert W. Hergenrother
  • Publication number: 20190275209
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include coatings comprising an oligomerized polyphenol layer. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can be used as an intermediate coated layer on a medical device that hydrogen bonds to a synthetic or natural polymer, which in turn can be used as a top coat or further associated with another coated layer. The multilayered coatings can provide properties such as hemocompatibility or lubricity. In other embodiments, the oligomerized polyphenol layer is used on a medical device as a hemostatic layer configured to contact blood and promote coagulation. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can also be used on the inner surface (e.g., inner diameter) of a medical device to prevent bacterial adherence. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can also be used on the surface of a in vitro diagnostic article, or a cell culture device to, promote adsorption of a biological molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Sean Lundquist, Gary Opperman, Adriyn Torguson, Tim Jentz
  • Patent number: 10342898
    Abstract: Embodiments herein include coated medical devices and coatings with salt groups. In an embodiment, a coated medical device is included, the coated medical device including a substrate and a polymeric layer disposed over the substrate. The polymeric layer includes a polymer and has an exterior surface. The coated medical device further includes a plurality of salt groups bonded to the polymer of the polymeric layer and disposed on the exterior surface of the polymeric layer. The salt groups can be the reaction product of a reactive group with an acid or base. In an embodiment, a method of making a medical device is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Joram Slager, Robert W. Hergenrother
  • Patent number: 10213528
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include drug delivery coatings and devices including the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a drug delivery coating including a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer can include a hydrophilic outer surface. The coating can also include a matrix contacting the hydrophilic outer surface. The matrix can include a particulate hydrophobic therapeutic agent and a cationic agent. The polymeric layer can further include a hydrophilic polymer having pendent photoreactive groups and a photo-crosslinker including two aryl ketone functionalities. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joram Slager, Toni M. Heyer, David E. Babcock
  • Patent number: 10201637
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include coatings comprising an oligomerized polyphenol layer. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can be used as an intermediate coated layer on a medical device that hydrogen bonds to a synthetic or natural polymer, which in turn can be used as a top coat or further associated with another coated layer. The multilayered coatings can provide properties such as hemocompatibility or lubricity. In other embodiments, the oligomerized polyphenol layer is used on a medical device as a hemostatic layer configured to contact blood and promote coagulation. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can also be used on the inner surface (e.g., inner diameter) of a medical device to prevent bacterial adherence. The oligomerized polyphenol layer can also be used on the surface of a in vitro diagnostic article, or a cell culture device to, promote adsorption of a biological molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Babcock, Sean Lundquist, Gary Opperman, Adriyn Torguson, Tim Jentz