Patents by Inventor E. Richard Skula

E. Richard Skula 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).

  • Removable stent for body lumens
    Patent number: 6494908
    Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, E. Richard Skula
  • Removable stent for body lumens
    Publication number: 20020177904
    Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, E. Richard Skula
  • Articulating endometrial ablation device
    Patent number: 6066132
    Abstract: An intrauterine ablation device having a catheter, a handle, and a distensible bladder. The catheter contains a joint such that the catheter may be articulated to facilitate access into the uterus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Chen, E. Richard Skula