Patents by Inventor EDWARD KOPESKY

EDWARD KOPESKY 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).

  • DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANT-ELUTING MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240115270
    Abstract: A device for permanent placement across an atrial appendage ostium in a patient includes a support structure having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration defining a radially enlarged portion to permanently engage an interior wall of the atrial appendage, a membrane attached to the support structure and configured to extend across the ostium of the atrial appendage when the support structure is in the expanded deployed configuration, and a polymer coating disposed on at least one of the support structure and the membrane, the polymer coating including a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) dispersed in a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steven L. Kangas, Edward Kopesky, Yen-Lane Chen
  • LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH ANTI-THROMBOGENIC COVERING
    Publication number: 20230052812
    Abstract: Medical devices as wells as methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a left atrial appendage device. The left atrial appendage device may include an expandable frame configured to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. A fabric mesh may be disposed along at least a portion of the expandable frame. An anti-thrombogenic coating may be disposed along the fabric mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: STEVEN L. KANGAS, EDWARD KOPESKY, YEN-LANE CHEN
  • DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANT-ELUTING MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230011767
    Abstract: A device for permanent placement across an atrial appendage ostium in a patient includes a support structure having a contracted delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration defining a radially enlarged portion to permanently engage an interior wall of the atrial appendage, a membrane attached to the support structure and configured to extend across the ostium of the atrial appendage when the support structure is in the expanded deployed configuration, and a polymer coating disposed on at least one of the support structure and the membrane, the polymer coating including a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) dispersed in a polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steven L. Kangas, Edward Kopesky, Yen-Lane Chen
  • Left atrial appendage closure device with anti-thrombogenic covering
    Patent number: 11484320
    Abstract: Medical devices as wells as methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a left atrial appendage device. The left atrial appendage device may include an expandable frame configured to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. A fabric mesh may be disposed along at least a portion of the expandable frame. An anti-thrombogenic coating may be disposed along the fabric mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Kangas, Edward Kopesky, Yen-Lane Chen
  • LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH ANTI-THROMBOGENIC COVERING
    Publication number: 20210186516
    Abstract: Medical devices as wells as methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a left atrial appendage device. The left atrial appendage device may include an expandable frame configured to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration. A fabric mesh may be disposed along at least a portion of the expandable frame. An anti-thrombogenic coating may be disposed along the fabric mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: STEVEN L. KANGAS, EDWARD KOPESKY, YEN-LANE CHEN