Patents by Inventor EMMA BOUTCHER

EMMA BOUTCHER 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).

  • MEDICAL DEVICES FORMED FROM POLYMER FILAMENTS
    Publication number: 20210161690
    Abstract: Medical devices and method for manufacturing medical devices are discloses. An example medical device may include a medical device body formed from one or more multi-melting point polymeric filaments. Each of the filaments may include a polymeric blend comprising a first block polymer and a second polymer. The polymeric blend may have a first melting point and a second melting point less than the first melting point. The medical device body may be heat set at a temperature within 10° C. of the second melting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GERALD FREDRICKSON, MARK W. BODEN, EMMA BOUTCHER
  • Medical devices formed from polymer filaments
    Patent number: 10966848
    Abstract: Medical devices and method for manufacturing medical devices are discloses. An example medical device may include a medical device body formed from one or more multi-melting point polymeric filaments. Each of the filaments may include a polymeric blend comprising a first block polymer and a second polymer. The polymeric blend may have a first melting point and a second melting point less than the first melting point. The medical device body may be heat set at a temperature within 10° C. of the second melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Fredrickson, Mark W. Boden, Emma Boutcher
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FORMED FROM POLYMER FILAMENTS
    Publication number: 20180185181
    Abstract: Medical devices and method for manufacturing medical devices are discloses. An example medical device may include a medical device body formed from one or more multi-melting point polymeric filaments. Each of the filaments may include a polymeric blend comprising a first block polymer and a second polymer. The polymeric blend may have a first melting point and a second melting point less than the first melting point. The medical device body may be heat set at a temperature within 10° C. of the second melting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: GERALD FREDRICKSON, MARK W. BODEN, EMMA BOUTCHER