Patents by Inventor Erin S. Doyle

Erin S. Doyle 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).

  • Biodegradable drug delivery vascular stent
    Patent number: 5551954
    Abstract: A stent includes a main body of a generally tubular shape having an exterior surface, a cambered interior surface, a leading end and a trailing end. The main body has substantially the same thickness at the leading end as at the trailing end. The stent may be made of a biodegradable material having a rate of degradation and including a drug releasable at a rate controlling the rate of degradation of the biodegradable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Buscemi, Elizabeth A. Stejskal, Erin S. Doyle