Patents by Inventor Heidi J. Barron

Heidi J. Barron 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).

  • Ureteral stent with drug-releasing structure
    Patent number: 10251741
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, ureteral stents are provided that comprise an elongated stent body, at least one deployable retention structure, and at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material. In various embodiments, at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material is deployed concurrently with the deployment of at least one deployable retention structure. The ureteral stents of the present disclosure are adapted to release the urologically beneficial drug into a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi J. Barron, Jianmin Li
  • URETERAL STENT WITH DRUG-RELEASING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20160361152
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, ureteral stents are provided that comprise an elongated stent body, at least one deployable retention structure, and at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material. In various embodiments, at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material is deployed concurrently with the deployment of at least one deployable retention structure. The ureteral stents of the present disclosure are adapted to release the urologically beneficial drug into a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Heidi J. Barron, Jianmin Li
  • Ureteral stent with drug-releasing structure
    Patent number: 9445884
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, ureteral stents are provided that comprise an elongated stent body, at least one deployable retention structure, and at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material. In various embodiments, at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material is deployed concurrently with the deployment of at least one deployable retention structure. The ureteral stents of the present disclosure are adapted to release the urologically beneficial drug into a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi J. Barron, Jianmin Li
  • URETERAL STENT WITH DRUG-RELEASING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140214175
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, ureteral stents are provided that comprise an elongated stent body, at least one deployable retention structure, and at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material. In various embodiments, at least one sleeve and/or sheet of drug-releasing material is deployed concurrently with the deployment of at least one deployable retention structure. The ureteral stents of the present disclosure are adapted to release the urologically beneficial drug into a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Heidi J. Barron, Jianmin Li