Patents by Inventor Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas
Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas 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).
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Patent number: 9770534Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anchor for fixating a tissue graft to bone. The anchor includes a through hole extending an entire length of the anchor and a polymer composition having shape memory qualities. Other anchors and methods for fixating a tissue graft to bone are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Malcolm Brown, Graeme Howling, Steve Fenwick, Nicholas Cotton, David Brumfield
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Patent number: 9763709Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shape memory polymer material containing at least one two dimensional region having a first amount of stored stress in a first direction and a second amount of stored stress higher than the first amount of stored stress in a second direction, wherein the two dimensional region is capable of changing shape in only one of the first or second directions.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Malcolm Brown, Mark Bonner, Ian MacMillan Ward, Michael Andrew Hall, John Rose, Mason James Bettenga
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Publication number: 20170216557Abstract: A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Barbara J. Kearns, Adam J. Foley, David L. Doerschner, Robert A. Greynolds, Jerome A. Henry, Thomas Renehan, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Shane O'Malley, Martin McMenamin, Michael G. Murray, Brendan J. Heneghan
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Patent number: 9662817Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an apparatus and a method for injection molding of an elongated hollow article, such as a urinary catheter, said apparatus comprising a heated central mold with an inlet opening for entering liquid molding compound into a substantially tubular cavity formed in said central mold; an elongated central mold core which is provided in the tubular cavity and extends beyond said tubular cavity and into a tip mold cavity of a tip mold part which is aligned with the tubular mold cavity in the longitudinal axis of the central mold core; wherein the tip mold part is moveable in a linear movement in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the elongated central mold core.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Hollister IncorporatedInventors: Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Gottfried Steiner, Herbert Eichler
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Patent number: 9649472Abstract: A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Hollister, Inc.Inventors: Barbara J. Kearns, Adam J. Foley, David L. Doerschner, Robert A. Greynolds, Jerome A. Henry, Thomas Renehan, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Shane O'Malley, Martin McMenamin, Michael G. Murray, Brendan J. Heneghan
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Patent number: 9603639Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for installing shape memory polymers relative to orthopedic implants.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Graeme Howling, James K. Rains, John Rose, Michael Hall, Robin A. Chivers, Andy Marsh, Mason James Bettenga, Andrew Thompson, Henry B. Faber
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Publication number: 20170007802Abstract: A flushable catheter configured to facilitate flushing of the catheter down the toilet and for disposal thereof. The flushable catheter optionally having a selected density such that the catheter has a desired buoyancy relative to water. Alternatively or in addition to having a selected density, the flushable catheter optionally includes a water capture element that is contacted by flushing water and captures the force of the flushing water to propel the catheter down the toilet and/or across a trapway/U-bend sewer pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: John T. Clarke, Jerome A. Henry, Adam J. Foley, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Shamsedin Rostami, Enda F. Carter, Martin McMenamin, John F. Hannan, Brendan J. Heneghan, Padraig M. O'Flynn, Michael G. Murray, Richard Meaney
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Publication number: 20160317715Abstract: A flushable catheter assembly that includes at least one shrinkable portion that shrinks from a first configuration to a second compact configuration to reduce the size of the catheter assembly for passage through the sewer system. The flushable catheter may also be made from a water disintegratable polymer that dissolves, degrades or hydrolyzes while within the sewer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Shamsedin Rostami, Adam J. Foley, John T. Clarke, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Enda F. Carter, Jerome A. Henry
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Publication number: 20160310642Abstract: This is a water disintegrable, flushable catheter that will dissolve or biodegrade in water. It is coated with a hydrophilic coating and will achieve lubricity values typical of a hydrophilic catheter. The catheter may be formed of a bi-layer tube that has a biodegradable outer layer such as polylactic acid and a purely water disintegrable inner layer, e.g., polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH). The outer layer will support the hydrophilic coating even when it's wetted and thus acts as a stable primer layer for hydrophilic style coatings. The outer layer bonds well to the water disintegrable inner layer but also allows a hydrophilic coating to be applied on top. The outer layer acts as a temporary water barrier. This water barrier allows the hydrophilic coating to be hydrated prior to use but prevents water molecules from attacking the PVOH inner layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: John T. CLARKE, Horacio MONTES DE OCA BALDERAS, Shamsedin ROSTAMI
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Publication number: 20160287759Abstract: Medical devices that are flushable in a standard toilet are disclosed. The medical devices are made at least in part of material that when introduced into water (of a toilet) disintegrate and/or fragment or are fragmentable before or after introduction into water such that they can be easily carried by the water through the disposal system. At least a portion of the device is intended for insertion into a patient or subject wherein the body-insertable portion retains its structural integrity while in use but is fragmentable once outside the body and exposed to a selected condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: John T. Clarke, Jerome A. Henry, Adam J. Foley, Shamsedin Rostami, Enda F. Carter, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas
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Patent number: 9308293Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-modal shape memory polymer material comprising a blend or at least one polymer component having a first molecular weight and at least a second polymer component having a second molecular weight that is less than the first component.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Michael Hall, John Rose
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Patent number: 9308300Abstract: The present disclosure relates to prosthetic implants, components of prosthetic implants, and methods of fixating the components to one another and, especially fixation of the implants to bone.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: David C. Kelman, Hamish Forster, Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Mason James Bettenga
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Publication number: 20160038713Abstract: A catheter and package combination including a package having opposed front and rear panels that are sealed together to define a sealed interior cavity. The package also has top and bottom edges and opposed side edges. The cavity has a first height extending in a direction between the top and bottom edges. The front and rear panels are configured to tear adjacent to one of the side edges in the direction between the top and bottom edges to form an opening in communication with the cavity wherein the opening has a second height in the direction between the top and bottom edges that is smaller than the first height of the cavity. A urinary catheter in a compact configuration is disposed within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Barbara J. Kearns, Adam J. Foley, David L. Doerschner, Robert A. Greynolds, Jerome A. Henry, Thomas Renehan, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Shane O'Malley, Martin McMenamin, Michael G. Murray, Brendan J. Heneghan
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Publication number: 20150273747Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an apparatus and a method for injection moulding of an elongated hollow article, such as a urinary catheter, said apparatus comprising a heated central mould with an inlet opening for entering liquid moulding compound into a substantially tubular cavity formed in said central mould; an elongated central mould core which is provided in the tubular cavity and extends beyond said tubular cavity and into a tip mould cavity of a tip mould part which is aligned with the tubular mould cavity in the longitudinal axis of the central mould core; wherein the tip mould part is moveable in a linear movement in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the elongated central mould core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: HOLLISTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Gottfried Steiner, Herbert Eichler
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Publication number: 20150151023Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-modal shape memory polymer material comprising a blend or at least one polymer component having a first molecular weight and at least a second polymer component having a second molecular weight that is less than the first component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Michael Hall, John Rose
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Publication number: 20150123314Abstract: The present invention relates at least in part to methods for the manufacture of shape memory polymer (SMP) materials. Particularly, although not exclusive, the present invention relates to processes for the formation of complex shaped devices composed of shape memory polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Michael Andrew Hall, Alan William Bull, David Franklin Farrar, Philip Caton-Rose, Philip David Coates, Glen Thompson, Michael Martyn, Ian MacMillan Ward, Mark James Bonner, Peter John Hine, Paul Unwin, Michael Woodhead
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Patent number: 9005303Abstract: The present disclosure relates to prosthetic knee implants (100), components (101,102,103,104,105) of prosthetic knee implants, and methods of fixating the components to one another and, especially fixation of the implants to bone.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Graeme I. Howling, Michael Dean Hughes, Jeffrey N. Yeager, Malcolm Brown, Rhianna Moss, Mason James Bettenga, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas
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Patent number: 9000066Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-modal shape memory polymer material comprising a blend of at least one polymer component having a first molecular weight and at least a second polymer component having a second molecular weight that is less than the first component.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Michael Hall, John Rose
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Publication number: 20150073476Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising shape memory polymer (SMP) materials and uses thereof. Particularly, although not exclusively, the present invention relates to biocompatible shape memory polymer (SMP) materials and uses thereof in the medical field.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, Michael Andrew Hall, Alan William Bull, David Franklin Farrar, Philip Caton-Rose, Philip David Coates, Glen Thompson, Michael Martyn, Ian MacMillan Ward, Mark James Bonner, Peter John Hine, Paul Unwin, Robin Anthony Chivers, Michael Woodhead
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Publication number: 20140257414Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shape memory polymer material containing at least one two dimensional region having a first amount of stored stress in a first direction and a second amount of stored stress higher than the first amount of stored stress in a second direction, wherein the two dimensional region is capable of changing shape in only one of the first or second directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Malcolm Brown, Mark Bonner, Ian MacMillan Ward, Michael Andrew Hall, John Rose, Mason James Bettenga