Patents by Inventor Irina Ostrovsky

Irina Ostrovsky 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).

  • THERAPEUTIC DRIVING LAYER FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080215137
    Abstract: The present invention regards the delivery of therapeutic at a target site. Systems that employ the present invention may employ a medical device sized to be inserted into a target site, a driving layer covering at least a portion of an accessible surface of the medical device, and a therapeutic interfaced with at least a portion of the driving layer. In this system, the driving layer may have a material characteristic that serves to release the therapeutic from the medical device when the medical device is at the target site. Other systems that employ the invention may also have properties that include having a driving layer with a higher solubility than the therapeutic at the target site, a medical device that is hydrophobic while the therapeutic is hydrophilic, and a coating covering at least a portion of the therapeutic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Samuel J. EPSTEIN, Irina OSTROVSKY-DAY, Wendy NAIMARK, Anastasia PANOS
  • Therapeutic driving layer for a medical device
    Publication number: 20060105018
    Abstract: The present invention regards the delivery of therapeutic at a target site. Systems that employ the present invention may employ a medical device sized to be inserted into a target site, a driving layer covering at least a portion of an accessible surface of the medical device, and a therapeutic interfaced with at least a portion of the driving layer. In this system, the driving layer may have a material characteristic that serves to release the therapeutic from the medical device when the medical device is at the target site. Other systems that employ the invention may also have properties that include having a driving layer with a higher solubility than the therapeutic at the target site, a medical device that is hydrophobic while the therapeutic is hydrophilic, and a coating covering at least a portion of the therapeutic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Samuel Epstein, Irina Ostrovsky, Wendy Naimark, Anastasia Panos