Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Fitzgerald

Joseph B. Fitzgerald 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).

  • Patent number: 10465318
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods that include a porous coating on a medical device. The porous coating may be formed by forming a scaffold along an exterior surface of the medical device to support the porous coating during application thereof and electrospinning a polymer to apply the porous coating on the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and research
    Inventors: Sarah M. Gruba, James P. Rohl, James A. Klos, Joseph B. Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20180179680
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods that include a porous coating on a medical device. The porous coating may be formed by forming a scaffold along an exterior surface of the medical device to support the porous coating during application thereof and electrospinning a polymer to apply the porous coating on the scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Sarah M. Gruba, James P. Rohl, James A. Klos, Joseph B. Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 7562921
    Abstract: A pallet pulling device includes a puller bar and a crossbar secured in a T-configuration. The crossbar plane is below the puller bar plane so the crossbar serves as a hook to exert pulling force on a plank of a pallet. The crossbar extends under the edge of a stringer of the pallet to prevent disengagement of the pulling device from the pallet when pulling force is applied. A hole is located on the flat puller bar; an outside weld opposes an inside weld, whereas both welds are adjacent to a top weld that is in opposition to the location of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph B. Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20090008952
    Abstract: A pallet pulling device includes a puller bar and a crossbar secured in a T-configuration. The crossbar plane is below the puller bar plane so the crossbar serves as a hook to exert pulling force on a plank of a pallet. The crossbar extends under the edge of a stringer of the pallet to prevent disengagement of the pulling device from the pallet when pulling force is applied. A hole is located on the flat puller bar; an outside weld opposes an inside weld, whereas both welds are adjacent to a top weld that is in opposition to the location of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph B. Fitzgerald