Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Koenig
Joseph B. Koenig 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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Publication number: 20240082031Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
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Publication number: 20240074884Abstract: A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a balloon, and a cover along the balloon. The endoprosthesis is coaxially located about the balloon and the cover. One or more portions of the balloon and the cover reach an intermediate diameter between the undeployed diameter and the deployed diameter in which the portions of the balloon and the cover are inflated by increasing an inflation pressure within the balloon and approximately maintained at about the intermediate diameter until the inflation pressure increases by at least 1 atmosphere to overcome a yield strength of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Larry J. Kovach, Joseph B. Koenig
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Patent number: 11911876Abstract: A system and method for producing an abrasive article includes a production tool configured to provide shaped abrasive particles to a resin coated backing. A first end and a second end of the production tool are spliced together to form a spliced area. The production tool includes a dispensing surface that includes a plurality of cavities formed between the first end and the second end and configured to receive and hold the shaped abrasive particles. The resin coated backing is configured to receive the shaped abrasive particles from the dispensing surface of the production tool and configured to receive further shaped abrasive particles to fill gaps in the shaped abrasive particles caused by an absence of the plurality of cavities in the spliced area.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Thomas J. Nelson, Aaron K. Nienaber, Joseph B. Eckel, Ann M. Hawkins, Amelia W. Koenig
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Publication number: 20240024642Abstract: The present disclosure includes an expandable medical device and outer sheath combination. The outer sheath is capable of being split to form multiple sheath sections that may be peeled back to expose a portion or all of the expandable medical device. The medical device, as well as the outer sheath, may include one or more therapeutic agents for delivery to a treatment area within a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Jeffrey J. Kustusch
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Patent number: 11857444Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
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Patent number: 11779481Abstract: A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a balloon, and a cover along the balloon. The endoprosthesis is coaxially located about the balloon and the cover. One or more portions of the balloon and the cover reach an intermediate diameter between the undeployed diameter and the deployed diameter in which the portions of the balloon and the cover are inflated by increasing an inflation pressure within the balloon and approximately maintained at about the intermediate diameter until the inflation pressure increases by at least 1 atmosphere to overcome a yield strength of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Larry J. Kovach, Joseph B. Koenig
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Publication number: 20230277820Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a composite balloon comprising a layer of material having a porous microstructure (e.g., ePTFE or expanded polyethylene) and a thermoplastic polymeric layer useful for medical applications. The layers of the composite balloons become adhered through a stretch blow-molding process. Methods of making and using such composite balloons are also described amongst others.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Michael R. Broyles, Edward H. Cully, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Matthew E. Maulding, Kenneth Mazzarese
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Patent number: 11679240Abstract: The present disclosure includes an expandable medical device and outer sheath combination. The outer sheath is capable of being split to form multiple sheath sections that may be peeled back to expose a portion or all of the expandable medical device. The medical device, as well as the outer sheath, may include one or more therapeutic agents for delivery to a treatment area within a patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Jeffrey J. Kustusch
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Patent number: 11623072Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a composite balloon comprising a layer of material having a porous microstructure (e.g., ePTFE or expanded polyethylene) and a thermoplastic polymeric layer useful for medical applications. The layers of the composite balloons become adhered through a stretch blow-molding process. Methods of making and using such composite balloons are also described amongst others.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Broyles, Edward H. Cully, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Matthew E. Maulding, Kenneth Mazzarese
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Publication number: 20220168124Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
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Patent number: 11285029Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
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Publication number: 20200289801Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a composite balloon comprising a layer of material having a porous microstructure (e.g., ePTFE or expanded polyethylene) and a thermoplastic polymeric layer useful for medical applications. The layers of the composite balloons become adhered through a stretch blow-molding process. Methods of making and using such composite balloons are also described amongst others.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Michael R. Broyles, Edward H. Cully, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Matthew E. Maulding, Kenneth Mazzarese
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Publication number: 20200253763Abstract: A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a balloon, and a cover along the balloon. The endoprosthesis is coaxially located about the balloon and the cover. One or more portions of the balloon and the cover reach an intermediate diameter between the undeployed diameter and the deployed diameter in which the portions of the balloon and the cover are inflated by increasing an inflation pressure within the balloon and approximately maintained at about the intermediate diameter until the inflation pressure increases by at least 1 atmosphere to overcome a yield strength of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Larry J. Kovach, Joseph B. Koenig
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Publication number: 20200188645Abstract: The present disclosure includes an expandable medical device and outer sheath combination. The outer sheath is capable of being split to form multiple sheath sections that may be peeled back to expose a portion or all of the expandable medical device. The medical device, as well as the outer sheath, may include one or more therapeutic agents for delivery to a treatment area within a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Jeffrey J. Kustusch
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Patent number: 10668257Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a composite balloon comprising a layer of material having a porous microstructure (e.g., ePTFE or expanded polyethylene) and a thermoplastic polymeric layer useful for medical applications. The layers of the composite balloons become adhered through a stretch blow-molding process. Methods of making and using such composite balloons are also described amongst others.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Broyles, Edward H. Cully, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Matthew E. Maulding, Kenneth Mazzarese
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Patent number: 10569063Abstract: The present disclosure includes an expandable medical device and outer sheath combination. The outer sheath is capable of being split to form multiple sheath sections that may be peeled back to expose a portion or all of the expandable medical device. The medical device, as well as the outer sheath, may include one or more therapeutic agents for delivery to a treatment area within a patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, Peter Heicksen, Joseph B. Koenig, Jeffrey J. Kustusch
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Patent number: 10568752Abstract: A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a balloon, and a cover along the balloon. The endoprosthesis is coaxially located about the balloon and the cover. One or more portions of the balloon and the cover reach an intermediate diameter between the undeployed diameter and the deployed diameter in which the portions of the balloon and the cover are inflated by increasing an inflation pressure within the balloon and approximately maintained at about the intermediate diameter until the inflation pressure increases by at least 1 atmosphere to overcome a yield strength of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Larry J. Kovach, Joseph B. Koenig
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Patent number: 10543116Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
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Publication number: 20190298556Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes
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Patent number: 10299948Abstract: An improved medical device reduces the loss of longitudinal length during expansion of a stent-graft from a compressed state to an expanded state. For example, the stent-graft is placed over a cover that provides resistance to expansion of the balloon during inflation, which reduces longitudinal compressing forces exerted on the stent-graft.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Jane K. Bohn, Cody L. Hartman, Deenu G. Kanjickal, Bret J. Kilgrow, Joseph B. Koenig, James J. Nickerson, Thomas G. Triebes