Patents by Inventor Kevin Britton

Kevin Britton 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).

  • Textured polymer coated guide wire and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 8613712
    Abstract: A guide wire for advancing a medical device such as a catheter through a patient's body lumen which has an elongated core with proximal and distal core section, a flexible tubular member such as a coil on the distal end. The wire core includes surface textures that are translated into the overlying coating. Alternatively, the coating has its own surface texture. The surface textures include randomly or non-randomly spaced bumps, divots, ridges, helical grooves, longitudinal grooves, undulations, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Burkett, Kevin Britton, Ryan Grandfield, Peter J. D'Aquanni, David Wrolstad, Edwin P. Mahieu, Wayne E. Cornish, Mark T. Richardson
  • TEXTURED POLYMER COATED GUIDE WIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20070255217
    Abstract: A guide wire for advancing a medical device such as a catheter through a patient's body lumen which has an elongated core with proximal and distal core section, a flexible tubular member such as a coil on the distal end. The wire core includes surface textures that are translated into the overlying coating. Alternatively, the coating has its own surface texture. The surface textures include randomly or non-randomly spaced bumps, divots, ridges, helical grooves, longitudinal grooves, undulations, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: David Burkett, Kevin Britton, Ryan Grandfield, Peter D'Aquanni, David Wrolstad, Edwin Mahieu, Wayne Cornish, Mark Richardson