Patents by Inventor Louis Bedard

Louis Bedard 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).

  • ATRAUMATIC STENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240125020
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: STEVE LILBURN, PAUL K. NORTON, MICHAEL E. ZUPKOFSKA, LOUIS BEDARD, GLENN HARDING
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 11840780
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • ATRAUMATIC STENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230160116
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: STEVE LILBURN, PAUL K. NORTON, MICHAEL E. ZUPKOFSKA, LOUIS BEDARD, GLENN HARDING
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 11578437
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMID, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • ATRAUMATIC STENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20210172102
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: STEVE LILBURN, PAUL K. NORTON, MICHAEL E. ZUPKOFSKA, LOUIS BEDARD, GLENN HARDING
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 10947651
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • ATRAUMATIC STENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190216621
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: STEVE LILBURN, PAUL K. NORTON, MICHAEL E. ZUPKOFSKA, LOUIS BEDARD, GLENN HARDING
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 10278842
    Abstract: A stent includes a mesh wall including a plurality of filament crossings, the mesh wall defining at least a first stent section with a first diameter, a second stent section with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a transition section where the mesh wall transitions from the second diameter to the first diameter. Each of the plurality of filament crossings has a braiding angle, and all braiding angles in each of the first stent section, the second stent section and the transition section are within 5 degrees of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • ATRAUMATIC STENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160317332
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: STEVE LILBURN, PAUL K. NORTON, MICHAEL E. ZUPKOFSKA, LOUIS BEDARD, GLENN HARDING
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 9388517
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent and associated braided stent. The method includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends. The braided stent includes a plurality of filaments being inter-braided at a braiding angle formed at crossing filament locations. The braiding angle may be substantially constant for all of the filament crossing locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • Atraumatic Stent and Method and Apparatus for making the same
    Publication number: 20140088688
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 8677874
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn Harding
  • Atraumatic Stent and Method and Apparatus for making the same
    Publication number: 20130269506
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Steven H. Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael E. Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 8459164
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Glenn D. Harding, Louis Bedard, Michael Zupkofska
  • Atraumatic Stent and Method and Apparatus for making the same
    Publication number: 20120186420
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
  • Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
    Patent number: 8151682
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
  • ATRAUMATIC STENT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100191319
    Abstract: A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lilburn, Paul K. Norton, Michael Zupkofska, Louis Bedard, Glenn D. Harding
  • Alfalfa line called WL-C290 and method for producing same
    Patent number: 6143951
    Abstract: An improved synthetic alfalfa variety called WL-C290, and method for producing same. The present invention provides a hot-weather, i.e., Dormancy Group 10 type, very non-dormant synthetic alfalfa variety, wherein one embodiment is named WL-C290, that provides improved yields under a variety of environmental conditions and, in particular, better resistance to silverleaf whitefly pests. The primary uses of this WL-C290 variety are hay, haylage, greenchop and dehydrated feed for livestock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: AgriBio Tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Jon Cluff, Franklin Louis Bedard