Patents by Inventor Louise Corcoran

Louise Corcoran 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).

  • METHOD OF THERMAL TREATMENT OF A THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150174365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Andrew Jeffrey, Hartmut Grathwohl, Günter Lorenz
  • SHAFT FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND CATHETER
    Publication number: 20150126971
    Abstract: The application relates to a shaft (10) for medical devices comprising an inner tube (11) and an outer tube (12), wherein the inner tube (11) and the outer tube (12) extend concentrically with a common longitudinal axis from a proximal end (15) to a distal end (16) of the shaft (10), and a spiral wall (13) projecting radially outwards from the inner tube (11). Further, the application relates to a catheter having such a shaft (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Manfred Müller, Louise Corcoran
  • Method of thermal treatment of a thermally responsive material of medical devices
    Patent number: 8974426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Andrew Jeffrey, Hartmut Gratwohl, Günter Lorenz
  • CATHETER HAVING A SOFT DISTAL TIP
    Publication number: 20120203172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter for POBA or stent delivery applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to a balloon catheter having a soft distal tip member and methods for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Jeffrey, Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Arik Zucker, Kay Unzicker, Zdravkica Dzakula
  • CATHETER HAVING A SOFT DISTAL TIP
    Publication number: 20110172696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter having a soft distal tip that can be manufactured at lower cost than catheters in the prior art. In one embodiment, the catheter is produced by coupling a soft sleeve to the distal end of a catheter tube. The sleeve may affixed to the catheter tube under temperature and pressure conditions that cause the proximal end of the sleeve to taper against the outer surface of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the insertion profile of the catheter, and that also cause the inner wall of the sleeve to taper against the distal end of the catheter tube, avoiding or minimizing discontinuities in the lumen of the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Jeffrey, Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Arik Zucker, Kay Unzicker, Zdravkica Dzakula, Ib Joergensen, Randolf von Oepen
  • METHOD OF THERMAL TREATMENT OF A THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20090318861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of thermal treatment of thermally responsive material wherein areas in or on the material to be thermally treated are defined and thermal energy is inputted on or into the defined areas in order to change/influence the material characteristics. The present invention further relates to medical devices or parts thereof manufactured at least in part from thermally responsive material by a process comprising at least one step of thermal treatment of this thermally responsive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventors: Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Andrew Jeffrey, Hartmut Gratwohl, Günter Lorenz