Patents by Inventor Marc Culkin

Marc Culkin 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).

  • Methods for increasing coating strength to improve scaffold crimping yield
    Patent number: 10010653
    Abstract: Methods of reducing crimping damage to polymer and drug coating on a scaffold are disclosed. The methods include physically aging a coating including a coating polymer and drug mixture on a scaffold in a manner that takes into account the differing kinetics of aging, that is, the different temperature dependence of the aging rate of the polymer and drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden, Xinmin Xu, Ni Ding, Boyd V. Knott, Marc Culkin
  • METHODS FOR INCREASING COATING STRENGTH TO IMPROVE SCAFFOLD CRIMPING YIELD
    Publication number: 20170224880
    Abstract: Methods of reducing crimping damage to polymer and drug coating on a scaffold are disclosed. The methods include physically aging a coating including a coating polymer and drug mixture on a scaffold in a manner that takes into account the differing kinetics of aging, that is, the different temperature dependence of the aging rate of the polymer and drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Erika Danielle Anderson-Bolden, Xinmin Xu, Ni Ding, Boyd V. Knott, Marc Culkin