Patents by Inventor Marc L. Speck
Marc L. Speck 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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Patent number: 10470907Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventor: Marc L. Speck
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Publication number: 20170151078Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventor: Marc L. Speck
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Patent number: 9572699Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Brenna Hearn Lord, Jeremy Beer, Travis Yribarren, Steve Saville, Marc L. Speck
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Publication number: 20150088241Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Brenna Hearn Lord, Jeremy Beer, Travis Yribarren, Steve Saville, Marc L. Speck
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Patent number: 8852257Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Brenna Hearn Lord, Jeremy Beer, Travis Yribarren, Steve Saville, Marc L. Speck
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Publication number: 20120324696Abstract: A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Annie P. Liu, Jason Phillips, Mark C. Johnson, Brenna Hearn Lord, Jeremy Beer, Travis Yribarren, Steve Saville, Marc L. Speck
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Patent number: 7041125Abstract: A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tube with at least a section having an outer coiled support member wound in a first direction and embedded in the polymeric tube, and an inner coiled support member wound in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In a presently preferred embodiment, the inner coiled support member has coils spaced closer together than coils of the outer coiled support member. In one embodiment, the inner coiled support member is partially embedded in the polymeric tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason J. Hwang, Marc L. Speck, Hanh V. Hoang
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Patent number: 7001420Abstract: A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tubular member with at least a section having a lubricious inner layer defining the guidewire lumen, a coiled support member at least partially embedded in the lubricious inner layer, and an outer layer on an outer surface of at least a distal portion of the lubricious inner layer. In a presently preferred embodiment, the coil supported polymeric tubular member forms an inner tubular member of a balloon catheter.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Marc L. Speck, Sharon Wong, Jeong S. Lee, Matthew Chludzinski
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Patent number: 6974557Abstract: Optical windows for intracorporeal devices, intracorporeal devices comprising a window and a method for forming a window for an intracorporeal device are provided. The method comprises placing within a mold an assembly comprising a mandrel located within a pair of parts separated by a collar of window material, heating the window preform effective to cause the window material to soften, and applying force to urge together the pair of parts to deform the window material so as to form a window. The intracorporeal devices, such as imaging devices, include guidewires, catheters, endoscopes. In addition, the method is suitable for joining plastic parts to other parts, such as metal and ceramic parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Advanced Cardiovasculer Systems, Inc.Inventors: William E. Webler, Michael D. Whitt, Marc M. Jalisi, Andrej M. Chudy, Kevin M. Phillips, Marc L. Speck
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Patent number: 6866642Abstract: An intravascular guide wire having at least two core materials joined together. There is a wire core having a proximal core section with a proximal end and a distal end and a distal core section with a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the proximal core section and the proximal end of the distal core section are formed into complementary shapes, and then placed into a flexible sleeve in opposing directions. Inside the flexible sleeve, the complementary shaped ends are joined together through bonding, welding, brazing, cementing, or soldering. The flexible sleeve can be either a stretched coil or a polyimide sleeve, each with an outer diameter similar to the outer diameter of the core wire, therefore the guide wire does not require additional grinding to reduce the outer diameter of the joined section.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Brad Kellerman, Marc L. Speck
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Publication number: 20040102720Abstract: An intravascular guide wire having at least two core materials joined together. There is a wire core having a proximal core section with a proximal end and a distal end and a distal core section with a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the proximal core section and the proximal end of the distal core section are formed into complementary shapes, and then placed into a flexible sleeve in opposing directions. Inside the flexible sleeve, the complementary shaped ends are joined together through bonding, welding, brazing, cementing, or soldering. The flexible sleeve can be either a stretched coil or a polyimide sleeve, each with an outer diameter similar to the outer diameter of the core wire, therefore the guide wire does not require additional grinding to reduce the outer diameter of the joined section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Brad Kellerman, Marc L. Speck
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Publication number: 20040002727Abstract: A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tube with at least a section having an outer coiled support member wound in a first direction and embedded in the polymeric tube, and an inner coiled support member wound in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In a presently preferred embodiment, the inner coiled support member has coils spaced closer together than coils of the outer coiled support member. In one embodiment, the inner coiled support member is partially embedded in the polymeric tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: Jason J. Hwang, Marc L. Speck, Hanh V. Hoang
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Publication number: 20040002728Abstract: A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tubular member with at least a section having a lubricious inner layer defining the guidewire lumen, a coiled support member at least partially embedded in the lubricious inner layer, and an outer layer on an outer surface of at least a distal portion of the lubricious inner layer. In a presently preferred embodiment, the coil supported polymeric tubular member forms an inner tubular member of a balloon catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: Marc L. Speck, Sharon Wong, Jeong S. Lee, Matthew Chludzinski