Patents by Inventor Mary Joe Timm

Mary Joe Timm 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).

  • Medical devices for releasing therapeutic agent and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8703168
    Abstract: An implantable medical device for releasing therapeutic agent having a medical device body and a plurality of reservoir-defining structures disposed on a surface of the body. A reservoir can be defined by the reservoir-defining structures and therapeutic agent may be located in the reservoir. A cover may extend over the reservoir so that the therapeutic agent is released from the reservoir when the medical device implanted. Methods for making the medical device may also include providing a medical device body, positioning a plurality of reservoir-defining structures on a surface of the body to form a reservoir, loading therapeutic agent into the reservoir, and covering the reservoir so that the therapeutic agent may release when the medical device is implanted. Alternatively, the reservoir may be covered with a cover and an opening formed in the cover so that the therapeutic agent may release when the medical device is implanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Robert Herrmann, Ken Merdan, Michael Kuehling, Barry O'Brien, Rajesh Radhakishnan, Torsten Scheuermann, Scott Schewe, Anurag Singhal, Young-Ho Song, Mary Joe Timm, Jan Weber, Yixin Xu
  • MEDICAL DEVICES FOR RELEASING THERAPEUTIC AGENT AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090123517
    Abstract: An implantable medical device for releasing therapeutic agent having a medical device body and a plurality of reservoir-defining structures disposed on a surface of the body. A reservoir can be defined by the reservoir-defining structures and therapeutic agent may be located in the reservoir. A cover may extend over the reservoir so that the therapeutic agent is released from the reservoir when the medical device implanted. Methods for making the medical device may also include providing a medical device body, positioning a plurality of reservoir-defining structures on a surface of the body to form a reservoir, loading therapeutic agent into the reservoir, and covering the reservoir so that the therapeutic agent may release when the medical device is implanted. Alternatively, the reservoir may be covered with a cover and an opening formed in the cover so that the therapeutic agent may release when the medical device is implanted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Robert Herrmann, Ken Merdan, Michael Kuehling, Barry O'Brien, Rajesh Radhakishnan, Torsten Scheuermann, Scott Schewe, Anurag Singhai, Young-Ho Song, Mary Joe Timm, Jan Weber, Yixin Xu