Patents by Inventor Matthew C. Merkert

Matthew C. Merkert 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).

  • Drug eluting stent for the treatment of dialysis graft stenoses
    Patent number: 8518100
    Abstract: A drug-eluting stent having a first cell pattern at one end and a second cell pattern on an opposite end. The cells in the first cell pattern have a smaller MCUSA than those in the second cell pattern. An anti-restonic drug can be coated on the first cell pattern and an anti-thrombotic drug on the second, with the anti-thrombotic drug overlaying and covering both the first and second cell patterns. The stent is operatively positionable at a distal graft-vein anastomosis with the first cell pattern adjacent the stenosis, and with the second cell pattern positioned adjacent the vein or the graft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Consigny, Tracey Krausa, Matthew C. Merkert