Patents by Inventor Melanie Stephens

Melanie Stephens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240086025
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a graphical user interface (GUI) arranged to convey information related to the IVUS images and lesion assessment and provide for the user to manipulate the information. The GUIs can be generated to include a cross-section view without assessments post recording of IVUS images and to depict assessments after navigation through frames of the IVUS images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Haruka Imura, Jennifer Gibbs, Erik Stephen Freed, Judith Tiferes Wang, Luke Brossman, Melanie Loppnow, Wenguang Li
  • Patent number: 6362389
    Abstract: An absorbent elastic nonwoven material having improved conformability includes a matrix of thermoplastic elastomeric nonwoven filaments, present in an amount of about 3 to less than 20% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. A plurality of absorbent fibers and a superabsorbent material are contained within the matrix, each constituting about 20-77% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. The absorbent elastic nonwoven material is useful in a wide variety of personal care and medical absorbent articles where softness and conformability, as well as absorbency and elasticity, are important.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra Jean McDowall, Charles Allen Smith, Melanie Stephens Winstanley
  • Patent number: D365752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Therese Flanagan-Boos, Anne Bucher, Melanie Stephens