Patents by Inventor Michael Eric Benz

Michael Eric Benz 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).

  • Compounds containing silicon-containing groups, medical devices, and methods
    Publication number: 20040054080
    Abstract: Compounds that include silicon-containing groups, and optionally urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof (i.e., polyurethanes, polyureas, or polyurethane-ureas), as well as materials and methods for making such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Eric Benz, Christopher M. Hobot, David L. Miller, David A. Pearson, Mark A. Tapsak, Edward DiDomenico, Randall V. Sparer
  • AnB block copolymers containing poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) units, medical devices, and methods
    Publication number: 20030162905
    Abstract: AnB block copolymers, wherein n is at least two, that include A blocks with poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) units and B blocks with urethane groups, urea groups, imide groups, amide groups, ether groups, ester groups, or combinations thereof, as well as medical devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Eric Benz, Julie A. Alkatout, SuPing Lyu
  • Compounds containing quaternary carbons, medical devices, and methods
    Publication number: 20030125499
    Abstract: Compounds that include diorgano groups having quaternary carbons and optionally urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof (i.e., polyurethanes, polyureas, or polyurethane-ureas), as well as materials and methods for making such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Eric Benz, Edward DiDomenico, Christopher M. Hobot, Randall V. Sparer, Kenneth B. Wagener, John E. Schwendeman
  • Polyurethane and polyurea biomaterials for use in medical devices
    Patent number: 6437075
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a biomaterial formed from a polymer comprising urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof, and sacrificial moieties that preferentially oxidize relative to other moieties in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward DiDomenico, David L. Miller, Michael Eric Benz
  • Polyurethane and polyurea biomaterials for use in medical devices
    Patent number: 6437076
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a biomaterial formed from a polymer comprising urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof, and sacrificial moieties that preferentially oxidize relative to other moieties in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc
    Inventors: Edward DiDomenico, David L. Miller, Michael Eric Benz
  • Polyurethane and polyurea biomaterials for use in medical devices
    Patent number: 6149678
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a biomaterial formed from a polymer comprising urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof, and sacrificial moieties that preferentially oxidize relative to other moieties in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward DiDomenico, David L. Miller, Michael Eric Benz
  • Polyurethane and polyurea biomaterials for use in medical devices
    Patent number: 6111052
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a biomaterial formed from a polymer comprising urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof, and sacrificial moieties that preferentially oxidize relative to other moieties in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward DiDomenico, David L. Miller, Michael Eric Benz
  • Polyurethane and polyurea biomaterials for use in medical devices
    Patent number: 5986034
    Abstract: A medical device comprising a biomaterial formed from a polymer comprising urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof, and sacrificial moieties that preferentially oxidize relative to other moieties in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward DiDomenico, David L. Miller, Michael Eric Benz