Patents by Inventor Michael Kuehling

Michael Kuehling 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).

  • ENDOPROSTHESIS COATING
    Publication number: 20090118812
    Abstract: A method includes: providing a substrate, depositing a ceramic and an extractable material onto the substrate, forming a porous structure in the ceramic by removing the extractable material, and utilizing the ceramic in an endoprosthesis. An endoprosthesis, such as a stent, including a coating formed of a ceramic and an extractable material that can be removed from the coating to form voids is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaydeep Y. Kokate, Raed Rizq, Jay Rassat, Derek Sutermeister, Samuel Robaina, Peter Edelman, Tom Holman, Michael Kuehling, Yixin Xu
  • NANO-PATTERNED IMPLANT SURFACES
    Publication number: 20090118813
    Abstract: A bioerodible endoprosthesis erodes to a desirable geometry that can provide, e.g., improved mechanical properties or degradation characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Torsten Scheuermann, Michael Kuehling, Peter Albrecht
  • Stent Design Allowing Extended Release of Drug and/or Enhanced Adhesion of Polymer to OD Surface
    Publication number: 20090076591
    Abstract: The invention is directed to mechanisms and methods that reduce the delamination of a therapeutic agent from a stent. The mechanisms include holes (channels, wells, and other hole configurations), protrusions, sintered metal cores, clamps/staples, pins, and stainless steel shields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy S. Girton, Jeffrey S. Lindquist, David M. Knapp, Matt Heidner, Daniel Gregorich, Umang Anand, Peter Edelman, Matthew J. Miller, Raed Rizq, Jan Weber, Tracee Eidenschink, John J. Chen, Jaykeep Y. Kokate, Aparna Bhave, Kent D. Harrison, Graig L. Kveen, Benjamin Arcand, Michael Kuehling
  • ENDOPROSTHESIS COATING
    Publication number: 20090018639
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis, such as a stent, includes anchoring regions formed of polymer that enhance adherence of a coating, e.g. a drug eluting polymer coating, to a stent surface, e.g. made of ceramic. The anchoring regions can be formed using stamping processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Kuehling
  • Endoprosthesis with Select Ceramic and Polymer Coatings
    Publication number: 20080294236
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis, such as a stent, includes a ceramic, such as IROX, having a select morphology and composition and a polymer coating, both of which are deposited by pulsed laser deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Umang Anand, Torsten Scheuermann, Michael Kuehling
  • Endoprosthesis with Select Ceramic Morphology
    Publication number: 20080294246
    Abstract: An endoprosthesis, such as a stent, includes a ceramic, such as IROX, having a select morphology and composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Torsten Scheuermann, Michael Kuehling, Umang Anand, Jaydeep Y. Kokate, Samuel Robaina
  • Medical Devices
    Publication number: 20080071348
    Abstract: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis A. Boismier, Matthew Miller, Michael Kuehling
  • Vascular stent with composite structure for magnetic resonance imaging capabilities
    Patent number: 7335229
    Abstract: A stent is adapted to be implanted in a duct of a human body to maintain an open lumen at the implant site, and to allow viewing body tissue and fluids by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) energy applied external to the body. The stent constitutes a metal scaffold. An electrical circuit resonant at the resonance frequency of the MRI energy is fabricated integral with the scaffold structure of the stent to promote viewing body properties within the lumen of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Alt, Torsten Scheuermann, Michael Kühling
  • Vascular stent with composite structure for magnetic reasonance imaging capabilities
    Patent number: 6767360
    Abstract: A stent is adapted to be implanted in a duct of a human body to maintain an open lumen at the implant site, and to allow viewing body tissue and fluids by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) energy applied external to the body. The stent constitutes a metal scaffold. An electrical circuit resonant at the resonance frequency of the MRI energy is fabricated integral with the scaffold structure of the stent to promote viewing body properties within the lumen of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Inflow Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Eckhard Alt, Torsten Scheuermann, Michael Kühling