Patents by Inventor Michael Trezza

Michael Trezza 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: 20080045911
    Abstract: The invention provides punctal plugs for the delivery of active agents. The plugs have a body throughout which at least one active agent is dispersed or that is coated with a polymeric material containing at least one active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Maureen Borgia, Hassan Chaouk, Han Cui, Walter Laredo, Zhigang Li, Aruna Nathan, Michael Trezza
  • Publication number: 20070298075
    Abstract: The invention provides punctal plugs for the delivery of active agent to one or both of the tear fluid of the eye and to the nasolacrimal duct. The plugs of the invention have a body, a reservoir contained within the body, and optionally a collarette. The reservoir has at least one opening and contains a polymeric material and at least one active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Maureen Borgia, Hassan Chaouk, Han Cui, Walter Laredo, Zhigang Li, Aruna Nathan, Michael Trezza
  • Publication number: 20070299516
    Abstract: The invention provides punctal plugs for the delivery of active agent to one or both of the tear fluid of the eye and to the nasolacrimal duct that comprise a body, at least one cap, and optionally a collarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Han Cui, Zhigang Li, Edgar Menezes, Aruna Nathan, Michael Trezza
  • Publication number: 20070150002
    Abstract: Vessel wound closure systems and method for sealing a puncture wound in a target vessel, such as those puncture wounds that occur from prior interventional procedures. A sealing member is deployed intravascularly into the target vessel, and an anchor member is deployed extravascularly of the target vessel. The sealing member and the anchor member are connected by a suture that may be drawn to tighten the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to effect the seal of the puncture wound. After tightening, the suture is secured to maintain the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to maintain the seal. Preferably, the anchor member, the suture and the sealing member are comprised of biocompatible, bioresorbable materials that are absorbed into the body after the sealing of the puncture wound has been achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: David Szabo, David Gale, Paul Johnson, Valerie Scott, Ben Morris, Greg Furnish, Trevor Beckett, Michael Trezza
  • Publication number: 20060010841
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a foil package from foil laminate sheet stock. The foil laminate has a top foil sheet and a bottom polymeric sheet laminated to the foil sheet. A cavity is molded into the bottom foil sheet, wherein the cavity has a bottom, a depth and a periphery, such that all of the periphery is substantially arcuate at any horizontal cross-section along the depth of the cavity. The top planar sheet is heat sealed to the bottom molded sheet. The molding process substantially reduces or eliminates curling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Trezza, David Szabo