Patents by Inventor Michelle Lund Toy

Michelle Lund Toy 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).

  • Pyrolytic carbon and metal/metalloid carbide composites
    Patent number: 7632309
    Abstract: Medical devices can be formed from improved composite materials that include a composition that has at least about 50 percent by volume pyrolytic carbon and a second composition having at least about 50 percent by volume metal/metalloid carbide. The composite material can optionally include a substrate. Some embodiments of the composite material have the pyrolytic carbon material at exposed surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Avrom M. Brendzel, Richard Rodriguez, Michelle Lund Toy