Patents by Inventor Peter H. Duquette
Peter H. Duquette 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).
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Publication number: 20120004339Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: SURMODICS, INC.Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 8039524Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Pam Read, legal representative, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
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Publication number: 20110144373Abstract: Described herein is a degradable linking agent that includes a core molecule with one or more charged groups; and one or more photoreactive groups covalently attached to the core molecule by one or more degradable linkers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Swan, Emily Rose Rolfes Meyering, Aleksey V. Kurdyumov, Peter H. Duquette, Robert W. Hergenrother, Toni M. Heyer
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Publication number: 20100240789Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 7736689Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Surmodics, Inc.Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
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Publication number: 20080213334Abstract: The invention provides polyelectrolyte hydrogels, blends, and multilayers for the controlled release of bioactive agents from implantable medical devices coated with or containing such media.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Nathan A. Lockwood, Joram Slager, John V. Wall, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 7348055Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 7144573Abstract: A reagent and related method for use in passivating a biomaterial surface, the reagent including a latent reactive group and a bifunctional aliphatic acid (e.g., fatty acid), in combination with a spacer group linking the latent reactive group to the aliphatic acid in a manner that preserves the desired function of each group. Once bound to the surface, via the latent reactive group, the reagent presents the aliphatic acid to the physiological environment, in vivo, in a manner (e.g., concentration and orientation) sufficient to hold and orient albumin.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Patrick E. Guire, Aron B. Anderson, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 7087658Abstract: A method of forming a polymer layer on a support surface by the use of a coating agent and polymerizable compounds. The coating agent provides photoreactive groups adapted to attach the agent to the surface, as well as photoreactive groups adapted to remain unattached to the surface, and thus serve as photoinitiators for the activation of polymerizable compounds in order to form a polymer layer thereon. Also provided are coating agents, per se, as well as a method of using such agents and the resultant surfaces and devices fabricated therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Swan, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 7071235Abstract: A reagent and related method for use in passivating a biomaterial surface, the reagent including a latent reactive group and a bifunctional aliphatic acid (e.g., fatty acid), in combination with a spacer group linking the latent reactive group to the aliphatic acid in a manner that preserves the desired function of each group. Once bound to the surface, via the latent reactive group, the reagent presents the aliphatic acid to the physiological environment, in vivo, in a manner (e.g., concentration and orientation) sufficient to hold and orient albumin.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Patrick E. Guire, Aron B. Anderson, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Peter H. Duquette
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Publication number: 20040137164Abstract: A method of forming a polymer layer on a support surface by the use of a coating agent and polymerizable compounds. The coating agent provides photoreactive groups adapted to attach the agent to the surface, as well as photoreactive groups adapted to remain unattached to the surface, and thus serve as photoinitiators for the activation of polymerizable compounds in order to form a polymer layer thereon. Also provided are coating agents, per se, as well as a method of using such agents and the resultant surfaces and devices fabricated therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: SURMODICS, INC.Inventors: Dale G. Swan, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Peter H. Duquette
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Patent number: 6669994Abstract: A method of forming a polymer layer on a support surface by the use of a coating agent and polymerizable compounds. The coating agent provides photoreactive groups adapted to attach the agent to the surface, as well as photoreactive groups adapted to remain unattached to the surface, and thus serve as photoinitiators for the activation of polymerizable compounds in order to form a polymer layer thereon. Also provided are coating agents, per se, as well as a method of using such agents and the resultant surfaces and devices fabricated therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: SurModics, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Swan, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Peter H. Duquette
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Publication number: 20030165613Abstract: A grafting reagent and related method of using the reagent to form a polymeric layer on a support surface, and particularly a porous support surface, in a manner that provides and/or preserves desired properties (such as porosity) of the surface. The reagent and method can be used to provide a thin, conformable, uniform, uncrosslinked coating having desired properties onto the surface of a preformed, and particularly a porous, polymeric substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2001Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Ralph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Dale G. Swan, Peter H. Duquette
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Publication number: 20020004140Abstract: A method of forming a polymer layer on a support surface by the use of a coating agent and polymerizable compounds. The coating agent provides photoreactive groups adapted to attach the agent to the surface, as well as photoreactive groups adapted to remain unattached to the surface, and thus serve as photoinitiators for the activation of polymerizable compounds in order to form a polymer layer thereon. Also provided are coating agents, per se, as well as a method of using such agents and the resultant surfaces and devices fabricated therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: Dale G. Swan, Richard A. Amos, Terrence P. Everson, Stephen J. Chudzik, Palph A. Chappa, Sean M. Stucke, Peter H. Duquette