Patents by Inventor Peter L. THOR

Peter L. THOR 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).

  • Modified polyisobutylene-based polymers, methods of making, and medical devices
    Patent number: 11548974
    Abstract: A modified polyisobutylene-based polymer, method of making, and a medical device that includes such polymer, wherein the modified polyisobutylene-based polymer includes urethane, urea, or urethane-urea groups, hard segments, and soft segments, wherein the soft segments comprise phenoxy-containing polyisobutylene residues, and the hard segments include diisocyanate residues and optionally chain extender residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly A. Chaffin, Xiangji Chen, Matthew Jolly, SuPing Lyu, Peter L. Thor, Darrel F. Untereker, Zhaoxu Wang
  • MODIFIED POLYISOBUTYLENE-BASED POLYMERS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210115182
    Abstract: A modified polyisobutylene-based polymer, method of making, and a medical device that includes such polymer, wherein the modified polyisobutylene-based polymer includes urethane, urea, or urethane-urea groups, hard segments, and soft segments, wherein the soft segments comprise phenoxy-containing polyisobutylene residues, and the hard segments include diisocyanate residues and optionally chain extender residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kimberly A. Chaffin, Xiangji Chen, Matthew Jolly, SuPing Lyu, Peter L. Thor, Darrel F. Untereker, Zhaoxu Wang
  • Modified polyisobutylene-based polymers, methods of making, and medical devices
    Patent number: 10882945
    Abstract: A modified polyisobutylene-based polymer, method of making, and a medical device that includes such polymer, wherein the modified polyisobutylene-based polymer includes urethane, urea, or urethane-urea groups, hard segments, and soft segments, wherein the soft segments comprise phenoxy-containing polyisobutylene residues, and the hard segments include diisocyanate residues and optionally chain extender residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly A. Chaffin, Xiangji Chen, Matthew Jolly, SuPing Lyu, Peter L. Thor, Darrel F. Untereker, Zhaoxu Wang
  • MODIFIED POLYISOBUTYLENE-BASED POLYMERS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190292302
    Abstract: A modified polyisobutylene-based polymer, method of making, and a medical device that includes such polymer, wherein the modified polyisobutylene-based polymer includes urethane, urea, or urethane-urea groups, hard segments, and soft segments, wherein the soft segments comprise phenoxy-containing polyisobutylene residues, and the hard segments include diisocyanate residues and optionally chain extender residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kimberly A. CHAFFIN, Xiangji CHEN, Matthew JOLLY, SuPing LYU, Peter L. THOR, Darrel F. UNTEREKER, Zhaoxu WANG
  • POLY(ETHER-CARBONATE)-BASED POLYMERS AND MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190292327
    Abstract: A poly(ether-carbonate)-based polymer and a medical device that includes such polymer, wherein the poly(ether-carbonate)-based polymer includes urethane, urea, or urethane-urea groups, hard segments, and soft segments, wherein the soft segments include poly(ether-carbonate) residues and at least one of polyisobutylene (PIB) residues and hydrogenated polybutadiene residues, and the hard segments include diisocyanate residues and optionally chain extender residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Kimberly A. CHAFFIN, Xiangji CHEN, Matthew JOLLY, SuPing LYU, Peter L. THOR, Darrel F. UNTEREKER, Zhaoxu WANG