Patents by Inventor Richard E. Layne

Richard E. Layne 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).

  • Partial encapsulation of stents
    Patent number: 10213328
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Layne, Sandra M. Cundy, Debra A. Bebb
  • Partial Encapsulation of Stents
    Publication number: 20140107763
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Layne, Sandra M. Cundy, Debra A. Bebb
  • Partial encapsulation of stents
    Patent number: 8617337
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Layne, Sandra M. Cundy, Debra A. Bebb
  • Partial encapsulation of stents
    Patent number: 7914639
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Layne, Sandra M. Cundy, Debra A. Bebb