Patents by Inventor Scott N. Stonebrook
Scott N. Stonebrook 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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Patent number: 8323328Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2002Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy Thornton
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Publication number: 20030130721Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Inventors: Gerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy Thornton
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Patent number: 6520986Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy Thornton
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Patent number: 6361637Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be to described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1999Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy Thornton
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Publication number: 20020002397Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: January 3, 2002Inventors: Gerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy Thornton
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Publication number: 20010049550Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which is the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 1999Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventors: GERALD RAY MARTIN, LILIP LAU, SCOTT N. STONEBROOK, SHARON LAM, TROY THORNTON
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Patent number: 6042605Abstract: A stent-graft including a stent member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a generally tubular graft member and a coupling member that couples the stent member to the graft member. The coupling member, which in the preferred embodiment is in the form of a ribbon, covers only a portion of the inner or outer surface of the stent member and secures the stent member and graft member to one another. Alternatively, the coupling member can be described as interconnecting less than entirely the inner or outer surface of the graft member to the stent member. With this construction, regions of the stent member do not interfere with the coupling member. Shear stresses between the stent member and the coupling member and the risk of tearing the graft or coupling member or delamination therebetween may be reduced as compared to a fully enveloped stent member. This construction also provides improved flexibility and kink resistance.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: Gore Enterprose Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Ray Martin, Lilip Lau, Scott N. Stonebrook, Sharon Lam, Troy Thornton
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Patent number: 4776851Abstract: The present invention relates to a prosthetic ligament comprising at least one intra-osseous bearing members in a bone of a joint and an intra-articular linkage means connecting the intra-osseous member to the other bone so that multiple degrees of motion are provided between the bones.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1986Date of Patent: October 11, 1988Inventors: William C. Bruchman, Scott N. Stonebrook