Patents by Inventor Sean Gilligan
Sean Gilligan 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: 8491647Abstract: A medical prosthesis having a low profile for delivery into a body lumen is disclosed. The stent includes a plurality of wire strands woven to form a plurality of joints at the intersections, some of which are helically wrapped. The helically wrapped joints may be offset form the joints of a second plurality of wire strands concentric to the first. Alternatively, the helically wrapped joints can doubled forming box nodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter A. Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew J. Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Publication number: 20120271408Abstract: A medical prosthesis having a low profile for delivery into a body lumen is disclosed. The stent includes a plurality of wire strands woven to form a plurality of joints at the intersections, some of which are helically wrapped. The helically wrapped joints may be offset form the joints of a second plurality of wire strands concentric to the first. Alternatively, the helically wrapped joints can doubled forming box nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter A. Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew J. Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Publication number: 20120203323Abstract: An implant delivery system comprises an implant delivery device having a releasable implant retention region, with the releasable implant retention region having a delivery device coating including a therapeutic agent. The implant delivery device may be a balloon catheter. An implant is releasably positioned in physical communication with the releasable implant retention region. The implant may comprise an implant coating on its inner and/or outer surface, and the implant coating may include a therapeutic agent. The implant may be a stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: James J. Barry, Sean Gilligan
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Patent number: 8197528Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical prosthesis having a low profile for delivery into a body lumen. The stent includes a plurality of geometric cells defining the stent, which has first and second opposed open ends; and a plurality of wire strands woven to form a plurality of crossed regions defining the geometric cells. Each wire strand has strand ends and the strand ends are disposed at the second end of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter A. Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew J. Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Patent number: 8157854Abstract: Method and system for delivery of coated implants is provided. One embodiment encompasses a coated implant delivery system. This system includes an implant delivery device having a first end, a second end, and an inner lumen, wherein the first end has a releasable implant retention region with an accessible surface having a coated implant adhesion-resistant treatment. In another embodiment a method of deploying a coated releasable implant at a target site of a vessel using an implant delivery system is provided. This method includes inserting a portion of an implant delivery device having a releasable implant into the vessel, advancing the implant delivery device to the target site, deploying the releasable implant from the delivery device, and withdrawing the inserted portion of the implant delivery device from the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: James J. Barry, Sean Gilligan
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Publication number: 20100280522Abstract: Method and system for delivery of coated implants is provided. One embodiment encompasses a coated implant delivery system. This system includes an implant delivery device having a first end, a second end, and an inner lumen, wherein the first end has a releasable implant retention region with an accessible surface having a coated implant adhesion-resistant treatment. In another embodiment a method of deploying a coated releasable implant at a target site of a vessel using an implant delivery system is provided. This method includes inserting a portion of an implant delivery device having a releasable implant into the vessel, advancing the implant delivery device to the target site, deploying the releasable implant from the delivery device, and withdrawing the inserted portion of the implant delivery device from the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: James J. BARRY, Sean GILLIGAN
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Publication number: 20070118206Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical prosthesis having a low profile for delivery into a body lumen. The stent includes a plurality of geometric cells defining the stent, which has first and second opposed open ends; and a plurality of wire strands woven to form a plurality of crossed regions defining the geometric cells. Each wire strand has strand ends and the strand ends are disposed at the second end of the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2007Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Patent number: 7172617Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for delivering a medical prosthesis into a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a catheter having a stent mounted at the distal end that is released into the body lumen by movement of an outer sheath covering the stent in the proximal direction. The stent expands to conform to the inner wall of the lumen and the catheter is withdrawn.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2002Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter A. Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew J. Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Patent number: 6878160Abstract: An intraluminal prosthesis composed of a self-expandable stent and a biodegradable constraining element being capable of biodegrading in vivo over a predetermined period of time to permit radial expansion of the stent. The constraining elements are applied to the stent to produce a compressed configuration. Dissolution of the constraining elements in vivo allows for expansion of the stent to an expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gilligan, Barry O'Brien
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Publication number: 20040002751Abstract: An intraluminal prosthesis composed of a self-expandable stent and a biodegradable constraining element being capable of biodegrading in vivo over a predetermined period of time to permit radial expansion of the stent. The constraining elements are applied to the stent to produce a compressed configuration. Dissolution of the constraining elements in vivo allows for expansion of the stent to an expanded configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Scimed Lif Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gilligan, Barry O'Brien
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Patent number: 6613077Abstract: An intraluminal prosthesis composed of a self-expandable stent and a biodegradable constraining element being capable of biodegrading in vivo over a predetermined period of time to permit radial expansion of the stent. The constraining elements are applied to the stent to produce a compressed configuration. Dissolution of the constraining elements in vivo allows for expansion of the stent to an expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gilligan, Barry O'Brien
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Publication number: 20030040789Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for delivering a medical prosthesis into a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a catheter having a stent mounted at the distal end that is released into the body lumen by movement of an outer sheath covering the stent in the proximal direction. The stent expands to conform to the inner wall of the lumen and the catheter is withdrawn.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter A. Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew J. Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Patent number: 6520983Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for delivering a medical prosthesis into a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a catheter having a stent mounted at the distal end that is released into the body lumen by movement of an outer sheath covering the stent in the proximal direction. The stent expands to conform to the inner wall of the lumen and the catheter is withdrawn.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1999Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Darragh Colgan, Peter A. Hamilton, Paul DiCarlo, Andrew J. Campbell, Sean Gilligan, Albert Chin, Kristian DiMatteo
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Publication number: 20020161376Abstract: Method and system for delivery of coated implants is provided. One embodiment encompasses a coated implant delivery system. This system includes an implant delivery device having a first end, a second end, and an inner lumen, wherein the first end has a releasable implant retention region with an accessible surface having a coated implant adhesion-resistant treatment. In another embodiment a method of deploying a coated releasable implant at a target site of a vessel using an implant delivery system is provided. This method includes inserting a portion of an implant delivery device having a releasable implant into the vessel, advancing the implant delivery device to the target site, deploying the releasable implant from the delivery device, and withdrawing the inserted portion of the implant delivery device from the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: James J. Barry, Sean Gilligan
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Publication number: 20020143381Abstract: An intraluminal prosthesis composed of a self-expandable stent and a biodegradable constraining element being capable of biodegrading in vivo over a predetermined period of time to permit radial expansion of the stent. The constraining elements are applied to the stent to produce a compressed configuration. Dissolution of the constraining elements in vivo allows for expansion of the stent to an expanded configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gilligan, Barry O'Brien