Patents by Inventor Stephen Dirk Pacetti

Stephen Dirk Pacetti 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).

  • Stent fabricated from polymer composite toughened by a dispersed phase
    Patent number: 9808362
    Abstract: Stents fabricated from polymer composites toughened by a dispersed phase are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Syed F. A. Hossainy, David C. Gale, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Bin Huang
  • Biodegradable coatings for implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 9603976
    Abstract: Biodegradable coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Plasticizers for coating compositions
    Patent number: 9539332
    Abstract: A biocompatible plasticizer useful for forming a coating composition with a biocompatible polymer is provided. The coating composition may also include a biobeneficial polymer and/or a bioactive agent. The coating composition can form a coating on an implantable device. The implantable device can be used to treat or prevent a disorder such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Yiwen Tang, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Phosphoryl choline coating compositions
    Patent number: 9468706
    Abstract: A polymer comprising phospholipid moieties and a biocompatible polymer backbone, a composition comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, an implantable devices such as a drug eluting stent comprising thereon a coating comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, and a method of using the device for the treatment of a disorder in a human being are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Glauser, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Ni Ding
  • STENT FABRICATED FROM POLYMER COMPOSITE TOUGHENED BY A DISPERSED PHASE
    Publication number: 20150351942
    Abstract: Stents fabricated from polymer composites toughened by a dispersed phase are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Syed F.A. Hossainy, David C. Gale, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Bin Huang
  • Phosphoryl Choline Coating Compositions
    Publication number: 20150328375
    Abstract: A polymer comprising phospholipid moieties and a biocompatible polymer backbone, a composition comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, an implantable devices such as a DES comprising thereon a coating comprising the polymer and optionally a bioactive agent, and a method of using the device for the treatment of a disorder in a human being are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry Glauser, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Ni Ding
  • Coatings for drug delivery devices
    Patent number: 9173982
    Abstract: A polymer coating for medical devices based on a polyolefin derivative. A variety of polymers are described to make coatings for medical devices, particularly, for drug delivery stents. The polymers include homo-, co-, and terpolymers having at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from vinyl alcohol, allyl alcohol and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • END-CAPPED POLY(ESTER AMIDE) COPOLYMERS
    Publication number: 20150267000
    Abstract: This invention relates to poly(ester amide)s (PEAs) comprising inactivated terminal amino and carboxyl groups, methods of synthesizing the inactivated PEAs and uses for them in the treatment of vascular diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jessica Renee DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Vidya Nayak, Lothar Kleiner
  • Hyaluronic acid based copolymers
    Patent number: 9101697
    Abstract: Hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugates or crosslinked HAs compositions for coating an implantable device are provided. The implantable device can be used for treating a disorder such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, high cholesterol, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Eugene Michal, Thierry Glauser, Connie Kwok, Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Stent fabricated from polymer composite toughened by a dispersed phase
    Patent number: 9089627
    Abstract: Stents fabricated from polymer composites toughened by a dispersed phase are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Syed F. A. Hossainy, David C. Gale, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Bin Huang
  • End-capped poly(ester amide) copolymers
    Patent number: 9067000
    Abstract: This invention relates to poly(ester amide)s (PEAs) comprising inactivated terminal amino and carboxyl groups, methods of synthesizing the inactivated PEAs and uses for them in the treatment of vascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica Renee DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Vidya Nayak, Lothar Kleiner
  • Plasticizers For Coating Compositions
    Publication number: 20150150989
    Abstract: A biocompatible plasticizer useful for forming a coating composition with a biocompatible polymer is provided. The coating composition may also include a biobeneficial polymer and/or a bioactive agent. The coating composition can form a coating on an implantable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Yiwen Tang, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Plasticizers for coating compositions
    Patent number: 8980300
    Abstract: A biocompatible plasticizer useful for forming a coating composition with a biocompatible polymer is provided. The coating composition may also include a biobeneficial polymer and/or a bioactive agent. The coating composition can form a coating on an implantable device. The implantable device can be used to treat or prevent a disorder such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Yiwen Tang, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Hyaluronic acid based copolymers
    Patent number: 8906394
    Abstract: Hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugates or crosslinked HAs compositions for coating an implantable device are provided. The implantable device can be used for treating a disorder such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, high cholesterol, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Eugene Michal, Thierry Glauser, Connie Kwok, Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Coatings for drug delivery devices
    Patent number: 8883186
    Abstract: A polymer coating for medical devices based on a polyolefin derivative. A variety of polymers are described to make coatings for medical devices, particularly, for drug delivery stents. The polymers include homo-, co-, and terpolymers having at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from vinyl alcohol, allyl alcohol and derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • BIODEGRADABLE COATINGS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140322294
    Abstract: Biodegradable coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Poly(ester amide)-based drug delivery systems
    Patent number: 8865189
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices including a coating having a bioactive agent and a poly(ester amide) polymer. Methods of forming these coatings are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar Walter Kleiner, Jessica Reneé DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, O. Mikael Trollsas, Michael Huy Ngo
  • Drug-eluting stent and delivery system with tapered stent in shoulder region
    Patent number: 8852260
    Abstract: A drug-eluting stent delivery system for the treatment of edge restenosis in a blood vessel. The drug-eluting stent delivery system has a balloon disposed about at least a portion of a catheter, the balloon having a first end and a second end and a working length therebetween, the first end and the second end each including a tapered portion, each tapered portion being attached to the catheter, the balloon being inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an inflated configuration. A drug-eluting stent contacts a wall of the blood vessel to maintain the patency of the vessel. The drug-eluting stent has a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end each including a tapered portion, wherein the drug-eluting stent is disposed over the balloon such that at least a portion of the first end and the second end of the balloon are covered by the tapered drug-eluting stent. A method for making the same is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti
  • Hyaluronic acid based copolymers
    Patent number: 8846836
    Abstract: Hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugates or crosslinked HAs compositions for coating an implantable device are provided. The implantable device can be used for treating a disorder such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, high cholesterol, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Glauser, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Connie Kwok, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Eugene Michal
  • APPARATUS FOR TREATING VULNERABLE PLAQUE
    Publication number: 20140249475
    Abstract: Embodiments include a medical device having a balloon portion with a first end, a second end, and a variable balloon mass to inflate the balloon portion non-uniformly from the first end to the second end. In one embodiment, the balloon portion inflates in a controlled manner to rupture a vulnerable plaque near the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Dirk Pacetti