Patents by Inventor Steven Ummel

Steven Ummel 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).

  • Coatings for medical devices
    Patent number: 10525171
    Abstract: A method and device for local delivery of a water-insoluble therapeutic agent to the tissue of a normal or diseased body lumen is disclosed. An expandable structure of a medical disposable device, such as a balloon of a balloon catheter, is coated with a non-durable coating which includes an amphiphilic polymer or copolymer, in embodiments polyethylene glycol, having a substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent dispersed therein. In some embodiments, the coating may also include iodine. The medical disposable device is inserted into a body lumen, and expanded to contact the non-durable coating against the body lumen and deliver the substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent to the body lumen tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: THE SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Ruane, Cameron Wilson, Steven Ummel, Arlene Alcantara, Jackie Joe Hancock, Qi Zhan
  • COATINGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150209555
    Abstract: A method and device for local delivery of a water-insoluble therapeutic agent to the tissue of a normal or diseased body lumen is disclosed. An expandable structure of a medical disposable device, such as a balloon of a balloon catheter, is coated with a non-durable coating which includes an amphiphilic polymer or copolymer, in embodiments polyethylene glycol, having a substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent dispersed therein. In some embodiments, the coating may also include iodine. The medical disposable device is inserted into a body lumen, and expanded to contact the non-durable coating against the body lumen and deliver the substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent to the body lumen tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Ruane, Cameron Wilson, Steven Ummel, Arlene Alcantara, Jackie Joe Hancock, Qi Zhan