Patents by Inventor Susan VELDHOF

Susan VELDHOF 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).

  • Assessment of a drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold
    Patent number: 10143572
    Abstract: A method of treating vascular disease in a patient is disclosed that comprises deploying a bioabsorbable polymer scaffold composed of a plurality of struts at a stenotic segment of an artery of a patient, wherein after the scaffold supports the segment at an increased diameter for a period of time the polymer degrades and is progressively replaced by de novo formation of malleable provisional matrix comprising proteoglycan, wherein as the scaffold becomes more malleable and becomes disconnected as it degrades, wherein following coverage of the struts by a neointima layer and loss of mechanical support provided by the scaffold, the scaffold is pulled outward by positive remodeling of the vessel wall of the scaffolded segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Richard Rapoza, Susan Veldhof, James Oberhauser, Syed F. A. Hossainy
  • Assessment of a drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scafford
    Publication number: 20150073536
    Abstract: A method of treating vascular disease in a patient is disclosed that comprises deploying a bioabsorbable polymer scaffold composed of a plurality of struts at a stenotic segment of an artery of a patient, wherein after the scaffold supports the segment at an increased diameter for a period of time the polymer degrades and is progressively replaced by de novo formation of malleable provisional matrix comprising proteoglycan, wherein as the scaffold becomes more malleable and becomes disconnected as it degrades, wherein following coverage of the struts by a neointima layer and loss of mechanical support provided by the scaffold, the scaffold is pulled outward by positive remodeling of the vessel wall of the scaffolded segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Rapoza, Susan Veldhof, James Oberhauser, Syed F.A. Hossainy
  • BIORESORBABLE POLYMER SCAFFOLD AND TREATMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY LESIONS
    Publication number: 20130317596
    Abstract: Methods of treating coronary heart disease with bioresorbable polymer stents are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Richard RAPOZA, Susan VELDHOF, Yunbing WANG