Patents by Inventor Thomas Mindel

Thomas Mindel 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).

  • REMOVABLE DUAL FUNCTION LOADING TOOL & PROTECTOR FOR DRUG COATED MEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230302263
    Abstract: A medical device assembly including a catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therethrough. A medical device is disposed about a distal portion of the catheter. A removable loading tool and protector is disposed about the catheter and the medical device, and includes a body having a generally tubular configuration and having a proximal end, a distal end, an intermediate region disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, and a lumen disposed therethrough; and a proximal region having a length and extending from the proximal end of the body, the proximal region having at least one slit positioned adjacent to the proximal end of the body. The proximal region has a first inner diameter and the intermediate region has a second inner diameter, the first inner diameter of the proximal region being greater than the second inner diameter of the intermediate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John Savage, Thomas Mindel, Michael Sayers, Joe Dervan, James Butler, Eugene Folan, Alec Cerchiari, Aaron Reid
  • Hybrid stent and delivery system
    Patent number: 11291570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hybrid stent having a balloon-expandable portion joined to a self-expanding portion. The hybrid stent is capable of withstanding the forces applied by delivery. Delivery systems for deploying a hybrid stent are described, as are methods of using such delivery systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Brent A. Mayle, Ram H. Paul, Jr., James C. Merk, Gary Neff, Dean R. Puckett, Austin Neidigh, Thomas Mindel, Michelle Reynolds
  • COMBINATION DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210369477
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an assembly including a balloon catheter as an inner catheter for the delivery of a self-expanding stent. The delivery assembly may lack a separate pusher structure. A method of using a single assembly to delivery a self-expanding stent and provide a post-dilatation step is also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Brent A. Mayle, Ram H. Paul, JR., James C. Merk, Gary Neff, Dean R. Puckett, Austin Neidigh, Thomas Mindel
  • LIMUS COATINGS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200038560
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to coatings containing a limus drug and an excipient, to medical devices incorporating such coatings and to methods of preparing and using such devices. In one embodiment, the limus drug is sirolimus. In another embodiment, the excipient is tannic acid or epi gallo catechin gallate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Alec E. Cerchiari, Thomas Mindel, Austin Neidigh, Scott E. Boatman, Sean D. Chambers
  • COMBINATION DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190328561
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an assembly including a balloon catheter as an inner catheter for the delivery of a self-expanding stent. The delivery assembly may lack a separate pusher structure. A method of using a single assembly to delivery a self-expanding stent and provide a post-dilatation step is also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Brent A. Mayle, Ram H. Paul, JR., James C. Merk, Gary Neff, Dean R. Puckett, Austin Neidigh, Thomas Mindel
  • HYBRID STENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190328562
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hybrid stent having a balloon-expandable portion joined to a self-expanding portion. The hybrid stent is capable of withstanding the forces applied by delivery. Delivery systems for deploying a hybrid stent are described, as are methods of using such delivery systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Brent A. Mayle, Ram H. Paul, James C. Merk, Gary Neff, Dean R. Puckett, Austin Neidigh, Thomas Mindel, Michelle Reynolds