Patents by Inventor Tim A. Limon

Tim A. Limon 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 DELIVERY CATHETER WITH IMPROVED STENT RETENTION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130325100
    Abstract: A stent delivery catheter system having a catheter with stent releasably mounted on a stent retention portion of the catheter for delivery and deployment within a patient's body lumen, and a method of mounting the stent on the stent retention portion of the catheter. The method generally includes exposing the stent retention portion and/or the stent to a solvent, the solvent being in the vapor phase. The vapor phase solvent typically softens the stent retention portion of the catheter, and/or, in one embodiment in which the stent has a coating on the stent body, the vapor phase solvent softens the stent coating. In a presently preferred embodiment, the stent polymeric coating has a therapeutic agent, and the method of the invention prevents or inhibits disadvantageously affecting the therapeutic agent coating during mounting of the stent on the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wouter Roorda, Tim A. Limon, Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Stent delivery catheter with improved stent retention and method of making same
    Patent number: 8512388
    Abstract: A stent delivery catheter system having a catheter with stent releasably mounted on a stent retention portion of the catheter for delivery and deployment within a patient's body lumen, and a method of mounting the stent on the stent retention portion of the catheter. The method generally includes exposing the stent retention portion and/or the stent to a solvent, the solvent being in the vapor phase. The vapor phase solvent typically softens the stent retention portion of the catheter, and/or, in one embodiment in which the stent has a coating on the stent body, the vapor phase solvent softens the stent coating. In a presently preferred embodiment, the stent polymeric coating has a therapeutic agent, and the method of the invention prevents or inhibits disadvantageously affecting the therapeutic agent coating during mounting of the stent on the catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Wouter Roorda, Tim A. Limon, Stephen D. Pacetti