Patents by Inventor Timothy Mickley

Timothy Mickley 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).

  • Biocompatible medical devices
    Patent number: 6638259
    Abstract: A modified medical device for delivery of a pharmaceutically active material is described. The present inventors have found that many conventional medical devices contain a metallic component that comes into contact with a pharmaceutically active material during use, and that the contact substantially reduce the pharmaceutical effectiveness of the pharmaceutically active material. The invention described herein concerns numerous modifications to the metallic component that are effective to prevent such a substantial reduction in pharmaceutical effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: SciMed Life Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Palasis, Louis Ellis, Timothy Mickley
  • Biocompatible pharmaceutical articles
    Publication number: 20020055721
    Abstract: Many conventional pharmaceutical articles contain seemingly inert components that come into contact with a pharmaceutically active material during use, which contact substantially reduces the pharmaceutical effectiveness of the pharmaceutically active material. The invention described herein concerns various modifications to these incompatible components, which are effective to diminish the reduction in pharmaceutical effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Maria Palasis, Wendy Naimark, Timothy Mickley, Justin Crank