Patents by Inventor Tom PRIEBE

Tom PRIEBE 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).

  • MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING A COATING FOR ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-CONTROLLED RELEASE OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
    Publication number: 20100047313
    Abstract: Medical devices having a coating comprising an ionic polymer for electromagnetically-controlled release of a therapeutic agent. Release of the therapeutic agent from the coating is facilitated or modulated by the application of an electromagnetic field to the medical device. Exposure to the electromagnetic field may cause the release of the therapeutic agent in various ways, including electrochemical changes in the ionic polymer, structural changes in the coating and/or ionic polymers, changes in the permeability of the coating, changes in the orientation of the ionic polymers, or motion of the ionic polymers. Also disclosed are methods for delivering a therapeutic agent using electromagnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Tom PRIEBE, Umang ANAND, Lance GIBSON, Les CLAPP, Michael KUEHLING