Patents by Inventor Vincent J. Gueriguian

Vincent J. Gueriguian 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).

  • Method of fabrication a stent from blow molded tubing
    Publication number: 20090146348
    Abstract: Methods to expand polymer tubing with desirable or optimum morphology and mechanical properties for stent manufacture and fabrication of a stent therefrom are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Bin Huang, David C. Gale, Vincent J. Gueriguian
  • Fabricating a stent from a blow molded tube
    Publication number: 20080300670
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating a stent, the method comprising: positioning a polymeric tube inside a mold, wherein a high thermally conductive element covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the mold, the high thermally conductive element having a thermal conductivity that is greater than that of the mold; heating at least a portion of the mold; radially expanding the tube against the mold; and fabricating a stent from the radially expanded tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Vincent J. Gueriguian, David C. Gale, Bin Huang
  • Implantable medical devices fabricated from polymers with radiopaque groups
    Publication number: 20080269874
    Abstract: Inplantable medical devices fabricated from radiopaque polymers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Yunbing Wang, David C. Gale, Vincent J. Gueriguian
  • Controlled degradation of stents
    Publication number: 20080015686
    Abstract: Stents fabricated from hydrolytically degradable polymers with accelerated degradation rates and methods of fabricating stents with accelerated degradation rates are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Vincent J. Gueriguian, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
  • Methods of fabricating stents with enhanced fracture toughness
    Publication number: 20070293938
    Abstract: Stents and methods of manufacturing a stents with enhanced fracture toughness are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Timothy A. Limon, Vincent J. Gueriguian
  • Polymer-bioceramic composite implantable medical devices
    Publication number: 20070282431
    Abstract: Methods and devices relating to polymer-bioceramic composite implantable medical devices are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Yunbing Wang, Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Bin Huang, Garth L. Wilkes, Vincent J. Gueriguian
  • Stent with retention protrusions formed during crimping
    Publication number: 20070282433
    Abstract: Stents that forms protrusions in a crimped state and methods of crimping the stent are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy A. Limon, Bin Huang, Vincent J. Gueriguian