Patents by Inventor Vincent J. Guertguian

Vincent J. Guertguian 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).

  • Optimizing fracture toughness of polymeric stent
    Publication number: 20080147164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a stent assembly comprising radially expanding a polymeric tube to an optimal degree of radial expansion; fabricating a stent from the expanded polymeric tube; and crimping the stent onto a catheter assembly, wherein the temperature of the stent during crimping is an optimal crimping temperature, wherein the optimal degree of radial expansion and the optimal crimping temperature correspond to an optimal fracture toughness exhibited by the crimped stent upon its deployment as a function of degree of radial expansion and crimping temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: David C. Gale, Bin Huang, Vincent J. Guertguian, Syed F.A. Hossainy