Patents by Inventor Waldemar G. DeRijk

Waldemar G. DeRijk 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).

  • Compositions and coatings for delivery of therapeutic agents
    Patent number: 8568763
    Abstract: Water-soluble polymeric adhesive compositions and their use as delivery vehicles for carrying therapeutic agents on implantable devices, such as vascular grafts, are disclosed. Use of drug-coated vascular grafts is demonstrated for delivery of the therapeutic agents in vivo, thereby inhibiting restenosis or neointimal hyperplasia of the vascular graft and inhibiting infection at the vascular graft site. Methods of forming the adhesive and making the coated vascular grafts are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Omran R. Abul-Khoudoud, Catherine Cagiannos, Waldemar G. DeRijk, Timothy C. Fabian, Lisa Kyle Jennings
  • Adhesive composition for carrying therapeutic agents as delivery vehicle on coatings applied to vascular grafts
    Patent number: 8236338
    Abstract: Water-soluble polymeric adhesive compositions and their use as delivery vehicles for carrying therapeutic agents on implantable devices, such as vascular grafts, are disclosed. Use of drug-coated vascular grafts is demonstrated for delivery of the therapeutic agents in vivo, thereby inhibiting restenosis or neointimal hyperplasia of the vascular graft and inhibiting infection at the vascular graft site. Methods of forming the adhesive and making the coated vascular grafts are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Omran R. Abul-Khoudoud, Catherine Cagiannos, Waldemar G. DeRijk, Timothy C. Fabian, Lisa Kyle Jennings