Patents by Inventor Yong-Hyuni Won

Yong-Hyuni Won 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).

  • Partially biodegradable stent
    Patent number: 8814927
    Abstract: A partially biodegradable stent includes a main net body of hollow cylindrical shape formed of elastically deformable wires interlaced with each other, the net body extending in a longitudinal direction and terminating at open opposite ends, and an auxiliary net portion provided at one of the open opposite ends of the main net body, the auxiliary net portion formed of a biodegradable wire which can be degraded and removed by a bodily fluid. The auxiliary net portion is formed by interlacing the biodegradable wire into a cylindrical shape independently of the main net body or by interlacing the biodegradable wire with the elastically deformable wires at one of the open opposite ends of the main net body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Taewoong Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Min Shin, Byung Cheol Myung, Yong-Hyuni Won, Tae-won Kim